[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 179 (Monday, September 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 52886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18220]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


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

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in compliance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request 
a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: Data System for Organ Procurement and Transplantation 
Network (42 CFR Part 121, OMB No. 0915-0184): Extension

    The operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network 
(OPTN) necessitates certain recordkeeping and reporting requirements in 
order to perform the functions related to organ transplantation under 
contract to HHS. This is a request for an extension of the current 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements associated with the OPTN. 
These data will be used by HRSA in monitoring the contracts for the 
OPTN and the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and in 
carrying out other statutory responsibilities. Information is needed to 
match donor organs with recipients, to monitor compliance of member 
organizations with OPTN rules and requirements, to ensure that all 
qualified entities are accepted for membership in the OPTN, and to 
ensure patient safety.

                              Estimated Annual Reporting and Record Keeping Burden
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                                   Number of     Responses per        Total         Hours per      Total burden
     Section and activity         respondents     respondents       responses        response          hours
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121.3(b)(2)--OPTN membership                40              3               120             15            1, 800
 and application requirements
 for OPOs, hospitals, and
 histocompatibility
 laboratories.................
121.3(b)(4)--Appeal for OPTN                 2              1                 2              3                 6
 membership...................
121.6(c) (Reporting)--                     900              1               900              0.5             450
 Submitting criteria for organ
 acceptance...................
121.6(c) (Disclosure)--Sending             900              1               900              0.5             450
 criteria to OPOs.............
121.7(b)(4)--Reasons for                   900             38            34,200              0.5          17,100
 Refusal......................
121.7(e) --Transplant to                   260              1.5             390              0.5             195
 prevent organ wastage........
121.9(b)--Designated                        10              1                10              5.0              50
 Transplant Program
 Requirements.................
121.9(d)--Appeal for                         2              1                 2              6                12
 designation..................
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    Total.....................             954  ...............          36,524  ...............          20,063
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to 
the desk officer for HRSA, either by e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all 
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''

    Dated: September 10, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
 [FR Doc. E7-18220 Filed 9-14-07; 8:45 am]
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