[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29336-29337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13484]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Leukemia and Other 
Hematological Diseases Among Cleanup Workers in Ukraine Following the 
Chornobyl Accident

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 Cancer Institute, 
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries 
of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

Proposed Collection

    Title: Leukemia and Other Hematological Diseases Among Cleanup 
Workers in Ukraine Following the Chornobyl Accident. Type of 
Information Collection Request: New. Need and Use of Information 
Collection: A case-control study will be conducted to investigate the 
risk of radiation-induced leukemia and other hematological diseases 
among Chernobyl cleanup workers in Ukraine. Cases and controls (or 
proxies) will be interviewed to provide details of their work during 
the Chornobyl clean-up operation. The interview responses combined with 
environmental measurements will permit individual bone marrow dose 
estimates to be calculated for each case and control. Dose estimates 
will be used to calculate the risk of leukemia and other hematological 
diseases associated with low-dose and low dose-rate radiation exposure. 
This information, which is essential for radiation protection, is 
currently not available and standards presently are based on 
information available only by extrapolation from high-dose, high dose-
rate data on A-bomb survivors in Japan. Frequency of Response: One time 
only. Affected Public: Ukrainian Chornobyl clean-up workers. Type of 
respondents: Cases, controls, and proxies for deceased subject. 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 700. Estimated Number of Responses per 
Respondent: Variable, about 50. Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0.75 
hour. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 400 hours 
(interviews to be conducted over 18-month period). There are no Capital 
Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to report.

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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) 
Evaluate whether the proposed collectionof information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the National Cancer Institute, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) evaluate the 
accuracy of the NCI's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection 
of information, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used; (3) enhance the enhance the quality utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; (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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Dr. Terry L. Thomas, National Cancer Institute, 
EPS 7100, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD, 29892-7238, or call 
the non-toll-free number (301) 496-6600.
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received on or before 
July 30, 2001.

    Dated: May 16, 2001.
Reesa Nichols,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 01-13484 Filed 5-29-01; 8:45 am]
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