[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 60 (Monday, March 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15208-15209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8240]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review Comment Request; Leukemia and Other 
Cancers Among Chernobyl Clean-up Workers in Lithuania

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 October 
8, 1997, page 52568, 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: Leukemia and Other Cancers Among Chernobyl Clean-up Workers 
in Lithuania. Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement, 
with change--OMB No. 0925-0401. Need and Use of Information Collection: 
A cohort study will be conducted to investigate the risk of radiation-
induced leukemia and other cancers, and of occupationally related 
cancers, among 7,000 workers from Lithuania who were sent to Chernobyl 
to clean-up after the accident there in 1986. The workers will be asked 
to respond to a mail questionnaire or an interview that collects 
information about specific duties performed during the Chernobyl clean-
up, occupational exposures, other cancer risk factors, and incident 
cancers. The information will be combined with similar information from 
Estonia and Latvia and used by the National Cancer Institute to 
determine site-specific risk estimates for cancer based on various 
exposure patterns. Frequency of Response: One time; Affected Public: 
Individuals or households; Type of Respondent: Chernobyl Workers. The 
annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 
1,867; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden 
Hours per Response: 1; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours 
Requested: 1,867. There are no Capital Costs, Operating 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 of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the

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information shall have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (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 respondents, including through the use 
of automated 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 plans and instruments, 
contact Dr. Gilbert W. BeeBe, Ph.D., National Cancer Institute, EPN 
400, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20892-7364, or call the 
non-toll-free number (301) 496-5067.

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before April 
29, 1998.

    Dated: March 23, 1998.
Reesa L. Nichols,
OMB Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 98-8240 Filed 3-27-98; 8:45 am]
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