[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 67 (Thursday, April 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17187-17188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8670]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Organ Procurement 
Survey

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 
L. No. 104-13) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 
5 C.F.R. 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), this notice announces the 
intention of the Department of Clinical Bioethics, National Institutes 
of Health (NIHDCB) to request approval for a new information 
collection, the Organ Procurement Survey. The proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on May 5, 
1998, page 24815 and allowed 60-days for public comment. No public 
comments were received. However, a respondent group has been deleted. 
This collection will now only involve surveying Organ Procurement 
Organizations (OPOs). 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: Organ Procurement Survey. Type of Information Collection 
Request: NEW. Need and Use of Information Collection: Respondents for 
this telephone survey will be the directors of procurement (or 
executive director if the director of procurement is not available) of 
the 62 U.S. Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs). Telephone 
interviews will last one half hour and are intended to provide 
information about OPOs' policies and practices regarding consent for 
organ donation. Data collected will help the National Institutes of 
Health (NIH) to serve patients at the NIH Clinical Center who are 
interested in the option of organ donation. The data collected will 
also help other medical professionals across the country in such 
consultation and will assist respondents and policy

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makers in understanding the practice of organ donation nationwide. 
Results of the survey will be reported confidentially, either in the 
aggregate or stripped of individual identifiers. Frequency of Response: 
Once. Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government. Type of Respondents: OPOs. The annual 
reporting burden is as follows:

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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden   total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per     hours per     burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent       response        requested
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OPOs (directors of procurement or executive                   62               1             0.5              31
 directors).....................................
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      Total.....................................              62  ..............  ..............              31
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    The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at; $3,000,00. 
There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or 
Maintenance Costs to report.

Request For Comments

    Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies should address one or more of the following points: (1) 
Evaluate 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) Evaluate 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) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) 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: 
Dr. David Wendler, Department of Clinical Bioethics, DCB, CC, NIH, 
Building 10, Room 1C 118, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-1156, 
or call non-toll-free number (301) 435-8726 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 May 10, 1999.

    Dated: March 16, 1999.
David K. Henderson,
Deputy Director, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National 
Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 99-8670 Filed 4-7-99; 8:45 am]
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