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IV. Order to Maintain Assets
The Commission also has issued an
Order to Maintain Assets in this
proceeding. The purpose of the Order to
Maintain Assets is: (a) to maintain the
full economic viability, marketability
and competitiveness of the travel
centers through their full transfer and
delivery to Love’s; (b) to minimize any
risk of loss of competitive potential for
the travel centers; (c) to prevent the
destruction, removal, wasting,
deterioration, or impairment of any of
the travel centers, except for ordinary
wear and tear; and (d) to prevent
disclosure of any Confidential Business
Information related to the travel centers
to any person except Love’s or persons
specifically authorized by Love’s to
receive such information. The
Commission may appoint an Interim
Monitor to assure that Respondents
expeditiously comply with all of their
obligations and perform all of their
responsibilities as required by the Order
to Maintain Assets.
By direction of the Commission,
Commissioner Brill not participating.
Donald S. Clark
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010–16433 Filed 7–6–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Title: Subsidized and Transitional
Employment Demonstration and
Evaluation Project (STEDEP).
OMB No.: New Collection.
Billing Accounting Code (BAC):
418409 (CAN G996121).
Description: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is
proposing an information collection
activity as part of the Subsidized and
Transitional Employment
Demonstration and Evaluation Project.
The proposed information collection
consists of semi-structured interviews
with key respondents involved with
subsidized and transitional employment
programs. Through this information
collection and other study activities,
ACF seeks to identify the types of
strategies that should be tested within
the context of current TANF policies
and requirements as well as recent
efforts under the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Respondents: Experts and
stakeholders such as researchers, policy
experts, coordinators (e.g. state-level
coordinators), subsidized and
transitional employment program
directors and staffs.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
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Discussion Guide for Use with Researchers, Policy Experts, and Statelevel Coordinators ......................................................................................
Discussion Guide for use with Program Directors ........................................
Discussion Guide for Use with Program Staff ...............................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 213.
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 Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC
20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance
Officer. E-mail address:
OPREinfocollection@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)
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responses per
respondent
50
25
50
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.
Steven Hanmer,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposals, Submissions,
and Approvals: Practitioner Data Bank
for Adverse Information on Physicians
and Other Health Care Practitioners
Periodically, the Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA)
publishes abstracts of information
collection requests under review by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), in compliance with the
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2
Total
burden hours
50
63
100
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of
the clearance requests submitted to
OMB for review, e-mail
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA
Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443–
1129.
The following request has been
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget for review under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995:
Proposed Project: National
Practitioner Data Bank for Adverse
Information on Physicians and Other
Health Care Practitioners—45 CFR Part
60 Regulations and Forms (OMB No.
0915–0126)—Extension.
The National Practitioner Data Bank
(NPDB) was established through Title IV
of Public Law (Pub. L.) 99–660, the
Health Care Quality Improvement Act of
1986, as amended. Final regulations
governing the NPDB are codified at 45
CFR part 60. Responsibility for NPDB
implementation and operation resides
in the Bureau of Health Professions,
Health Resources and Services
Administration, Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS). The NPDB
began operation on September 1, 1990.
The intent of Title IV of Public Law
99–660 is to improve the quality of
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health care by encouraging hospitals,
State licensing boards, professional
societies, and other entities providing
health care services, to identify and
discipline those who engage in
unprofessional behavior; and to restrict
the ability of incompetent physicians,
dentists, and other health care
practitioners to move from State to State
without disclosure of the practitioner’s
previous damaging or incompetent
performance.
The NPDB acts primarily as a flagging
system; its principal purpose is to
facilitate comprehensive review of
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Regulation citation
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Responses
per respondent
Number of
respondents
60.6(a) Errors &
Omissions .........
60.6(b) Revisions
to Action ...........
60.7(b) Medical
Malpractice Payment Report ......
60.8(b) Adverse
Action Reports—State
Boards ..............
60.11(a)(3) Adverse Action ......
60.11(c) Requests
for Hearings by
Entities ..............
60.12(a)(1) & (2)
Queries by Hospital ...................
60.13(a)(1)(i) Disclosure to Hospitals .................
60.13(a)(1)(ii) Disclosure to Practitioners (Self
Query) ...............
60.13(a)(1)(iii) Disclosure to Licensure Boards ......
60.13(a)(1)(iv)
Queries by NonHospital Health
Care Entities .....
60.13(a)(i)(v) Queries by Plaintiffs’
Attorneys ..........
60.13(a)(1)(vi)
Queries by NonHospital Health
Care Entities—
Peer Review .....
60.13(a)(i)(vii) Requests by Researchers for
Aggregate Data
60.16(b) Practitioner Places a
Report in Disputed Status .....
60.16(b) Practitioner Statement
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practitioners’ professional credentials
and background. Information on
medical malpractice payments, adverse
licensure actions, adverse clinical
privileging actions, adverse professional
society actions, and Medicare/Medicaid
exclusions is collected from, and
disseminated to, eligible entities
(entities that are entitled to query and/
or report to the NPDB under the
provisions of 45 CFR part 60). It is
intended that NPDB information should
be considered with other relevant
information in evaluating a
practitioner’s credentials.
Hours per
response
(min).
Total responses
The reporting forms and the request
for information forms (query forms) are
accessed, completed, and submitted to
the NPDB electronically through the
NPDB Web site at https://www.npdbhipdb.hrsa.gov/. All reporting and
querying is performed through this
secure Web site. Due to overlap in
requirements for the Healthcare
Integrity and Protection Data Bank
(HIPDB), some of the NPDB’s burden
has been subsumed under the HIPDB.
Estimates of Annualized Burden Are
as Follows:
Total burden
hours
Total cost
315
5
1,260
15
109
1
109
30
519
29
15,051
45
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
480
2
960
45
720
25
18,000
0
0
0
480
0
200
0
5,996
213
1,277,148
5
106,429
25
2,660,725
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
87
645
56,115
5
4,676.25
25
116,906.25
7,305
322
2,352,210
5
196,017.5
25
4,900,437.50
5
1
5
30
2.5
200
500.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
1
20
30
10
38
380.00
404
1
404
15
101
45
4,545.00
1,415
1
1,415
45
1,061.25
100
106,125.00
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Wage rate
54.5
11,288.25
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$7,875.00
25
1,362.50
25
282,206.25
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Regulation citation
60.16(b) Practitioner Requests
for Secretarial
Review ..............
60.3 Entity Registration—Initial
60.3 Entity Registration—Update ...................
60.13(a) Authorized Agent Designation—Initial
60.13(a) Authorized Agent—Update ...................
60.14(c) Account
Discrepancy Report ...................
60.14(c) Electronic
Funds Transfer
Authorization .....
60.3 Entity Reactivation ..............
Total ..............
Responses
per respondent
Number of
respondents
Hours per
response
(min).
Total responses
Total burden
hours
Wage rate
Total cost
27
1
27
480
216
200
1,447
1
1,447
60
1,447
25
36,175
13,115
1
13,115
5
1,092.92
25
27,323
717
1
717
15
179.25
25
4,481.25
139
1
139
5
11.58
25
289.50
5
1
5
15
1.25
25
31.25
284
1
284
15
71
25
1,775.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32,389
........................
3,720,431
........................
Written comments and
recommendations concerning the
proposed information collection should
be sent within 30 days of this notice to
the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov
or by fax to 202–395–6974. Please direct
all correspondence to the ‘‘attention of
the desk officer for HRSA.’’
Dated: June 29, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy Information and
Coordination.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Survey of Health
Care Professionals’ Awareness and
Perceptions of the National Cancer
Institute’s Intramural Clinical Trials
(NCI)
Summary: Under the provisions of
Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National
Cancer Institute (NCI), the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), has submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request to review and approve
the information collection listed below.
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on April 22, 2010 (75 FR
20999) and allowed 60-days for public
comment. There were no public
comments received. The purpose of this
notice is to allow an additional 30 days
for public comment. The National
Institutes of Health may not conduct or
........................
43,200.00
8,212,337.5
sponsor, and the respondent is not
required to respond to, an information
collection that has been extended,
revised, or implemented on or after
October 1, 1995, unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
Proposed Collection: Title: Survey of
Health Care Professionals’ Awareness
and Perceptions of the National Cancer
Institute’s Intramural Clinical Trials
(NCI). Type of Information Collection
Request: New. Need and Use of
Information Collection: To assess
respondents’ awareness and knowledge
of NCI and measure awareness of NCI
clinical trials at the NIH Clinical Center
in Bethesda, MD. The survey will be
disseminated electronically to members
of the American Medical Association
(AMA) with a certain primary
specialties. Frequency of Response:
Yearly. Affected Public: Individual
adults. Type of Respondents: Health
care providers (AMA members who
have allowed the use of their e-mail
address). The annual reporting burden
is estimated at 28 hours (see Table
below).
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Type of respondents
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average time per
response
(minutes/hour)
Annual burden
hours
Health care professionals who complete the survey ..............
330
1
5/60
(0.083)
27.5
Totals ................................................................................
330
330
..............................
27.5
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions,
and Approvals: Practitioner Data Bank for Adverse Information on
Physicians and Other Health Care Practitioners
Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request
a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, e-mail
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301)
443-1129.
The following request has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995:
Proposed Project: National Practitioner Data Bank for Adverse
Information on Physicians and Other Health Care Practitioners--45 CFR
Part 60 Regulations and Forms (OMB No. 0915-0126)--Extension.
The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) was established through
Title IV of Public Law (Pub. L.) 99-660, the Health Care Quality
Improvement Act of 1986, as amended. Final regulations governing the
NPDB are codified at 45 CFR part 60. Responsibility for NPDB
implementation and operation resides in the Bureau of Health
Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS). The NPDB began operation on
September 1, 1990.
The intent of Title IV of Public Law 99-660 is to improve the
quality of
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health care by encouraging hospitals, State licensing boards,
professional societies, and other entities providing health care
services, to identify and discipline those who engage in unprofessional
behavior; and to restrict the ability of incompetent physicians,
dentists, and other health care practitioners to move from State to
State without disclosure of the practitioner's previous damaging or
incompetent performance.
The NPDB acts primarily as a flagging system; its principal purpose
is to facilitate comprehensive review of practitioners' professional
credentials and background. Information on medical malpractice
payments, adverse licensure actions, adverse clinical privileging
actions, adverse professional society actions, and Medicare/Medicaid
exclusions is collected from, and disseminated to, eligible entities
(entities that are entitled to query and/or report to the NPDB under
the provisions of 45 CFR part 60). It is intended that NPDB information
should be considered with other relevant information in evaluating a
practitioner's credentials.
The reporting forms and the request for information forms (query
forms) are accessed, completed, and submitted to the NPDB
electronically through the NPDB Web site at https://www.npdb-hipdb.hrsa.gov/. All reporting and querying is performed through this
secure Web site. Due to overlap in requirements for the Healthcare
Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB), some of the NPDB's burden
has been subsumed under the HIPDB.
Estimates of Annualized Burden Are as Follows:
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Hours per
Regulation citation Number of Responses per Total response Total burden Wage rate Total cost
respondents respondent responses (min). hours
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60.6(a) Errors & Omissions........... 315 5 1,260 15 315 $25 $7,875.00
60.6(b) Revisions to Action.......... 109 1 109 30 54.5 25 1,362.50
60.7(b) Medical Malpractice Payment 519 29 15,051 45 11,288.25 25 282,206.25
Report..............................
60.8(b) Adverse Action Reports--State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boards..............................
60.11(a)(3) Adverse Action........... 480 2 960 45 720 25 18,000
60.11(c) Requests for Hearings by 0 0 0 480 0 200 0
Entities............................
60.12(a)(1) & (2) Queries by Hospital 5,996 213 1,277,148 5 106,429 25 2,660,725
60.13(a)(1)(i) Disclosure to 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hospitals...........................
60.13(a)(1)(ii) Disclosure to 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Practitioners (Self Query)..........
60.13(a)(1)(iii) Disclosure to 87 645 56,115 5 4,676.25 25 116,906.25
Licensure Boards....................
60.13(a)(1)(iv) Queries by Non- 7,305 322 2,352,210 5 196,017.5 25 4,900,437.50
Hospital Health Care Entities.......
60.13(a)(i)(v) Queries by Plaintiffs' 5 1 5 30 2.5 200 500.00
Attorneys...........................
60.13(a)(1)(vi) Queries by Non- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hospital Health Care Entities--Peer
Review..............................
60.13(a)(i)(vii) Requests by 20 1 20 30 10 38 380.00
Researchers for Aggregate Data......
60.16(b) Practitioner Places a Report 404 1 404 15 101 45 4,545.00
in Disputed Status..................
60.16(b) Practitioner Statement...... 1,415 1 1,415 45 1,061.25 100 106,125.00
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60.16(b) Practitioner Requests for 27 1 27 480 216 200 43,200.00
Secretarial Review..................
60.3 Entity Registration--Initial.... 1,447 1 1,447 60 1,447 25 36,175
60.3 Entity Registration--Update..... 13,115 1 13,115 5 1,092.92 25 27,323
60.13(a) Authorized Agent 717 1 717 15 179.25 25 4,481.25
Designation--Initial................
60.13(a) Authorized Agent--Update.... 139 1 139 5 11.58 25 289.50
60.14(c) Account Discrepancy Report.. 5 1 5 15 1.25 25 31.25
60.14(c) Electronic Funds Transfer 284 1 284 15 71 25 1,775.00
Authorization.......................
60.3 Entity Reactivation............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Total............................ 32,389 .............. 3,720,431 .............. 323,694.25 .............. 8,212,337.5
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to
the desk officer for HRSA, either by e-mail to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''
Dated: June 29, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy Information and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-16399 Filed 7-6-10; 8:45 am]
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