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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Interest Rate on Overdue
Debts
Section 30.13 of the Department of
Health and Human Services’ claims
collection regulations (45 CFR Part 30)
provides that the Secretary shall charge
an annual rate of interest as fixed by the
Secretary of the Treasury after taking
into consideration private consumer
rates of interest prevailing on the date
that HHS becomes entitled to recovery.
The rate generally cannot be lower than
the Department of Treasury’s current
value of funds rate or the applicable rate
determined from the ‘‘Schedule of
Certified Interest Rates with Range of
Maturities.’’ This rate may be revised
quarterly by the Secretary of the
Treasury and shall be published
quarterly by the Department of Health
and Human Services in the Federal
Register.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
certified a rate of 125⁄8% for the quarter
ended June 30, 2007. This interest rate
will remain in effect until such time as
the Secretary of the Treasury notifies
HHS of any change.
Dated: July 17, 2007.
Jean Augustine,
Director, Office of Financial Policy and
Reporting.
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Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–5960 and

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send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar,
CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer,
1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta,
GA 30333 or send an e-mail to
[email protected].
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. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Environmental Health Specialists
Network (EHS–NET) Program—New—
National Center for Environmental
Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The CDC is requesting OMB approval
for a research program focused on
identifying the environmental causes of
food and waterborne illness and
improving environmental public health
practice. This research program is
conducted by the Environmental Health
Specialists Network (EHS–Net), a
collaborative project of CDC, the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA), the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (U.S.EPA), and nine
states (California, Connecticut, Georgia,
Iowa, New York, Minnesota, Oregon,
Rhode Island, and Tennessee). The
network consists of environmental
health professionals, epidemiologists,
and laboratorians.
EHS–Net plans to conduct
approximately twenty applied research
projects per year. These research
projects will focus on identifying and
understanding environmental factors
associated with food and waterborne
illness, such as poor food and water
handling practices. These projects will
also focus on evaluation of food and
water safety regulatory programs. Data
collection for these projects may involve
(1) surveys, (2) observations, and (3)
food, water, and environmental
sampling. Data may be collected from

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(1) retail food establishments, where the
majority of foodborne illness outbreaks
originate, (2) public and non-public
water systems, representing possible
sources of waterborne illness, and (3)
food and water safety program
regulators, who are responsible for food
and water safety.
EHS–Net will conduct three food
safety projects with all nine EHS-Net
states per year. There will be up to 900
respondents for each project
(total=2,700). Additionally, each EHS–
Net state will conduct at least one
individual food safety project, with up
to 250 respondents for each project
(total=2,250). Approximately threefourths of the respondents for these
projects will be retail food service
workers; the remaining will be food
safety program regulators. Thus, there
will be approximately 3,713 retail food
service worker and 1,237 food safety
program regulator respondents to EHS–
Net food safety projects annually. Each
respondent will respond only once and
the average burden per response will be
approximately 90 minutes. The
estimated total annual burden for EHS–
Net food safety projects is 5,570 hours
for retail food service workers and 1,856
hours for food safety program regulators.
Five EHS–Net states (California,
Georgia, Minnesota, New York, and
Tennessee) have funding to study water
safety; EHS–Net will conduct three
water safety projects with these five
states per year. There will be up to 375
respondents for each project
(total=1,875). Additionally, each EHS–
Net water state will conduct at least one
individual water safety project, with up
to 250 respondents for each project
(total=1,250). Approximately threefourths of the respondents for these
projects will be water system operators;
the remaining will be water safety
program regulators. Thus, there will be
approximately 1,781 water system
operator and 594 water safety program
regulator respondents to EHS-Net water
safety projects annually. Each
respondent will respond only once and
the average burden per response will be
approximately 90 minutes. The
estimated total annual burden for EHS–
Net water safety projects is 2,672 hours
for water system operators and 891
hours for water safety program
regulators. The total annual burden for
all EHS–Net projects is expected to be
approximately 10,987 hours.
There is no cost to the respondents
other than their time.

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ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent

Number of
respondents

Respondents

Average
burden
per response
(in hours)

Total burden
(in hours)

Retail food service workers .............................................................................
Food safety program regulators ......................................................................
Water system operators ..................................................................................
Water safety program regulators .....................................................................

3,713
1,237
1,781
594

1
1
1
1

90/60
90/60
90/60
90/60

5,570
1,855
2,671
891

Total ..........................................................................................................

........................

........................

........................

10,987

Dated: July 18, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 2007N–0165]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for Office of
Management and Budget Review;
Comment Request; Hazard Analysis
and Critical Control Point Procedures
for the Safe and Sanitary Processing
and Importing of Juice
AGENCY:

Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.
ACTION:

comments be faxed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX:
202–395–6974, or e-mailed to
[email protected]. All comments
should be identified with the OMB
control number 0910–0466. Also
include the FDA docket number found
in brackets in the heading of this
document.

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 August 24,
2007.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on
the information collection are received,
OMB recommends that written

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
collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control
Point Procedures for the Safe and
Sanitary Processing and Importing of
Juice—(OMB Control Number 0910–
0466)—Extension
FDA’s regulations in part 120 (21 CFR
part 120) mandate the application of
hazard analysis and critical control
point (HAACP) procedures to fruit and
vegetable juice processing. HACCP is a
preventative system of hazard control
that can be used by all food processors
to ensure the safety of their products to
consumers. A HACCP system of
preventive controls is the most effective
and efficient way to ensure that these

food products are safe. FDA’s mandate
to ensure the safety of the Nation’s food
supply is derived principally from the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(the act) (21 U.S.C. 321, et seq.). Under
the act, FDA has authority to ensure that
all foods in interstate commerce, or that
have been shipped in interstate
commerce, are not contaminated or
otherwise adulterated, are produced and
held under sanitary conditions, and are
not misbranded or deceptively
packaged; under section 701 (21 U.S.C.
371), the act authorizes the agency to
issue regulations for its efficient
enforcement. The agency also has
authority under section 361 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
264) to issue and enforce regulations to
prevent the introduction, transmission,
or spread of communicable diseases
from one State to another State.
Information development and
recordkeeping are essential parts of any
HACCP system. The information
collection requirements are narrowly
tailored to focus on the development of
appropriate controls and document
those aspects of processing that are
critical to food safety. Through these
regulations, FDA is implementing its
authority under section 402(a)(4) of the
act (21 U.S.C. 342(a)(4)).
In the Federal Register of May 14,
2007 (72 FR 27138), FDA published a
60-day notice requesting public
comment on the information collection
provisions. No comments were received.

TABLE 1.—ESTIMATED ANNUAL RECORDKEEPING BURDEN1

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21 CFR Sections

No. of
Recordkeepers

120.6(c) and 120.12(a)(1) and
(b)

1,875

120.7; 120.10(a); and
120.12(a)(2), (b), and (c)

2,300

120.8(b)(7) and
120.12(a)(4)(i) and (b)

1,450

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Annual Frequency
of Recordkeeping
365
1.1
14,600

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Total Annual
Records

Hours per
Record

684,375

0.1

2,530

20

21,170,000

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Total Hours

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68,437.5
50,600
211,700