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[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4842-4843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1390]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

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

    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 an extension 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 Recordkeeping Burden
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                                                     Responses
       Section and activity          Number of          per            Total         Hours  per    Total  burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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 121.3(b)(2)--OPTN membership                 30               1              30              40           1,200
 and application requirements
 for OPOs, hospitals,
 histocompatibility laboratories
 121.6(c)--Submitting criteria               900               1             900             0.1              90
 for organ acceptance...........
 121.6(c)--Sending criteria to               900               1             900             0.1              90
 OPOs...........................
 121.7(b)(4)--Reasons for                    900             0.5          34,200             0.1           3,420
 Refusal........................
121.7(e)--Transplant to prevent              900             0.5             420             0.1              42
 organ wastage..................
121.9(b)--Designated Transplant               10               1              10               2              20
 Program Requirements...........
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  Total.........................             940            38.8          36,460              .1           4,862
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: January 10, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 01-1390 Filed 1-17-01; 8:45 am]
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