[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 222 (Monday, November 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65048-65049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22594]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Division of 
Extramural Research and Training; Submission for OMB Review; Comment 
Request; Program Assessment and Evaluations for NIEHS--Asthma Research

    Summary: Under the provision of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 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 May 9, 2007, page 26399 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: Program Assessment and Evaluations for 
NIEHS--Asthma Research. Type of Information Collection Request: NEW. 
New and Use of Information Collection: National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Extramural Research and 
Training (DERT). DERT, with contract support from Battelle Centers for 
Public Health Research and Evaluation, is examining the impact of its 
research portfolio. Focusing specifically on one portion of the 
research portfolio--asthma research--DERT proposes to supplement extant 
data sources with a primary data collection activity. The purpose of 
the proposed primary data collection is to obtain information from 
grantees regarding the impact of their funded asthma research in the 
short-, intermediate-, and long-term. This will be done through a 
survey of grantees that includes questions about the impact of funding 
on career development, the field of asthma research, public attitudes, 
commercial product development, clinical practice, business and 
industry practices, and long-term human and environmental health. 
Frequency of Response: One time. Affected Public: Individuals. Type of 
Respondents: Individuals receiving asthma funding. A 15-minute, close-
ended, multi-mode (web and paper) survey will be administered to the 
universe of NIEHS-funded asthma researchers (N=179) and comparison 
agency asthma researchers (N=1371). Comparison agencies include other 
NIH institutes (NICHD, NIAID, NIA, NHLBI), the CDC, AHRQ, and the EPA. 
The survey development process included formative interviews with a 
small sample of NIEHS asthma researchers. The annual reporting burden 
is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 1550; Estimated Number 
of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours per Response: 15 
minutes; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 387.5. The 
annualized cost to respondents is estimated at $13,039.38. There are no 
Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to 
report.

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                                             Annualized Burden Table
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                                                       Estimated number                         Estimated total
       Type of respondents         Estimated number    of responses per   Average burden per     annual burden
                                    of respondents        respondent           response         hours requested
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Asthma grantee survey...........                1550                   1                 .25               387.5
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    Total.......................  ..................  ..................  ..................               387.5
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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 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: Jerry Phelps, Division of Extramural Research 
and Training, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P.O. 
Box 12233, MD EC-21, 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP, NC 27709. Phone 
(919) 541-4259. E-mail: [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: November 7, 2007.
Marc Hollander,
 NIEHS, Associate Director for Management.
 [FR Doc. E7-22594 Filed 11-16-07; 8:45 am]
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