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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
IAATP: Trainee Survey Pre-Test Administration .............................................
IAATP: Trainee Survey Follow-Up Administration ...........................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 300
In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is publishing the following
summary of a proposed collection for
public comment. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be
requested from L’Enfant Promenade,
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF
Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All
requests should be identified by the title
of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests
comments 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)
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.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Number of
responses per
respondent
1,200
1,200
Dated: January 8, 2008.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Statewide Automated Child
Welfare Information System (SACWIS)
Assessment Review Guide (SARGE).
OMB No.: 0970–0159.
Description: The Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS)
cannot fulfill its obligation to effectively
serve the nation’s adoption and foster
care populations, nor report meaningful
and reliable information to Congress
about the extent of problems facing
these children or the effectiveness of
assistance provided to this population,
without access to timely and accurate
information. Currently, SACWIS
support State efforts to meet the
following Federal reporting
requirements: The Adoption and Foster
Care Analysis and Reporting System
(AFCARS) required by section 479(b)(2)
of the Social Security Act; the National
Child Abuse and Neglect Data System
(NCANDS); Child Abuse Prevention and
Average
hours per
response
1
1
.15
.10
Total burden
hours
180
120
Treatment Act (CAPTA); and the Chafee
Independent Living Program. These
systems also support State efforts to
provide the information to conduct the
Child and Family Service Reviews.
Currently, 42 States and the District of
Columbia have developed, or are
developing, a SACWIS with Federal
financial participation. The purpose of
these reviews is to ensure that all
aspects of the project, as described in
the approved Advance Planning
Document, have been adequately
completed, and conform to applicable
regulations and policies.
To initiate a review, States will
submit the completed SACWIS
Assessment Review Guide (SARGE) and
other documentation at the point that
they have completed system
development and the system is
operational statewide. The additional
documents submitted as part of this
process should all be readily available
to the State as a result of good project
management practices.
The information collected in the
SACWIS Assessment Review Guide will
allow State and Federal officials to
determine if the State’s SACWIS meets
the requirements of title IV–E Federal
Financial Participation (FFP) defined at
45 CFR 1355.50. Additionally, other
States will be able to use the
documentation provided as part of this
review process in their own system
development efforts.
Respondents: State Title IV–E
Agencies.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
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SACWIS Assessment Review Guide (SARGE) ..............................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 750.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
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Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Instrument
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information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Information Services,
370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests
should be identified by the title of the
information collection.
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Average
burden hours
per response
1
250
Total burden
hours
750
The Department specifically requests
comments 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)
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
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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.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Dated: January 8, 2008.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 08–96 Filed 1–14–08: 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 2006D–0419]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for Office of
Management and Budget Review;
Comment Request; Voluntary National
Retail Food Regulatory Program
Standards
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 February
14, 2008.
ADDRESSES: 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: FDA Desk Officer, FAX:
202–395–6974, or e-mailed to
baguilar@omb.eop.gov. All comments
should be identified with the OMB
control number 0910–NEW and title,
Voluntary National Retail Food
Regulatory Program Standards. Also
include the FDA docket number found
in brackets in the heading of this
document.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonna Capezzuto, Office of the Chief
Information Officer (HFA–250), Food
and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301–827–
4659.
In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA
has submitted the following proposed
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
Voluntary National Retail Food
Regulatory Program Standards
The Program Standards define nine
essential elements of an effective
regulatory program for retail food
establishments, establish basic quality
control criteria for each element, and
provide a means of recognition for those
state, local, and tribal regulatory
programs that meet the Program
Standards. The program elements
addressed by the Program Standards are
as follows: (1) Regulatory foundation,
(2) trained regulatory staff, (3)
inspection program based on Hazard
Analysis and Critical Control Point
(HACCP) principles, (4) uniform
inspection program, (5) foodborne
illness and food defense preparedness
and response, (6) compliance and
enforcement, (7) industry and
community relations, (8) program
support and resources, and (9) program
assessment. Each standard includes a
list of records needed to document
compliance with the standard (referred
to in the Program Standards document
as ‘‘quality records’’) and has one or
more corresponding appendices that
contain forms and worksheets to
facilitate the collection of information
needed to assess the retail food
regulatory program against that
standard. The respondents are state,
local and tribal government agencies.
Regulatory agencies may use existing,
available records or may choose to
develop and use alternate forms and
worksheets that capture the same
information.
In the course of their normal
activities, state, local, and tribal
regulatory agencies already collect and
keep on file many of the records needed
as quality records to document
compliance with each of the Program
Standards. Although the detail and
format in which this information is
collected and recorded may vary by
jurisdiction, records that are kept as a
usual and customary part of normal
agency activities include inspection
records, written quality assurance
procedures and records of quality
assurance checks, staff training
certificates and other training records, a
log or database of food-related illness or
injury complaints, records of
investigations resulting from such
complaints, an inventory of inspection
equipment, records of outside audits,
and records of outreach efforts (e.g.,
meeting agendas and minutes,
documentation of food safety education
activities). No new recordkeeping
burden is associated with these existing
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records, which are already a part of
usual and customary program
recordkeeping activities by state, local,
and tribal regulatory agencies, and
which can serve as quality records
under the Program Standards.
State, local, and tribal regulatory
agencies that enroll in the Program
Standards and seek listing in the FDA
National Registry are required to report
to FDA on the completion of the
following three management tasks
outlined in the Program Standards: (1)
Conducting a program self assessment;
(2) conducting a baseline survey of the
regulated industry; and (3) obtaining an
independent outside audit (verification
audit). All three tasks must initially be
completed within a 3-year time span.
The results are reported to FDA on Form
FDA 3519, ‘‘FDA National Registry
Report’’ and Form FDA 3520,
‘‘Permission to Publish in National
Registry.’’ These forms are located in
Appendix I of the Program Standards
document. If a regulatory agency follows
all the recordkeeping recommendations
in the individual standards and their
appendices, it will have all the
information needed to complete the
forms. The time required to complete
the forms is minimal.
In the Federal Register of November
14, 2006 (71 FR 66337), FDA published
a 60-day notice requesting public
comment on the information collection
provisions. FDA received two letters in
response to the notice, but the letters
contained comments that were not
responsive to the four PRA comment
requests. These comments will not be
addressed in this document.
In April 2006, the Conference for
Food Protection approved changes to
the Program Standards that have been
incorporated into a draft 2007 revision,
which is available at https://
www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ret4toc.html.
FDA analyzed whether incorporation of
the changes alters its estimate of the
recordkeeping and reporting burdens as
set forth in the 60-day notice. FDA
concluded that the changes cause a
minor increase and decrease in the
recordkeeping burden, resulting in no
net change in the recordkeeping burden
estimate. FDA further concluded that
the reporting burden estimate should be
increased by adding a line to table 2 to
reflect the addition of 150 hours. This
is because the revision to Standard 2
establishes an Assessment of Training
Needs (ATN) process and forms that can
be used by regulatory retail food
program managers/training officers to
prepare Food Safety Inspection officers
(FSIOs) to conduct retail food and
foodservice inspections (new Appendix
B–2 and its accompanying Attachments
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System
(SACWIS) Assessment Review Guide (SARGE).
OMB No.: 0970-0159.
Description: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
cannot fulfill its obligation to effectively serve the nation's
adoption and foster care populations, nor report meaningful and
reliable information to Congress about the extent of problems facing
these children or the effectiveness of assistance provided to this
population, without access to timely and accurate information.
Currently, SACWIS support State efforts to meet the following Federal
reporting requirements: The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and
Reporting System (AFCARS) required by section 479(b)(2) of the Social
Security Act; the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System
(NCANDS); Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA); and the
Chafee Independent Living Program. These systems also support State
efforts to provide the information to conduct the Child and Family
Service Reviews. Currently, 42 States and the District of Columbia have
developed, or are developing, a SACWIS with Federal financial
participation. The purpose of these reviews is to ensure that all
aspects of the project, as described in the approved Advance Planning
Document, have been adequately completed, and conform to applicable
regulations and policies.
To initiate a review, States will submit the completed SACWIS
Assessment Review Guide (SARGE) and other documentation at the point
that they have completed system development and the system is
operational statewide. The additional documents submitted as part of
this process should all be readily available to the State as a result
of good project management practices.
The information collected in the SACWIS Assessment Review Guide
will allow State and Federal officials to determine if the State's
SACWIS meets the requirements of title IV-E Federal Financial
Participation (FFP) defined at 45 CFR 1355.50. Additionally, other
States will be able to use the documentation provided as part of this
review process in their own system development efforts.
Respondents: State Title IV-E Agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SACWIS Assessment Review Guide (SARGE).. 3 1 250 750
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 750.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments 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) the quality, utility, and clarity of the
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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. Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions
submitted within 60 days of this publication.
Dated: January 8, 2008.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 08-96 Filed 1-14-08: 8:45 am]
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