[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 49194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24033]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Agricultural Health 
Study-A Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Diseases Among Men 
and Women in Agriculture

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the 
National Institutes of Health (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 June 12, 
2001, page 31679 and allowed 60 days for public comment. No public 
comments were received. The purpose of this notice is 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: 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 11/30/01). 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 follow-up is being requested. Frequency of Response: One time. 
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: 11,000; 
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.2; Average Burden Hours 
Per Response: 1,196; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 
13,156. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at $131, 554. 
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.

DIRECT COMMENTS TO OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding 
the items(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: 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]

COMMENTS DUE DATE: GComments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before 
October 26, 2001.

    Dated: September 14, 2001.
Reesa Nichols,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 01-24033 Filed 9-25-01; 8:45 am]
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