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BILLING CODE 6715-01-M FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD [No. 2007-N-07] Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance Board. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) has submitted the information collection entitled “Capital Requirements for the Federal Home Loan Banks” to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)for review and approval of a 3-year extension of the OMB control number, 3069-0059, which is due to expire on May 31, 2007. DATES: Interested persons may submit comments on or before May 14, 2007. ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal Housing Finance Board, Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan F. Curtis, Senior Financial Analyst, Regulations & Research Division, Office of Supervision, by e-mail at *curtisj@fhfb.gov,* by telephone at 202-408-2866, or by regular mail at the Federal Housing Finance Board, 1625 Eye Street, NW., Washington DC 20006. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Need For and Use of the Information Collection Section 6 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act establishes the capital structure for the Federal Home Loan Banks (Banks) and requires the Finance Board to issue regulations prescribing uniform capital standards applicable to each Bank. 12 U.S.C. 1426. To implement the statutory capital structure for the Banks, the Finance Board added parts 930, 931, 932, and 933 to its regulations. 12 CFR parts 930, 931, 932, and 933. Part 930 establishes definitions applicable to risk management and the capital regulations; part 931 concerns Bank capital stock; part 932 establishes Bank capital requirements; and part 933 sets forth the requirements for Bank capital structure plans. The implementing regulations also include conforming changes to parts 917, 925, and 956, which concern, respectively, the powers and responsibilities of Bank boards of directors and senior management, Bank members, and Bank investments. 12 CFR parts 917, 925, and 956. The Banks use the information collection contained in the rules implementing section 6 to determine the amount of capital stock a member must purchase to maintain membership in and to obtain services from a Bank. More specifically, sections 931.3 and 933.2(a) of the Finance Board rules authorize a Bank to offer its members several options to satisfy required investments in capital stock as activity-based and/or membership stock purchase requirements. 12 CFR 931.3 and 933.2(a). The information collection is necessary to provide the Banks with the flexibility to meet the statutory and regulatory capital structure requirements while allowing Bank members to choose the option best suited to their business requirements. The OMB control number for the information collection is 3069-0059, and it is due to expire on May 31, 2007. The likely respondents include Bank members. B. Burden Estimate While the number of member respondents and the volume of information have increased, the overall burden has decreased significantly because the Banks can access almost all of the data required by the information collection electronically from call reports the members already must file with their primary regulator. The estimate for the total annual hour burden for all member respondents is 8,953 hours. The estimate for the total annual cost burden is $367,073. These estimates are based on the following calculations: The Banks determine members' activity-based stock purchase requirements on a daily basis. Based on input from the Banks, we estimated the cost and hour burden of the activity-based stock purchase requirement information collection using a daily average of 564 member respondents submitting 1 report for each of the 260 business days during the year. The estimate for the average hours per response is .05 hours. The estimate for member respondents' annual hour burden related to activity-based stock purchase requirements is 7,332 hours (564 average daily activity-based member respondents × 260 responses per member × 0.05 hours per response). The estimate for the annual cost burden is $300,612 (7,332 hours × $41 hourly rate). The Finance Board estimates the total annual average number of member respondents for membership stock purchase requirements at 8,105, with 4 responses per member. The estimate for the average hours per response is 0.05 hours. The estimate for member respondents' annual hour burden related to membership stock purchase requirements is 1,621 hours (8,105 membership investment member respondents × 4 responses per member × 0.05 hours per response). The estimate for the annual cost burden is $66,461 (1,621 hours × $41 hourly rate). C. Comment Request In accordance with the requirements of 5 CFR 1320.8(d), the Finance Board published a request for public comments regarding this information collection in the **Federal Register** on January 26, 2007. See 72 FR 3848 (Jan. 26, 2007). The 60-day comment period closed on March 27, 2007. The Finance Board received no public comments. Written comments are requested on:

(1)Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of Finance Board functions, including whether the information has practical utility;

(2)the accuracy of the Finance Board's estimates of the burdens of the collection of information;

(3)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and

(4)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. Comments may be submitted to OMB in writing at the address listed above. Dated: April 6, 2007. By the Federal Housing Finance Board. Neil R. Crowley, Acting General Counsel. [FR Doc. E7-6890 Filed 4-11-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6725-01-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration on Aging Availability of Funding Opportunity Announcement; Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States (ADDGS) Program *Announcement Type:* Initial Announcement. *Funding Opportunity Number:* HHS-2007-AoA-AZ-0703. *Statutory Authority:* Sec. 398 of the Public Health Service Act (Pub. L. 78-410; 42 U.S.C. 280c-3), amended by the Home Health Care and Alzheimer's Disease Amendments of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-557) and by the Health Professions Education Partnerships Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-392). *Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

(CFDA)Number:* 93.051, Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States (ADDGS) Program. *Dates:* The deadline date for the submission of applications is May 14, 2007. I. Funding Opportunity Description This announcement seeks proposals for the ADDGS Program's mission to expand the availability of diagnostic and support services for persons with Alzheimer's disease, their families, and their caregivers, as well as improve the responsiveness of the home and community based care system to persons with dementia. The program focuses on serving hard-to-reach and underserved people with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders (ADRD). A detailed description of the funding opportunity may be found at *http://www.aoa.gov/doingbus/fundopp/fundopp.asp.* II. Award Information 1. *Funding Instrument Type:* Grant. 2. *Anticipated Total Priority Area Funding per Budget Period.* AoA intends to make available, under this program announcement, grant awards for up to twenty-three

(23)projects at a federal share of approximately $250,000-$325,000 for one year. III. Eligibility Criteria and Other Requirements 1. Eligible Applicants This is a limited grant competition. Eligibility for grant awards is limited to agencies of State Government; only one application per state will be funded. These 1-year grant options are available to all States that will not be receiving ADDGS funds as of July 1, 2007 or operating under a no-cost extension as of July 1, 2007. 2. Cost Sharing or Matching Under this program, AoA will fund no more than 75 percent of the project's total cost. Grantees are required to provide at least 25 percent of the total program costs from non-federal cash or in-kind resources in order to be considered for the award. 3. DUNS Number [All grant applicants must obtain a D-U-N-S number from Dun and Bradstreet. It is a nine-digit identification number, which provides unique identifiers of single business entities. The D-U-N-S number is free and easy to obtain from *http://www.dnb.com/US/duns_update/* ] 4. Intergovernmental Review Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs, is not applicable to these grant applications. IV. Application and Submission Information Address To Request Application Application materials are available online at *http://www.grants.gov.* 1. Submission Requirements Applications must be submitted electronically to *http://www.grants.gov.* In order to be able to submit the application, you must register in the Central Contractor Registry

(CCR)database. Information about CCR is available at *http://www.grants.gov/CCRRegister.* 2. Submission Dates and Times To receive consideration, applications must be submitted electronically by midnight, Eastern time, by the deadline listed in the “Dates” section of this Notice. V. Responsiveness Criteria Each application submitted will be screened to determine whether it was received by the closing date and time. Applications received by the closing date and time will be screened for completeness and conformity with the requirements outlined in Sections III and IV of this Notice and the Program Announcement. Only complete applications that meet these requirements will be reviewed and evaluated competitively. VI. Application Review Information Eligible applications in response to this announcement will be reviewed according to the following evaluation criteria: Purpose and Need for Assistance (10 points); Approach/ Method—Workplan and Activities (40 points); Outcomes/Benefits/Impacts (25 points); and Level of Effort, Program Management, Organizational Capacity (25 points). VII. Agency Contacts Direct inquiries regarding programmatic issues to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of Community-Based Services, Washington, DC 20201, telephone: 202-357-3452. Dated: April 6, 2007. Josefina G. Carbonell, Assistant Secretary for Aging. [FR Doc. E7-6877 Filed 4-11-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4154-01-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [30Day-07-06BE] Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC)publishes a list of information collection requests under review by the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at

(404)693-5960 or send an e-mail to *omb@cdc.gov* . Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to

(202)395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice. Proposed Project Evaluating Channels for Dissemination and Influencing Factors for Implementation of CDC's Dental Infection Control Guidelines-New-National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's

(CDC)Dental Unit plans to conduct an evaluation of the acceptance and implementation of its 2003 Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health Care Settings. These Guidelines took an evidence-based approach to recommending infection control procedures, coalescing existing guidelines developed over the past decade with new infection control measure recommendations supported by research. In releasing the Guidelines just over two years ago, the CDC mailed more than 400,000 copies to practicing dentists, hygienists, dental schools and educators, and health science libraries. CDC also prepared a summary of the Guidelines that were published in the Journal of the American Dental Association

(JADA)in early 2004. At this time, it is critical to the Dental Unit's dissemination plan to mount an evaluation of the effectiveness of CDC's activities in moving the behavior of practicing dentists in the direction of increased adoption and implementation of recommendations put forth in the Guidelines. CDC has contracted with the Research Triangle Institute

(RTI)and its subcontractor, the American Dental Association (ADA), to design and conduct the first phase of such an evaluation. This phase includes conducting a mail survey to a probability sample of 6,500 dentists actively engaged in the private practice of clinical dentistry in the United States. The sample will be selected from the ADA's dentist Master file, the nation's most up-to-date and complete listing of U.S. dentists. The Master file is associated with extensive descriptive information on U.S. dentists based on returns to other ADA survey and updating activities. Included in the master file is information that will allow the sample to: Be selected with equal precision from the U.S. Census Divisions; include over-representation of selected specialties, *i.e.* , oral surgery and periodontics; identify dentists in private practice; and weight the sample according to selected demographic and professional characteristics so the results can accurately reflect all active private practice dentists in the U.S. We expect to achieve a response rate of at least 70 percent, which will yield 4,550 completed questionnaires. There are no costs to respondents other than their time to participate in the survey. The total estimated annual burden hours are 1,138. Estimated Annualized Burden Table Form Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Average burden per response (in hrs.) Dental Survey 4550 1 15/60 Dated: April 6, 2007. Joan Karr, Reports Clearance Officer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E7-6911 Filed 4-11-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [30Day-07-06AV] Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC)publishes a list of information collection requests under review by the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at

(404)639-5960 or send an e-mail to *omb@cdc.gov* . Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to

(202)395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice. Proposed Project Occupational Safety and Health Information Needs and Uses By Trade Associations and Labor Unions Within Eight Industrial Sectors—New—National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description As mandated in the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91-596), the mission of NIOSH is to conduct research and investigations on work-related disease and injury and to disseminate information for preventing identified workplace hazards (Sections 20(a)(1) and (d)). Through the development, organization, and dissemination of information, NIOSH promotes awareness about occupational hazards and their control, and improves the quality of American working life. Previous research has shown that trade associations and labor unions are primary sources of occupational safety and health

(OSH)information. These organizations know the industries they represent and how to relate to the various groups within their respective industries. If NIOSH could learn more about the OSH-related activities of these organizations, it would be a first step in routinely partnering with them to communicate information which impacts worker safety and health. For example, through these organizations NIOSH could learn about unmet occupational safety and health information needs in industry and develop information and communication products to address these needs. Furthermore, with more focused information on the safety and health issues, NIOSH would be in a better position to develop impact communication products to serve this community. NIOSH proposes to obtain OSH information from trade associations and labor unions that represent each of the eight NIOSH National Occupational Research Agenda

(NORA)industry sectors. These sectors are Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing; Mining; Construction; Manufacturing; Wholesale and Retail Trade; Transportation and Utilities; Public and Private Services; and Healthcare and Social Assistance Industries. The goals of this project are to determine

(1)Sources of occupational safety and health

(OSH)information currently used by the different sector trade associations and labor unions,

(2)OSH information presently being disseminated by these different trade associations and labor unions to their members,

(3)channels of communication within the different sector associations and unions used to disseminate OSH information,

(4)needs for specific types of OSH information, especially those needs not presently being serviced,

(5)OSH concerns of industry trade associations and labor unions,

(6)awareness and perception of NIOSH as a source of OSH information,

(7)use of NIOSH information services (Web site, printed materials, 800 number, etc.),

(8)usefulness of NIOSH information to address their OSH concerns and

(9)credibility of NIOSH as a trusted source of occupational safety and health information. The ultimate desired outcome of this project is to reduce illness and injury for workers on jobs and tasks which pose high risks. Occupational Safety and Health information will be collected from a sample of trade associations and labor unions for each of the NORA industry sectors using a telephone survey. NIOSH requests approval from OMB for eighteen months for this information collection. To facilitate the survey, NIOSH will interact with trade association and labor organization staff within the industry sectors to ensure that

(1)the survey questions developed appropriately capture the needed information,

(2)the survey is well received and

(3)that the data obtained is representative of the full range of occupations within the targeted industry sectors. These interactions will be structured to foster professional relationships that will improve NIOSH's future communication and information dissemination efforts to these important partners. The process of interacting and surveying the trade associations and labor unions will allow NIOSH to develop a benchmark against which future efforts in partnership and communication can be measured. Working cooperatively on new solutions and distribution of future communication products will promote cooperation and trust between NIOSH and trade and labor groups for the future. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 376. There is no cost to respondents for participation in the survey except their time. Estimated Annualized Burden Hours Type of respondent Form name Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Average burden hours per response (in hours) Response burden Health & safety personnel Full form 1455 1 15/60 364 Health & safety personnel Non-response form 357 1 2/60 12 Dated: April 6, 2007. Joan F. Karr, Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E7-6912 Filed 4-11-07; 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): Implementing Surveillance to Determine the Prevalence of the Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Developmental Disabilities in Early Childhood Populations, Request for Applications

(RFA)DD 07-007 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 aforementioned meeting. *Time and Date:* 12 p.m.-3 p.m., June 7, 2007 (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 “Implementing Surveillance to Determine the Prevalence of the Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Developmental Disabilities in Early Childhood Populations,” RFA DD 07-007. *For Further Information Contact:* Sheree Williams, PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, Office of the Chief Science Officer, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Mailstop D 72, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone 404-639-4896. 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 5, 2007. Elaine L. Baker, Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E7-6927 Filed 4-11-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting; Notice of Meeting; Cancellation AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The meeting of the Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee scheduled for April 11, 2007, is cancelled. This meeting was announced in the **Federal Register** of March 16, 2007 (72 FR 12620). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lt. Sohail Mosaddegh, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (HFD-21), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane (for express delivery, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1093), Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-7001, FAX: 301-827-6776, e-mail: *sohail.mosaddegh@fda.hhs.gov* , or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 3014512530. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting. Dated: April 8, 2007. Randall W. Lutter, Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning. [FR Doc. 07-1825 Filed 4-9-07; 3:14 pm]

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