[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-60]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections; 
Comment Request

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary will periodically publish summaries of proposed information 
collections projects and solicit public comments in compliance with the 
requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. To request more information on the project or to obtain a copy of 
the information collection plans and instruments, call the OS Reports 
Clearance Office at (202) 619-2118 or e-mail [email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.
    Proposed Project: 1. Monitoring the United States Blood Supply--
New--The Office of Public Health and Science will monitor the nation's 
blood supply by gathering daily supply status information from 29 
select sites including 26 sentinel transfusion services and three 
community-wide blood banks.
    Respondents: hospitals or blood banks.
    Number of Respondents: 29.
    Number of Responses: 5,800.
    Average Burden per Response: one hour.
    Total Burden: 5,800 hours.
    Send comments via e-mail to [email protected] or mail to OS 
Reports Clearance Office, Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 20201. Written comments should 
be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: December 19, 2002.
Kerry Weems,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 03-60 Filed 1-2-03; 8:45 am]
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