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 Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration
 In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects (44 U.D.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Proposed Project: Data System for Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and Associated Forms (OMB No. 0915-0157): Revision Section 372 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act requires that the Secretary, by contract, provide for the establishment and operation of an Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). The OPTN, among other responsibilities, operates and maintains a national waiting list of individuals requiring organ transplants, maintains a computerized system for matching donor organs with transplant candidates on the waiting list, and operates a 24-hour system to facilitate matching organs with individuals included in the list. Data for the OPTN data system are collected from transplant hospitals, organ procurement organizations, and tissue-typing laboratories. The information is used to indicate the disease severity of transplant candidates, to monitor compliance of member organizations with OPTN rules and requirements, and to report periodically on the clinical and scientific status of organ donation and transplantation in this country. Data are used to develop transplant, donation and allocation policies, to determine if institutional members are complying with policy, to determine member specific performance, to ensure patient safety when no alternative sources of data exist and to fulfill the requirements of the OPTN Final Rule. The practical utility of the data collection is further enhanced by requirements that the OPTN data must be made available, consistent with applicable laws, for use by OPTN members, the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, the Department of Health and Human Services, and others for evaluation, research, patient information, and other important purposes. Revisions in the 26 data collection forms are intended to implement approved reduction in data collection for candidates and recipients, to provide additional information specific to pediatric patients, and to clarify existing questions. 
                    ( print page 10227) Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
Form
Number of 
                             respondents
Responses per 
                             respondents
Total 
                             responses
Hours per 
                             response
Total burden 
                             hoursDeceased Donor Registration
58
215
12,470
0.4200
5,237.4000Death referral data
58
12
696
10.0000
6,960.0000Living Donor Registration
711
10
7,110
0.4100
2,915.1000Living Donor Follow-up
711
18
12,798
0.3300
4,223.3400Donor Histocompatibility
154
95
14,630
0.0600
877.8000Recipient Histocompatibility
154
172
26,488
0.1100
2,913.6800Heart Candidate Registration
135
23
3,105
0.2800
869.4000Lung Candidate Registration
67
27
1,809
0.2800
506.5200Heart/Lung Candidate Registration
59
1
59
0.2800
16.5200Thoracic Registration
135
27
3,645
0.4400
1,603.8000Thoracic Follow-up
135
229
30,915
0.4130
12,767.8950Kidney Candidate Registration
250
133
33,250
0.2800
9,310.0000Kidney Registration
250
69
17,250
0.4400
7,590.0000Kidney Follow-up
250
544
136,000
0.3332
45,315.2000Liver Candidate Registration
125
89
11,125
0.2800
3,115.0000Liver Registration
125
54
6,750
0.4000
2,700.0000Liver Follow-up
125
383
47,875
0.3336
15,971.1000Kidney/Pancreas Candidate Registration
146
12
1,752
0.2800
490.5600Kidney/Pancreas Registration
146
7
1,022
0.5300
541.6600Kidney/Pancreas Follow-up
146
65
9,490
0.5027
4,770.6230Pancreas Candidate Registration
146
7
1,022
0.2800
286.1600Pancreas Registration
146
3
438
0.4400
192.7200Pancreas Follow-up
146
23
3,358
0.4133
1,387.8614Intestine Candidate Registration
45
8
360
0.2400
86.4000Intestine Registration
45
4
180
0.5300
95.4000Intestine Follow-up
45
17
765
0.5059
387.0135Post Transplant Malignancy
711
6
4,266
0.0800
341.2800Total
923

388,628

131,472.4329
 Send comments to Susan G. Queen, PhD, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice. Dated: February 27, 2007. Alexandra Huttinger, Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.


[FR Doc. E7-3918 Filed 3-6-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165-15-P