[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36553-36554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13308]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-day Comment Request, U.S. Nuclear 
Medicine Technologists Study (NCI)

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 March 28, 2016 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, 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*: Michele M. Doody, Radiation Epidemiology 
Branch, National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 
7E566, Rockville, MD 20850, or call non-toll-free number 301-414-0308. 
Or Email your request, including your address to: [email protected]. 
Formal requests for additional plans and instruments must be requested 
in writing.
    Proposed Collection: U.S. Nuclear Medicine Technologists Study, 
0925-0656, Expiration Date 04/30/2015--REINSTATEMENT WITH CHANGE, 
National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: We propose to collect from 
U.S. nuclear medicine technologists (USNMT) certified after 1980 
historical information about nuclear medicine procedures performed, 
radioisotopes used, related work and safety practices, and places of 
employment. The primary objectives of the current feasibility effort 
are: (a) To identify a cohort of nuclear medicine technologists 
certified after 1980 by the American Registry of Radiologic 
Technologists (ARRT) and/or the Nuclear Medicine Technologist 
Certification Board (NMTCB); and (b) to characterize individual organ-
specific occupational radiation doses from radioisotope procedures. 
More recently certified technologists, who specialized in nuclear 
medicine, are expected to have greater exposures to radioisotopes than 
the general radiologic technologists in the U.S. Radiologic 
Technologist (USRT) cohort owing to performing such procedures with 
greater frequency. The proposed USNMT study would be a direct follow-on 
to the USRT Study to assess health risks associated with occupational 
exposure to these much higher-energy radiopharmaceuticals.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 125.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Average time
      Type of respondent           Instrument        Number of     Frequency of    per response     Annual hour
                                                    respondents      response         (hours)         burden
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Nuclear Medicine Technologists  Nuclear Medicine             250               1           30/60             125
                                 Questionnaire.
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    Total.....................  ................             250             250  ..............             125
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    Dated: May 31, 2016.
Karla Bailey,
Project Clearance Liaison, National Cancer Institute, NIH.
[FR Doc. 2016-13308 Filed 6-6-16; 8:45 am]
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