[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55141-55142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23027]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request: Population 
Sciences Biospecimen Catalog (PSBC)

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute, the National 
Institutes of Health, 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 (June 30, 2015 P.37280) 
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 Cancer Institute (NCI), 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.
    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: NIH Desk Officer.
    Comment 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and instruments, or request more information on the 
proposed project, contact: Danielle Carrick, Program Director, Division 
of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), National Cancer 
Institute, 9609 Medical Center Dr., Room 4E224, Rockville, MD 20850 or 
call non-toll-free number (240) 276-6749 or Email your request, 
including your address to: [email protected]. Formal requests 
for additional plans and instruments must be requested in writing.
    Proposed Collection: Population Sciences Biospecimen Catalog (PSBC) 
(NCI), 0925--NEW, National Cancer Institute(NCI), National Institutes 
of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: This is a request for 
approval of a new collection. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) 
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) has 
previously demonstrated that approximately 60% of population based 
studies funded by the division use existing biospecimens from other 
collections, and that those studies are more cost and time efficient 
than studies collecting new specimens. Yet, it is difficult for 
researchers to identify potentially appropriate sources for 
biospecimens and accompanying epidemiologic and exposure data. 
Development of a searchable inventory of population-based biospecimen 
resources was a major recommendation resulting from an NCI think tank 
held in August 2013 (``Utilizing Existing Clinical and Population 
Biospecimen Resources for Discovery or Validation of

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Markers for Early Cancer Detection'') and would also be directly 
addressing four of the key recommendations that emerged in an NCI 
sponsored workshop titled ``Trends in 21st Century Epidemiology: From 
Scientific Discoveries to Population Health'' (CEBP, 2013, issue 22, 
page 508). In response to this, NCI DCCPS is developing a biospecimen 
inventory and online searchable catalog (or ``Population Sciences 
Biospecimen Catalog (PSBC)''). The PSBC allows scientists in the 
research community and the NCI to locate specimens appropriate for 
their population based research projects. It is not NCI's intent to 
collect biospecimens; rather the collections are descriptions of the 
available data that can act as a resource and be shared with 
researchers and scientists who are interested. This submission is via 
data upload to the secure Web site in order to collect information to 
manage and improve a program and its resources for the use by all 
scientists.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 80.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of     Average time
           Form name                 Type of         Number of     responses per  per response (   Total annual
                                   respondent       respondents     respondent       in hours)      burden hour
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Population Sciences             Private Sector..              30               1               1              30
 Biospecimen Catalog Initial
 Request.
                                State Government              30               1               1              30
Population Sciences             Private Sector..              30               1           20/60              10
 Biospecimen Catalog Annual
 Update.
                                State Government              30               1           20/60              10
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    Dated: September 1, 2015.
Karla Bailey,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Cancer Institute, NIH.
[FR Doc. 2015-23027 Filed 9-11-15; 8:45 am]
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