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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 66 / Friday, April 4, 2008 / Notices

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific
Review Special Emphasis Panel,
Collaborative Applications in Adult
Psychopathology and Disorders of Aging.
Date: June 6, 2008.
Time: 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: Key Bridge Marriott, 1401 Lee
Highway, Arlington, VA 22209.
Contact Person: Alfonso R. Latoni, PhD,
Scientific Review Officer, Center for
Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3182,
MSC 7848, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–
0913, [email protected].
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine;
93.333, Clinical Research 93.306, 93.333,
93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844,
93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National
Institutes of Health, HHS)
Dated: March 27, 2008.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
BioWatch Filter Holder Log
Office of Health Affairs,
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
and Biodefense, Chem/Bio Early
Detection Division, DHS.
ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for
comments; New Information Collection
Request.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland
Security, Office of Health Affairs, WMD
and Biodefense, has submitted the
following information collection request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until June 3, 2008. This
process is conducted in accordance with
5 CFR 1320.1.
ADDRESSES: Comments and questions
about this Information Collection
Request should be forwarded to the
Division Director, Chem/Bio Early
Detection Division, Attn: Dr. Jeffrey
Stiefel for the Department of Homeland
Security, Office of Health Affairs, WMD
and Biodefense, Washington, DC 20528.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Jeffrey Stiefel, 703–647–8056 or 202–
254–6076 (this is not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), Office of Health Affairs, WMD

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and Biodefense, Chem/Bio Early
Detection Division requires the
collection of information by BioWatch
jurisdictions. The BioWatch Program
operates aerosol collector equipment in
approximately 30 U.S. jurisdictions to
monitor for the presence of organisms
that may be related to the deliberate
release of a select subset of biological
threat agents. Information is collected in
writing by a representative of a
BioWatch jurisdiction (either an
employee, or a contractor) responsible
for installing and removing filters from
aerosol collection devices and
transporting them to local laboratories
for sample analysis. A standard filter
holder log is completed for each sample
and is archived by the BioWatch
jurisdiction for a year. The DHS
BioWatch Program provides financial
support to the participating jurisdictions
for the cost of collection and laboratory
analysis activities, including the
preparation of the filter holder log and
other documentation. The Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has
instructed the BioWatch Program to
maintain a written record for each
collected filter sample to support law
enforcement activities, including
criminal prosecution in the case of a
deliberate release of a biological agent.
Collection of written records
establishing chain of custody for
samples containing biological agents
and toxins for the purpose of evidence
in a criminal proceeding is consistent
with the ‘‘Best Evidence Rule’’, Section
1002, of the Federal Rules of Evidence.
The FBI instruction to the BioWatch
program is consistent with Section 7 of
the FBI Quality Assurance Guidelines
for Laboratories Performing Microbial
Forensic Work, produced by the
members of the Scientific Working
Group on Microbial Genetics and
Forensics (SWGMGF). Such
recordkeeping supports mandatory
reporting requirements directed by The
APHIS Interim Final Rule 7 CFR part
331, Possession, Use, and Transfer of
Biological Agents and Toxins; and the
CDC Interim Final Rule 42 CFR part 73,
Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select
Agents and Toxins, inter alia.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
which:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,

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including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
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Agency: Department of Homeland
Security, Office of Health Affairs, WMD
and Biodefense, Chem/Bio Early
Detection Division.
Title: BioWatch Filter Holder Log.
DHS Form: 9500 (5/07).
OMB Number: 1601—NEW.
Frequency: Once daily.
Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 522.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 1
minute.
Total Burden Hours: 3,182 annual
burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.00.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $144,770.
Dated: March 28, 2008.
Charles Armstrong,
Acting Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Office of the National Protection and
Programs Directorate Submission for
Reinstatement of a Previously
Approved Collection OMB Control
Number 1670–0005
Office of the National
Protection and Programs Directorate,
DHS.
ACTION: 30-day notice and request for
comments; Reinstatement of a
previously approved information
collection OMB Control Number 1670–
0005.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) invites the general
public and other federal agencies the
opportunity to comment on approved
information collection request (ICR)
OMB 1670–0005, Telecommunications
Service Priority (TSP) System. As
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. The information collection

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