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73748 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No.

238 / Tuesday, December 13, 2005 / Notices

educational (and outreach) activites and managed by the Department of Health data set and to phase out the use of the
identify opportunities for and Human Services is publishing the old forms. OMB committed to a one-
improvements, based on information following summary of proposed year transition period and further
obtained on the research communities’ collection for public comment. committed to reevaluate the data set at
education needs related to protection of Interested individuals are invited to the end of the transition period.
human research subjects. send comments regarding any aspect of Following the expiration of the
Frequency: Reporting on occasion. this collection of information or any transition period, a cross-agency
Affected Public: State, local, or tribal other aspect of this collection of working group recommended revisions
governments, Federal Government, information, including any of the to the SF–424 core data set and form.
business or other for-profit, not-for- following subjects: (1) The necessity and Based on these recommendations, the
profit institutions. utility of the proposed information Grants.gov Program office now proposes
Annual Number of Respondents: collection for the proper performance of the addition of the following three new
6,598. the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy standard data elements to the SF–424
Total Annual Responses: 1. of the estimated burden; (3) ways to data set and form: Requesting entity’s
Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour. enhance the quality, utility, and clarity Province to collect non-US geographic
Total Annual Hours: 900. of the information to be collected; and subdivision data for international
To obtain copies of the supporting (4) the use of automated collection address purposes, if applicable.
statement and any related forms for the techniques or other forms of information Requesting entity’s Point of Contact’s
proposed paperwork collections technology to minimize the information Organizational Affiliation, if applicable.
referenced above, access the HHS Web collection burden. Requesting entity’s Point of Contact’s
site address at http://www.hhs.gov/ Type of Information Collection Title, if applicable.
oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-mail your Request: Regular, Revision of a currently The Grants.gov Program office further
request, including your address, phone approved collection; proposes deletion of the requesting
number, OMB number, and OS Title of Information Collection: SF– entity’s designation of construction or
document identifier, to 424 Application for Federal Assistance; non-construction type of submission
naomi.cook@hhs.gov, or call the Reports Form/OMB No.: OS–4040–0004 data element. Also proposed are non-
Clearance Office on (202) 690–6162. (Formerly OMB–0348–0043); data collection related changes, i.e.,
Written comments and The SF–424 Application for Federal renaming of data elements. These
recommendations for the proposed Assistance (OMB control number 0348– changes are presented in the supporting
information collections must be mailed 0043) was cleared by OMB for statement found on the HHS Web site at
within 60 days of this notice directly to emergency use on July 31, 2003, Federal http://www.hhs.gov/oirm/infocollect/
the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer Register notice [68 FR 44974]. OMB has pending.
designated at the following address: since assigned the responsibility for this Federal agencies will not be required
Department of Health and Human government-wide standard form to the to collect all of the information included
Services, Office of the Secretary, Grants.gov Program Management Office in the data set. The agency will identify
Assistant Secretary for Budget, and therefore the SF–424 Application the data that must be provided by
Technology, and Finance, Office of for Federal Assistance OMB control applicants through instructions that will
Information and Resource Management, number was changed in April 2005 from accompany the application package.
Attention: Naomi Cook (0990–New) 0348–0043 to 4040–0004. A 60-day The efforts to address potential future
Room 531–H, 200 Independence Federal Register Notice was published revisions to the SF–424A and SF–424C
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201. on September 15, 2005 [Vol. 70. No. budget forms and categories and to
Date: December 2, 2005. 178]. evaluate the SF–424B and SF–424D
Use: In the Federal Register notice assurance language are separate efforts
Robert E. Polson,
published April 8, 2003 [68 FR 17090], to be undertaken by the Public Law 106/
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction OMB proposed to establish a
Act Reports Clearance Officer. 107 working groups and have no impact
government-wide standard set of data upon the proposed revisions to the SF–
[FR Doc. E5–7251 Filed 12–12–05; 8:45 am] elements and definitions for grant-
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424 data set or form.
related applications. After consultation An estimate of the total burden was
with the public, OMB added four data submitted during the first information
elements to the existing Standard Form collection package for the SF–424 on
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
424 (SF–424), Application for Federal April 8, 2003, Federal Register notice
HUMAN SERVICES
Assistance data elements and [68 FR 17090]. The estimate has been
Office of the Secretary established the data as the standard core updated based on the Paperwork
data set for use on both paper and Reduction Act Worksheets (OMB 83–C)
[Document Identifier: OS–4040–0004 electronic applications. After obtaining
(Formerly OMB–0348–0043) [30–day notice]
received from the agencies. Collectively,
emergency clearance, July 31, 2003, the agencies plan to receive 142,223
Federal Register notice, [68 FR 44974], applications annually and estimate that
Grants.gov Program Management
use of the standard data elements was it takes applicants one hour on average
Office; Agency Information Collection
implemented through the electronic to complete each application.
Activities: Proposed Collection;
grants application process of Grants.gov, Cumulatively, the agencies report the
Comment Request
and was deployed in October 2003 as total burden to applicants to be 146,758
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, part of the implementation of the hours.
Grants.gov Program Management Office, Federal Financial Assistance Frequency: Recordkeeping, Reporting,
HHS. Management Improvement Act of 1999 on occasion.
In compliance with the requirement (Pub. L. 106–107). Affected: Federal, State, Local and
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the OMB recognized that a transition Tribal governments; farms; non-profit
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the period would be needed to provide institutions, and other for-profit.
Grants.gov Program Management Office, agencies time to adapt their application Total Annual Respondents: 77,576.
one of the 26 E-Government initiatives, forms and systems to the SF–424 core Total Annual Responses: 142,223.

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Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour. announced in the Federal Register (56 programs. Priority data needs
To obtain copies of the supporting FR 52178). The list was subsequently documents describing ATSDR’s
statement and any related forms for the revised based on public comments and rationale for prioritizing research needs
proposed paperwork collections published in final form on November for each substance are available. See
referenced above, access the HHS Web 16, 1992 (57 FR 54150). ADDRESSES section of this Notice.
site address at http://www.hhs.gov/ The 38 substances, each of which is This Notice also serves as a
oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-mail your found on ATSDR’s Priority List of continuous call for voluntary research
request, including your address, phone Hazardous Substances (68 FR 63098, proposals. Private-sector organizations
number, OMB number, and OS November 7, 2003), are aldrin/dieldrin, may volunteer to conduct research to
document identifier, to arsenic, benzene, beryllium, cadmium, address specific priority data needs
naomi.cook@hhs.gov, or call the Reports carbon tetrachloride, chloroethane, identified in this Notice by indicating
Clearance Office on (202) 690–6162. chloroform, chromium, cyanide, p,p’- their interest through submission of a
Written comments and DDT,DDE,DDD, di(2-ethylhexyl) letter of intent to ATSDR (see
recommendations for the proposed phthalate, lead, mercury, methylene ADDRESSES section of this Notice). A Tri-
information collections must be mailed chloride, nickel, polychlorinated Agency Superfund Applied Research
within 30 days of this notice directly to biphenyl compounds (PCBs), polycyclic Committee (TASARC) composed of
the Desk Officer at the address below: aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs— scientists from ATSDR, National
OMB Desk Officer: Katherine Astrich, includes 15 substances), selenium, Institute of Environmental Health
OMB Human Resources and Housing tetrachloroethylene, toluene, Sciences (NIEHS)/NTP, and the EPA,
Branch, Attention: (OMB 4040–0004), trichloroethylene, vinyl chloride, and will review all proposed voluntary
New Executive Office Building, Room zinc. research studies.
10235, Washington, DC 20503. On July 30, 1997, priority data needs DATES: ATSDR provides updates on the
Date: December 2, 2005. for 12 additional hazardous substances status of its Substance-Specific Applied
frequently found at waste sites were Research Program approximately every
Robert E. Polson,
determined and announced in the three years or sooner, as needed. ATSDR
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction
Act Reports Clearance Officer.
Federal Register (62 FR 40820). The 12 considers the voluntary research effort
substances, each of which is included in to be important to the continuing
[FR Doc. E5–7252 Filed 12–12–05; 8:45 am]
ATSDR’s Priority List of Hazardous implementation of the SSARP.
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Substances, are chlordane, 1,2-dibromo- Therefore, the Agency strongly
3-chloropropane, di-n-butyl phthalate, encourages private-sector organizations
disulfoton, endrin (includes endrin to volunteer at any time to conduct
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
aldehyde), endosulfan (alpha-, beta-, research to fill data needs until ATSDR
HUMAN SERVICES
and endosulfan sulfate), heptachlor announces that other research
Agency for Toxic Substances and (includes heptachlor epoxide), mechanisms are in place to address
Disease Registry hexachlorobutadiene, those specific data needs.
hexachlorocyclohexane (alpha-, beta-,
[ATSDR–215] ADDRESSES: Private-sector organizations
delta- and gamma-), manganese,
methoxychlor, and toxaphene. interested in volunteering to conduct
Update on the Status of the Superfund More recently, priority data needs for research can write to Yee-Wan Stevens,
Substance-Specific Applied Research 10 additional hazardous substances M.S., Applied Toxicology Branch,
Program frequently found at waste sites were Division of Toxicology and
determined and announced in the Environmental Medicine, ATSDR, 1600
Editorial Note: FR Doc. 05–23361 was
Federal Register (68 FR 22704). The ten Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop F–32,
originally published at page 71506 in the
issue of Tuesday, November 29, 2005. The substances, each of which is included in Atlanta, Georgia 30333, e-mail:
corrected document is republished below in ATSDR’s Priority List of Hazardous YStevens@cdc.gov. Information about
its entirety, due to printing errors. Substances, are asbestos, benzidine, pertinent ongoing or completed research
AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, 1,2- that may fill priority data needs cited in
and Disease Registry (ATSDR), U.S. dibromoethane, 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,1- this Notice should be similarly
Department of Health and Human dichloroethene, ethylbenzene, addressed.
Services (HHS). pentachlorophenol, 1,1,2,2- Other Requirements: Projects that
ACTION: Notice. tetrachloroethane, and total xylenes. involve the collection of information
Currently, the priority data needs for from ten or more individuals and
SUMMARY: This Notice provides the acrolein and barium are being identified funded by cooperative agreement will
status of ATSDR’s Superfund-mandated and will be reported in a future Federal be subject to review by the Office of
Substance-Specific Applied Research Register notice. Management and Budget (OMB) under
Program (SSARP) which was last To date, 270 priority data needs have the Paperwork Reduction Act.
updated in a Federal Register notice in been identified for the 60 hazardous FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yee-
2002 (67 FR 4836). Authorized by the substances, and 86 priority data needs Wan Stevens, M.S., Applied Toxicology
Comprehensive Environmental have been filled (Table 1). ATSDR fills Branch, Division of Toxicology and
Response, Compensation, and Liability these research needs through U.S. Environmental Medicine, ATSDR, 1600
Act of 1980 (CERCLA, also known as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop F–32,
Superfund statute), as amended by the regulatory mechanisms (test rules), Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone: (770)
Superfund Amendments and private-sector voluntarism, and the 488–3325, fax: (770) 488–4178.
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) [42 direct use of CERCLA funds. Additional SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
U.S.C. 9604 (i)], this research program priority data needs are being addressed
was initiated on October 17, 1991. At through collaboration with the National Background
that time, a list of priority data needs for Toxicology Program (NTP), by ATSDR’s CERCLA as amended by SARA [42
38 priority hazardous substances Great Lakes Human Health Effects U.S.C. 9604(i)] requires that ATSDR (1)
frequently found at waste sites was Research Program, and other Agency jointly with the EPA, develop and

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