Notices. Notice of availability of DOE Draft Strategic Plan and request for comment
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BILLING CODE 4000-01-M DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Availability of Draft Strategic Plan and Request for Public Comment AGENCY: Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of availability of DOE Draft Strategic Plan and request for comment. SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the Department of Energy's draft Strategic Plan. The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 requires that Federal agencies update their strategic plans every three years and, in doing so, solicit the views and suggestions of those entities potentially affected by or interested in the plan.
Therefore, the Department is interested in receiving comments on our draft Strategic Plan. DATES: Comments are due by September 7, 2006. If comments are received late, we will consider them to the extent practicable. ADDRESSES: To access the draft strategic plan, go to *http://www.energy.gov,* on the left side of the Department's homepage under “Quick Reference” select the “Strategic Plan—Public Comment” icon. You can provide your comments on-line through the Web site or by e-mail to *StrategicPlan@hq.doe.gov* .
If you wish to send written comments or have any questions, please direct them to: David Abercrombie, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, CF-20, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Abercrombie
(202)586-8664. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Government Performance and Results Act requires that each Federal agency update their strategic plan every three years, (5 U.S.C. 306), and submit their plan to the Congress. This draft Strategic Plan describes our mission, strategic goals, and strategies to achieve those goals. Public Participation Policy It is the policy of the Department to ensure that public participation is an integral and effective part of DOE activities and that decisions are made with the benefit of significant public perspectives. The Department recognizes the many benefits to be derived from public participation for both stakeholders and DOE. Public participation provides a means for DOE to gather a diverse collection of opinions, perspectives, and values from the broadest spectrum possible, enabling the Department to make more informed decisions. Likewise, public participation benefits stakeholders by creating an opportunity to provide input on decisions that affect their communities and our nation. We anticipate publishing the final Strategic Plan on September 30, 2006 and making it available on the Internet at that time. Issued in Washington, DC, on August 15, 2006. James T. Campbell, Acting Chief Financial Officer. [FR Doc. E6-13735 Filed 8-18-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings # 1 August 4, 2006. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric corporate filings: *Docket Numbers: EC06-145-000; ER06-1307-000.* *Applicants:* Rockingham Power, L.L.C.; Duke Power Company LLC; Dynegy Power Marketing, Inc. *Description: Rockingham Power, LLC et al submit an application for authorization of disposition of jurisdictional assets pursuant to Section 203 and a notice of termination of rate schedules.* *Filed Date:* 7/28/2006. *Accession Number: 20060803-0005.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, August 18, 2006. Take notice that the Commission received the following exempt wholesale generator filings: *Docket Numbers: EG06-67-000.* *Applicants:* Snowflake White Mountain Power, LLC. *Description:* Snowflake White Mountain Power, LLC submits its notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. *Filed Date:* 7/31/2006. *Accession Number: 20060804-0089.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, August 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers: EG06-68-000.* *Applicants:* CalPeak Power LLC. *Description:* CalPeak Power LLC submits its Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. *Filed Date:* 8/2/2006. *Accession Number: 20060804-0096.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, August 23, 2006. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings *Docket Numbers:* ER96-2504-015; ER05-1367-004; ER05-1368-004; E05-1369-006; ER00-826-007; ER00-828-007; ER98-421-018; ER98-4055-015; ER01-1337-010; ER02-177-011; ER03-1212-009; ER96-110-021; ER99-2774-014; ER03-956-010; ER03-185-008; ER03-17-008; ER01-545-010; ER00-1783-010; ER02-795-008. *Applicants:* Cinergy Gas & Electric Company; PSI Energy, Inc.; Union Light Heat & Power Company; Cinergy Marketing & Trading, LP; Brownsville Power I, L.L.C.; Caledonia Power I, L.L.C.; CinCap IV, LLC; CinCap V, LLC; Cinergy Capital & Trading, Inc.; Cinergy Power Investments, Inc.; St. Paul Cogeneration, LLC; Cinergy Operating Companies; Duke Power Company LLC; Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C.; Duke Energy Marketing America, LLC; Duke Energy Fayette, LLC; Duke Energy Hanging Rock, LLC; Duke Energy Lee, LLC; Duke Energy Vermillion, LLC; Duke Energy Washington, LLC. * Description: Duke Energy Corporation on behalf of The MBR Companies submit a notice of a non-material change in status in respect to their authority to engage in wholesale sales of capacity, energy, and ancillary services at market-based rates. * *Filed Date:* 7/28/2006. *Accession Number: 20060803-0001.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, August 18, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER99-1293-007.* *Applicants:* Monmouth Energy, Inc. *Description: Compliance Filing of FERC's Order Issued 6/30/2006 of Monmouth Energy, Inc.* *Filed Date:* 7/28/2006. *Accession Number: 20060728-5102.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, August 11, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER00-2268-019* ; ER99-4124-016; ER00-3312-017; ER99-4122-018. *Applicants:* Pinnacle West Capital Corporation; Arizona Public Service Company; Pinnacle West Energy Company; APS Energy Services Company, Inc. *Description: Pinnacle West Capital Corp. et al., submits a supplemental compliance filing in response to the Commission's 4/17/06 Order.* *Filed Date:* 7/31/2006. *Accession Number: 20060728-5110.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, August 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER01-48-007.* *Applicants:* Powerex Corp. *Description: Powerex Corp submits its 2006 triennial market power analysis in support of its continued authority to sell power at market-based rates.* *Filed Date:* 7/31/2006. *Accession Number: 20060802-0150.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, August 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-1270-000.* *Applicants:* Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation. *Description: Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation submits revised FERC Rate Schedule 202, Sixth Revised Sheet Nos. 9-12.* *Filed Date:* 7/21/2006. *Accession Number: 20060725-0059.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, August 11, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-1306-000.* *Applicants:* Pacific Gas and Electric Company. *Description: Pacific Gas and Electric Co submits two Large Facility Agreements and fifteen Small Facility Agreements with the City and County of San Francisco designated as Revised Rate Schedule FERC 114.* *Filed Date:* 7/31/2006. *Accession Number: 20060802-0009.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, August 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-1319-000.* *Applicants:* Northern States Power Company (Wisconsin). *Description: Northern States Power Co submits changes in rates, rate design and terms and conditions applicable to service to ten wholesale electric customers, the Village of Bangor, WI et al, effective 10/1/06.* *Filed Date:* 7/31/2006. *Accession Number: 20060802-0049.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, August 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-1320-000.* *Applicants:* Wisconsin Electric Power Company. *Description: Wisconsin Electric Power Co submits its 2006 Test Year Wholesale Rate Adjustment for certain customers to take effect 1/1/07 or 5/1/07.* *Filed Date:* 8/1/2006. *Accession Number: 20060803-0074.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 22, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-1321-000.* *Applicants:* Westar Energy, Inc. *Description: Westar Energy, Inc submits its Seventh Revised Sheet 11 of Second Revised FERC Rate Schedule 300, Agreement w/ Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility.* *Filed Date:* 8/1/2006. *Accession Number: 20060802-0155.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 22, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-1331-000.* *Applicants:* CalPeak Power LLC. *Description: Calpeak Power, LLC submits an application for acceptance of their proposed FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume 1 under ER06-1331.* *Filed Date:* 8/2/2006. *Accession Number: 20060804-0095.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, August 23, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-1322-000.* *Applicants:* Westar Energy, Inc. *Description: Westar Energy, Inc submits its Sixth Revised Sheet 11 to Rate Schedule 303, Agreement w/ Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission.* *Filed Date:* 8/1/2006. *Accession Number: 20060802-0156.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 22, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-1323-000.* *Applicants:* Westar Energy, Inc. *Description: Westar Energy, Inc submits its Sixth Revised Sheet 9 to Rate Schedule 302, Agreement w/Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission.* *Filed Date:* 8/1/2006. *Accession Number: 20060802-0154.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 22, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-1324-000.* *Applicants:* New England Power Pool Participants Committee. *Description: New England Power Pool Participants Committee submits counterpart signature pages of the NEPOOL Agreement dated 9/1/71 with Caithness New England Services Co., LLC, et al.* *Filed Date:* 8/1/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060802-0151. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 22, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-1327-000.* *Applicants:* Florida Power & Light Company. *Description: Florida Power & Light Co submits the Original Service Agreement No. 244 for Long-Term Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service w/ the City of Homestead, Florida.* *Filed Date:* 8/1/2006. *Accession Number: 20060802-0159.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 22, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-1328-000.* *Applicants:* Central Illinois Public Service Company; Union Electric Company; Ameren Energy Generating Company. *Description: Ameren Parties submits its Third Amendment to the Joint Dispatch Agreement, effective 9/29/06, which changes the termination provision of the agreement.* *Filed Date:* 8/1/2006. *Accession Number: 20060802-0157.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 22, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-1329-000.* *Applicants:* Idaho Power Company. *Description: Idaho Power Co submits notice of cancellations of Service Agreement No 6 et al, to be made effective 10/1/06.* *Filed Date:* 8/1/2006. *Accession Number: 20060803-0002.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 22, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-1332-000.* *Applicants:* Pacific Gas & Electric Company. *Description: Pacific Gas and Electric Co submits the revised rate sheets for the two Reliability Must-Run Service Agreements with California Independent System Operator Corporation.* *Filed Date:* 7/11/2006. *Accession Number: 20060713-0033.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, August 14, 2006. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at *http://www.ferc.gov.* To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed dockets(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-13732 Filed 8-18-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8211-5] Notification of a Public Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Environmental Economics Advisory Committee AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The EPA's Science Advisory Board
(SAB)Staff Office is announcing a public meeting of the SAB Environmental Economics Advisory Committee
(EEAC)to discuss the valuation of mortality risk reduction. DATES: The meeting will be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
(EST)on September 14, 2006 and from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
(EST)on September 15, 2006. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the SAB Conference Center located at 1025 F Street, NW., Suite 3700, Washington, DC 20004. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing further information regarding the public meeting may contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office by telephone/voice mail at
(202)343-9867, or via e-mail at *stallworth.holly@epa.gov.* The SAB mailing address is: U.S. EPA, Science Advisory Board (1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. General information about the SAB, as well as any updates concerning the meeting announced in this notice, may be found in the SAB Web site at: *http://www.epa.gov/sab.* The technical contact for EPA's work on valuing mortality risk reduction is Dr. Chris Dockins who may be reached at
(202)566-2286 or *dockins.chris@epa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the SAB Environmental Economics Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting to discuss appropriate methods for valuing mortality risks in the context of cost-benefit analysis. The EEAC will be augmented by economists from the chartered Science Advisory Board as well as the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis. The SAB was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent scientific and technical advice to the Administrator on the technical basis for Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. *Background:* The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)uses a value of statistical life
(VSL)to express the benefits of mortality risk reductions in monetary terms for use in benefit cost analyses of its rules and regulations. EPA has used the same central default value (adjusted for inflation) in its primary analyses since 1999 when the Agency updated its *Guidelines for Preparing Economic Analyses* (2000). Prior to the release of the Guidelines, EPA sought advice from the Science Advisory Board's Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (SAB-EEAC) on the appropriateness of this estimate and its derivation. In 2000, EPA also consulted with the SAB-EEAC on the appropriateness of making adjustments to VSL estimates to capture risk and population characteristics associated with fatal cancer risks. On May 12-13, 2004, the Environmental Economics Advisory Committee held a consultation to discuss the robustness of estimates from the mortality risk valuation literature. EPA is now in the process of revising and updating its Guidelines and as such would like additional guidance on its approach to valuing mortality risk reductions. The EEAC has been asked to review two papers related to this topic. The first paper (posted at *http://yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eerm.nsf/vwRepNumLookup/EE-0494?OpenDocument)* addresses the application of meta analysis techniques to the derivation of estimates for mortality risk reduction. A second paper discusses appropriate and available methods for valuing mortality risk reductions when affected populations have varying life expectancies. This paper will be posted at *http://yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eerm.nsf/vwRepNumLookup/EE-0495?OpenDocument.* *Availability of Meeting Materials:* Materials in support of this meeting will be placed on the SAB Web Site at: *http://www.epa.gov/sab/* in advance of this meeting. *Procedures for Providing Public Input:* Interested members of the public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB to consider during the advisory process. *Oral Statements:* In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at a public meeting will be limited to five minutes per speaker, with no more than a total of one hour for all speakers. Interested parties should contact Dr. Stallworth, DFO, at the contact information noted above, by August 31, 2006, to be placed on the public speaker list for the September 14-15, 2006 meeting. *Written Statements:* Written statements should be received in the SAB Staff Office by August 31, so that the information may be made available to the SAB for their consideration prior to this meeting. Written statements should be supplied to the DFO in the following formats: one hard copy with original signature, and one electronic copy via e-mail to *stallworth.holly@epa.gov* (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). *Meeting Access:* For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Stallworth at
(202)343-9867 or *stallworth.holly@epa.gov.* To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Dr. Stallworth, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated: August 11, 2006. Anthony F. Maciorowski, Associate Director for Science, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office. [FR Doc. E6-13744 Filed 8-18-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION [OMB Control No. 3090-0278] National Contact Center; Information Collection; National Contact Center Customer Evaluation Survey AGENCY: Citizen Services and Communications, Federal Consumer Information Center, GSA. ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding a renewal to an existing OMB clearance. SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement regarding the National Contact Center Customer Evaluation Survey. This OMB clearance expires on September 30, 2006. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected. DATES: Submit comments on or before: September 20, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tonya Beres, Federal Information Specialist, Office of Citizen Services and Communications, at telephone
(202)501-1803 or via e-mail to *tonya.beres@gsa.gov* . ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to Ms. Hillary Jaffe, GSA Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to the Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), General Services Administration, Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-0278, National Contact Center Customer Evaluation Survey, in all correspondence. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Purpose This information collection will be used to assess the public's satisfaction with the National Contact Center service, to assist in increasing the efficiency in responding to the public's need for Federal information, and to assess the effectiveness of marketing efforts. B. Annual Reporting Burden *Respondents:* 2,200. *Responses Per Respondent:* 1. *Hours Per Response:* .05 (3 minutes) for phone survey .06 (4 minutes) for e-mail survey. *Total Burden Hours:* 119 *OBTAINING COPIES OF PROPOSALS:* Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405, telephone
(202)208-7312. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-0278, National Contact Center Customer Evaluation Survey, in all correspondence. Dated: July 7, 2006. Daryle M. Seckar, Director, Office of Enterprise Infrastructure Operations. [FR Doc. E6-13750 Filed 8-18-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820-CX-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness (OPHEP); Office of Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures (OPHEMC) AGENCY: Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness (OPHEP)/Office of Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures (OPHEMC), HHS. ACTION: Notice of meeting. SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services is pleased to announce the BioShield Stakeholders Workshop. The BioShield Stakeholders Workshop is being convened to provide individual stakeholders with an opportunity to gain insight into the current BioShield interagency governance process and to provide input into the draft HHS *Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures (PHEMC) Strategy for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear
(CBRN)Threats.* DATES: The Workshop will be held on September 25-26, 2006. Pre-registration is available via the Web site shown below. On-site registration will also be possible, space permitting. On-site registration, if offered, will begin at 8 a.m. on September 25. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will end at approximately 6 p.m. on both days. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. The Crystal Gateway Marriott is located directly above the Crystal City Metro Station on the yellow and blue Metro lines. *Register:* Please visit *http://www.hhs.gov/ophep/ophemc/* to register online. The deadline for online registration is Monday, September 18, 2006. On-site registration will also be available at the meeting, space permitting. Seating is limited, so register today! SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Health and Human Services is pleased to announce the upcoming HHS BioShield Stakeholders Workshop. The goals of the HHS BioShield Stakeholders Workshop are: 1. To provide its attendees with insight into the current BioShield interagency governance process; and 2. To provide individual stakeholders with an opportunity to help guide the future implementation of Project BioShield by providing input into the draft HHS *Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures (PHEMC) Strategy for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear
(CBRN)Threats.* The draft *PHEMC Strategy for CBRN Threats* is being developed under the leadership of the Office of Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures (OPHEMC) within the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness (OPHEP), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and will be published in the **Federal Register** prior to this workshop. This Strategy will define the principles guiding HHS medical countermeasure research, development and acquisition. The BioShield Stakeholders Workshop will be an open meeting for representatives from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, professional societies, State and local public health organizations, the academic research and development community, public interest groups, stakeholder Federal agencies, and Congress. The BioShield Stakeholders Workshop is being convened, and the PHEMC Strategy for CBRN Threats is being developed and published, to fulfill the promise that Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt made on March 16, 2006, in his testimony before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. During his testimony, Secretary Leavitt pledged to: work closely with other departments and agencies to streamline and make more effective the current BioShield interagency governance process. We will make this process more transparent and work to educate the public and industry about our priorities and opportunities. As part of this, HHS will convene an outreach meeting with these external stakeholders later this year. OPHEP leads Federal efforts to prepare the nation to prevent and mitigate the health effects of disasters, natural or manmade. As part of this important mission, OPHEMC, within OPHEP, plays a leadership role in the advanced development and acquisition of medical countermeasures, including implementation of the Project BioShield Act of 2004. The purpose of Project BioShield is to accelerate the research, development, acquisition, and availability of effective medical countermeasures for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear
(CBRN)threats. The Special Reserve Fund (SRF), a discretionary reserve of $5.6 billion for the advanced development and purchase of priority medical countermeasures over 10 years, was authorized under Project BioShield to support this mission. For more information regarding the BioShield Stakeholders Workshop, and to register for the Workshop, please visit *http://www.hhs.gov/ophep/ophemc/.* Dated: August 15, 2006. Carol Linden, Deputy Director, OPHEMC. [FR Doc. 06-7033 Filed 8-18-06; 8:45 am]
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