[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3577-3578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1554]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Case-Control Study of 
Cancer and Related Disorders Among Benzene-Exposed Workers in China

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 January 
24, 1997, page 3705, 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

    Title: Case-Control study of Cancer and Related Disorders Among 
Benzene-Exposed Workers in China. Type of Information Collection 
Request: New. Need and Use of Information Collection: A case-control 
study will examine the relationship between exposure to benzene and the 
risk of

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lymphohematopoietic malignancies and related disorders and lung cancer 
in Chinese workers. Cases and controls will be selected from 
participants in a recent cohort study of benzene-exposed workers in 
China. The data will be used by the NCI to examine risk among workers 
exposed to low levels of benzene, and to characterize the dose and 
time-specific relationship between benzene exposure and disease risk. 
Frequency of Response: One-time study. Affected Public: Individuals or 
households. Type of Respondents: Workers. The annual reporting burden 
is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 515; Estimated Number 
of Responses per Respondent: One; Average Burden Hours per Response: 
0.425; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Request: 219.
    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/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) 
Whether the proposed collection or 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 appropriated 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: 
Dr. Richard Hayes, Project Officer, National Cancer Institute, 
Executive Plaza North, Room 418, Rockville, Maryland 20892-7364, or 
call non-toll-free number (301) 496-9093, or FAX your request to (301) 
402-1819, 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 23, 1998.

    Dated: December 13, 1998.
Reesa L. Nichols,
OMB Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 98-1554 Filed 1-22-98; 8:45 am]
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