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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service

 

Agency Forms Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for 
Clearance

    Each Friday the Public Health Service (PHS) publishes a list of 
information collection requests it has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). The following requests 
have been submitted to OMB since the list was last published on 
December 23, 1993.
    (Call PHS Reports Clearance Officer on (202) 690-7100 for copies of 
requests).
    1. Survey of NIH Extramural Shared Instrumentation Activitie--0925-
0318--The capabilities of expensive state-of-the-art biomedical 
instruments can be made available to the largest number of researchers 
in the most cost-effective manner by awarding them on the condition 
that they be shared. This study will examine the extent to which such 
instruments are shared; and how fully they are utilized, by whom, and 
for what purpose. Respondents: Non-profit institutions; Businesses or 
other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 9,870; Number of Responses per 
Respondent: 1; Average Burden per Response: .286 hours; Estimated 
Annual Burden: 2,819 hours.
    2. Application for Designation as a Federally Qualified Health 
Center--0915-1042 (Revision)--Health centers use the application guide 
to apply for designation as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). 
FQHCs are qualified to be reimbursed by Medicaid for 100 percent of 
reasonable costs for services to eligible persons. FQHCs use the 
recertification form to certify continued compliance with program 
requirements. Respondents: Non-profit organizations.

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                                                    Number of   Average 
                                        Number of   responses    burden 
                 Title                  responses      per        per   
                                                   respondent   response
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Application form......................         60           1   120 hrs.
Recertification form..................        140           1    20 hrs.
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden--10,000 hours.
    3. CD4+ T-Lymphocyte Testing Impact Evaluation--New--The purpose of 
the proposed survey is to evaluate the relative effectiveness of each 
of the initiatives of CDC's Division of Laboratory Services, while 
controlling for the influence of non-CDC factors in improving the 
quality of CD4+ T-cell testing in clinical flow cytometry laboratories. 
This study will collect new information from CD4+ T-cell testing staff 
to characterize changes in laboratory practices in both MPEP and non-
MPEP laboratories. Information obtained from this study will be used to 
identify items that influence laboratories to change. Respondents: Non-
profit institutions, Businesses or other for-profit; Small businesses 
or organizations. Respondents: 955; Number of Responses Per Respondent: 
1; Average Burden Per Response: .769 hour; Estimated Annual Burden: 734 
hours.
    4. Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)--0925-0122 (Revision)--This 
submission is for modification of a previously approved study involving 
a random sample of men and women by adding a procedure to measure body 
composition and bone mineral density as measured by dual energy x-ray 
absorptiometry (DEXA). The procedure will involve 2,400 individuals and 
10 minutes of questions to assess the relation of body weight, fat 
distribution, and bone density to cardiovascular risk factors and 
disease. Respondents: Individuals or Households. Respondents: 6,113; 
Number of Responses Per Respondent: 3,176; Average Burden Per Response: 
0.92 hour; Estimated Annual Burden: 17,885 hours.
    5. New Animal Drug Application, 21 CFR part 514--0910-0032 
(Reinstatement and consolidation with 0910-0228)--Applicants proposing 
to market animal drugs must detail (1) the scientific and technical 
information required for the physical manufacture of the drug product 
and (2) scientific information relative to the safety and effectiveness 
of the drug use. Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit, Small 
businesses or organizations.

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                                                 Number of              
                                    Number of    responses     Average  
              Title                 responses       per       burden per
                                                respondent     response 
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Reporting: Content/format of NADA                                       
 21 CFR 514.1....................          190         7.98   212.6 hrs.
Supplemental applications 21 CFR                                        
 514.8 and .9....................          190         7.98      30 hrs.
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 367,781 hours.
    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collections should be sent within 30 days of this notice 
directly to the OMB Desk Officer designated below at the following 
address: Shannah Koss, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, room 3002, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: January 7, 1994.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of Health Planning and 
Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 94-997 Filed 1-13-94; 8:45 am]
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