[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13638-13639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7055]


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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)--Validation Sub-Study, on Rheumatoid 
Arthritis

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 Tuesday, 
October 23, 2001, pages 53618-53619 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: Agricultural Health Study (A Prospective Cohort Study of 
Cancer and Other Diseases Among Men and Women in Agriculture)--
validation sub-study on Rheumatoid Arthritis.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection (0925-0406, expiration 11/31/03).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The Agricultural Health 
Study is an ongoing prospective cohort study of 89,189 farmers, their 
spouses, and commercial applicators of pesticides from Iowa and North 
Carolina. The proposed collection of additional information is intended 
to assess the validity of self-reported Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in 
the Agricultural Health Study (AHS) within small subgroups of 
individuals. The collection is intended to identify confirmed cases of 
RA to include in etiologic analyses of farming exposures and RA; 
evaluate the efficacy of certain questions or sets of questions for 
screening out false-positives for self-reported RA and identify 
subgroups to target for future etiologic studies of RA, based on a 
relatively high prevalence of RA and the feasibility of disease 
confirmation.
    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: 11,373..
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.2;
    Average Burden Hours Per Response: 1.18.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 13,433.
    The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $138,045. There 
are no Capital Costs to report. There are no

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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 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: 
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

    Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of 
having their full effect if received within 30 days of the date of this 
publication.

    Dated: March 15, 2002.
Reesa Nichols,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 02-7055 Filed 3-22-02; 8:45 am]
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