[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49472-49473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24209]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Agricultural Health 
Study--A Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Diseases Among 
Men and Women in Agriculture

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the 
National Institutes of Health 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 published in the Federal Register on June 13, 1996 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 after 10/1/
95, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: Agricultural Health Study--A Prospective 
Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Diseases Among Men and Women in 
Agriculture. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision (0925-
0406, expiration 8/13/96). Need and Use of Information Collection: The 
Agricultural Health Study is in its third year of data collection on a 
prospective cohort of 75,000 farmers, their spouses, and commercial 
applicators of pesticides from Iowa and North

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Carolina. Baseline questionnaires have been completed by these 
applicators and by spouses of the farmer applicators. These 
questionnaires collected information about demographics, occupational 
history, medical history and family medical history. Frequency of 
Response: Single time reporting. Affected Public: Individuals or 
households, Farms. Type of respondents: Private pesticide applicators 
and their spouses. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated 
Number of Respondents: 13,590; Estimated Number of Responses per 
Respondent: 1.0; Average Burden Hours Per Response: .6143; and 
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 8,348. The annualized 
cost to respondents is estimated at: $83,480. There are no Capital 
Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the function of 
the agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who 
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.

DIRECT COMMENTS TO OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding 
the items(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, 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: Michael C.R. Alavanja, Dr. P.H., Division of 
Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, EPN 
430,6130 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852, or call (310) 496-
9093, or E-mail your request, including your address to: 
[email protected]

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before 
October 21, 1996.

    Dated: September 10, 1996.
Philip D. Amoruso,
NCI Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 96-24209 Filed 9-19-96; 8:45 am]
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