[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 48 (Friday, March 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11892-11893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5400]
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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 2011-2013--(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 minimally
changing. 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. Most of the specific revisions appear in
Section I (Compliance Progress) of the report format and include
clarifications to Questions 4a, 5b, 5e and 5f. Additionally, three new
questions (5c, 5d and 5g) have been added and two items have been added
to Question 7b. Information on these additions appears below:
Question 5c: Level of Enforcement--This question, which asks the
State to select whether enforcement is conducted only at those outlets
randomly selected for the Synar survey, only at a subset of outlets not
randomly selected for the Synar survey, or a combination of the two,
has been newly added to the ASR format. It has been added to provide
additional information about State enforcement programs, which is
frequently requested by partner agencies and can also be used to target
technical assistance.
Question 5d: Frequency of Enforcement--This question, which asks
the State to select whether every tobacco outlet in the State did or
did not receive at least one enforcement compliance check in the last
year, has been newly added to the ASR format. It has been added to
provide additional information about State enforcement programs, which
is frequently requested by partner agencies and can also be used to
target technical assistance.
Question 5g. Relationship of State Synar Program to FDA-Funded
Enforcement Program--This question, which asks the State to describe
the relationship between the State's Synar program and the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA)-funded enforcement program, has been added to
the ASR format. The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act,
recently signed into law by President Obama, requires the FDA to
reissue the 1996 regulation aimed at reducing young people's access to
tobacco products and curbing the appeal of tobacco to the young. This
regulation must be reissued by April 2010. As part of the
implementation of this regulation, FDA will be contracting with States
to enforce new Federal youth access provisions. This question asks the
State to describe the relationship and coordination between its Synar
program and the enforcement program funded by FDA.
Question 7b. Synar Survey Results for States that Do Not Use the
Synar Survey Estimation System (SSES)--Two items have been added to
this question (accuracy rate and completion rate). These items were
added to ensure that the same statistical parameters are asked of both
States that do and do not use the SSES to analyze their Synar survey
results.
Additionally, in Appendix B (Synar Survey Sampling Methodology),
the following changes are being made with respect to the Annual Synar
Report:
Question 10. Provide the following information about sample size
calculation for the current FFY Synar survey. This question has been
added to Appendix B and asks the State to provide information about the
specific input values used to calculate the effective, target and
original sample sizes for the current FFY Synar survey. This question
will reduce the need for SAMHSA/CSAP to request additional clarifying
information from the State when SAMHSA/CSAP is unable to
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match the sample sizes reported by the State.
In Appendix D (List Sampling Frame Coverage Study), the following
changes are being made with respect to the Annual Synar Report:
Question 2. Percent Coverage Found. This question has been split
into 4 sub-parts, asking the State to report the unweighted percent
coverage found, the weighted percent coverage found, the number of
outlets found through canvassing, and the number of outlets matched on
the list frame. The question has been split into these sub-parts to
avoid SAMHSA/CSAP having to request additional clarifying information
from the State during the review process.
Question 3. Description of the Coverage Study Methods and Results.
This question has been expanded from one question to ten questions,
which ask the State to provide specific information about the coverage
study methods and results. Specifically, instead of one general
question asking the State to ``provide a description of the coverage
study methods and results,'' the ten new questions query the State
about specific aspects of the coverage study design, methodology and
results. These specific questions will reduce the need for SAMHSA/CSAP
to request additional clarifying information from the State during the
review process.
There are no changes to Section II (Intended Use), or to Forms 1-5
or Appendix C.
Annual Reporting Burden
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Number of
45 CFR citation respondents Responses per Hours per Total hour
\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 April 12, 2010 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: 202-395-5806.
Dated: March 5, 2010.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. 2010-5400 Filed 3-11-10; 8:45 am]
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