[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4068-4069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1982]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; NCI Cancer
Information Service Community Services Database Survey and Verification
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the
information collection listed below. This proposed information
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on May 3,
1996, page 19943 and allowed 60 days for public comment. No public
comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of
Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required
to respond to, an information collection that has been extended,
revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
PROPOSED COLLECTION: Describe the proposed information collection
activity as follows. Include:
Title: NCI Cancer Information Service Community Services Database
Survey and Verification.
Type of Information Collection Request: New.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Need and Use of Information Collection: The CIS provides the
general public, cancer patients, families, health professionals, and
others with the latest information on cancer. Essential to fulfilling
its role as a referral source for cancer patients and their families is
the identification, acquisition, and dissemination of information about
hospitals, breasts and cervical cancer screening clinics, and cancer
pain management programs. This effort involves sending a survey tool or
a verification instrument annually to approximately 17,135 respondents.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; Business or other
for-profit; Federal Government; State, Local or Tribal Government.
Type of Respondent: Administrators of hospitals, pain centers,
screening facilities.
The annual reporting burden is as follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 17,135 respondents.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: One (1) per year).
Average Burden Hours Per Response: .167 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 2,862 hours.
The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $34,338.54.
There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating of
Maintenance Costs to report.
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Estimated
Estimated Average total
Estimated number of burden annual
Type of respondents number of responses hours per burden
respondents per response hours
respondent requested
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Year 1:
Administrators of hospitals, pain centers, screening
facilities............................................. 18,027 1 0.167 3,011
Year 2:
New Organizations and verification...................... 16,605 1 0.167 2,773
Year 3:
New Organizations and verification...................... 16,774 1 0.167 2,801
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Annualized Totals....................................... 17,315 ........... ........... 2,862
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REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on those who are to
respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
DIRECT COMMENTS TO OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding
the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the
estimated public burden and associated response time, should be
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C.
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans
and instruments, contact: Chris Thomsen, Acting Chief, Cancer
Information Service, RIB, OCC, OD, NCI, Building 31, Room 10A16, 9000
Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301)
496-5583 ext. 239 or E-mail your request, including your address to:
thomsenc@occ.nci.nih.gov
COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before
February 27, 1997.
Dated: December 12, 1996.
Nancie L. Bliss,
OMB Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 97-1982 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]
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