[Federal Register: August 3, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 149)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information
collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.
Proposed Project: Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
Synar Report Format, FFY 2008-2010--(OMB No. 0930-0222)--Revision
Section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 300x-26]
stipulates that funding Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT)
Block Grant agreements for alcohol and drug abuse programs for fiscal
year 1994 and subsequent fiscal years require States to have in effect
a law providing that it is unlawful for any manufacturer, retailer, or
distributor of tobacco products to sell or distribute any such product
to any individual under the age of 18. This section further requires
that States conduct annual, random, unannounced inspections to ensure
compliance with the law; that the State submit annually a report
describing the results of the inspections, describing the activities
carried out by the State to enforce the required law, describing the
success the State has achieved in reducing the availability of tobacco
products to individuals under the age of 18, and describing the
strategies to be utilized by the State for enforcing such law during
the fiscal year for which the grant is sought.
Before making an award to a State under the SAPT Block Grant, the
Secretary must make a determination that the State has maintained
compliance with these requirements. If a determination is made that the
State is not in compliance, penalties shall be applied. Penalties
ranged from 10 percent of the Block Grant in applicable year 1 (FFY
1997 SAPT Block Grant Applications) to 40 percent in applicable year 4
(FFY 2000 SAPT Block Grant Applications) and subsequent years.
Respondents include the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau,
Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands.
Regulations that implement this legislation are at 45 CFR 96.130,
are approved by OMB under control number 0930-0163, and require that
each State submit an annual Synar report to the Secretary describing
their progress in complying with section 1926 of the PHS Act. The Synar
report, due December 31 following the fiscal year for which the State
is reporting, describes the results of the inspections and the
activities carried out by the State to enforce the required law; the
success the State has achieved in reducing the availability of tobacco
products to individuals under the age of 18; and the strategies to be
utilized by the State for enforcing such law during the fiscal year for
which the grant is sought.
SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention will request OMB
approval of revisions to the current report format associated with
section 1926 (42 U.S.C. 300x-26). The report format is changing
significantly. Any changes in either formatting or content are being
made to simplify the reporting process for the States and to clarify
the information as the States report it; both outcomes will facilitate
consistent, credible, and efficient monitoring of Synar compliance
across the States and will reduce the reporting burden by the States.
All of the information required in the new report format is already
being collected by the States.
Annual Reporting Burden
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Number of Responses per Hours per Total hour
45 CFR citation respondents\1\ respondents response burden
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Annual Report (Section 1--States and 59 1 15 885
Territories) 96.130(e)(1-3)....................
State Plan (Section II-States and Territories) 59 1 3 177
96.130(e)(4,5)96.130(g)........................
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Total....................................... 59 .............. .............. 1,062
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\1\ Red Lake Indian Tribe is not subject to tobacco requirements.
Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by September 4, 2007 to: SAMHSA
Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503; due to potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing of mail
sent through the U.S. Postal Service, respondents are encouraged to
submit comments by fax to: 202-395-6974.
Dated: July 31, 2007.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E7-15143 Filed 8-2-07; 8:45 am]
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