95-21182. National Institutes of Health; Proposed Data Collection Available for Public Comment

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44358-44359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21182]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service


National Institutes of Health; 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 Shelia Hoar Zahm, Sc.D., Epidemiologist, at (301) 496-
9093.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including 

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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 Shelia Hoar Zahm, Sc.D., National Cancer 
Institute, EPN 418, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20892-7364. 
Written comments should be received by October 24, 1995.
    Proposed Project: Pilot Research for Epidemiologic Studies of 
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers--New--A pilot study will be conducted 
to evaluate the ability to trace farmworkers over extended periods of 
time, to determine cancer diagnosis and treatment patterns among 
migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and to assess the reliability of farm 
work histories from farmworkers and from their spouses. The information 
will be used by the National Cancer Institute to identify the most 
appropriate study design, case ascertainment procedures, and exposure 
assessment methods for a full-scale epidemiologic study of cancer among 
migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Determining the feasibility of using 
automated data collection techniques to obtain occupational histories 
from farmworkers will be part of this project. Burden estimates are as 
follows:

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                                                 Number of     Average  
                                    Number of    responses     burden/  
                                   respondents      per        response 
                                                 respondent    (hours)  
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Farmworkers and families.........          230            1          .33
Farmworker relatives of cancer                                          
 patients........................          300            1          .25
Farmworkers and spouses..........          160            1         1.00
Farmworker Opportunity Program                                          
 clients.........................       50,000            1          .10
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    Dated: August 18, 1995.
Donald P. Christoferson,
Acting NCI Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-21182 Filed 8-24-95; 8:45 am]
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