[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 245 (Thursday, December 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 66998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32131]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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 and OMB Control Number: Epidemiologic Studies of Morbidity 
Among Gulf War Veterans: A Search for Etiologic Agents and Risk 
Factors; OMB Control No. 0720-0010.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 9,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.05.
    Annual Responses: 9,450.
    Average Burden per Response: 13 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 2,070 hours.
    Needs and Uses: This collection of information is necessary to 
conduct Congressionally directed studies of the health consequences of 
military service in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War. 
Information collected hereby will be used to improve the 
identification, resolution, or prevention of reproductive health 
illnesses, and the formulation of policy.
    Respondents are current and former members of all services of the 
U.S. Military, including reservists and members of the National Guard, 
as well as female veterans who were pregnant during the Persian Gulf 
War.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time and Follow-up.
    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: December 12, 1996.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 96-32131 Filed 12-18-96; 8:45 am]
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