[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4068-4069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1982]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; NCI Cancer 
Information Service Community Services Database Survey and Verification

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 (NIH) 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 May 3, 
1996, page 19943 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: Describe the proposed information collection 
activity as follows. Include:
    Title: NCI Cancer Information Service Community Services Database 
Survey and Verification.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The CIS provides the 
general public, cancer patients, families, health professionals, and 
others with the latest information on cancer. Essential to fulfilling 
its role as a referral source for cancer patients and their families is 
the identification, acquisition, and dissemination of information about 
hospitals, breasts and cervical cancer screening clinics, and cancer 
pain management programs. This effort involves sending a survey tool or 
a verification instrument annually to approximately 17,135 respondents.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; Business or other 
for-profit; Federal Government; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Type of Respondent: Administrators of hospitals, pain centers, 
screening facilities.
    The annual reporting burden is as follows:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 17,135 respondents.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: One (1) per year).
    Average Burden Hours Per Response: .167 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 2,862 hours.
    The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $34,338.54. 
There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating of 
Maintenance Costs to report.

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                                                                                                      Estimated 
                                                                            Estimated     Average       total   
                                                               Estimated    number of      burden       annual  
                     Type of respondents                       number of    responses    hours per      burden  
                                                              respondents      per        response      hours   
                                                                            respondent                requested 
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Year 1:                                                                                                         
    Administrators of hospitals, pain centers, screening                                                        
     facilities.............................................       18,027            1        0.167        3,011
Year 2:                                                                                                         
    New Organizations and verification......................       16,605            1        0.167        2,773
Year 3:                                                                                                         
    New Organizations and verification......................       16,774            1        0.167        2,801

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    Annualized Totals.......................................       17,315  ...........  ...........        2,862
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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) 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) 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) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to 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 item(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: Chris Thomsen, Acting Chief, Cancer 
Information Service, RIB, OCC, OD, NCI, Building 31, Room 10A16, 9000 
Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301) 
496-5583 ext. 239 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 
February 27, 1997.

    Dated: December 12, 1996.
Nancie L. Bliss,
OMB Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 97-1982 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]
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