33936 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 119 / Monday, June 22, 1998 / Notices

Send comments to HRSA Reports

Clearance Officer, Room 14–36,

Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments

should be received within 60 days of

this notice.

Dated: June 15, 1998.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 98–16452 Filed 6–19–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request; Substance Abuse

Treatment Study

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the National

Institute on Alcohol Abuse and

Alcoholism (NIAAA), National

Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted

to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request to review and approve

the information collection listed below.

This proposed information collection

was previously in the Federal Register

on October 27, 1997, and allowed 60

days for public comment. There were no

requests for additional information

about this data collection activity, no

public comments were received. The

purpose of this notice is to allow an

additional 30 days for public comment.

The NIH 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 December 31,

1999, unless it displays a currently valid

OMB control number.

Proposed Collection: Title: Substance

Abuse Treatment Study. Type of

Information Collection Request: New.

Need and Use of Information Collection:

The information proposed for collection

in this study will be used by the NIAAA

to observe group treatment at up to 20

treatment facilities. At each facility,

directors will be asked to provide

information about treatment practices

and about the client population. At each

facility at least seven members of the

treatment staff will be asked to provide

information about their treatment

activities, personal experiences and

training. At each facility eight treatment

groups will be observed. The group

leader will be asked to complete a

questionnaire about the observed

session and other client demographics.

At least seven group members will also

be asked to complete a questionnaire

about the observed group session. The

target population for the study is a

group of outpatient public and private

providers that will include group

treatment as part of their overall plan of

clinical therapeutics.

The specific aim of this study is the

testing of instruments and

methodologies for the systematic

measurement of the content, process,

and context of group treatment.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals. Type of

Respondents: American adults.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1440. Estimated Number of Responses

per Respondent: 1. Average Burden

Hours per Response: .3465. And

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours

Requested: 449. The annualized cost to

respondents is estimated at: $5,676.

There are no Capital Costs to report.

There are no Operating or Maintenance

Costs to report.

The annual burden estimates are as

follows:

Type and number of respondents

Responses

per respondent

Total responses Hours Total hours

Facility Director—20 ......................................................................................... 1 20 .75 15

Group Leader—80 ............................................................................................ 2 160 .334 55

Treatment Staff—140 ....................................................................................... 1 140 .334 48

Group Member—560 ........................................................................................ 2 1120 .334 381

Total Number of Respondents .................................................................. ........................ 1440 ........................ ........................

Total Number of Responses ..................................................................... ........................ 1440 ........................ ........................

Total Hours ................................................................................................ ........................ 499 ........................ ........................

Request for Comments: Comments are

invited on: (a) whether the proposed

collection is necessary, including

whether the information has practical

use; (b) ways to enhance the clarity,

quality, and use of the information to be

collected; (c) the accuracy of the agency

estimate of burden of the proposed

collection; and (d) ways to minimize the

collection burden of the respondents.

Send written comments to Dr. Margaret

Mattson, Treatment Research Branch,

Division of Clinical and Prevention

Research (DCPR), NIAAA, NIH, Willco

Bldg., Suite 505, 6000 Executive Blvd.,

Bethesda, Maryland 20892–7003.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request more information on the

proposed project or to obtain a copy of

the data collection plans, contact Dr.

Margaret Mattson, Treatment Research

Branch, Division of Clinical and

Prevention Research, NIAAA, NIH,

Willco Bldg., Suite 505, 6000 Executive

Blvd., Bethesda, Maryland 20892–7003,

or call non-toll-free number (301) 443–

0638.

Comments Due Date: Comments

regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if

received on or before July 22, 1998.

Dated: April 6, 1998.

Martin K. Trusty,

Executive Officer, NIAAA.

[FR Doc. 98–16424 Filed 6–19–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request; American Stop

Smoking Intervention Study for Cancer

Prevention (ASSIST) Final Evaluation:

‘‘Tobacco use Supplement to the

1998–1999 Current Population Survey’’

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the National

Cancer Institute (NCI), the National