97-26632. Proposed Data Collection: Public Comment; Leukemia and Other Cancers Among Chernobyl Clean-up Workers in Lithuania

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 52568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26632]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health


Proposed Data Collection: Public Comment; Leukemia and Other 
Cancers Among Chernobyl Clean-up Workers in Lithuania

SUMMARY: 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 National Institutes 
of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) will publish periodic 
summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: Leukemia and Other Cancers Among Chernobyl 
Clean-up Workers in Lithuania. Type of Information Collection Request: 
renewal. Need and Use of Information Collections: A cohort study will 
be conducted to investigate the risk of radiation-induced leukemia and 
other cancers, and of occupationally related cancers, among 7,000 
workers from Lithuania who were sent to Chernobyl to clean-up after the 
accident there in 1986. The workers will be asked to respond to a mail 
questionnaire or an interview that collects information about specific 
duties performed during the Chernobyl clean-up, occupational exposures, 
other cancer risk factors, and incident cancers. The information will 
be combined with similar information from Estonia and Latvia and used 
by the National Cancer Institute to determine site-specific risk 
estimates for cancer based on various exposure patterns. Frequency of 
Response: One time; Affected Public: Individuals or households; Type of 
Respondents: Chernobyl Workers. The annual reporting burden is as 
follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 7,000; Estimated Number of 
Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours per Response: 0.5; 
and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 3,500. There are no 
Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to 
report.

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy 
of the plans and instruments, contact Gilbert W. BeeBe, Ph.D., National 
Cancer Institute, EPN 400, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 
20892-7364, or call the non-toll-free number [phone].

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before 
December 8, 1997.

    Dated: September 30, 1997.
Nancie L. Bliss,
OMB Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 97-26632 Filed 10-7-97; 8:45 am]
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