[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30871-30872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14714]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, Alcoholism Prevalence
and Gene/Environment Interactions in Native American Tribes (a 10 Tribe
Study)
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism (NIAAA), 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 in the Federal Register on July
1, 1996, and allowed 60 days for public comment. There were no requests
for additional information about this data collection activity, no
public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow
an additional 30 days for public comment.
The NIH 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 June 30, 1999, unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Proposed Collection
Title: Alcoholism Prevalence and Gene/Environment Interactions in
Native American Tribes (a 10 tribe study). Type of Information
Collection request: New. Need and Use of Information Collection: The
information proposed for collection in this study will be used by the
NIAAA to define the prevalence in alcoholism and associated problems in
tribes in which the rates of alcoholism have been reported to be widely
divergent. Additional information will be collected on severe trauma
and stress, alcohol availability and socioeconomic factors to identify
how these variables interact with hereditary factors in the development
of alcoholism and related problems.
Frequency of Response: On Occasion. Affected Public: Individuals.
Type of Respondents: Native American adults. Estimated Number of
Respondents: 1000. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden
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Hours per Response: 6. And Estimated total Annual Burden Hours
Requested: 6000. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no
Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.
The annual burden estimates are as follows:
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Responses per
Type and number of respondents respondent Total responses Hours Total hours
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Clients--1000............................... 1 1000 6.0 6000
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Total Number of Respondents--3000 (1000 per year)
Total Number of Responses--3000 (1000 per year)
Totals Hours--18000 (6000 per year)
Request For Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection is
necessary, including whether the information has practical use; (b)
ways to enhance the clarity, quality, and use of the information to be
collected; (c) the accuracy of the agency estimate of burden of the
proposed collection; and (d) ways to minimize the collection burden of
the respondents. Send written comments to Ms. Ronni Nelson, Laboratory
of Neurogenetics, Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological
Research, NIAAA, NIH, DANAC4 (Flow Labs), 12501 Washington Ave.,
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To request more information on the proposed
project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans, contact Ms.
Ronni Nelson, Laboratory of Nuerogenetics, Division of Division of
Intramural Clinical and Biological Research (DICBR), NIAAA, DANAC4
(Flow Labs), 12501 Washington Ave., Rockville, Maryland 20852, or call
non-toll-free number (301) 443-5781.
COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before July
7, 1997.
Dated: May 21, 1997.
Martin K. Trusty,
Executive Officer, NIAAA.
[FR Doc. 97-14714 Filed 6-4-97; 8:45 am]
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