Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 127 / Monday, July 1, 1996 / Notices 33937

National Institutes of Health

Proposed Collection, Comment

Request; ‘‘Alcoholism Prevalence and

Gene/Environment Interactions in

Native America Tribes (a 10 Tribe

Study)’’ and ‘‘A Native American Tribe

With Low Alcoholism Prevalence:

Transmission Analysis, Linkage

Analysis and Gene/Environment

Interactions (a 1 Tribe Study)’’

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section

3506 (c) (2) (A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, which provides

for an opportunity for public comment

on proposed data collection projects, the

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and

Alcoholism (NIAAA), National

Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish

periodic summaries of proposed

projects to be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: The Laboratory

of Neurogenetics (LN), Division of

Intramural Clinical and Biological

Research, NIAAA, intends to conduct

the study for ‘‘Alcoholism Prevalence

and Gene/Environment Interactions in

Native American Tribes (a 10 tribe

study)’’ and ‘‘A Native American Tribe

with Low Alcoholism Prevalence:

Transmission Analysis, Linkage and

Gene/Environment Intersactions (a 1

tribe study).’’

The LN is authorized by Section 452

of Part G of Title IV of the Public Health

Service Act (42 USC 288) as amended

by the NIH Revitalization Act of 1993

(Pub. Law 103–43). The information

proposed for collection in both studies

will be used by the NIAAA to define the

prevalence in alcoholism and associated

problems in tribes in which the rates of

alcoholism have been reported to be

widely divergent. Additional

information will be collected on severe

trauma and stress, alcohol availability

and socioeconomic factors to identify

how these variables interact with

hereditary factors in the development of

alcoholis and related problems. In the

single tribe study, a large pedigree (or a

few large pedigrees) will be constructed

in order to address issues of

transmission of alcoholism

vulnerability, linkage to chromosomally

mapped DNA markers, and the issues of

mutations in candidate genes.

The annual burden estimates are as

follows:

Type and number of respondents

Responses

per

respondent

Total

responses Hours Total hours

Clients 3300 ...................................................................................................................... 1 3300 6.0 19,800

Total Number of Respondents: 3,300

(1,100 per year)

Total Number of Responses: 3,300

(1,100 per year)

Total Hours: 19,800 (6,600 per year)

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Comments are

invited on: (a) whether the proposed

collection is necessary, including

whether the information has practical

use; (b) ways to enhance the clarity,

quality, and use of the information to be

collected; (c) the accuracy of the agency

estimate of burden of the proposed

collection; and (d) ways to minimize the

collection burden of the respondents.

Send written comments to Ms. Ronni

Nelson, Laboratory of Neurogenetics,

Division of Intramural Clinical and

Biological Research, NIAAA, NIH,

DANAC4 (Flow Labs), 12501

Washington Ave., Rockville, Maryland

20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION :To request

more information on the proposed

project or to obtain a copy of the data

collection plans, contact Ms. Ronni

Nelson, Laboratory of Neurogenetics,

Division of Intramural Clinical and

Biological Research, NIAAA, DANAC4

(Flow Labs), 12501 Washington Ave.,

Rockville, Maryland 20852, or call nontoll-free number (301) 443–5781.

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments

regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if

received on or before August 30, 1996.

Dated: June 20, 1996.

Martin K. Trustry,

Executive Officer, NIAAA.

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National Eye Institute; Notice of Closed

Meeting

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following

National Eye Institute Special Emphasis

Panel (SEP) meeting:

Name of SEP: Institutional National

Research Service Awards.

Date: July 19, 1996.

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Place: National Eye Institute, Executive

Plaza South, Suite 350, 6120 Executive Blvd.,

Bethesda, MD 20892–7164.

Contact Person: Andrew P. Mariani, Ph.D.,

Executive Plaza South, Suite 350, 6120

Executive Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20892–7164,

(301) 496–5561.

Purpose/Agenda: Review of Grant

Applications.

The meeting will be closed in accordance

with provisions set forth in sections

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S.C.

Applications and/or proposals and the

discussions could reveal confidential trade

secrets or commercial property such as

patentable material and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

applications and/or proposals, the disclosure

of which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.867, Vision Research:

National Institutes of Health.)

Dated: June 24, 1996.

Susan K. Feldman,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

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National Heart, Lung, and Blood

Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following Heart,

Lung, and Blood Special Emphasis

Panel (SEP) meetings:

Name of SEP: Modeling DNA Diversity in

Cardiovascular Health/Disease.

Date: July 22–23, 1996.

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Place: Holiday Inn, Bethesda, 8120

Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland.

Contact Person: Anthony M. Coelho, Jr.,

Ph.D., Rockledge II, Room 7182, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892–

7924, (301) 435–0277.

Purpose/Agenda: To review and evaluate

grant applications.

Name of SEP: Historically Black Colleges

and Universities Research Scientist Award.

Date: August 5, 1996.

Time: 8:00 a.m.

Place: Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill

Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.

Contact Person: Joyce A. Hunter, Ph.D.,

Rockledge II, Room 7192, 6701 Rockledge

Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892–7924, (301)

435–0287.