[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62544-62545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25641]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; the Atherosclerosis Risk in 
Communities Study (ARIC)

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment 
on proposed data collection projects, the National Heart, Lung, and 
Blood Institute (NHLBI), 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 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities 
Study (ARIC). Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a 
currently approved collection (OMB NO. 0925-0281). Need and Use of 
Information Collection: ARIC will conduct a clinical examination of the 
cohort over a 24-month period (May 2011 to April 2013). In addition, 
this project involves biennual follow-up by telephone of participants 
in the ARIC study, review of their medical records, and interviews with 
doctors and family to identify disease occurrence. Interviewers will 
contact doctors and hospitals to ascertain participants' cardiovascular 
events. Information gathered will be used to further describe the risk 
factors, occurrence rates, and consequences of cardiovascular disease 
in middle aged and older men and women. Frequency of Response: The 
participants will be contacted bi-annually for follow-up. A subset of 
the cohort may choose to volunteer for the clinical examination; these 
individually will be contacted once in a 3 year period. Affected 
Public: Individuals or households; Businesses or other for profit; 
Small businesses or organizations. Type of Respondents: Individuals or 
households; doctors and staff of hospitals and nursing homes. The 
annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 
12,673; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.7; Average 
Burden Hours Per Response: 0.5916; and Estimated Total Annual Burden 
Hours Requested: 20,434. The annualized cost to respondents is 
estimated at $355,882, assuming

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respondents time at the rate of $17.00 per hour and physician time at 
the rate of $75.00 per hour. There are no Capital Costs to report. 
There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

                                      Table A.12.1 Estimates of Hour Burden
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                                                          Estimated
                                          Estimated       number of        Average      Estimated  total annual
         Type of respondents              number of     responses per   burden hours     burden hours requested
                                         respondents     respondent     per response
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Participants.........................          10,933               3          0.6165  20220.6.
Physician (or coroner) (for CHD).....             420               1          0.1667  70.
Physician (for heart failure)........             920               1          0.0833  76.6.
Participants' next of kin............             400               1          0.1667  66.7.
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    Totals...........................          12,673  ..............  ..............  20433.9 or 20434.
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Note: Reported and calculated numbers differ slightly due to rounding.

    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.
    For Further Information: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Dr. Hanyu Ni, Project Officer, NIH, NHLBI, 6701 
Rockledge Drive, MSC 7934, Bethesda, MD 20892-7934, or call non-toll-
free number (301) 435-0448 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-days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: October 6, 2010.
Suzanne Freeman,
NHLBI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
Michael Lauer,
Director, DCVS, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2010-25641 Filed 10-8-10; 8:45 am]
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