[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 29 (Monday, February 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7509-7510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2773]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; The Agricultural Health 
Study: A Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Diseases Among 
Men and Women in Agriculture

    Summary: In compliance with the requirement of Section 
3506(c0(2)(A) 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: The Agricultural Health Study--A 
Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Diseases Among Men and 
Women in Agriculture: Phase III. Type of Information Collection 
Request: New. Need and Use of Information Collection: The purpose of 
this information collection is to update occupational and environmental 
exposure information as well as medical history information for 
subjects enrolled in the in the Agriculture Health Study. The primary 
objectives of the study are to determine the health effects resulting 
from occupational and environmental exposures in the agricultural 
environmental. The findings will provide valuable information 
concerning the potential link between agricultural exposures and cancer 
and other chronic diseases among agricultural Health Study cohort 
members, and this information may be generalized to the entire 
agricultural community. Frequency of Response: Single time reporting. 
Affected Public: Individuals or households; farms; Type of Respondents: 
Licensed pesticide applicators and their spouses. The annual reporting 
burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 74,714; 
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours 
Per Response: 0.6179; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours 
Requested: 46,166. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: 
$461,660.00. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no 
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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Private Applicators.............................          40,821             1.0          0.6179          25,223
Spouses.........................................          30,992             1.0          0.6179          19,149
Commercial Applicators..........................           2,901             1.0          0.6179           1,793
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    Total.......................................          74,714             1.0          0.6179          46,165
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    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; (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

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technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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, DrPH, Occupational and 
Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Epidemiology and Biostatistics 
Program, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer 
Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Room 8000, Bethesda, MD 20892k, or 
call (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 60-day 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: February 7, 2005.
Rachelle Ragland-Green,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 05-2773 Filed 2-11-05; 8:45 am]
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