[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22107-22108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9511]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; NIH Toolbox for 
Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function

    Summary: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute on Aging (NIA), 
the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the 
information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on January 
11, 2011 (Vol. 76, No. 7, p. 1621) and allowed 60-days for public 
comment. No comments were received.
    Proposed Collection: Title: NIH Toolbox for Assessment of 
Neurological and Behavioral Function. Type of Information Collection 
Request: New. Need and Use of Information Collection: The overall goal 
of the Toolbox project is to develop unified, integrated methods and 
measures of four domains of neurological and behavioral functioning 
(cognitive, emotional, motor and sensory) for use in large longitudinal 
or epidemiological studies where functioning is monitored over time. 
The current phase (``Norming''), will involve a large sample of 12,900 
for the purpose of establishing comparative norms. The targeted 
population will be non-institutionalized U.S. residents, aged 3-85 
years, with 70% English-speaking and 30% Spanish-speaking. Frequency of 
Response: Once or twice (depending on subsample). Affected Public: 
Individuals. Type of Respondents: U.S. residents (persons aged 3-85 
years). The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of 
Respondents: 12,900; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1-2; 
Average Burden Hours per Response: 1.96; and Estimated Total Annual 
Burden Hours Requested: 29,700. The annualized cost to respondents is 
estimated at: $414,375. There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, 
and/or Maintenance Costs to report.

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                                                                                          Average burden
                   Type of respondents                       Number of     Frequency of      hours per      Annual hour     Hourly wage       Cost to
                                                            respondents      response        response         burden           rate           respond
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U.S. Residents..........................................          12,900             1-2            1.96          29,700          $25.00        $414,375
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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 Attention: NIH Desk Officer, Office of

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Management and Budget, at [email protected] or by fax to 
202-395-6974. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact 
Eddie Billingslea, PhD, Division of Neuroscience, National Institute on 
Aging, NIH, DHHS, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 350, Bethesda, Maryland 
20892-9205 or call non-toll-free number 301-496-9350 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.

    Dated: April 11, 2011.
Taryn Ayoub,
Project Clearance Liaison, National Institute on Aging, National 
Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-9511 Filed 4-19-11; 8:45 am]
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