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lymphohematopoietic malignancies and

related disorders and lung cancer in

Chinese workers. Cases and controls

will be selected from participants in a

recent cohort study of benzene-exposed

workers in China. The data will be used

by the NCI to examine risk among

workers exposed to low levels of

benzene, and to characterize the dose

and time-specific relationship between

benzene exposure and disease risk.

Frequency of Response: One-time study.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households. Type of Respondents:

Workers. The annual reporting burden

is as follows: Estimated Number of

Respondents: 515; Estimated Number of

Responses per Respondent: One;

Average Burden Hours per Response:

0.425; and Estimated Total Annual

Burden Hours Request: 219.

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 appropriated 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, D.C. 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: Dr.

Richard Hayes, Project Officer, National

Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North,

Room 418, Rockville, Maryland 20892–

7364, or call non-toll-free number (301)

496–9093, or FAX your request to (301)

402–1819, or E-mail your request,

including your address to

HayesR@epndce.nci.nih.gov.

Comments Due Date: Comments

regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if

received on or before February 23, 1998.

Dated: December 13, 1998.

Reesa L. Nichols,

OMB Project Clearance Liaison.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Dental Research;

Notice of a Meeting of the National

Advisory Dental Research Council

Pursuant to Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given of a meeting of

the National Advisory Dental Research

Council, National Institute of Dental

Research, on January 20–21, 1998,

Conference Rooms E1–E2, Building 45,

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,

Maryland. This meeting will be open to

the public from 8:30 a.m. until

adjournment on January 21, 1998, for

general discussion and program

presentations. Attendance by the public

will be limited to space available.

In accordance with the provisions set

forth in secs. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6),

Title 5, U.S.C. and sec. 10(d) of Public

Law 92–463, the meeting of the Council

will be closed to the public on January

20, 1:00 p.m. to recess for the review,

discussion and evaluation of individual

grant applications. These applications

and information concerning individuals

associated with the discussions could

reveal confidential trade secrets or

commercial property such as patentable

material, and personal applications and

reports, the disclosure of which would

constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

This notice is being published less

than fifteen days prior to the meeting

due to the urgent need to meet timing

limitations imposed by the review and

funding cycle.

Dr. Dushanka V. Kleinman, Executive

Secretary, National Advisory Dental

Research Council, and Deputy Director,

National Institute of Dental Research,

National Institutes of Health, Building

31, Room 2C39, Bethesda, Maryland

20891 (telephone (301) 496–9469) will

furnish a roster of committee members,

a summary of the meeting, and other

information pertaining to the meeting

upon request. Individuals who plan to

attend and need special assistance, such

as sign language interpretation or other

reasonable accommodations, should

contact the Executive Secretary listed

above in advance of the meeting.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.121, Oral Diseases and

Disorders Research)

Dated: January 15, 1998.

LaVerne Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse

and Alcoholism Notice of Closed

Meeting

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

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

is hereby given of the following meeting

of the Merit Review Ad Hoc

Subcommittee of the National Advisory

Council on Alcohol Abuse and

Alcoholism.

Purpose/Agenda: To review and evaluate

grant applications.

Name of Committee: Merit Review Ad Hoc

Subcommittee of the National Advisory

Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Date of Meeting: February 11, 1998.

Time: 7:00 p.m. to adjournment.

Place of Meeting: Hyatt Regency Bethesda,

One Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, MD

20814.

Contact Person: Mark Green, Ph.D., 6000

Executive Blvd, Suite 409, Bethesda, MD

20892–7003, 301–443–2860.

The meeting will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in secs.

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S.C.

Applications and/or proposals and the

discussions could reveal confidential trade

secrets or commercial property such as

patentable material, and personal

information concerning individuals

associated with the applications and/or

proposals, the disclosure of which would

constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of

personal privacy.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.271, Alcohol Research Career

Development Awards for Scientists and

Clinicians; 93.272, Alcohol National

Research Service Awards for Research

Training; 93.273, Alcohol Research Programs;

National Institutes of Health)

Dated: January 8, 1998.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

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