[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 31679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14785]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Agricultural Health Study--
A Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Diseases Among Men and 
Women in Agriculture

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 
(NCI), 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: Agricultural Health Study--A Prospective Cohort Study of 
Cancer and Other Diseases Among Men and Women in Agriculture.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Revision (OMB) 0925-0406, 
expiration 11/31/01).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The Agricultural Health 
Study is in its third year of follow-up data collection on a 
prospective cohort of 89,189 farmers, their spouses, and commercial 
applicators of pesticides from Iowa and North Carolina. Follow-up is 
not yet complete; an additional two years of followup is being 
requested.
    Frequency of Response: Single time reporting.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, Farms.
    Type of Respondents: Private pesticide applicators and their 
spouses.
    The annual reporting burden is as follows:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 21,999.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.0.
    Average Burden Hours Per Response: 1.66.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 13,156.
    The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $131,544. 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 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.

Comments Due Date

    Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of 
having their full effect if received on or before August 13, 2001.

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 Michael C.R. Alavanja, Dr. P.H., Division of 
Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza 
South, Suite 8000, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852, or 
call non-toll free (301) 435-4720, or E-mail your request, including 
your address to: [email protected].

    Dated: June 5, 2001.
Reesa Nichols,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 01-14785 Filed 6-11-01; 8:45 am]
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