[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 86 (Thursday, May 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 22243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11074]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (42 
CFR Part 121, OMB No. 0915-0184)--Revision

    The operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network 
(OPTN) necessitates certain recordkeeping and reporting requirements in 
order to perform the functions related to organ transplantation under 
contract to HHS. This is a request for a revision of the current 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements associated with the OPTN. 
These data will be used by HRSA in monitoring the contracts for the 
OPTN and the Scientific Registry and in carrying out other statutory 
responsibilities. Information is needed to match donor organs with 
recipients, to monitor compliance of member organizations with OPTN 
rules and requirements, and to ensure that all qualified entities are 
accepted for membership in the OPTN.
    The estimated annual response burden is as follows:

                              Estimated Annual Reporting and Record Keeping Burden
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                                                                  Responses                               Total
               Section and activity                  Number of       per         Total      Hours per    burden
                                                    respondents   respondent   responses     response     hours
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121.3(b) (2)--OPTN membership and application                30         1              30        40        1,200
 requirements for OPOs, hospitals,
 histocompatibility laboratories..................
121.6(c)--Submitting criteria for organ acceptance          900         1             900         0.1         90
121.6(c)--Sending criteria to OPOs................          900         1             900         0.1         90
121.7(b)4--Reasons for refusal....................          900         0.5        34,200         0.1      3,420
121.7(e)--Transplant to prevent organ wastage.....          900         0.5           420         0.1         42
121.9(b)--Designated transplant program                      10         1              10         2           20
 requirements.....................................
    Total.........................................          940        38.8        36,460          .1      4,862
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
John Morrall, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: April 26, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 01-11074 Filed 5-2-01; 8:45 am]
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