Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections;

Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the

Secretary will periodically publish summaries of proposed information

collections projects and solicit public comments in compliance with the

requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995. To request more information on the project or to obtain a copy of

the information collection plans and instruments, call the OS Reports

Clearance Officer on (202) 690-6207.

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Comments are invited 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) 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 Projects: Public Health Service Acquisition Regulation--

PHSAR Part 380--Special Program Requirements Affecting PHS

Acquisitions, and Part 352--Solicitation Provisions and Contract

Clauses--0990-0128--Extension--This clearance request addresses

recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the Public Health Service

Acquisition Regulation (PHSAR) for acquisitions involving safety and

health, drugs and medical supplies, reusable cylinders, laboratory

animals and the Indian Self-Determination Act. Respondents: State or

local governments, Businesses or other for-profit, non-profit

institutions, Small businesses; Burden Information for Drugs and

Medical Supplies--Total Number of Respondents: 50; Annual Frequency of

Response: three times; Average Burden per Response: 2 hours; Estimated

Annual Burden for Drugs and Medical Supplies Requirement: 300 hours--

Burden Information for Indian Self-Determination Act--Total Number of

Respondents: 591; Annual Frequency of Response: one time; Average

Burden per Response: 2 hours; Estimated Annual Burden for Indian Self-

Determination Act Requirement: 1,182 hours--Burden Information for

Reusable Cylinders--Total Number of Respondents: 16; Annual Frequency

of Response: five times; Average Burden per Response: 1 hour; Estimated

Annual Burden for Reusable Cylinders Requirement: 80 hours--Burden

Information for Laboratory Animals--Total Number of Respondents: 51;

Annual Frequency of Response: one time; Average Burden per Response: 10

hours; Estimated Annual Burden for Laboratory Animals Requirement: 510

hours--Burden Information for Safety and Health--Total Number of

Respondents: 59; Annual Frequency of Response: one time; Average Burden

per Response: 8 hours; Estimated Annual Burden for Health and Safety

Requirement: 472 hours--Burden Information for Additional Payment

Provisions--Total Number of Respondents: 454; Annual Frequency of

Response: three times; Average Burden per Response: 1 hour; Estimated

Annual Burden for Additional Payment Requirement: 1,362 hours--Total

Burden: 3,906 hours.

Send comments to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington,

DC 20201. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this

notice.

Dated: April 15, 1997.

Dennis P. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

[FR Doc. 97-10503 Filed 4-22-97; 8:45 am]

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