[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2991-2992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1202]
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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 to provide the opportunity for public comment on proposed
information collection activities, the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration publishes periodic summaries of proposed
activities. To request more information on the proposed activities or
to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the SAMHSA
Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-0525.
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. FY 1999-2001 Substance Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Application Format--Revision--The
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x 21-35 & 51-64) authorizes
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block grants to States for the purpose of providing substance abuse
prevention and treatment services. Under the provisions of the law,
States may receive allotments only after an application is submitted
and approved by the Secretary, DHHS. For the FY 1999 Substance Abuse
Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant cycle, SAMHSA plans to
provide States with slightly modified application forms and
instructions. These changes affect the portion of the application that
asks for information related to section 1926 (sales of tobacco to
minors). The application will no longer require a description of
sampling methodologies and procedures for identifying and selecting
tobacco outlets to be sampled throughout a State, unless a change to
such methodologies or procedures has occurred in the previous year. The
application will provide for more detailed information on the results
and validity of the random unannounced inspections, and it will request
greater detail on the number and results of actual enforcement
activities that a State has undertaken. At the request of the
Department, SAMHSA plans to include an additional tobacco-related
question to Attachment 6 of the application. This question will require
States to briefly describe collaboration between each State's Tobacco
and Health Office (ASTHO representative) and Single State Authority for
Substance Abuse (NASADAD representative). Because Federal funds for
tobacco prevention and control efforts are, in most cases, awarded to
different State-level agencies, it is necessary for the Department and
SAMHSA to verify and understand interactions at the State level on
youth tobacco prevention and enforcement. SAMHSA also plans to modify
Attachment 2 to include an additional question regarding tobacco use
among minors. Finally, SAMHSA will modify the race/ethnicity categories
in Form 9 to comply with recent revisions to OMB Directive No. 15.
These modifications are not expected to increase respondent burden. The
annual burden estimate for the SAPT Block Grant Application Format is
shown below:
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Responses Hours
Number of respondents per per Total
respondent response hours
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1\1\..................................... 1 530 530
59....................................... 1 563 33,217
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Total.................................. .......... ........ 33,747
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\1\ Red Lake Indian Tribe (exempt from Tobacco Regulation requirements).
Send comments to Deborah Trunzo, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: January 12, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-1202 Filed 1-16-98; 8:45 am]
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