99-33728. Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73051-73052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33728]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control And Prevention
[60Day-00-16]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506 (c) (2) (A) of 
the Paperwork reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention is providing opportunity for public comment on proposed 
data collection projects. To request more information on the proposed 
projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer on [phone].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance

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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 for other forms of information technology. Send 
comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 
1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should 
be received within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Projects

    The Incidence of Breast and Other Cancers among Female Flight 
Attendants--New--National Institute for Occupational Safety band Health 
(NIOSH)--Flight attendants experience exposures which may affect breast 
cancer risk including exposure to elevated levels of cosmic radiation 
and circadian rhythm disruption. This study will evaluate the incidence 
of breast and other cancers among a cohort of approximately 10,000 
women who were employed as flight attendants.
    The occurrence of breast and other cancers will be obtained from 
death certificates and from telephone interviews with living women and 
next-of-kin of deceased women. Each interview will take approximately 
60 minutes to complete. Medical records will be requested to confirm 
cancer diagnoses. The primary analysis will evaluate the risk of breast 
and other cancers associated with occupational exposure within the 
cohort. The secondary analysis will compare the incidence of breast and 
other cancers in the cohort to that in the general population, with 
adjustment for factors which might increase cancer risk in the cohort 
independent of occupational exposure to cosmic radiation and circadian 
rhythm disruption. The total cost to respondents is estimated at 
$165,400.

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                                                                                        Avg. burden
                                                               Number of    Number of       per         Total
                         Respondents                          respondents   responses/    response   burden  (in
                                                                            respondent   (in hrs.)      hrs.)
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Flight attendants/proxies...................................       10,000            1            1       10,000
Flight attendants/proxies whose eligibility for the study is          300            1        0.083           25
 unknown....................................................
Medical providers...........................................        1,000            1          0.5          500
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    Total...................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........       10,525
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    Dated: December 21, 1999.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-33728 Filed 12-28-99; 8:45 am]
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