[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 39486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14775]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; The Framingham Study
SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment
on proposed data collection projects, the National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will
publish period summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
Proposed Collection: Title: The Framingham Study. Type of
Information Request: Revision (OMB No. 0925-0216). Need and Use of
Information Collection: The Framingham Study will conduct examinations
and morbidity and mortality follow-up in original, offspring, and third
generation participants for the purpose of studying the determinants of
cardiovascular disease. Frequency of response: The participants will be
conducted annually. Affected public: individuals or households;
businesses or other for profit; small businesses or organizations.
Types of Respondents: Adult men and women; doctors and staff of
hospitals and nursing homes. The annual reporting burden is as follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,649; Estimated Number of Responses
per respondent: 2.16; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours
Requested: 6,886.
There are no capital, operating, or maintenance costs to report.
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Estimated number Average burden Estimated total
Type of respondents Estimated number of responses per hours per annual burden
of respondents respondent response hours requested
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Participants.......................... 3,513 2.86 0.606 6,085
Physician, hospital, nursing home 1,068 1.0 0.67 716
staff................................
Participant's next of kin............. 1,068 1.0 .08 85
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Total......................... 5,649 2.16 ................. 6,886
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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
will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate
of 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 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of data collection plans and
instruments, contact Dr. Paul Sorlie, Division of Epidemiology and
Clinical Applications, NHLBI, NIH, II Rockledge Centre, 6701 Rockledge
Drive, MSC 7934, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7934, or call non-toll-
free number (301) 435-0707, 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 60 days
of the date of this publication.
Dated: June 21, 2004.
Peter Savage,
Director, DECA, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 04-14775 Filed 6-29-04; 8:45 am]
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