[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 47160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17705]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; National Cancer Institute 
Science Enrichment Program Surveys

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of section 44 U.S.C. 
3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity 
for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National 
Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will 
publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
    Proposed Collection: Title: National Cancer Institute Science 
Enrichment Program Evaluation: Follow-up Survey. Type of Information 
collection Request: New. Need and Use of Information Collection: NCI 
SEP is a five-week summer residential program on university campuses 
that services under-represented minority and under-served students who 
have just completed ninth grade. The program goals are to (1) Encourage 
student participants to select careers in science, mathematics, and/or 
research, and (2) broaden and enrich students' science, research, and 
sociocultural backgrounds. The proposed data collection is a follow-up 
survey of SEP students who participated in the program during one of 
three different funding cycles between 1990 and 2003, and a control 
group of students who did not participate in the program. The 
information from the proposed data collection will supplement previous 
evaluation results, which have been and will continue to be used to 
judge program process and outcomes. Frequency of Response: One time. 
Affected Public: Individuals or households. Type of Respondents: High 
school and college students, and young adults. Cost to Respondents: 
$5,872. The annual reporting burden is as follows:

                                   Estimates of Hour Burden: Burden Requested
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                                                                                                      Average
               Type of respondents                   Number of     Frequency of    Average time     annual hour
                                                    respondents      response      per response       burden
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Former SEP Participants (1990-2003):
    SEP participants 1990-1997..................             644               1            0.25             161
 
    SEP participants 1998-2002..................             479               1            0.25          119.75
 
    SEP participants 2003.......................             100               1            0.25              25
Control Group Participants......................             245               1            0.25           61.25
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        Total...................................           1,468  ..............  ..............             367
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    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.
    Request for Comments: 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: Mr. Frank Jackson, Center to Reduce Cancer 
Health Disparities, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of 
Health, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 602, Rockville, MD 20852, or 
call non-toll-free number (301) 496-8589, 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 this publication.

    Dated: July 28, 2004.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 04-17705 Filed 8-3-04; 8:45 am]
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