[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 110 (Thursday, June 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33311-33312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8910]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information 
collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.

Project: 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health--(OMB No. 0930-
0110)--Revision

    The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), formerly the 
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is a survey of the 
civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States 12 
years old and older. The data are used to determine the prevalence of 
use of tobacco products, alcohol, illicit substances, and illicit use 
of prescription drugs. The results are used by SAMHSA, ONDCP, Federal 
Government agencies, and other organizations and researchers to 
establish policy, direct program activities, and better allocate 
resources.
    With the exception of the addition of several follow-up questions 
on methamphetamine use, no changes to the questionnaire are proposed 
for the 2007 NSDUH. The proposed additional questions (age at first use 
and frequency of use in the past 12 months) will be asked of 
respondents who denied use of methamphetamine in the ``core'' NSDUH 
because they didn't think of it as a prescription drug, but in a later 
series of questions admit to use (Respondents who report use of 
methamphetamine in the ``core'' already receive questions on age at 
first use and frequency of use). The additional burden associated with 
the new questions will be negligible because only a small subset of the 
sample will receive them.
    As with all NSDUH/NHSDA surveys conducted since 1999, the sample 
size of the survey for 2007 will be sufficient to permit prevalence 
estimates for each

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of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. The total annual 
burden estimate is shown below:

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                                                                     Number of        Average
                    Activity                         Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent    per respondent       hours
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Household Screening.............................         182,250               1            .083      15,127
Interview.......................................          67,500               1             1.0      67,500
Screening Verification..........................           5,494               1            .067         368
Interview Verification..........................          10,125               1            .067         678
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    Total.......................................         182,250  ..............  ..............      83,673
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by July 10, 2006 to: SAMHSA Desk 
Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management and 
Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503; due to potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing of mail 
sent through the U.S. Postal Service, respondents are encouraged to 
submit comments by fax to: 202-395-6974.

    Dated: May 26, 2006.
Anna Marsh,
Director, Office of Program Services.
 [FR Doc. E6-8910 Filed 6-7-06; 8:45 am]
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