[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 243 (Monday, December 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75988-75989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27724]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; The Framingham Study

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 
(NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the 
Office of the Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and 
approval the information collection listed below. This proposed 
information collection was previously published in the Federal Register 
on March June 30, 2004, page 39486, 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: The Framingham Study. Type of 
Information Collection Request: Reinstatement of a currently approved 
collection (OMB No. 0925-0216). Need and Use of Information Collection: 
This study will conduct examinations and morbidity and mortality 
follow-up in original, offspring, and third-generation participants to 
study the determinants of cardiovascular disease. Frequency of 
Response: The participants will be contacted annually. Affected Public: 
Individuals or households, businesses or other for profit, small 
businesses or organizations. Type of Respondents: Adult men and women; 
doctors and staff of hospitals and nursing homes. The annual reporting 
burden is as follows: Estimated Number or Respondents: 5,649; Estimated 
Number of Responses Per Respondent: 2.29; Average Burden Hours Per 
Response: 0.6; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 
6,886. There are no capital, operating or maintenance costs to report.

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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden   total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per     hours per     burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent       response        requested
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Participants....................................           3,513            2.86           0.606           6,085
Physician, hospital, nursing home staff.........           1,068             1.0            0.67             716
Participant's next of kin.......................           1,068             1.0             .08              85
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    Total.......................................           6,649            2.29  ..............           6,886
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    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies should address 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

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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: Dr. Paul Sorlie, NIH, NHLBI, 6701 Rockledge 
Drive, MSC 7934, Bethesda, MD 20892-7934, or call non-toll-free number 
(301) 435-0707 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: December 7, 2004.
Peter Savage,
Director, DECA, NHLBI.
[FR Doc. 04-27724 Filed 12-17-04; 8:45 am]
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