26400 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 89 / Wednesday, May 9, 2007 / Notices 

NIEHS—Asthma Research. Type of 

Information Collection Request: New. 

New and Use of Information Collection: 

National Institute of Environmental 

Health Sciences, Division of Extramural 

Research and Training (DERT). DERT, 

with contract support from Battelle 

Centers for Public Health Research and 

Evaluation, is examining the impact of 

its research portfolio. Focusing 

specifically on one portion of the 

research portfolio—asthma research—

DERT proposes to supplement extant 

data sources with a primary data 

collection activity. The purpose of the 

proposed primary data collection is to 

obtain information from grantees 

regarding the impact of their funded 

asthma research in the short-, 

intermediate- and long-term. This will 

be done through a survey of grantees 

that includes questions about the impact 

of funding on career development, the 

field of asthma research, public 

attitudes, commercial product 

development, clinical practice, business 

and industry practices, and long-term 

human and environmental health. 

Frequency of Response: Once. Affected 

Public: Individuals. Type of 

Respondents: Individuals receiving 

asthma funding. A 15-minute, closeended, multi-mode (web and paper) 

survey will be administered to the 

universe of NIEHS-funded asthma 

researchers (N=295) and comparison 

agency asthma researchers (N=4000). 

Comparison agencies include other NIH 

institutes (NICHD, NIAID, NIA, NHLBI), 

the CDC, AHRQ, and the EPA. The 

survey development process included 

formative interviews with a small 

couple of NIEHS asthma researchers. 

There are no Capital Costs, Operating 

Costs and/or Maintenance Costs to 

report. There are no costs to 

respondents except for their time to 

participate. 

ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Type of respondents 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Estimated 

number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden per 

response 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

hours 

requested 

Asthma grantee ............................................................................................... 4295 1 .25 1073.75

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1073.75 

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. 

For Further Information: To request 

more information on the proposed 

project or to obtain a copy of the data 

collection plans and instruments, 

contact: Jerry Phelps, Division of 

Extramural Research and Training, 

National Institute of Environmental 

Health Sciences, P.O. Box 12233, MD 

ED–21, 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP, 

NC 27709. Phone: (919) 541–4259. 

E-mail: phelps@niehs.nih.gov. 

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: April 22, 2007. 

Marc S. Hollander, NIEHS 

Associate Director for Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health, Clinical 

Center 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request; Customer and Other Partners 

Satisfaction Surveys 

Summary: In compliance with the 

requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

for the opportunity for pubic comment 

on the proposed data collection projects, 

the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical 

Center (CC), 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: Customer 

and Other Partners Satisfaction Surveys. 

Type of Information Collection Request: 

New request/waiver. Need and Use of 

Information Collection: The information 

collected in these surveys will be used 

by Clinical Center personnel: (1) To 

evaluate the satisfaction of various 

Clinical Center customers and other 

partners with Clinical Center services; 

(2) to assist with the design of 

modifications of these services, based 

on customer input; (3) to develop new 

services, based on customer need; and 

(4) to evaluate the satisfaction of various 

Clinical Center customers and other 

partners with implemented service 

modifications. These surveys will 

almost certainly lead to quality 

improvement activities that will 

enhance and/or streamline the Clinical 

Center’s operations. The major 

mechanisms by which the Clinical 

Center will request customer input is 

through surveys and focus groups. The 

surveys will be tailored specifically to 

each class of customer and to that class 

of customer’s needs. Surveys will either 

be collected as written documents, as 

faxed documents, mailed electronically 

or collected by telephone from 

customers. Information gathered from 

these surveys of Clinical Center 

customers and other partners will be 

presented to, and used directly by, 

Clinical Center management to enhance 

the services and operations of our 

organization. Frequency of Response: 

The participants will respond yearly. 

Affected public: Individuals and 

households; businesses and other for 

profit, small businesses and 

organizations. Types of respondents: 

These surveys are designed to assess the 

satisfaction of the Clinical Center’s 

major internal and external customers 

with the services provided. These 

customers include, but are not limited 

to, the following groups of individuals: 

Clinical Center patients, family 

members of Clinical Center patients, 

visitors to the Clinical Center, National 


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Institutes of Health investigators, NIH 

intramural collaborators, private 

physicians or organizations who refer 

patients to the Clinical Center, 

volunteers, vendors and collaborating 

commercial enterprises, small 

businesses, regulators, and other 

organizations. The annual reporting 

burden is as follows: 

Customer Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average time 

per response 

Annual hour 

burden 

FY 2007: 

Clinical Center Patients .......................................................................... 5000 1 .5 2500 

Family Members of Patients ................................................................... 2000 1 .5 1000 

Visitors to the Clinical Center ................................................................. 1000 1 .17 170 

Clinical Center Employees ..................................................................... 2500 1 .25 625 

NIH Investigators .................................................................................... 2000 1 .25 625 

NIH Intramural Collaborators .................................................................. 2000 1 .17 340 

Vendors and Collaborating Commercial Enterprises ............................. 2500 1 .33 833 

Professionals and Organizations Referring Patients .............................. 2000 1 .33 833 

Regulators .............................................................................................. 30 1 .33 10 

Volunteers ............................................................................................... 275 1 .5 138 

Total ................................................................................................. 19,305 ........................ .......................... 7074 

FY 2008: 

Clinical Center Patients .......................................................................... 5000 1 .5 2500 

Family Members of Patients ................................................................... 3000 1 .5 1500 

Visitors to the Clinical Center ................................................................. 1500 1 .17 255 

Clinical Center Employees ..................................................................... 2500 1 .33 833 

NIH Investigators .................................................................................... 2400 1 .5 1200 

NIH Intramural Collaborators .................................................................. 1500 1 .25 375 

Vendors and Collaborating Commercial Enterprises ............................. 2000 1 .25 500 

Professionals and Organizations Referring Patients .............................. 1000 1 .33 333 

Regulators .............................................................................................. 30 1 .33 10 

Volunteers ............................................................................................... 275 1 .33 92 

Total ................................................................................................. 19,205 ........................ .......................... 7598 

FY 2009: 

Clinical Center Patients .......................................................................... 5000 1 .5 2500 

Family Members of Patients ................................................................... 2000 1 .5 1000 

Visitors to the Clinical Center ................................................................. 1000 1 .17 170 

Clinical Center Employees ..................................................................... 2500 1 .33 833 

NIH Investigators .................................................................................... 2500 1 .33 833 

NIH Intramural Collaborators .................................................................. 1000 1 .17 170 

Vendors and Collaborating Commercial Enterprises ............................. 2500 1 .25 625 

Professionals and Organizations Referring Patients .............................. 3000 1 .33 1000 

Regulators .............................................................................................. 25 1 .25 6 

Volunteers ............................................................................................... 300 1 .25 75 

Total ................................................................................................. 19,825 ........................ .......................... 7212 

Estimated costs to the respondents 

consists of their time; time is estimated 

using a rate of $10.00 per hour for 

patients and the public; $30.00 for 

vendors, regulators, organizations and 

$55.00 for health care professionals. The 

estimated annual costs to respondents 

for each year for which the generic 

clearance is requested is $159,250 for 

2007, $194,540 for 2008, and $194,540 

for 2009. Estimated Capital Costs are 

$7,000. Estimated Operating and 

Maintenance costs are $73,000. 

Requests 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 is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Clinical Center and the agency, 

including whether the information shall 

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 automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology 

For Further Information: To request 

more information on the proposed 

project, or to obtain a copy of the data 

collection plans and instruments, 

contact: Dr. David K. Henderson, 

Deputy Director for Clinical Care, 

National Institutes of Health Clinical 

Center, Building 10, Room 6–1480, 10 

Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 

20892, or call non-toll free: 301–496–

3515, or e-mail your request or 

comments, including your address to: 

dkh@nih.gov. 

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: May 2, 2007. 

David K. Henderson, 

Deputy Director for Clinical Care, CC, 

National Institutes of Health. 

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