[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 94 (Thursday, May 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26808-26809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12782]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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 December 
16, 1996, page 66053 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 the 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: NCI Cancer Information Service Demographic/
Customer Service Data Collection. Type of Information Collection 
Requested: Reinstatement with change of a currently approved 
collection. Form Number: 0937-0201. 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 providing the best customer service is the need 
to collect data about callers and how they found out about the service. 
This effort involves asking seven questions to five categories of 
callers for an annual total of approximately 378,165 callers. Frequency 
of Response: Single time. Affected Public: Individuals or households. 
Type of Respondents: Patients, relatives, friends, and general public. 
The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of 
Respondents: 378,165; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; 
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0162; and Estimated Total Annual 
Burden Hours Requested: 6,126. The annualized cost to respondents is 
estimated at: $76,693. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are 
no Operating or 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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Individuals or households...................................      378,165            1        .0162        6,126
    Total...................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        6,126
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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,

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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, DC 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, Chief, Cancer Information Service Branch, 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 June 16, 1997.

    Dated: May 6, 1997.
Nancie L. Bliss,
OMB Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 97-12782 Filed 5-14-97; 8:45 am]
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