[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 145 (Friday, July 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39181-39182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18729]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) 
Event Surveillance

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 4/25/01 
pages 20820-20821, 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: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Event 
Surveillance. Type of Information Request: New. (OMB No. 0925-XXXX). 
Need and Use of Information Collection: The study, MESA, will identify 
and quantify factors associated with the presence and progression of 
subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD)--that is, atherosclerosis and 
other forms of CVD that have not produced signs and symptoms. The 
findings will provide important information on subclinical CVD in 
individuals of different ethnic backgrounds and provide information for 
studies on new interventions to prevent CVD. The aspects of the study 
that concern direct participant evaluation received a clinical 
exemption from OMB clearance (CE-99-11-08) in April 2000. OMB clearance 
is being sought for the contact of physicians and participant proxies 
to obtain information about clinical CVD events that participants 
experience during the follow-up period. Frequency of Response: Once per 
CVD event. Affected Public: Individuals. Types of Respondents: 
Physicians and selected proxies of individuals recruited for MESA. The 
annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 
555; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.0; and Estimated 
Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 42. The annualized cost to 
respondents is estimated at $6,733. There are no capital, operating, or 
maintenance costs to report.

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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of        Average      total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per   burden hours    burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response      requested
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Physicians......................................             279           1.0              0.20              19
Participant proxies.............................             276           1.0              0.25              23
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      Total.....................................             555           1.0             0.225              42
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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 will have practical 
utility; (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of 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) Way to 
minimize the burden of 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. Diane Bild, Project Officer, NIH, NHLBI, Division of Epidemiology 
and Clinical Applications, 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 are best assured of having 
their full effect if received on or before August 27, 2001.

    Dated: July 17, 2001.
Peter J. Savage,
Acting Director, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications.
[FR Doc. 01-18729 Filed 7-26-01; 8:45 am]
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