[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 106 (Thursday, June 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35369-35370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12994]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Population 
Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study (NIDA)

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, 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 March 11, 2016, pages 12913-12914 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.
    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 60 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: Dr. Kevin P. Conway, Deputy Director, 
Division of Epidemiology, Services, and Prevention Research, NIDA, NIH, 
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 5185, Rockville, MD 20852; or call non-
toll-free number (301) 443-8755 or Email your request, including your 
address to: [email protected]. Formal requests for 
additional plans and instruments must be requested in writing.
    Proposed Collection: Methodological Studies for the Population 
Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study (NIDA), 0925-0675, 
expiration date 5/31/2016--Reinstatement Without Change--NIDA, NIH, in 
partnership

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with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: This is a request to 
continue the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study's 
conduct of methodological studies in support of improvements in the 
Study's approaches for data and biospecimen collection. The PATH Study 
is a national longitudinal cohort study of tobacco use behavior and 
health among the U.S. household population of adults age 18 and older 
and youth ages 12 to 17; the Study conducts annual or biannual 
interviews and collects biospecimens from adults and youth to inform 
FDA's regulatory actions under the Family Smoking Prevention and 
Control Act. The methodological studies under this reinstatement will 
continue to enhance the approaches used by the PATH Study for data and 
biospecimen collections to obtain high quality and useful data; 
minimize respondent burden; and achieve and maintain high response, 
retention, and follow-up rates.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total annualized burden hours 
are 29,750.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                      Type of        Number of       Number of      burden per     Total annual
            Form name               respondent      respondents    responses per   response  (in   burden hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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In-person and telephone surveys.          Adults           5,000               1           90/60           7,500
                                           Youth           3,500               1           90/60           5,250
Web and smartphone/mobile phone           Adults           5,000               1           90/60           7,500
 surveys........................
                                           Youth           3,500               1           90/60           5,250
Focus groups and individual in-           Adults           1,000               1               2           2,000
 depth qualitative interviews...
                                           Youth           1,000               1               2           2,000
Biospecimen collection..........          Adults           1,000               1           15/60             250
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    Total.......................  ..............          20,000          20,000  ..............          29,750
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    Dated: May 27, 2016.
Genevieve deAlmeida-Morris,
Project Clearance Liaison, NIDA, NIH.
[FR Doc. 2016-12994 Filed 6-1-16; 8:45 am]
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