[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 94 (Thursday, May 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26808-26809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12782]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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 December
16, 1996, page 66053 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 the 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: Title: NCI Cancer Information Service Demographic/
Customer Service Data Collection. Type of Information Collection
Requested: Reinstatement with change of a currently approved
collection. Form Number: 0937-0201. 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 providing the best customer service is the need
to collect data about callers and how they found out about the service.
This effort involves asking seven questions to five categories of
callers for an annual total of approximately 378,165 callers. Frequency
of Response: Single time. Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Type of Respondents: Patients, relatives, friends, and general public.
The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of
Respondents: 378,165; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1;
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0162; and Estimated Total Annual
Burden Hours Requested: 6,126. The annualized cost to respondents is
estimated at: $76,693. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are
no Operating or 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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Individuals or households................................... 378,165 1 .0162 6,126
Total................................................... ........... ........... ........... 6,126
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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,
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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, DC 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, Chief, Cancer Information Service Branch, 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 June 16, 1997.
Dated: May 6, 1997.
Nancie L. Bliss,
OMB Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 97-12782 Filed 5-14-97; 8:45 am]
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