[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 115 (Thursday, June 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35106-35107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-11897]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; The Agricultural 
Health Study: A Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Disease 
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 February 
14, 2005, page 7509 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 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 the Agricultural Health Study. The primary 
objectives of the study are to determine the health effects resulting 
from occupational and environmental exposures in the agricultural 
environment. 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: 74,320; Estimated Number 
of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours Per Response: 
.5845 for 72,320 and 1.0 for 2,000; and Estimated Total Annual Burden 
Hours Requested: 44,270. The annualized cost to respondents is 
estimated at: $708,320.00. There are no Capital Costs to report. There 
are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

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                                                                                                     Estimated
                                                     Estimated     Frequency of    Average hours   annual return
               Type of respondent                    number of       response      per response        hours
                                                    respondents                                      requested
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Private Applicators Interview only..............          39,479               1          0.5845        23,075.0
Interview and buccal cells......................           1,100               1          1.0            1,100.0
Spouses Interview only..........................          30,054               1          0.5845        17,566.0
Interview and buccal cells......................             820               1          1.0              820.0
Commercial Applicators Interview only...........           2,787               1          0.5845         1,629.0
Interview and buccal cells......................              80               1          1.0               80.0
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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 used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be

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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 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, 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 20892, 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 30-days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: June 6, 2005.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 05-11897 Filed 6-15-05; 8:45 am]
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