[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 115 (Thursday, June 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32361-32362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14973]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; The Jackson Heart 
Study: Annual Follow-Up With Third Party Respondents

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 Institute of Health

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(NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a 
request for review and approval of the information collection listed 
below. This proposed information collection was previously published in 
the Federal Register on November 15, 2000, page 69031-69032 and allowed 
60-days for public comment. No public comments were received. 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: The Jackson Heart Study: Annual Follow-up with Third Party 
Respondents Type of Information Collection Request: New, Need and Use 
of Information Collection: This is a request for collection of follow-
up information from third party individuals (next-of-kin descendants 
and physicians) for the participants in the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) 
Follow up. The information is necessary to complete the determination 
of causes of morbidity and mortality in the JHS Cohort. The initial 
examination phase of the study began in the fall of 2000 and will take 
approximately three years to complete. Annual follow-up will begin one 
year after the initial exam, in the Fall of 2001. The information 
collected will be used by the public and private sector for public 
health planning, medical education, other epidemiologic studies, and 
biomedical. Frequency of Response: One-Time. Affected Public: 
Individuals or families; Businesses or other for profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions. Type of Respondents: Third party respondents (next-of-kin 
decedents and physicians). The annual reporting burden is as follows: 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 480. Estimated Number of Responses per 
Respondent: 1. Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0.333. Estimated 
Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 160. The annualized cost to 
respondents is estimated at: $3,600. There are no Capital Costs, 
Operating Costs or Maintenance Costs to report.
    Estimates of the annual reporting burden to respondents:

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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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Morbidity & Mortality AFU 3rd party next-of-kin              240               1            0.33              80
 decedents......................................
Morbidity & Mortality AFU 3rd party Physicians..             240               1            0.33              80
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    Total.......................................             480  ..............  ..............             160
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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) 
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 assumption 
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 
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: 
Ms. Cheryl Nelson, Epidemiology and Biometry Program, Division of 
Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, NHLBI, NIH, II Rockledge 
Centre, 6701 Rockledge Drive, room 8152, Bethesda, MD, 20892, or call 
non-toll-free number (301) 435-0451, or e-mail your request, including 
your address to: [email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding the information collection 
are best assured of having their full effected if received on or before 
July 16, 2001.

Peter J. Savage,
Acting Director, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, 
NHLBI.
[FR Doc. 01-14973 Filed 6-13-01; 8:45 am]
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