[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21988-21989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10932]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; The Framingham Study

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment 
on proposed data collection projects, the National Heart, Lung, and 
Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will 
publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (MB) for review and approval.
    Proposed Collection: Title: The Framingham Study. Type of 
Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently approved 
collection (OMB No. 0925-0216). Need and Use of Information Collection: 
The Framingham Study will conduct examinations and morbidity and 
mortality follow-up in original, offspring, and third generation 
participants for the purpose of studying the determinants of 
cardiovascular disease. Frequency of Response: The participants will be 
contacted annually. Affected Public: Individuals or households; 
Businesses or other for profit; Small businesses or organizations. Type 
of Respondents: Adult men and women; doctors and staff of hospitals and 
nursing homes. The annual reporting burden is as follows; Estimated 
Number of Respondents: 2,833: Estimated Number of Responses per 
Respondent: 3.78; Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0.806; and 
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 8,639. The annualized 
cost to respondents is estimated at $44,080, assuming respondents time 
at the rate of $10 per hour for participant and $55 per hour for 
physicians and other professional health care respondents.
    There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or 
Maintenance Costs to report.

                                         Estimate of Annual Hour burden
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                                                                                                      Estimated
                                                                            Estimated     Average       total
                                                               Number of    number of      burden       annual
                     Type of respondents                      respondents   responses    hours per      burden
                                                                               per        response      hours
                                                                            respondent                requested
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Participant examination.....................................        2,133         4.69        0.836      8,376.5
\1\Physician, hospital, nursing home staff..................          350          1.0       0.6700        234.5
\1\Participant's next-of-kin................................          350          1.0       0.0800           28
    Total...................................................        2,833         3,78        0.806        8639
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\1\ Annual burden is placed on doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, and respondent relatives/informants through
  requests for information which will help in the compilation of the number and nature of new fatal and nonfatal
  events.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To request more information on the proposed 
project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Dr. Paul Sorlie, Project Officer, NIH, NHLBI, 6701 
Rockledge Drive,

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MSC 7934, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301) 435-
0707 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 
July 2, 2001.

    Dated: April 19, 2001.
Peter J. Savage,
Acting Director, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, 
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
[FR Doc. 01-10932 Filed 5-1-01; 8:45 am]
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