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BILLING CODE 4150-42-M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration on Aging Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; State Annual Long-Term Care Ombudsman Report and Instructions AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging
(AoA)is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by May 10, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by fax 202.395.6974 or by mail to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, New Executive Office Bldg., 725 17th St. NW., rm. 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Brenda Aguilar, Desk Officer for AoA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue Wheaton, telephone:
(202)357-3587; e-mail: *sue.wheaton@aoa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, AoA has submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for review and clearance. To comply with this requirement, AoA is publishing notice of the proposed collection of information set forth in this document. With respect to the following collection of information, AoA invites comments on:
(1)Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of AoA's functions, including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2)the accuracy of AoA's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(3)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(4)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques when appropriate, and other forms of information technology. The reporting system, the National Ombudsman Reporting System (NORS), was developed in response to the needs and directives pertaining to the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program and approved by the Office of Management and Budget for use in FY 1995-96 and extended with slight modifications for use in FY 1997-2001 and again for FY 2002-2006. This request is to institute the use of the revised information collection, State Annual Long-Term Care Ombudsman Report (and Instructions), from state agencies on aging and state long-term care ombudsman programs under Titles III and VII of the Older Americans Act. The data collected on complaints filed with ombudsman programs and narrative on long-term care issues provide information to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and others on patterns of concerns and major long-term care issues affecting residents of long-term care facilities. Both the complaint and program data collected assist the states and local ombudsman programs in planning strategies and activities, providing training and technical assistance and developing performance measures. A list of the proposed changes and the revised reporting form and instructions may be viewed in the ombudsman section of the AoA Web site, *http://www.aoa.gov/prof/aoaprog/elder_rights/LTCombudsman/NORS/nors_form_instructions.asp.* These documents represent the results of work with the states and local ombudsmen to revise and update the form and instructions for use beginning in FY 2007. AoA estimates the burden of this collection of information as follows: Approximately 10 minutes per case, per respondent, for a total annual hour burden of 10,258 hours, with 52 State Agencies on Aging responding annually. Dated: April 5, 2006. Josefina G. Carbonell, Assistant Secretary for Aging. [FR Doc. E6-5189 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4154-01-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day-06-05BU] Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-5960 and send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to *omb@cdc.gov.* Comments are invited on:
(a)Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility;
(b)the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;
(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice. Proposed Project Assessment and Monitoring of Breastfeeding-Related Maternity Care Practices in Intra-partum Care Facility in the United States and Territories New National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description There is substantial evidence of the social, economic and health benefits of breastfeeding for both the mother and infant and the importance of the health care system in promoting the initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding. Yet breastfeeding initiation rates and duration in the United States did not achieve Healthy People 2000 goals, and significant disparities continue to exist for breastfeeding rates between African American and white women. The Healthy People 2010 goals are to increase the proportion of mothers who breastfeed in the early postpartum period from 64% (1998 estimate) to 75%, the proportion who breastfeed their babies through 6 months of age from 29% to 50%, and to increase from 16% to 25% the proportion of mothers who breastfeed to 1 year of age and to decrease the disparities in breastfeeding initiation, exclusivity, and duration between African American and white women. In addition to ethnic and racial disparities, there is evidence of significant variation in state breastfeeding rates. For example, the breastfeeding initiation rate in Louisiana was 46.4% in 2003, while in Oregon it was 88.8%. One important and effective means to promote and support the initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding is through the health care system. While the few studies on breastfeeding practices at intra-partum care facilities in individual states and facilities show significant variation in practices, it is not currently possible to assess and monitor breastfeeding-related practices and policies in hospitals and free-standing childbirth centers across the United States with the data currently available. CDC plans to conduct an assessment of breastfeeding-related maternity care practices in intra-partum care facilities in the United States and Territories to provide information to individual facilities, state health departments, and CDC on the extent to which facilities are providing effective breastfeeding-related maternity care. The assessment will provide detailed information on general facility characteristics related to maternity care such as facility policies related to breastfeeding-related maternity care practices, practices related to the training of health care staff on breastfeeding instruction, management and support, rooming-in, infant supplementation, and discharge from facility. CDC will provide facility-specific information based on the assessment to the individual facilities and state-specific information to state health departments. The information from the survey can be used by facilities to evaluate and modify breastfeeding-related maternity care practices, and by states and CDC to inform and target programs and policies to improve breastfeeding-related maternity care practices at intra-partum care facilities. Approximately 4,375 facilities providing maternity care in the United States and Territories will be mailed a survey every other year in this study. The survey will be administered for the first time in 2006 and for the second time in 2008. Survey content will be similar in each of the administrations to examine changes in practices and policies over time. It is expected that approximately 3,719 facilities will complete the thirty minute questionnaire in each administration. The facilities will be identified from the American Hospital Association's Annual Survey of Hospitals
(AHA)and the National Association of Childbearing Centers (NACC). A five minute screening telephone call will be made prior to survey administrations to all facilities identified as providing maternity care in AHA and NACC to ensure they are currently providing maternity care, to identify possible satellite clinics providing maternity care, and to identify survey respondent in each of the facilities. The respondents will have the option of either responding by mail or through a Web-based system. The survey will provide detailed information about breastfeeding-related maternity care practices and policies at hospitals and free-standing birthing centers. The approximate annualized burden is 1,483 hours. The burden estimate is based on CDC's experience with surveys with similar administration protocols and lengths. There are no costs to respondents except their time to participate in the survey. *Estimated Annualized Burden Table* Respondents Number of respondents Number of responses/ respondent Average burden per response (in hours) Total burden hours Screening/Facilities
(2006)1,458 1 5/60 122 Mail survey/Facilities
(2006)1,240 2 30/60 1240 Total 1,362 Dated: April 4, 2006. Joan F. Karr, Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E6-5172 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control, Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Determinants of Receiving Radiation Therapy after Breast Conserving Surgery Among Low-Income Women, Program Announcement Number PEP 2006-R-09 In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)announces the following meeting: *Name:* Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control, Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Determinants of Receiving Radiation Therapy after Breast Conserving Surgery Among Low-Income Women, Program Announcement Number PEP 2006-R-09. *Time and Date:* 1 p.m.-3 p.m., May 15, 2006 (Closed). *Place:* Teleconference. *Status:* The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with provisions set forth in Section 552b(c)
(4)and (6), Title 5 U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92-463. *Matters to be Discussed:* To conduct expert review of scientific and technical merit of research applications in response to Determinants of Receiving Radiation Therapy after Breast Conserving Surgery Among Low-Income Women, Program Announcement Number PEP 2006-R-09. *For Further Information Contact:* Felix Rogers, PhD, M.P.H., Scientific Review Administrator, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Mailstop E05, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone 404-639-6101. The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been delegated the authority to sign **Federal Register** notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, for both CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Dated: April 4, 2006. Alvin Hall, Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E6-5173 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control, Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Establishing a Surveillance System for Chronic Kidney Disease in the US, Program Announcement Number PEP 2006-R-08 In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)announces the following meeting: *Name:* Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control, Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Establishing a Surveillance System for Chronic Kidney Disease in the US, Program Announcement Number PEP 2006-R-08. *Time and Date:* 1 p.m.-2 p.m., May 17, 2006 (Closed). *Place:* Teleconference. *Status:* The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with provisions set forth in Section 552b(c)
(4)and (6), Title 5 U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92-463. *Matters to be Discussed:* To conduct expert review of scientific and technical merit of research applications in response to Impact of DRG 559 on Costs, Quality and Patient Outcomes of Stroke Care, Program Announcement Number PEP 2006-R-08. *For Further Information Contact:* Felix Rogers, PhD, M.P.H., Scientific Review Administrator, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E05, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone
(404)639-6101. The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been delegated the authority to sign **Federal Register** notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, for both CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Dated: April 4, 2006. Alvin Hall, Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E6-5167 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panels (SEP): Population Based Studies of Epilepsy Prevalence and Incidence, Program Announcement Number PEP 2006-R-03 In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)announces the following meeting: *Name:* Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Population Based Studies of Epilepsy Prevalence and Incidence, Program Announcement Number PEP 2006-R-03. *Time and Date:* 2 p.m.-4 p.m., May 16, 2006 (Closed). *Place:* Teleconference. *Status:* The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with provisions set forth in Section 552b(c)(4) and (6), Title 5 U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92-463. *Matters to be Discussed:* The meeting will include the review, discussion, and evaluation of applications received in response to Population Based Studies of Epilepsy Prevalence and Incidence, Program Announcement Number PEP 2006-R-03. *For Further Information Contact:* Felix Rogers, Ph.D., M.P.H., Scientific Review Administrator, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E05, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone 404-639-6101. The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been delegated the authority to sign **Federal Register** notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, for both CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Dated: April 4, 2006. Alvin Hall, Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E6-5170 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panels (SEP): Control of Plague in Uganda, Program Announcement
(PA)Number CI 06-007 In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)announces the following meeting: *Name:* Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Control of Plague in Uganda, PA Number CI 06-007. *Time and Date:* 12 p.m.-4 p.m., May 3, 2006 (Closed). *Place:* Teleconference. *Status:* The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with provisions set forth in Section 552b(c)(4) and (6), Title 5 U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92-463. *Matters to be Discussed:* The meeting will include the review, discussion, and evaluation of applications received in response to: Control of Plague in Uganda, Program Announcement Number CI 06-007. *For Further Information Contact:* Christine Morrison, PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, Office of Extramural Research, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop D-72, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone Number 404-639-3098. The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been delegated the authority to sign **Federal Register** notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, for both CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Dated: April 4, 2006. Alvin Hall, Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E6-5171 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control, Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Impact of DRG 559 on Costs, Quality and Patient Outcomes of Stroke Care, Program Announcement Number PEP 2006-R-07 In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)announces the following meeting: *Name:* Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control, Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Impact of DRG 559 on Costs, Quality and Patient Outcomes of Stroke Care, Program Announcement Number PEP 2006-R-07. *Time and Date:* 1 p.m.-2 p.m., May 18, 2006 (Closed). *Place:* Teleconference. *Status:* The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with provisions set forth in Section 552b(c)(4) and (6), Title 5 U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92-463. *Matters to be Discussed:* To conduct expert review of scientific and technical merit of research applications in response to Impact of DRG 559 on Costs, Quality and Patient Outcomes of Stroke Care, Program Announcement Number PEP 2006-R-07. *For Further Information Contact:* Felix Rogers, Ph.D., M.P.H., Scientific Review Administrator, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Mailstop E05, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone 404-639-6101. The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been delegated the authority to sign **Federal Register** notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, for both CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Dated: April 4, 2006. Alvin Hall, Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E6-5174 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers of Disease Control and Prevention [Docket Number NIOSH 068] NIOSH Pilot Study of Truck Driver Anthropometric and Workspace Dimensions; Meeting AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HHS. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. *Name:* Consortium Meeting on the NIOSH Pilot Study of Truck Driver Anthropometric and Workspace Dimensions. *Meeting Date and Time:* April 27, 2006, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. *Place:* Room L1CD, NIOSH, CDC, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, West Virginia. SUMMARY: *Purpose:* The public meeting will explain and discuss issues related to the current NIOSH pilot project and a possible large-scale research project on U.S. truck driver anthropometric and workspace data. This possible large-scale study will establish an anthropometric and workspace database for U.S. truck drivers. The database will be used to formulate anthropometric guidelines, develop digital human models for cab designs, and upgrade current standards for new generation cabs that would accommodate all trucking populations. Updated anthropometric information for cab design will help to increase truck drivers' visibility, operational comfort, maneuverability, and post-crash survivability, thereby possibly reducing fatal and nonfatal injuries. The current NIOSH pilot study will
(1)identify critical cab design criteria and related human body dimensions,
(2)establish test procedures for the large-scale project, and
(3)develop research partnerships with interested parties. The scope of this pilot and possible large-scale study will be limited to medium and heavy trucks and their operators in the continental U.S. Special emphasis will be placed on discussion of the following issues:
(1)What are the key anthropometric and workspace dimensions for the design of an ergonomically sound cab?
(2)What are the essential adjustment parameters and values of the truck buck that is to be constructed for data collection?
(3)What are the essential postures to be scanned in three-dimensional anthropometry that are to be used in computer simulation?
(4)What are the essential cab accommodation models to be developed once updated anthropometric and workspace data become available? The public is invited to attend and will have the opportunity to provide comments. NIOSH will use this information to assess the scientific basis for the current pilot project and the possible large-scale project on U.S. truck driver anthropometric and workspace data. *Status:* The consortium meeting will include scientists and representatives from various government agencies, industry and other stakeholders and is open to the public, limited only by the space available. The meeting room accommodates 40 people. Due to limited space, notification of intent to attend the meeting must be made to Jinhua Guan, PhD, not later than April 14, 2006. Dr. Guan can be reached by telephone at
(304)599-4676 or by e-mail at *ezg6@cdc.gov* . Requests to attend the meeting will be accommodated on a first-come basis. *Non-U.S. Citizens:* Because of CDC Security Regulations, non-U.S. citizens wishing to attend this meeting must provide the following information in writing to Barbara Phillips (telephone: 304-285-6325; fax:
(304)285-6039; e-mail: *djp2@cdc.gov* ) no later than April 14, 2006: 1. Visitor's Full Name: 2. Gender: 3. Date of Birth: 4. Place of Birth (city, province, state, country): 5. Citizenship: 6. Passport Number: 7. Date of Passport Issue: 8. Date of Passport Expiration: 9. Type of Visa: 10. Visitor's Organization: 11. Organization Address: 12. Organization Telephone Number: 13. Visitor's Position/Title within the Organization: This information will be transmitted to the CDC Security Office for approval. Visitors will be notified as soon as approval has been obtained. A copy of the research protocol titled ”NIOSH Pilot Study of Truck Driver Anthropometric and Workspace Dimensions” can be obtained from the CDC Internet at *http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs* or a hard copy may be requested from the Docket Officer, Karen Dragon (see contact information below). ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to the NIOSH Docket Office, ATTN: Karen Dragon, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 4676 Columbia Parkway, M/S C-34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone 513/533-8303, fax 513/533-8285. Comments may also be submitted directly through the Web site ( *http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/* ) or by e-mail to: *niocindocket@cdc.gov* . E-mail attachments should be formatted in Microsoft Word. Comments should be submitted to NIOSH no later than June 30, 2006, and should reference docket number NIOSH-068 in the subject heading. Oral comments made at the public meeting must also be submitted to the docket office in writing in order to be considered by the Agency. All information received in response to this notice will be available for public examination and copying at the NIOSH Docket Office, Room 111, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. *Contact Person for Technical Information:* Jinhua Guan, PhD, telephone
(304)285-6333, Division of Safety Research, NIOSH, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505. Dated: April 3, 2006. James D. Seligman, Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E6-5168 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-19-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. 2005D-0274] Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget Approval; Voluntary Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Manuals for Operators and Regulators of Retail and Food Service Establishments AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)is announcing that a collection of information entitled “Voluntary Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Manuals for Operators and Regulators of Retail and Food Service Establishments” has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonna Capezzuto, Office of Management Programs (HFA-250), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-4659. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the **Federal Register** of December 22, 2005 (70 FR 76056), the agency announced that the proposed information collection had been submitted to OMB for review and clearance under 44 U.S.C. 3507. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. OMB has now approved the information collection and has assigned OMB control number 0910-0578. The approval expires on March 31, 2009. A copy of the supporting statement for this information collection is available on the Internet at *http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets* . Dated: April 3, 2006. Jeffrey Shuren, Assistant Commissioner for Policy. [FR Doc. E6-5142 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. 2005N-0327] Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget Approval; Blood Establishment Registration and Product Listing, Form FDA 2830 AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)is announcing that a collection of information entitled “Blood Establishment Registration and Product Listing, Form FDA 2830” has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonna Capezzuto, Office of Management Programs (HFA-250), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-4659. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the **Federal Register** of January 25, 2006 (71 FR 4145), the agency announced that the proposed information collection had been submitted to OMB for review and clearance under 44 U.S.C. 3507. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. OMB has now approved the information collection and has assigned OMB control number 0910-0052. The approval expires on March 31, 2009. A copy of the supporting statement for this information collection is available on the Internet at *http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets* . Dated: April 3, 2006. Jeffrey Shuren, Assistant Commissioner for Policy. [FR Doc. E6-5146 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. 2005N-0190] Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget Approval; Export Certificates for Food and Drug Administration-Regulated Products AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)is announcing that a collection of information entitled “Export Certificates for FDA-Regulated Products” has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonna Capezzuto, Office of Management Programs (HFA-250), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-4659. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the **Federal Register** of January 25, 2006 (71 FR 4147), the agency announced that the proposed information collection had been submitted to OMB for review and clearance under 44 U.S.C. 3507. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. OMB has now approved the information collection and has assigned OMB control number 0910-0498. The approval expires on March 31, 2009. A copy of the supporting statement for this information collection is available on the Internet at *http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets* . Dated: April 3, 2006. Jeffrey Shuren, Assistant Commissioner for Policy. [FR Doc. E6-5148 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. 2005N-0389] Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget Approval; Reprocessed Single-Use Device Labeling AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)is announcing that a collection of information entitled “Reprocessed Single-Use Device Labeling” has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Nelson, Office of Management Programs (HFA-250), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-1482. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the **Federal Register** of December 15, 2005 (70 FR 74324), the agency announced that the proposed information collection had been submitted to OMB for review and clearance under 44 U.S.C. 3507. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. OMB has now approved the information collection and has assigned OMB control number 0910-0577. The approval expires on January 31, 2009. A copy of the supporting statement for this information collection is available on the Internet at *http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets* . Dated: April 3, 2006. Jeffrey Shuren, Assistant Commissioner for Policy. [FR Doc. E6-5150 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. 2005N-0343] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Guidance for Requesting an Extension to Use Existing Label Stock After the Trans Fat Labeling Effective Date of January 1, 2006 AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Fax written comments on the collection of information by May 10, 2006. ADDRESSES: OMB is still experiencing significant delays in the regular mail, including first class and express mail, and messenger deliveries are not being accepted. To ensure that comments on the information collection are received, OMB recommends that written comments be faxed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attn: Fumie Yokota, Desk Officer for FDA, FAX: 202-395-6974. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonna Capezzuto, Office of Management Programs (HFA-250), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-4659. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for review and clearance. Guidance for Requesting an Extension to Use Existing Label Stock After the Trans Fat Labeling Effective Date of January 1, 2006—(OMB Control Number 0910-0571)—Extension FDA issued a final rule (the *trans* fat final rule) on July 11, 2003, (68 FR 41434) to require food labels to bear the gram
(g)amount of *trans fat* without a percent Daily Value (% DV) directly under the saturated fat line on the Nutrition Facts panel ( *http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~acrobat/fr03711a.pdf)* . The *trans* fat final rule affects almost all manufacturers of packaged, labeled food sold in the United States. FDA believes that most businesses, including small businesses, should not have difficulty meeting the January 1, 2006, effective date of the *trans* fat final rule. However, under certain circumstances some businesses may want to request that the agency consider an extension of time to use current labels that are not in compliance with the *trans* fat final rule. The agency believes that it would be appropriate to consider, on a case-by-case basis, whether to exercise enforcement discretion on the January 1, 2006, effective date for *trans fat* labeling for some businesses that can make an appropriate showing. Thus, in the **Federal Register** of December 14, 2005 (70 FR 74020), FDA announced the availability of a guidance document for industry and FDA entitled “Requesting an Extension to Use Existing Label Stock After the *Trans* Fat Labeling Effective Date of January 1, 2006.” That document provides guidance to FDA and the food industry about when and how businesses may request the agency to consider enforcement discretion for the use of some or all existing label stock, that does not declare *trans* fat labeling in compliance with the final rule, on products introduced into interstate commerce on or after the January 1, 2006, effective date. The agency intends to consider the following factors in any request from a firm for the agency's exercise of enforcement discretion: • Whether products contain 0.5 g or less *trans* fat; • The explanation of why the request is being made; • The number of existing labels that the firm is requesting to use; • The dollar amount associated with the number of existing labels to be used; and • The estimate of the amount of time needed, not exceeding 12 months, to exhaust the number of existing labels the firm is requesting to use. Firms may submit their requests in writing to FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Firms are encouraged to keep this letter of request for their records and should make a copy available for inspection to any FDA officer or employee who requests it. FDA intends to use the information in the letter to make decisions about whether a firm's product is subject to FDA's enforcement discretion for the *trans* fat labeling requirements. FDA expects that small businesses and very small businesses are the firms most likely to take advantage of this opportunity to submit a request for an extension to the *trans* fat labeling deadline. FDA estimates a 2-year time period during which these requests will be made following the issuance of this guidance. Beyond 2 years time, FDA expects businesses to fully comply with the *trans* fat labeling final rule, as it is unlikely that there will still be old labeling stock remaining. In previous **Federal Register** notices regarding this collection of information (70 FR 52108 and 70 FR 70621), the estimated number of requests was lower than the actual number of requests received by the agency in response to the guidance. Thus, we have increased the estimated number of requests based on FDA's recent experience. In the **Federal Register** of November 22, 2005 (70 FR 70621), FDA published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the information collection provisions. We received four comments; however, none were related to the information collection. FDA estimates that it will take one employee approximately 4 hours to put together a request to FDA and approximately 1 hour for a supervisor to look over the request before submitting it to the agency. Thus, each firm submitting a compliance extension request will need 5 hours of employee time to complete the request. Given that 600 businesses are expected to submit written requests in year one, the total burden hours for year one is 3,000 hours. In year two, FDA expects about one-half as many businesses to request a labeling compliance extension. So, for year two, 300 businesses are expected to file a request for an extension to the labeling compliance date. Again, assuming that it will take 5 hours to complete each request, the total burden hours for year two will be 1,500 hours. FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as follows: **Table 1.—Estimated Annual Reporting Burden** 1 Activity No. of Respondents Annual Frequency per Response Total Annual Responses Hours per Response Total Hours Written requests to FDA in year one 600 1 600 5 3,000 Written requests to FDA in year two 300 1 300 5 1,500 One time burden hours for years one and two 4,500 1 There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information. Dated: April 3, 2006. Jeffrey Shuren, Assistant Commissioner for Policy. [FR Doc. E6-5199 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. 1998D-1218] Guidance for Industry: Gamma Irradiation of Blood and Blood Components: A Pilot Program for Licensing; Withdrawal of Guidance AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice; withdrawal. SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)is announcing the withdrawal of a guidance that was issued on March 15, 2000. DATES: April 10, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Pope, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (HFM-17), Food and Drug Administration, 1401 Rockville Pike, suite 200N, Rockville, MD 20852-1448, 301-827-6210. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the **Federal Register** of March 15, 2000 (65 FR 13982), FDA announced the availability of a guidance entitled “Guidance for Industry: Gamma Irradiation of Blood and Blood Components: A Pilot Program for Licensing.” This guidance described a pilot program in which biologics manufacturers could self-certify conformance to licensing criteria prescribed by FDA. This action was intended to reduce unnecessary burdens for industry without diminishing public health protection. The guidance is being withdrawn because FDA has determined that there is a lack of industry interest in pursuing the pilot licensing program outlined in the guidance. Dated: March 31, 2006. Jeffrey Shuren, Assistant Commissioner for Policy. [FR Doc. E6-5204 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. 2006D-0121] Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff; In Vitro Diagnostic Devices to Detect Influenza A Viruses: Labeling and Regulatory Path; Availability AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)is announcing the availability of the guidance entitled “In Vitro Diagnostic Devices to Detect Influenza A Viruses: Labeling and Regulatory Path.” FDA is issuing this guidance to inform industry and agency staff of steps that are needed to ensure the safe and effective use of in vitro diagnostic
(IVD)devices intended for use in the detection of influenza A (or A/B) virus directly from human specimens. FDA is taking this action because of recent significant public health concerns associated with emergence of an avian influenza A virus strain as a human pathogen in Southeast Asia. This guidance document describes recommendations for fulfilling labeling requirements applicable to all IVDs intended to generally detect influenza A (or A/B) virus directly from human specimens, and outlines the premarket regulatory path for new or modified devices intended to generally detect influenza A virus, or to detect and differentiate, specific novel influenza A viruses infecting humans. This guidance document is immediately in effect, but it remains subject to comment in accordance with the agency's good guidance practices. DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on this guidance at any time. ADDRESSES: Submit written requests for single copies of the guidance document entitled “In Vitro Diagnostic Devices to Detect Influenza A Viruses: Labeling and Regulatory Path” to the Division of Small Manufacturers, International, and Consumer Assistance (HFZ-220), Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 1350 Piccard Dr., Rockville, MD 20850. Send one self-addressed adhesive label to assist that office in processing your request, or fax your request to 301-443-8818. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for information on electronic access to the guidance. Submit written comments concerning this guidance to the Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. Submit electronic comments to *http://www.fda.gov/dockets/ecomments* . Identify comments with the docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally Hojvat, Center for Devices and Radiological Health (HFZ-440), Food and Drug Administration, 9200 Corporate Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850, 240-276-0496. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The spread of the influenza A H5N1 virus within bird species, along with sporadic transmission to humans, has heightened awareness of the potential for a novel influenza A virus to cause a pandemic in humans. Novel influenza A viruses are new or re-emergent human strains of influenza A that cause cases or clusters of human disease, as opposed to those human strains commonly circulating that cause seasonal influenza and to which human populations have residual or limited immunity (either by vaccination or previous infection). All of the influenza A (or A/B) devices cleared by FDA under 21 CFR 866.3330 before February 3, 2006, are designed to generally detect influenza A viruses in human respiratory specimens (e.g., washes, aspirates, and swabs). None of these devices is designed or intended to detect a specific influenza A virus, or to detect and differentiate one specific influenza A virus from another (e.g., H5N1 from H3N2). For devices cleared on the basis of performance characteristics established when only influenza A/H3 and A/H1 viruses were circulating, there is no evidence that the devices would reliably detect novel influenza A viruses from human respiratory samples. Also, these testing devices are not intended to detect and differentiate a specific human-infecting novel influenza A virus. FDA is making this guidance document immediately available because prior public participation is not feasible given the national and global public health threat of pandemic influenza. At this time public health officials are expediting plans to prepare for and respond to this threat. Immediate implementation of this guidance is part of this preparedness effort as it clarifies the role of in vitro diagnostic devices for the detection and/or differentiation of novel influenza A viruses. II. Significance of Guidance This guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The guidance represents the agency's current thinking on labeling and regulatory path for in vitro diagnostic devices to detect influenza A viruses. It does not create or confer any rights for or on any person and does not operate to bind FDA or the public. An alternative approach may be used if such approach satisfies the requirements of the applicable statute and regulations. III. Electronic Access To receive “In Vitro Diagnostic Devices to Detect Influenza A Viruses: Labeling and Regulatory Path” by fax machine, call the CDRH Facts-On-Demand system at 800-899-0381 or 301-827-0111 from a touch-tone telephone. Press 1 to enter the system. At the second voice prompt, press 1 to order a document. Enter the document number 1549 followed by the pound sign (#). Follow the remaining voice prompts to complete your request. Persons interested in obtaining a copy of the guidance may also do so by using the Internet. CDRH maintains an entry on the Internet for easy access to information including text, graphics, and files that may be downloaded to a personal computer with Internet access. Updated on a regular basis, the CDRH home page includes device safety alerts, **Federal Register** reprints, information on premarket submissions (including lists of approved applications and manufacturers' addresses), small manufacturer's assistance, information on video conferencing and electronic submissions, Mammography Matters, and other device-oriented information. The CDRH web site may be accessed at *http://www.fda.gov/cdrh* . A search capability for all CDRH guidance documents is available at * http://www. * *fda.gov/cdrh/guidance.html* . Guidance documents are also available on the Division of Dockets Management Internet site at *http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets* . IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 This guidance refers to previously approved collections of information found in FDA regulations. These collections of information are subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The collections of information in 21 CFR part 809 have been approved under OMB Control No. 0910-0485; the collections of information in 21 CFR part 807 have been approved under OMB Control No. 0910-0120; the collections of information in 21 CFR part 812 have been approved under OMB Control No. 0910-0078. V. Comments Interested persons may submit to the Division of Dockets Management (see ADDRESSES ), written or electronic comments regarding this document. Submit a single copy of electronic comments or two paper copies of any mailed comments, except that individuals may submit one copy. Comments are to be identified with the docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document. Comments received may be seen in the Division of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Dated: March 31, 2006. Jeffrey Shuren, Assistant Commissioner for Policy. [FR Doc. E6-5203 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard [USCG-2006-24258] Environmental Assessment for Homeporting of Four National Security Cutters at Alameda, CA AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. ACTION: Notice; request for public comments. SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Assessment
(EA)for the homeporting of four new 418-foot National Security Cutters
(NSCs)at Coast Guard Island
(CGI)in Alameda, California, and requests public comments. Preparation of the EA is being conducted in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and its implementing regulations. The new NSCs will replace the four existing 30-year old 378-foot High Endurance Cutters
(HECs)currently homeported at CGI, starting with one in 2007/2008 and continuing with one replacement per year until 2010/2011, under current plans. DATES: Comments and related material must reach the Docket Management Facility on or before May 10, 2006. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket number USCG-2006-24258 to the Docket Management Facility at the U.S. Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use only one of the following methods:
(1)Web Site: *http://dms.dot.gov.*
(2)Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(3)Fax: 202-493-2251.
(4)Delivery: Room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, call LCDR Mike Woolard, Coast Guard, telephone 571-218-3382. If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-493-0402. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Request for Comments All comments received will be posted, without change, to *http://dms.dot.gov* and will include any personal information you have provided. We have an agreement with the Department of Transportation
(DOT)to use the Docket Management Facility. Please see DOT's “Privacy Act” paragraph below. *Submitting comments:* If you submit a comment, please include your name and address, identify the docket number for this notice (USCG-2006-24258) and give the reason for each comment. You may submit your comments by electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery to the Docket Management Facility at the address under ADDRESSES ; but please submit your comments by only one means. If you submit them by mail or delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 8 1/2 by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit them by mail and would like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments received during the comment period. *Viewing comments and documents:* To view comments, go to *http://dms.dot.gov* at any time, click on “Simple Search,” enter the last five four digits of the docket number for this rulemaking, and click on “Search.” You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. *Privacy Act:* Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the Department of Transportation's Privacy Act Statement in the **Federal Register** published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit *http://dms.dot.gov.* Background and Purpose To continue to meet America's 21st century maritime threats and challenges, the United States Coast Guard
(USCG)initiated the Integrated Deepwater System
(IDS)Program, the largest and most innovative acquisition in the Coast Guard's history. The IDS will significantly contribute to the Coast Guard's maritime domain awareness, as well as the improved ability to intercept, engage, and deter those activities that pose a direct challenge/threat to U.S. sovereignty and security. IDS will provide the means to extend our layered maritime defenses from our ports and coastal areas to hundreds of miles out to sea. The underlying need for the IDS is to provide upgraded, modern assets for the Coast Guard's Pacific Area (PACAREA) Command, in support of executing the wide range of Coast Guard missions in the Pacific area. PACAREA has operational responsibility for waters as far south as Central America and over 1,000 miles offshore. CGI is the critical facility that currently provides the support functions for meeting Coast Guard missions in the Pacific area. These missions are currently met with aging (Legacy) 378 ft cutters of the *SECRETARY* class whose end of economic service life is 2008. Under the Coast Guard's Deepwater Program, the NSC will be the flagship of the new fleet of cutters. The sweeping modernization and new assets acquisitions of the Deepwater Program will bring much needed capability and capacity to the Coast Guard. When fully implemented, the interoperable Deepwater system will comprise three classes of new cutters and their associated small boats, a new fixed-wing manned aircraft fleet, a combination of new and upgraded helicopters, and both cutter-based and land-based unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). All of these highly capable assets are linked with Command, Control, Communications and Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems, and are supported by an integrated logistics system. These new assets, which possess common systems and technologies, common operational concepts, and a common logistics base will give the Coast Guard a significantly improved ability to detect and identify all activities in the maritime arena, a capability known as “maritime domain awareness,” as well as the improved ability to intercept and engage those activities that pose a direct threat to U.S. sovereignty and security. The NSCs will be the flagships of the IDS, capable of meeting all maritime security mission needs and operating with a maximum range of 12,000 nautical miles and up to 60 days continuously without replenishment. The existing base on CGI in Alameda, CA provides the shore support necessary to meet the logistical requirements of four large cutters. This existing support includes security considerations, easy access for Coast Guard personnel, administrative and support buildings and services, and required shore ties to service in-port cutters. The Coast Guard plans to homeport four NSCs at CGI in Alameda, California. The four NSCs would replace, on a one-for-one basis, the four aging 378-foot High-Endurance Cutters
(HECs)currently stationed in Alameda. In addition to the proposed vessel homeporting, minor improvements to the existing waterfront pier and construction of a new 18,000 sq. ft. administration building would be required at the existing base on CGI in Alameda to provide adequate shore-side support. No other actions or projects are anticipated at this time to support this proposed homeporting plan. The USCG is preparing an Environmental Assessment
(EA)to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)of 1969 (section 102[2][c]) and its implementing regulations at 40 Code of Federal Regulations, part 1500, and other related environmental laws, regulations, and Executive Orders. The EA will evaluate the potential direct, indirect and cumulative impacts associated with the NSC homeporting plan. The EA will tier from the USCG's Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the IDS Program, completed in March of 2002. Dated: March 22, 2006. J.E. Mihelic, Capt, USCG, Chief, Deepwater Transition Management Division, (G-DTM). [FR Doc. E6-5205 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-15-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA)has submitted the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission describes the nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by respondents to respond) and cost, and includes the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use. *Title:* The National Defense Executive Reserve Personal Qualifications Statement. *OMB Number:* 1660-0001. *Abstract:* The NDER is a Federal government program coordinated by FEMA. To become a member of the NDER, individuals with the requisite qualifications must complete a FEMA Form 85-3 is an application form that is used by Federal departments and agencies to fill NDER vacancies and to ensure that individuals are qualified to perform in the assigned emergency positions. FEMA reviews the application form to ensure that the candidate meets all basic membership qualifications for the Executive Reserve; ensures that the applicant is not already serving in a Federal department or agency sponsored unit; and, in some cases, determines the Federal department or agency best suited for the applicant. *Affected Public:* Individuals or Households. *Number of Respondents:* 30. *Estimated Time per Respondent:* .5 hr. (30 minutes). *Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* 15 hours. *Frequency of Response:* Once. *Comments:* Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of Homeland Security/FEMA, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, or facsimile number
(202)395-7285. Comments must be submitted on or before May 10, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection should be made to Chief, Records Management, FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 20472, facsimile number
(202)646-3347, or e-mail address *FEMA-Information-Collections@dhs.gov.* Dated: March 30, 2006. Darcy Bingham, Branch Chief, Information Resources Management Branch, Information Technology Services Division. [FR Doc. E6-5165 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-10-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA)has submitted the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission describes the nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by respondents to respond) and cost, and includes the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use. *Title:* National Urban Search and Rescue Grant Program. *OMB Number:* 1660-0073. *Abstract:* This information collection activity is for financial, program and administrative information for US&R Sponsoring Organizations relating to preparedness and response grant awards. This information includes a narrative statement that FEMA uses to evaluate a grantee's proposed use of funds, progress reports to monitor overall progress on managing FEMA grant program, extension or change requested to consider changing or extending the time or the performance period of the preparedness or response cooperative agreement and a Memorandum of Agreement between DHS/FEMA and the Sponsoring Organizations of US&R task forces. *Affected Public:* State, Local or Tribal Government. *Number of Respondents:* 28. *Estimated Time per Respondent:* 19 hours. *Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* 461 hours. *Frequency of Response:* On occasion. *Comments:* Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of Homeland Security/FEMA, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, or facsimile number
(202)395-7285. Comments must be submitted on or before May 10, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection should be made to Chief, Records Management, FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 20472, facsimile number
(202)646-3347, or e-mail address *FEMA-Information-Collections@dhs.gov.* Dated: March 30, 2006. Darcy Bingham, Branch Chief, Information Resources Management Branch, Information Technology Services Division. [FR Doc. E6-5166 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-69-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA-1633-DR] Illinois; Major Disaster and Related Determinations AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Illinois (FEMA-1633-DR), dated March 28, 2006, and related determinations. DATES: *Effective Date:* March 28, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472,
(202)646-2705. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter dated March 28, 2006, the President declared a major disaster under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5206 (the Stafford Act), as follows: I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State of Illinois resulting from tornadoes and severe storms during the period of March 11-13, 2006, is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5206 (the Stafford Act). Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster exists in the State of Illinois. In order to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby authorized to allocate from funds available for these purposes such amounts as you find necessary for Federal disaster assistance and administrative expenses. You are authorized to provide Individual Assistance and Public Assistance in the designated areas, as well as Hazard Mitigation throughout the State. Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance be supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation, and Other Needs Assistance will be limited to 75 percent of the total eligible costs. Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration to the extent allowable under the Stafford Act. The time period prescribed for the implementation of section 310(a), Priority to Certain Applications for Public Facility and Public Housing Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for a period not to exceed six months after the date of this declaration. The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA)hereby gives notice that pursuant to the authority vested in the Acting Director, under Executive Order 12148, as amended, Ron Sherman, of FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this declared disaster. I do hereby determine the following areas of the State of Illinois to have been affected adversely by this declared major disaster: Sangamon County for Individual Assistance Greene, Logan, Morgan, Sangamon, and Scott Counties for Public Assistance. All counties within the State of Illinois are eligible to apply for assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. (The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers
(CFDA)are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and Households Disaster Housing Operations; 97.050, Individuals and Households Program—Other Needs; 97.036, Public Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.) R. David Paulison, Acting Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. E6-5160 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-10-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA-1623-DR] Oklahoma; Amendment No. 3 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-1623-DR), dated January 10, 2006, and related determinations. DATES: *Effective Date:* April 3, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472,
(202)646-2705. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Oklahoma is hereby amended to include the following areas among those areas determined to have been adversely affected by the catastrophe declared a major disaster by the President in his declaration of January 10, 2006: The counties of Beaver and Jefferson for Public Assistance Categories A and C through G (already designated for Public Assistance Category B emergency protective measures). All categories of assistance under the Public Assistance program are subject to subsequent designation by FEMA for reimbursement. The counties of Okfuskee and Stephens for Public Assistance Categories A and C through G (already designated for Individual Assistance and Public Assistance Category B emergency protective measures). All categories of assistance under the Public Assistance program are subject to subsequent designation by FEMA for reimbursement. (The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers
(CFDA)are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and Households Disaster Housing Operations; 97.050, Individuals and Households Program—Other Needs 97.036, Public Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.) R. David Paulison, Acting Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. E6-5163 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-10-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA-1623-DR] Oklahoma; Amendment No. 4 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-1623-DR), dated January 10, 2006, and related determinations. DATES: *Effective Date:* March 31, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472,
(202)646-2705. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the incident period for this disaster is closed effective March 31, 2006. (The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers
(CFDA)are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and Households Disaster Housing Operations; 97.050, Individuals and Households Program-Other Needs; 97.036, Public Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.) R. David Paulison, Acting Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. E6-5164 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-10-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA-1624-DR] Texas; Amendment No. 3 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Texas (FEMA-1624-DR), dated January 11, 2006, and related determinations. DATES: *Effective Date:* April 3, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472,
(202)646-2705. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas is hereby amended to include the following areas among those areas determined to have been adversely affected by the catastrophe declared a major disaster by the President in his declaration of January 11, 2006: The counties of Caldwell, Gray, Guadalupe, Hutchinson, Roberts, and Wheeler for Individual Assistance (already designated for Public Assistance Category B (emergency protective measures), subject to subsequent designation by FEMA for reimbursement. (The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers
(CFDA)are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and Households Disaster Housing Operations; 97.050 Individuals and Households Program—Other Needs, 97.036, Public Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.) R. David Paulison, Acting Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. E6-5161 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-10-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA-1624-DR] Texas; Amendment No. 2 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas (FEMA-1624-DR), dated January 11, 2006, and related determinations. DATES: *Effective Date:* April 3, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472,
(202)646-2705. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas is hereby amended to include the following areas among those areas determined to have been adversely affected by the catastrophe declared a major disaster by the President in his declaration of January 11, 2006: The counties of Callahan and Montague for debris removal [Category A] under the Public Assistance program (already designated for Individual Assistance and emergency protective measures [Category B] under the Public Assistance program.) All categories of assistance under the Public Assistance program are subject to subsequent designation by FEMA for reimbursement. (The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers
(CFDA)are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and Households Disaster Housing Operations; 97.050 Individuals and Households Program—Other Needs, 97.036, Public Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.) R. David Paulison, Acting Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. E6-5162 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-10-P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-5037-N-18] Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Evaluating Outcomes of HUD's Healthy Homes Grants AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. HUD would obtain data from grantees on the results of, and lessons learned from, the research, demonstration and education grants funded since 1999 under the Healthy Homes Initiative. Findings will be used in technical guidance material and program management, and will be summarized in a report. DATES: *Comments Due Date:* May 10, 2006. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB approval Number (2539-Pending) and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202-395-6974. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management Officer, AYO, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail *Lillian Deitzer at Lillian_L_Deitzer@HUD.gov* or telephone
(202)708-2374. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Deitzer. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that the Department of Housing and Urban Development has submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection described below. This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to:
(1)Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2)Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;
(3)Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(4)Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond; including through the use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. This notice also lists the following information: *Title of Proposal:* Evaluating Outcomes of HUD's Healthy Homes Grants. *OMB Approval Number:* 2539-Pending. *Form Numbers:* None. *Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use:* HUD would obtain data form grantees on the results of, and lessons learned from, the research, demonstration and education grants funded since 1999 under the Healthy Homes Initiative, findings will be used in technical guidance material and program management, and will be summarized in a report. *Frequency of Submission:* On occasion, Other, One-time Collection. Number of respondents Annual responses × Hours per response = Burden hours Reporting Burden 63 1 10 630 *Total Estimated Burden Hours:* 630. *Status:* New Collection. Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as amended. Dated: April 4, 2006. Lillian L. Deitzer, Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. E6-5211 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-67-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of the Secretary Establishment of the Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. ACTION: Notice of establishment. SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), after consultation with the General Services Administration, has established the Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup (Workgroup). The Workgroup will provide an opportunity for stakeholders to give policy and technical input on efforts to develop and implement sea lamprey control techniques alternative to lampricides in Lake Champlain. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Tilton, Fish and Wildlife Service, Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Resources Complex, 11 Lincoln Street, Essex Junction, Vermont 05452, 802-872-0629, extension 12. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are publishing this notice in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA)(5 U.S.C. App.). The Secretary certifies that she has determined that the formation of the Workgroup is necessary and is in the public interest. The Workgroup will conduct its operations in accordance with the provisions of the FACA. It will report to the Secretary through the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative (Cooperative) and will function solely as an advisory body. The Workgroup will provide recommendations and consensus advice to the Cooperative. Specific responsibilities of the Workgroup are to:
(1)Develop consensus advice regarding the implementation of sea lamprey control methods alternative to lampricides;
(2)recommend priorities for research to be conducted by cooperating organizations and demonstration projects to be developed and funded by State and Federal agencies; and
(3)assist Federal and State agencies with the coordination of alternative sea lamprey control research to advance the state of the science in Lake Champlain and the Great Lakes. The Secretary will appoint up to 20 members who can effectively represent the varied interests associated with the Lake Champlain Long-term Sea Lamprey Control Program. Members will represent Federal and State agencies and stakeholders. These members will be representatives of their respective constituent groups. In addition, the Secretary will appoint up to five members as special Government employees, selected for their scientific expertise. All members will be knowledgeable about Lake Champlain fishery management issues, including sea lamprey control. The Secretary will appoint Workgroup members based on nominations submitted by interested parties, including but not limited to: Vermont and New York State agencies; recreational and charter fishermen; sportfishing organizations; environmental organizations; research institutions; and the general public residing within the Lake Champlain area. We expect that the Workgroup will meet two to four times per year. The Service will provide necessary support services to the Workgroup. All Workgroup meetings will be open to the public. The Service will publish a notice announcing each Workgroup meeting in the **Federal Register** at least 15 days before the date of the meeting. The public will have the opportunity to provide input at all meetings. Fifteen days after publication of this notice in the **Federal Register** , a copy of the Workgroup's charter will be filed with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration; Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate; Committee on Resources, United States House of Representatives; and the Library of Congress. The Certification for establishment is published below. Certification I hereby certify that the Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup (Workgroup) is necessary and is in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the Department of the Interior through the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for a Long-term Program of Sea Lamprey Control in Lake Champlain as published in 2001 (66 FR 46651, September 6, 2001). The Workgroup will assist the Department of the Interior by providing recommendations and policy and technical consensus advice on the development and implementation of sea lamprey control techniques alternative to lampricides in Lake Champlain. Dated: March 30, 2006. Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the Interior. [FR Doc. E6-5138 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [CO-922-06-1310-FI; COC64115] Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease. SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM)received a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease COC64115 from Elm Ridge Exploration Company, LLC for lands in Moffat County, Colorado. The petition was filed on time and was accompanied by all the rentals due since the date the lease terminated under the law. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bureau of Land Management, Milada Krasilinec, Land Law Examiner, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at 303-239-3767. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee has agreed to the amended lease terms for rentals and royalties at rates of $5.00 per acre or fraction thereof, per year and 16 2/3 percent, respectively. The lessee has paid the required $500 administrative fee and $155 to reimburse the Department for the cost of this **Federal Register** notice. The lessee has met all the requirements for reinstatement of the lease as set out in Section 31(d) and
(e)of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188), and the Bureau of Land Management is proposing to reinstate lease COC64115 effective September 1, 2005, under the original terms and conditions of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above. Dated: April 4, 2006. Milada Krasilinec, Land Law Examiner. [FR Doc. E6-5206 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-JB-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [CO-922-06-1310-FI; COC64225] Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of proposed reinstatement of terminated oil and gas lease. SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM)received a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease COC64225 from Elm Ridge Exploration Company, LLC for lands in Moffat County, Colorado. The petition was filed on time and was accompanied by all the rentals due since the date the lease terminated under the law. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bureau of Land Management, Milada Krasilinec, Land Law Examiner, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at 303-239-3767. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee has agreed to the amended lease terms for rentals and royalties at rates of $10.00 per acre or fraction thereof, per year and 16 \2/3\ percent, respectively. The lessee has paid the required $500 administrative fee and $155 to reimburse the Department for the cost of this **Federal Register** notice. The lessee has met all the requirements for reinstatement of the lease as set out in section 31(d) and
(e)of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188), and the Bureau of Land Management is proposing to reinstate lease COC64225 effective December 1, 2005, under the original terms and conditions of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above. Dated: April 4, 2006. Milada Krasilinec, Land Law Examiner. [FR Doc. E6-5207 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-JB-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Minerals Management Service Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior. ACTION: Notice of extension of an information collection (1010-0091). SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), MMS is inviting comments on a collection of information that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)for review and approval. The information collection request
(ICR)concerns the paperwork requirements in the regulations under 30 CFR 254, “Oil-Spill Response Requirements for Facilities Located Seaward of the Coast Line.” DATES: Submit written comments by June 9, 2006. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods listed below. Please use the Information Collection Number 1010-0091 as an identifier in your message. • Public Connect on-line commenting system, *https://ocsconnect.mms.gov* . Follow the instructions on the Web site for submitting comments. • E-mail MMS at *rules.comments@mms.gov* . Identify with Information Collection Number 1010-0091 in the subject line. • Fax: 703-787-1093. Identify with Information Collection Number 1010-0091. • Mail or hand-carry comments to the Department of the Interior; Minerals Management Service; Attention: Rules Process Team (RPT); 381 Elden Street, MS-4024; Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817. Please reference “Information Collection 1010-0091” in your comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Blundon, Rules Processing Team at
(703)787-1600. You may also contact Cheryl Blundon to obtain a copy, at no cost, of the regulations that require the subject collection of information. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *Title:* 30 CFR 254, Oil-Spill Response Requirements for Facilities Located Seaward of the Coast Line. *OMB Control Number:* 1010-0091. *Abstract:* The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), requires that a spill-response plan be submitted for offshore facilities prior to February 18, 1993. The OPA specifies that after that date, an offshore facility may not handle, store, or transport oil unless a plan has been submitted. This authority and responsibility have been delegated to the Minerals Management Service (MMS). Regulations at 30 CFR 254 establish requirements for spill-response plans for oil-handling facilities seaward of the coast line, including associated pipelines. The MMS uses the information collected under 30 CFR 254 to determine compliance with OPA by owners/operators. Specifically, MMS needs the information to: • Determine effectiveness of the spill-response capability of owners/operators; • Review plans prepared under the regulations of a State and submitted to MMS to satisfy the requirements of this rule to ensure that they meet minimum requirements of OPA; • Verify that personnel involved in oil-spill response are properly trained and familiar with the requirements of the spill-response plans and to witness spill-response exercises; • Assess the sufficiency and availability of contractor equipment and materials; • Verify that sufficient quantities of equipment are available and in working order; • Oversee spill-response efforts and maintain official records of pollution events; and • Assess the efforts of owners/operators to prevent oil spills or prevent substantial threats of such discharges. We will protect information from respondents considered proprietary under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2) and under regulations at 30 CFR parts 250, 251, and 252. Responses are mandatory or required to obtain or retain a benefit. *Frequency:* On occasion and annual. *Estimated Number and Description of Respondents:* Approximately 193 owners or operators of facilities located in both State and Federal waters seaward of the coast line. *Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping “Hour” Burden:* The currently approved annual reporting burden for this collection is 38,322 hours. The following chart details the individual components and respective hour burden estimates of this ICR. In calculating the burdens, we assumed that respondents perform certain requirements in the normal course of their activities. We consider these to be usual and customary and took that into account in estimating the burden. Citation 30 CFR 254 Reporting requirement Hour burden 254.1(a) thru (d); 254.2(a); 254.3 thru 254.5; 254.7; 254.20 thru 254.29; 254.44(b) Submit spill response plan for OCS facilities and related documents 120 254.1(e) Request MMS jurisdiction over facility landward of coast line (no recent request received) 0.5 254.2(b) Submit certification of capability to respond to worst case discharge or substantial threat of such 15 254.2(c); 254.30 Submit revised spill response plan—or notify MMS of no change—for OCS facilities at least every 2 years 36 254.2(c) Request deadline extension for submission of revised plan 4 254.8 Appeal MMS orders or decisions. (Exempt under 5 CFR 1320.4) 0 254.40 Make records of all OSRO-provided services, equipment, personnel available to MMS 5 254.41 Ensure attendance of annual training; retain training records for 2 years 50 254.42(a) thru
(e)Conduct triennial response plan exercise; retain exercise records for 3 years 110 254.42(f) Inform MMS of the date of any exercise (triennial) 1 254.43 Inspect response equipment monthly; retain inspection & maintenance records for 2 years 3.5 254.46(a) Notify NRC of all oil spills from owner/operator facility. (Burden would be included in NRC inventory.) 0 254.46(b) Notify MMS of oil spills of one barrel or more from owner/operator facility; submit follow-up report 2 254.46(c) Notify MMS & responsible party of oil spills from operations at another facility 2 254.50; 254.51 Submit response plan for facility in State waters by modifying existing OCS plan 42 254.50; 254.52 Submit response plan for facility in State waters following format for OCS plan 100 254.50; 254.53 Submit response plan for facility in State waters developed under State requirements 89 254.54 Submit description of oil-spill prevention procedures 5 *Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping “Non-Hour Cost” Burden:* We have identified no non-hour cost burdens for this collection. *Public Disclosure Statement:* The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, *et seq.* ) provides that an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Until OMB approves a collection of information, you are not obligated to respond. *Comments:* Before submitting an ICR to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) requires each agency “* * * to provide notice * * * and otherwise consult with members of the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of information * * *”. Agencies must specifically solicit comments to:
(a)Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to perform its duties, including whether the information is useful;
(b)evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;
(c)enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d)minimize the burden on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Agencies must also estimate the “non-hour cost” burdens to respondents or recordkeepers resulting from the collection of information. Therefore, if you have costs to generate, maintain, and disclose this information, you should comment and provide your total capital and startup cost components or annual operation, maintenance, and purchase of service components. You should describe the methods you use to estimate major cost factors, including system and technology acquisition, expected useful life of capital equipment, discount rate(s), and the period over which you incur costs. Capital and startup costs include, among other items, computers and software you purchase to prepare for collecting information, monitoring, and record storage facilities. You should not include estimates for equipment or services purchased:
(i)Before October 1, 1995;
(ii)to comply with requirements not associated with the information collection;
(iii)for reasons other than to provide information or keep records for the Government; or
(iv)as part of customary and usual business or private practices. We will summarize written responses to this notice and address them in our submission for OMB approval. As a result of your comments, we will make any necessary adjustments to the burden in our submission to OMB. *Public Comment Procedures:* MMS's practice is to make comments, including names and addresses of respondents, available for public review. If you wish your name and/or address to be withheld, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. MMS will honor this request to the extent allowable by law; however, anonymous comments will not be considered. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their entirety. *MMS Information Collection Clearance Officer:* Arlene Bajusz,
(202)208-7744. Dated: March 30, 2006. E.P. Danenberger, Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs. [FR Doc. E6-5136 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-MR-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Reclamation Northwest Area Water Supply Project, North Dakota AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior. ACTION: Notice of public open-house scoping meetings associated with an environmental impact statement
(EIS)being prepared for the completion of the Northwest Area Water Supply Project. SUMMARY: The original notice of intent to prepare this EIS was published in the **Federal Register** on March 6, 2006 (71 FR 43, 11226-11227). This notice is being published to notify interested parties of the dates, times and locations of the public scoping meetings scheduled to solicit public comments. These public scoping meetings will be conducted in an open-house format with displays and Reclamation representatives who will be available for visitation or to accept a written comment. Reclamation is engaging in this planning and EIS effort to address the relevant issues related to completion and operation of the NAWS Project. We are seeking input from the public on the development of reasonable alternatives to the proposed action and analysis of their environmental effects that will be described in the EIS. Reclamation invites all interested parties to submit verbal or written comments related to the significant issues, potential impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed action during the scoping period. DATES: The public scoping meetings will be held on: • Tuesday, April 25, 2006, 6:30 p.m., Bismarck, North Dakota. • Thursday, April 27, 2006, 6:30 p.m., Fort Yates, North Dakota. • Monday, May 1, 2006, 6:30 p.m., Minot, North Dakota. • Tuesday, May 2, 2006, 6:30 p.m., New Town, North Dakota. • Wednesday, May 3, 2006, 6:30 p.m., Bottineau, North Dakota. • Thursday, May 4, 2006, 6:30 p.m., Mohall, North Dakota. To be most helpful to Reclamation, scoping comments should be received on or before the close of the formal scoping period, May 6, 2006. Comments received after May 6, 2006 will be considered to the extent possible in the development of the Draft EIS. ADDRESSES: The open-house, public scoping meetings will be held at: • Best Western Doublewood Inn, Executive Suite 114, 1400 Interchange Avenue, Bismarck, ND. • Prairie Knights Casino and Resort, 7932 Highway 24, Fort Yates, ND. • Sleep Inn—Inn and Suites, 2400 10th Street NW., Minot, ND. • 4 Bears Casino & Lodge, Mandan Hidatsa Room, 202 Frontage Road, New Town, ND. • MSU—Bottineau, Nelson Science Center Room 125, 105 Simrall Boulevard, Bottineau, ND. • Mohall City Hall, 203 Main Street East, Mohall, ND. • Send written comments to Alicia Waters, Northwest Area Water Supply Project EIS, Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, P.O. Box 1017, Bismarck ND 58502. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alicia Waters, Northwest Area Water Supply Project EIS, Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, P.O. Box 1017, Bismarck ND 58502; Telephone:
(701)250-4242 extension 3621; or FAX to
(701)250-4326. You may submit e-mail to *awaters@gp.usbr.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The formal scoping period began on March 6, 2006 and concludes on May 5, 2006. Oral and written comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, will be made available for public review. However, individual respondents may request that we withhold their home address from public disclosure, which will be honored to the extent allowable by law. There may be circumstances in which a respondent's identity may also be withheld from public disclosure, as allowable by law. If you wish to have your name and/or address withheld, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your written comment or verbally to the Reclamation representative. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public disclosure in their entirety. Persons needing reasonable accommodations in order to attend and participate in the public meeting should contact Patience Hurley, at
(701)250-4242 extension 3107 as soon as possible. In order to allow sufficient time to process requests, please call no later than 1 week before the meeting. Dated: March 22, 2006. Donald E. Moomaw, Acting Regional Director, Great Plains Region, Bureau of Reclamation. [FR Doc. E6-5175 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-MN-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Reclamation Red River Valley Water Supply Project, North Dakota AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior. ACTION: Notice for extension of the public comment period for the Red River Valley Water Supply Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation is announcing an additional 15-day extension of the public comment period for the Red River Valley Water Supply Project DEIS. The originally announced, extended comment period ends on March 30, 2006, but it has been extended until April 14, 2006. The original notice of availability of the DEIS, notice of public hearings, and additional information on the Red River Valley Water Supply Project were published in the **Federal Register** on December 30, 2005 (70 FR 250, 77425-77427). DATES: Comments on the DEIS should be postmarked by April 14, 2006. ADDRESSES: Send comments on the DEIS to Red River Valley Water Supply Project, Attn. Signe Snortland, Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, P.O. Box 1017, Bismarck, ND 58502-1017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Signe Snortland, Dakotas Area Office, Bureau of Reclamation, telephone:
(701)250-4242 extension 3619, or Fax to
(701)250-4326. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To be most helpful to Reclamation, comments should be received on or before the close of the formal comment period, April 14, 2006. Comments received after April 14, 2006 will be considered to the extent possible in the development of the Final EIS. Reclamation's practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home address from public disclosure, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There may be other circumstances in which we would withhold a respondent's identity from public disclosure, as allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will make all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available for public disclosure in their entirety. Dated: March 23, 2006. Gary W. Campbell, Acting Regional Director, Great Plains Region, Bureau of Reclamation. [FR Doc. E6-5176 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-MN-P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Office of Justice Programs Office for Civil Rights; Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection; Comment Request ACTION: 30-day notice of information collection under review: Equal Employment Opportunity Plan Certification and Short Form. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs
(OJP)has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. This proposed information collection was previously published in the **Federal Register** , Volume 71, Number 24, page 6094, on February 6, 2006, allowing for a 60-day comment period. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days for public comment until May 10, 2006. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice, especially the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503. Additionally, comments may be submitted to OMB via facsimile to
(202)395-5806. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the following four points: —Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; —Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used: —Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and —Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology; e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. Overview of This Information Collection
(1)Type of Information Collection: Extension of previously approved collection.
(2)Title of the Form/Collection: Equal Employment Opportunity Plan Certification and Short Form.
(3)Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department sponsoring the collection: The Office for Civil Rights, Office of Justice Programs, United States Department of Justice, is sponsoring the collection.
(4)Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary: State, and local, government instrumentalities. Other: For-profit Institutions. 28 CFR 42.301 *et seq.* authorizes the Department of Justice to collect information regarding employment practices from State or Local units of government, agencies of State and Local governments, and Private entities, institutions or organizations to which, OJP, COPS or OVW extended Federal financial assistance.
(5)An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: There are a total of 6371 respondents. It is estimated that it will take 1,290 respondents receiving a grant of $500,000 or more one hour to complete an Equal Employment Opportunity Plan Short Form and submit to the Office of Justice Programs. In addition, an estimated 5,081 of respondents seeking grants ranging from $25,000 up to $500,000 will be required to complete Certification stating that they are maintaining a current Equal Employment Opportunity Plan on file and submit the certification to OJP. Completion and submission of the Certification will take \1/4\ hour.
(6)An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: For the 6371 respondents, the total estimated burden hours on respondents would be 2,560 to complete the EEOP Short Form or Certification. If additional information is required, contact Robert B. Briggs, Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Patrick Henry Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530. Dated: March 9, 2006. Robert B. Briggs, Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 06-2473 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am]
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