24490 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 81 / Wednesday, April 26, 2000 / Notices

The estimated response burden is as

follows:

Form Number of

respondents

Responses

per

respondent

Hours per

response

Total hour

burden

Hospital Facility Data Abstract ......................................................................... 150 1 1 150

Written comments and

recommendations concerning the

proposed information collection should

be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Wendy A. Taylor, Human Resources

and Housing Branch, Office of

Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: April 19, 2000.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and

Coordination.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request; a Nested Case-Control Study

of Lung Cancer and Diesel Exposure

Among a Cohort of Non-Metal Miners

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 Cancer Institute (NCI), the

National Institutes of Health (NIH) will

publish periodic summaries of proposed

projects to be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: A Nested

Case-Control Study of Lung Cancer and

Diesel Exhaust Among a Cohort of NonMetal Miners. Type of Information

Collection Request: New. Need and Use

of Information Collection: This nested

case-control study will examine lung

cancer in non-metal miners and its

association, if any, with diesel exhaust

exposure. The study will involve

approximately 160 deaths from lung

cancer (the actual number will depend

on the number of deaths occurring,but

based on national rates we expect 160),

and four controls matched to each

death, identified from the cohort.

Controls will be matched on mine,

gender, race/ethnicity and year of birth

(within 5 years). Detailed information

regarding exposure to diesel exhaust

will be obtained from employment

records and measurements of diesel

exhaust surrogates. Information on

potential confounders will be obtained

by interview and from environmental

measurements. This information will be

used in a study by the National Cancer

Institute and the National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health to

examine risk of mortality from lung

cancer for various measures of diesel

exhaust exposure, adjusted for smoking

and other potential confounders.

Frequency of Response: One-time study.

Affected Public: Individuals. Type of

Respondents: Workers or next of kin of

workers. The annual reporting burden is

as follows: Estimated number of

Respondents: 227; Estimated Number of

Responses per Respondent: One;

Average Burden Hours per Response:

1.0; and Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours Requested: 227. There are no

Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or

Maintenance Costs to report.

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 or

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the function of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) The accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the 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 the

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

the data collection plans and

instruments, contact Dr. Debra

Silverman, NCI Project Director,

National Cancer Institute, Executive

Plaza South, Room 8108, Rockville,

Maryland 20892–7240, or call non-tollfree number (301) 435–4716, or FAX

your request to (301) 402–1819, or Email your request, including your

address, to Silvermd@exchange.nih.gov.

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments

regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if

received on or before June 26, 2000.

Dated: April 18, 2000.

Reesa Nichols,

NCI Project Clearance Liaison.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Clinical Center; Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to section 10(a) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of a meeting of the

Board of Governors of the Warren Grant

Magnuson Clinical Center.

The meeting will be open to the

public, with attendance limited to space

available. Individuals who plan to

attend and need special assistance, such

as sign language interpretation or other

reasonable accommodations, should

notify the Contact Person listed below

in advance of the meeting.

Name of Committee: Board of Governors of

the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center.

Date: June 5, 2000.

Time: 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Agenda: For discussion of planning and

operational issues.

Place: National Institutes of Health,

Clinical Center Medical Board Room, 2C116,

9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.

Contact Person: Maureen E. Gormley,

Executive Secretary, Warren Grant Magnuson

Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health,

Building 10, Room 2C146, Bethesda, MD

20892, 301/496–2897.

Dated: April 19, 2000.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory

Committee Policy.

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