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and at the WWAMI (Washington,
Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, & Idaho)
Rural Health Research Center’s Web
site, https://depts.washington.edu/
uwruca/.
In the past, ORHP has issued a list of
eligible, rural ZIP codes in Metropolitan
counties based on the RUCAs rather
than eligible census tracts due to
potential applicants for Rural Health
grants being able to easily ascertain
whether they lived in an eligible ZIP
code area. However, with the advent of
the World Wide Web, applicants are
now able to easily access information
about census tracts, and to identify the
tract identifying number of any
address—(https://www.ffiec.gov/geocode/
default.htm). Further information on the
ZIP code approximation of the census
tract-based RUCA codes is available at
https://depts.washington.edu/uwruca/
approx.html.
HRSA believes that the use of RUCAs
allows more accurate targeting of
resources intended for the rural
population. Both ORHP and CMS have
been using RUCAs for several years to
determine programmatic eligibility for
rural areas inside of Metropolitan
counties.
ORHP currently considers all census
tracts with RUCA codes 4–10 to be
rural. While use of the RUCA codes has
allowed identification of rural census
tracts in Metropolitan counties, among
the more than 60,000 tracts in the U.S.
there are some that are extremely large
and where use of RUCA codes alone
fails to account for distance to services
and sparse population. In response to
these concerns, ORHP has designated
132 large area census tracts with RUCA
codes 2 or 3 as rural. These tracts are at
least 400 square miles in area with a
population density of no more than 35
people.
ORHP will continue to seek
refinements in the use of RUCAs. This
may include further data on travel times
so that areas with heavy commuting to
urbanized areas, but which are too
distant from the urbanized area for the
residents to be able to easily access
health care services, can also be
designated as rural.
HRSA is now seeking public
comments on:
1. The use of census tract RUCA codes
to determine eligibility rather than
RUCA codes which have been crosswalked to ZIP code areas,
2. The possible use of RUCA subcodes, to more accurately identify rural
areas inside Metropolitan counties, and
3. The possible use of travel times
along with RUCAs to identify census
tracts inside Metropolitan counties as
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rural rather than using tract size and
population density.
DATES: The public is encouraged to
submit written comments on the report
and its recommendations July 2, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The following mailing
address should be used: Office of Rural
Health Policy, Health Resources and
Services Administration, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Parklawn Building, 9A–55,
Rockville, MD 20857. HRSA/ORHP’s
facsimile number is (301) 443–2803.
Comments can also be sent via e-mail to
shirsch@hrsa.hhs.gov. All public
comments received will be available for
public inspection at ORHP/HRSA’s
office between the hours of 8:30 a.m.
and 5 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about this request for public
comment can be directed to Steven
Hirsch, by e-mail
(shirsch@hrsa.hhs.gov) or at the address
above.
Dated: April 25, 2007.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 concerning
opportunity for public comment on
proposed collections of information, the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA)
will publish periodic summaries of
proposed projects. To request more
information on the proposed projects or
to obtain a copy of the information
collection plans, call the SAMHSA
Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276–
1243.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collections of information
are 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
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respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: Substance Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
Synar Report Format, FFY 2005–2007—
(OMB No. 0930–0222)—Revision
Section 1926 of the Public Health
Service Act [42 U.S.C. 300x–26]
stipulates that funding Substance Abuse
Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block
Grant agreements for alcohol and drug
abuse programs for fiscal year 1994 and
subsequent fiscal years require States to
have in effect a law providing that it is
unlawful for any manufacturer, retailer,
or distributor of tobacco products to sell
or distribute any such product to any
individual under the age of 18. This
section further requires that States
conduct annual, random, unannounced
inspections to ensure compliance with
the law; that the State submit annually
a report describing the results of the
inspections, describing the activities
carried out by the State to enforce the
required law, describing the success the
State has achieved in reducing the
availability of tobacco products to
individuals under the age of 18, and
describing the strategies to be utilized
by the State for enforcing such law
during the fiscal year for which the
grant is sought.
Before making an award to a State
under the SAPT Block Grant, the
Secretary must make a determination
that the State has maintained
compliance with these requirements. If
a determination is made that the State
is not in compliance, penalties shall be
applied. Penalties ranged from 10
percent of the Block Grant in applicable
year 1 (FFY 1997 SAPT Block Grant
Applications) to 40 percent in
applicable year 4 (FFY 2000 SAPT
Block Grant Applications) and
subsequent years. Respondents include
the 50 States, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, Palau,
Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands.
Regulations that implement this
legislation are at 45 CFR 96.130, are
approved by OMB under control
number 0930–0163, and require that
each State submit an annual Synar
report to the Secretary describing their
progress in complying with section 1926
of the PHS Act. The Synar report, due
December 31 following the fiscal year
for which the State is reporting,
describes the results of the inspections
and the activities carried out by the
State to enforce the required law; the
success the State has achieved in
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reducing the availability of tobacco
products to individuals under the age of
18; and the strategies to be utilized by
the State for enforcing such law during
the fiscal year for which the grant is
sought.
SAMHSA’s Center for Substance
Abuse Prevention will request OMB
approval of revisions to the current
report format associated with Section
1926 (42 U.S.C. 300x–26). The report
format is changing significantly. Any
changes in either formatting or content
are being made to simplify the reporting
process for the States and to clarify the
information as the States report it; both
outcomes will facilitate consistent,
credible, and efficient monitoring of
Synar compliance across the States and
will reduce the reporting burden by the
States. All of the information required
in the new report format is already
being collected by the States.
ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN
Number of
respondents
45 CFR Citation
Responses
per
respondents
1
Hours per
response
Total hour
burden
Annual Report (Section 1—States and Territories) 96.130(e)(1–3) ................
State Plan (Section II—States and Territories) 96.130(e)(4,5)96.130(g) ........
59
59
1
1
15
3
885
177
Total ..........................................................................................................
59
........................
........................
1,062
1
Red Lake Indian Tribe is not subject to tobacco requirements.
Send comments to Summer King,
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7–1044, One Choke Cherry Road,
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments
should be received within 60 days of
this notice.
Dated: April 27, 2007.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E7–8450 Filed 5–2–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276–
1243.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collections of information
are 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.
Proposed Project: 2008 National Survey
on Drug Use and Health—(OMB No.
0930–0110)—Revision
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 concerning
opportunity for public comment on
proposed collections of information, the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA)
will publish periodic summaries of
proposed projects. To request more
information on the proposed projects or
to obtain a copy of the information
collection plans, call the SAMHSA
The National Survey on Drug Use and
Health (NSDUH), formerly the National
Household Survey on Drug Abuse
(NHSDA), is a survey of the civilian,
non-institutionalized population of the
United States 12 years old and older.
The data are used to determine the
prevalence of use of tobacco products,
alcohol, illicit substances, and illicit use
of prescription drugs. The results are
used by SAMHSA, ONDCP, Federal
government agencies, and other
organizations and researchers to
Number of respondents
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Activity
Number of responses per
respondent
Average burden
hours per respondent
182,250
67,500
1,500
5,494
10,125
182,250
1
1
1
1
1
........................
.083
1.0
1.0
.067
.067
..........................
Household Screening ....................................................................................
Interview .........................................................................................................
Clinical Follow-up ...........................................................................................
Screening Verification ....................................................................................
Interview Verification ......................................................................................
TOTAL ....................................................................................................
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establish policy, direct program
activities, and better allocate resources.
For the 2008 NSDUH, additional
questions are being planned regarding
suicide ideation and impairment from
mental health issues. An embedded
split-sample study is being planned to
determine which one of two mental
health disability scales to include in
future NSDUH survey years. The two
disability scales will be evaluated by
using the SCID–I/NP as a follow-up
interview with a subsample of
respondents.
Other questionnaire changes include
deletion of questions about Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita, adoption of a reduced
set of income questions which were
tested in 2006 and 2007, and routing of
Adderall, Ambien, Ketamine, DMT,
AMT, ‘‘Foxy’’ and salvia divinorum
users into the questions on drug
dependence and abuse. For half of the
adult population, the respondent
burden will remain at 60 minutes per
interview. However, due to the length of
one of the disability scales, the other
half of the adult population may have
respondent burden of up to 61 minutes.
As with all NSDUH/NHSDA surveys
conducted since 1999, the sample size
of the survey for 2008 will be sufficient
to permit prevalence estimates for each
of the fifty states and the District of
Columbia. The total annual burden
estimate is shown below:
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hours
15,127
67,500
1,500
368
678
853,173
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed
collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish periodic summaries of
proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects
or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of
information are 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.
Proposed Project: Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
Synar Report Format, FFY 2005-2007--(OMB No. 0930-0222)--Revision
Section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 300x-26]
stipulates that funding Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT)
Block Grant agreements for alcohol and drug abuse programs for fiscal
year 1994 and subsequent fiscal years require States to have in effect
a law providing that it is unlawful for any manufacturer, retailer, or
distributor of tobacco products to sell or distribute any such product
to any individual under the age of 18. This section further requires
that States conduct annual, random, unannounced inspections to ensure
compliance with the law; that the State submit annually a report
describing the results of the inspections, describing the activities
carried out by the State to enforce the required law, describing the
success the State has achieved in reducing the availability of tobacco
products to individuals under the age of 18, and describing the
strategies to be utilized by the State for enforcing such law during
the fiscal year for which the grant is sought.
Before making an award to a State under the SAPT Block Grant, the
Secretary must make a determination that the State has maintained
compliance with these requirements. If a determination is made that the
State is not in compliance, penalties shall be applied. Penalties
ranged from 10 percent of the Block Grant in applicable year 1 (FFY
1997 SAPT Block Grant Applications) to 40 percent in applicable year 4
(FFY 2000 SAPT Block Grant Applications) and subsequent years.
Respondents include the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau,
Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands.
Regulations that implement this legislation are at 45 CFR 96.130,
are approved by OMB under control number 0930-0163, and require that
each State submit an annual Synar report to the Secretary describing
their progress in complying with section 1926 of the PHS Act. The Synar
report, due December 31 following the fiscal year for which the State
is reporting, describes the results of the inspections and the
activities carried out by the State to enforce the required law; the
success the State has achieved in
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reducing the availability of tobacco products to individuals under the
age of 18; and the strategies to be utilized by the State for enforcing
such law during the fiscal year for which the grant is sought.
SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention will request OMB
approval of revisions to the current report format associated with
Section 1926 (42 U.S.C. 300x-26). The report format is changing
significantly. Any changes in either formatting or content are being
made to simplify the reporting process for the States and to clarify
the information as the States report it; both outcomes will facilitate
consistent, credible, and efficient monitoring of Synar compliance
across the States and will reduce the reporting burden by the States.
All of the information required in the new report format is already
being collected by the States.
Annual Reporting Burden
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Number of
45 CFR Citation respondents Responses per Hours per Total hour
\1\ respondents response burden
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Annual Report (Section 1--States and 59 1 15 885
Territories) 96.130(e)(1-3)....................
State Plan (Section II--States and Territories) 59 1 3 177
96.130(e)(4,5)96.130(g)........................
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Total....................................... 59 .............. .............. 1,062
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\1\ Red Lake Indian Tribe is not subject to tobacco requirements.
Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written
comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: April 27, 2007.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E7-8450 Filed 5-2-07; 8:45 am]
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