[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 104 (Thursday, May 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 30390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2698]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; The Jackson Heart 
Study (JHS)

    Summary: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood 
Institute (NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for 
review and approval the information collection listed below. This 
proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal 
Register on October 25, 2006, pages 62476-62477, and allowed 60 days 
for public comment. No 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.
    Proposed Collection: Title: The Jackson Heart Study (JHS). Type of 
Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently approved 
collection (OMB NO. 0925-0491). Need and Use of Information Collection: 
This project involves annual follow-up by telephone of participants in 
the JHS, review of their medical records, and interviews with doctors 
and family to identify disease occurrence. Interviewers will contact 
doctors and hospitals to ascertain participants' cardiovascular events. 
Information gathered will be used to further describe the risk factors, 
occurrence rates, and consequences of cardiovascular disease in African 
American men and women. Frequency of Response: One time. Affected 
Public: Individuals or households; Businesses or other for profit; 
Small businesses or organizations. Type of Respondents: Individuals or 
households; Businesses or other for profit; not-for-profit 
institutions. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated 
Number of Respondents: 600; Estimated Number of Responses per 
Respondent: 1.0; Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0.5 and Estimated 
Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 300. The annualized cost to 
respondents is estimated at $9,500. There are no Capital Costs to 
report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

                                         Estimate of Annual Hour Burden
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                                                     Number of     Frequency of    Average time     Annual hour
                Type of response                    respondents      response      per response       burden
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Morbidity & Mortality AFU 3rd Party/Next-of-kin              300               1             0.5             150
 decedents......................................
Morbidity & Mortality AFU 3rd Party Physicians..             300               1             0.5             150
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    Total.......................................             600  ..............  ..............             300
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    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies should address one or more of the 
following points: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the function of 
the agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) Evaluate 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) Enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(4) 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.
    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, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on 
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans 
and instruments, contact: Ms. Cheryl Nelson, Project Officer, NIH, 
NHLBI, 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7934, Bethesda, MD 20892-7934, or call 
non-toll-free number 301-435-0451 or E-mail your request, including 
your address to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#357b5059465a5b76755b5d59575c1b5b5c5d1b525a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f113a332c30311c1f3137333d3671313637713830">[email protected]</span></a>v.
    Comments 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.

    Dated: May 22, 2007.
Peter Savage,
Acting Director.
    Dated: May 22, 2007.
Suzanne A. Freeman,
Project Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-2698 Filed 5-30-07; 8:45 am]
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