[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 57472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25068]


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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 August 
1, 2003, pages 45257-8 and allowed 60 days for public comment. Comments 
were received from two individuals, both of whom are contractors 
interested in the potential for conducting portions of the proposed 
information collection activities. 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.  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 in its 5th 
year of follow-up data collection on a prospective cohort of 89,658 
farms, their spouses, and commercial applicators of pesticides from 
Iowa and North Carolina. Follow-up is not yet complete for a segment of 
the cohort, commercial applicators (n = 4,916). An extension until 
November 30, 2005 is requested to complete this data collection. 
Frequency of Response: Single time reporting. Affected Public: 
Individuals. Type of Respondents: Commercial pesticide applicators. The 
annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 
2,548 Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.0; Average Burden 
Hours Per Response: 1.74; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours 
Requested: 3,707. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: 
$59,312. 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) 
Evaluate 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) Evaluate 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) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) 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., Epidemiology and Biostatistics 
Program, Division of Cancer Etiology, National Cancer Institute, EPN 
8000, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852, or call (310) 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: September 26, 2003.
Reesa Nichols,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 03-25068 Filed 10-2-03; 8:45 am]
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