[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 199 (Friday, October 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63488-63489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26030]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Multi-Ethnic Study of 
Atherosclerosis (MESA) Event Surveillance

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 
(NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval 
the information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on August 
4, 2010, pages 46945-6, and allowed 60-days for public comment. Only 
one comment was 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: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis 
(MESA) Event Surveillance. Type of Information Request: Renewal (OMB 
No. 0925-0493). Need and Use of Information Collection: The study, 
MESA, is identifying and quantifying factors associated with the 
presence and progression of subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD)--
that is, atherosclerosis and other forms of CVD that have not produced 
signs and symptoms. The findings provide important information on 
subclinical CVD in individuals of different ethnic backgrounds and 
provide information for studies on new interventions to prevent CVD. 
The aspects of the study that concern direct participant evaluation 
received a clinical exemption from OMB clearance (CE-99-11-08) in April 
2000. OMB clearance is being sought for the contact of physicians and 
participant proxies to obtain information about clinical CVD events 
that participants experience during the follow-up period. Frequency of 
response: Once per CVD event. Affected public: Individuals. Types of 
Respondents: Physicians and selected proxies of individuals recruited 
for MESA. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number 
of Respondents: 74; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.0; 
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0.20; and Estimated Total Annual 
Burden Hours Requested: 14.7. The annualized cost to respondents is 
estimated at: $500. There are no capital, operating, or maintenance 
costs to report.

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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of        Average      total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per   burden hours    burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response      requested
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Physicians......................................              17             1.0            0.20             3.4
Proxies.........................................              57             1.0            0.20            11.3
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    Total.......................................              74             1.0            0.20            14.7
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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 
will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate 
of 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 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, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974, 
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: Dr. Diane Bild, Division of Cardiovascular 
Sciences, NHLBI, NIH, II Rockledge Centre, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 
10122, MSC 7936, Bethesda, MD 20892-7934, or call non-toll-
free number (301) 435-0457 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.

Suzanne Freeman,
NHLBI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
Michael Lauer,
Director, DCVS, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2010-26030 Filed 10-14-10; 8:45 am]
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