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accommodations, should contact NBAC

staff at the address or telephone number

listed below as soon as possible.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Jody Crank, National Bioethics Advisory

Commission, 6705 Rockledge Drive,

Suite 700, Bethesda, Maryland 20892–

7979, telephone (301) 402–4242, fax

number (301) 480–6900.

Dated: November 7, 2000.

Eric M. Meslin,

Executive Director, National Bioethics

Advisory Commission.

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Proposed Project

The National Health and Nutrition

Examination Survey (NHANES) OMB

No. 0920–0237—Revision—The

National Health and Nutrition

Examination Survey (NHANES) has

been conducted in several cycles since

1970 by the National Center for Health

Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC). The

current cycle of NHANES began in

February 1999. The survey will now be

conducted on a continuous, rather than

episodic, basis. About 6,700 individuals

receive a health interview in their

homes annually; of these, 5,000 persons

complete a physical examination.

Participation in the survey is voluntary

and confidential.

NHANES programs produce

descriptive statistics which measure the

health and nutritional status of the U.S.

population. Through the use of

questionnaires, physical examinations,

and laboratory tests, NHANES studies

the relationship between diet, nutrition

and health in a representative sample of

the United States civilian,

noninstitutionalized population.

NHANES monitors the prevalence of

chronic conditions and risk factors such

as coronary heart disease, arthritis,

osteoporosis, pulmonary and infectious

diseases, diabetes, high blood pressure,

high cholesterol, obesity, smoking, drug

and alcohol use, environmental

exposures, and diet. NHANES data are

used to establish the norms for the

general population against which health

care providers can compare such patient

characteristics as height, weight, and

nutrient levels in the blood. Data from

NHANES can be compared to those

from previous surveys to monitor

changes in the health of the U.S.

population. NHANES will also establish

a national probability sample of genetic

material for future genetic research for

susceptibility to disease.

Users of NHANES data include

Congress; the World Health

Organization; Federal agencies such as

NIH, EPA, and USDA; private groups

such as the American Heart Association;

schools of public health; private

businesses; individual practitioners; and

administrators. NHANES data are used

to establish, monitor, and evaluate longterm national health objectives, food

fortification policies, programs to limit

environmental exposures, immunization

guidelines and health education and

disease prevention programs.

The annualized burden for this

collection is 51,741 hours.

Respondent Number of

responses

Responses/

respondent

Hours/

response

Screener (Scrn) Interview only .................................................................................................... 13,750 1 10/60

Scrn Household (HH) Interview only ........................................................................................... 750 1 26/60

Scrn HH Sample Person (SP) Interview only ............................................................................. 1,050 1 1 6/60

Scrn/HH/SP & Primary Medical Exam (Prim MEC) only ............................................................ 5,250 1 6 40/60

Scrn/HH/SP, Prim MEC & full MEC replicate exam ................................................................... 255 1 11 40/60

Scrn/HH/SP MEC & dietary replicate interview only ................................................................... 1,050 1 9 1/60

Home Exam ................................................................................................................................. 70 1 2 36/60

Optional Studies .......................................................................................................................... 1,180 1 15/60

Hepatitis C follow-up .................................................................................................................... 100 1 30/60

Dated: November 8, 2000.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

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Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[30DAY–04–01]

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork

Reduction Act Review

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of

information collection requests under

review by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance

Officer at (404) 639–7090. Send written

comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human

Resources and Housing Branch, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235;

Washington, DC 20503. Written

comments should be received within 30

days of this notice.

Proposed Project

Information Collection Procedures for

Evaluating Toxicological Profiles (0923–

0020)—Extension—Agency for Toxic

Substance and Disease Registry

(ATSDR). The Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry

(ATSDR) is mandated pursuant to the

1980 Comprehensive Environmental

Response Compensation and Liability