[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 50281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24479]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review

Action: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Title: Epidemiologic Studies of Morbidity Among Gulf War Veterans: 
A Search for Etiologic Agents and Risk Factors--Seabee Health Study 
(Study 5).
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.1.
    Annual Responses: 11,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 37 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 6,800 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Department of Defense is seeking information 
regarding the prevalence of symptoms and illnesses in Gulf War veterans 
and other veterans of the Gulf War era. The information collected 
hereby, will be used to evaluate differences in symptoms and illnesses 
between military personnel deployed to the Gulf War and military 
personnel who were stationed elsewhere during that era. It will be used 
additionally to help define post-Gulf War symptoms and illnesses and to 
identify host susceptibility and environmental risk factors. This study 
will focus upon a population of U.S. Navy Seabees, some of whom have 
left military service.
    Affected Public: Individual or households.
    Frequency: On occasion and one time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Allison Eydt.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Ms. Eydt at the Office of Management and 
Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10235, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. William Pearce. Written requests for 
copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Mr. 
Pearce, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, 
VA 22202-4302.

    Dated: September 19, 1996.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 96-24479 Filed 9-24-96; 8:45 am]
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