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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 

Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments; Agency 
Information Collections Under Review by the Office of Management and 
Budget

AGENCY: Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments.

ACTION: Notice of requests submitted for review by the Office of 
Management and Budget.

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SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE) 
has submitted the information collections listed at the end of this 
notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (Pub. L. 96-511, 44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.).
    Each entry contains the following information: (1) The sponsor of 
the collection; (2) Collection number(s); (3) Current OMB docket number 
(if applicable); (4) Collection title; (5) Type of request, e.g., new, 
revision, extension, or reinstatement; (6) Frequency of collection; (7) 
Response obligation, i.e., mandatory, voluntary, or required to obtain 
or retain benefit; (8) Affected public; (9) An estimate of the number 
of respondents per report period; (10) An estimate of the number of 
responses per respondent annually; (11) An estimate of the average 
hours per response; (12) The estimated total annual respondent burden; 
and (13) A brief abstract describing the proposed collection and the 
respondents.

DATES: Comments must be filed by September 15, 1994. If you anticipate 
that you will be submitting comments but find it difficult to do so 
within the time allowed by this notice, you should advise OMB's Tim 
Hunt of your intention to do so, as soon as possible. He may be 
telephoned at (202) 395-5871. (Also, please notify the ACHRE contact 
listed below.)

ADDRESSES: Address comments to Tim Hunt, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 726 Jackson Place 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503. (Comments should also be addressed to the 
ACHRE at the address below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Taylor, Advisory Committee on 
Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE), 1726 M Street, N.W., Suite 600, 
Washington, DC 20036. Ms. Taylor may be telephoned at (202) 254-9795. 
FAX 202-254-9827.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The first collection submitted to OMB for 
review was:
    1. Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments;
    2. ACHRE-1;
    3. N.A.;
    4. Patient Interview Study;
    5. New;
    6. One-time;
    7. Voluntary;
    8. Individuals or households; Federal agencies or employees; non-
profit institutions;
    9. 1,050 respondents;
    10. 1.29 responses per respondent;
    11. .2259 hours per response;
    12. 305 hours total annual burden;
    13. The ACHRE-1 will be used to collect data concerning whether 
oncology patients seeking medical care at major research institutions 
believe they are participants in research; the perceived voluntariness 
of this participation; and patients' reasons for agreeing to 
participate. Data collected will be used by ACHRE in its deliberations 
and its final report which may include recommendations for future 
policies involving research with human beings.
    The second information collection submitted was:
    1. Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments;
    2. ACHRE-2;
    3. N.A.;
    4. Research Proposal Review Project;
    5. New;
    6. One-time;
    7. Voluntary;
    8. Federal agencies or employees; non-profit institutions;
    9. 100 respondents;
    10. 1 response per respondent;
    11. 2.5 hours per response;
    12. 250 hours total annual burden;
    13. The ACHRE-2 will collect data on contemporary research 
protocols and materials. Data will be used by the ACHRE in its 
deliberations and final report, which may include recommendations for 
future policies involving research with human subjects. Respondents 
will be agencies and grantee institutions.

    Statutory Authority: Section 2(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1980, (Pub. L. 96-511), which amended Chapter 35 of Title 44 
United States Code (See 44 U.S.C. 3506(a) and (c)(1)).

    Issued in Washington, D.C., August 31, 1994.
Yvonne M. Bishop,
Director, Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-22010 Filed 9-6-94; 8:45 am]
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