[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 165 (Thursday, August 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58522-58523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20344]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request Study To 
Estimate Radiation Doses and Cancer Risks From Radioactive Fallout From 
the Trinity Nuclear Test--National Cancer Institute (NCI)

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human 
Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with 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 May 13, 2016, p 29875 and allowed 60-days for public 
comment. One public comment was received. The purpose of this notice is 
to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.

DATES: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured 
of having their full effect if received within 30-days of the date of 
this publication

ADDRESSES: 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact: Steven L. Simon, Dosimetry Unit Head and Staff 
Scientist, Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer 
Epidemiology & Genetics, National cancer Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical 
Center Drive, MSC9778, Bethesda, MD 20892-9778 or call non-toll-free 
number (240)-276-7371 or email your request, including your address to: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
    In compliance with 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.
    Proposed Collection: Study to Estimate Radiation Doses and Cancer 
Risks from Radioactive Fallout from the Trinity Nuclear Test, 0925-NEW, 
National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: This Information Collection 
Request is for a radiation-related cancer risk projection study for the 
residents of the state of New Mexico (NM) potentially exposed to 
radioactive fallout from the Trinity nuclear test conducted in 1945. 
Data will be collected on diet and lifestyle from three groups in NM 
(non-Hispanic white, Hispanic, and Native American) alive in the 1940s 
via focus groups and key informant interviews. These data will be used 
to derive means and ranges of exposure-related parameters. Little 
information is currently available about dietary patterns among Native 
American community members or Hispanics in New Mexico in the 1940s. 
Exposure-related parameter values will be used with historical fallout 
deposition data in fallout dose assessment models to estimate external 
and internal radiation doses to representative persons in all counties 
in New Mexico by ethnicity and age. The estimated doses will be used 
with literature-derived risk and parameter values on risk/unit dose to 
project the excess cancers expected (per 1,000 persons within each 
stratum) including uncertainty on each estimate. Endpoints are 
leukemia, thyroid cancer, stomach cancer, colon cancer, and all solid 
cancers combined.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 536.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Average time
      Type of respondents          Instrument        Number of     Frequency of    per response    Annual burden
                                                    respondents      response       (in hours)         hours
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Individuals...................  Screener........             315               1           10/60              53
                                Consent Form....             210               1           10/60              35
                                Focus Groups....             168               1          120/60             336
                                Pre-Focus Group              168               1           10/60              28
                                 Guide.
                                Key Informant                 42               1          120/60              84
                                 and Academic
                                 Interview.
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    Totals....................  ................             210             525  ..............             536
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    Dated: August 19, 2016.
Karla Bailey,
Project Clearance Liaison, National Cancer Institute, NIH.
[FR Doc. 2016-20344 Filed 8-24-16; 8:45 am]
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