[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42026-42027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20520]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service


National Institutes of Health; Submission for OMB Review;

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Sections 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health 
(NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the 
information collection listed below. The proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on December 
13, 1995, page 64068 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 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: Cancer Risk in X-ray Technologists: Second 
Survey for Incidence--renewal.
    Need and use of information collection: A cohort study will be 
conducted to quantify the risk of radiation-induced cancer among 90,289 
registered x-ray technologists. X-ray technologists will be asked to 
respond to a mail questionnaire which collects information about 
incident cancers and risk factors for those cancers to evaluate cancer 
risk associated with occupational exposure to low-level ionizing 
radiation, taking into account potentially confounding factors. The 
information will be used by the National Cancer Institute to determine 
cancer-specific radiation risk estimates. Physicians will be contacted 
to verify self-reports of cancer by x-ray technologists. Burden 
estimates are as follows:

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                                                                                                      Estimated 
                                                                            Number of     Average       total   
                                                               Number of    responses     burden/       annual  
                     Type of respondents                      respondents      per        response      burden  
                                                                            respondent    (hours)       hours   
                                                                                                      requested 
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X-ray technologists.........................................        7,500            1          .33        2,475
Physicians..................................................          350            1          .17           60
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      Total.................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        2,535
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Request for comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including 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 the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

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    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 Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
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: Michele M. Doody, M.S., National Cancer 
Institute, EPN 408, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20892-7364, 
or call non-toll-free number 301-496-6600.

Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days of 
the date of this publication.

    Dated: August 5, 1996.
Philip D. Amoruso,
NCI Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-20520 Filed 8-12-96; 8:45 am]
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