96-4362. Proposed Data Collection Available for Public Comment

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 7267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4362]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Proposed Data Collection Available for Public Comment

    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 request more information on the proposed 
project, call Ruth A. Kleinerman, M.P.H., Epidemiologist, at (301) 496-
6600.
    Comments are invited on: (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. Send comments to Ruth A. Kleinerman, 
M.P.H., National Cancer Institute, EPN 408, 6130 Executive Boulevard, 
Rockville, MD 20892-7364. Written comments should be received by April 
29, 1996.
    Proposed Project: Leukemia Among Chernobyl Cleanup Workers--
renewal--A cohort study will be conducted to quantify the risk of 
radiation-induced leukemia and other cancer among 10,000 workers from 
Latvia and Lithuania who were sent to Chernobyl to cleanup after the 
reactor accident in 1986. The workers will be asked to respond to a 
mail questionnaire which collects information about specific duties 
during the cleanup, incident cancers and risk factors for those cancers 
to evaluate cancer risk associated with occupational exposure to low-
level ionizing radiation, taking into account potentially confounding 
factors. The information will be used by the National Cancer Institute 
to determine cancer specific radiation risk estimates. Burden estimates 
are as follows:

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                                                 No. of                 
                                   No. of       responses   Avg. burden/
                                 respondents       per        response  
                                               respondent               
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Cleanup Workers..............           3,300           1  .33 hours.   
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    Dated: February 16, 1996.
Philip D. Amoruso,
NCI Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-4362 Filed 2-26-96; 8:45 am]
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