[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31679-31680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14786]


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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: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 
(NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval 
the information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on May 2, 
2001, pages 21988-21989, and allowed 60-days for public comment. No 
public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow 
an addtional 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: 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:

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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.

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                                                                                                      Estimated
                                                                            Estimated     Average       total
                                                               Estimated    number of      burden       annual
                     Type of Respondents                       number of    responses    hours per      burden
                                                              respondents      per        response      hours
                                                                            respondent                requested
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Participant Examination.....................................        2,133         4.69        0.836      8,376.5
Physician, hospital, nursing home staff \1\.................          350          1.0       0.6700        234.5
Participant's next-of-kin \1\...............................          350          1.0       0.0800           28
    Total...................................................        2,833         3.78        0.806       8,639
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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.

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, DC 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. Paul Sorlie, Project Officer, National Institutes of Health, 
Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Heart, 
Lung and Blood Institute, 6701 Rockledge Drive, 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 12, 2001.

    Dated: June 4, 2001.
Peter Savage,
Acting Director, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications.
[FR Doc. 01-14786 Filed 6-11-01; 8:45 am]
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