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Therefore the estimate of total burden of 

the survey is 663 hours. 

EXHIBIT 1.—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Mail survey with mail and telephone follow up ................................ 1,987 1 20/60 663 

Total .......................................................................................... 1,987 1 20/60 663 

EXHIBIT 2.—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Total burden 

hours 

Average hourly 

wage rate* 

Total cost 

burden 

Mail survey with mail and telephone follow up ................................ 1,987 663 $20.00 $13,260 

Total .......................................................................................... 1,987 663 20.00 13,260 

* Based upon the average wages, ‘‘National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, June 2006,’’ U.S. Department of 

Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (http://www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm. Last viewed August 27, 2007.) 

Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal 

Government 

The total cost to the Government for 

developing this survey is approximately 

$880,000. The contracted costs include 

approximately $600,000 for survey 

development, $110,000 for data 

collection and $90,000 for analysis of 

field test results. Total costs also 

include $80,000 in AHRQ staff costs. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the above-cited 

Paperwork Reduction Act legislation, 

comments on AHRQ’s Information 

collection are requested with regard to 

any of the following: (a) Whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

AHRQ healthcare research and 

healthcare dissemination functions, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including 

the hours and costs) 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 upon the 

respondents including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: November 29, 2007. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 07–5949 Filed 12–5–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) allow the renewal of the 

generic information collection project: 

‘‘Questionnaire and Data Collection 

Testing, Evaluation, and Research for 

the Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality.’’ In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public 

to comment on this proposed 

information collection. 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on August 15, 2007 and 

allowed 60 days for public comment. No 

comments were received. A 30-day 

Federal Register notice was published 

on October 19, 2007 to allow an 

additional 30 days for public comment. 

No comments were received. However, 

changes to the estimated annual 

respondent burden hours and the 

methodologies that will be used for the 

data collection require an additional 30 

days for public comment. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by January 7, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk 

Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974 

(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by 

e-mail at 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov 

(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer). 

Copies of the proposed collection 

plans, data collection instruments, and 

specific details on the estimated burden 

can be obtained from AHRQ’s Reports 

Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ, Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

‘‘Questionnaire and Data Collection 

Testing, Evaluation, and Research for 

the Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality.’’

AHRQ plans to employ the latest 

techniques to improve its current data 

collections by developing new surveys, 

or information collection tools and 

methods, and by revising existing 

collections in anticipation of, or in 

response to, changes in the healthcare 

field, for a three-year period. The 

clearance request is limited to research 

on information collection tools and 

methods, and related reports and does 

not extend to the collection of data for 

public release. 

A generic clearance for this work 

allows AHRQ to draft and test 

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information collection tools and 

methods more quickly, thereby 

managing project time more efficiently 

and improving the quality of the 

methodological data the agency collects. 

In some instances the ability to pretest/pilot-test information collection 

surveys, tool and methods, in 

anticipation of work, or early in a 

project, may result in the decision not 

to proceed with particular survey 

activities. This would save both public 

and private resources and effectively 

eliminate or reduce respondent burden. 

Many of the tools AHRQ develops are 

made available to users in the private 

sector. The health care environment 

changes rapidly and requires a quick 

response from the agency to provide 

appropriately refined tools. A generic 

clearance for this methodological work 

will facilitate the agency’s timely 

development of information collection 

tools and methods suitable for use in 

changing conditions. 

It is particularly important to refine 

AHRQ’s tools because they have a 

widespread impact. This tools are 

frequently made available to help the 

private sector to improve health care 

quality by enabling the gathering of 

useful data for analysis. They are also 

used to provide information about 

health care quality to consumers and 

purchasers so that they can make 

marketplace choices to influence and 

improve health care quality. The current 

clearance will expire January 31, 2008. 

This is a request for a generic approval 

from OMB to test information collection 

instruments and methods over the next 

three years. 

Methods of Collection 

Participation in the testing of 

information collection tools and 

methods will be fully voluntary and 

non-participation will have no affect on 

eligibility for, or receipt of, future 

AHRQ health services research support 

or on future opportunities to participate 

in research or to obtain information 

research results. Specific estimation 

procedures, when used, will be 

described when we notify OMB as to 

actual studies conducted under the 

clearance. 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

EXHIBIT 1.—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of information 

collection 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Mail/e-mail* ...................................................................................... 8,000 1 20/60 2,667 

Telephone ........................................................................................ 200 1 40/60 134 

Web-based ....................................................................................... 2,000 1 10/60 334 

Focus Groups .................................................................................. 100 1 2.0 200 

In-person .......................................................................................... 200 1 1.0 200 

Automated** ..................................................................................... 500 1 1.0 500 

Cognitive Lab Experiments .............................................................. 200 1 1.5 

Totals ........................................................................................ 11,200 na na 4,335 

* May include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change. 

** May include testing of database software, CAPI software or other automated technologies. 

EXHIBIT 2.—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN

Type of information 

collection 

Number of 

respondents 

Total burden 

hours 

Average hourly 

wage rate* 

Total cost 

burden 

Mail/e-mail* ...................................................................................... 8,000 2,667 $30.00 $80,010 

Telephone ........................................................................................ 200 134 30.00 4,020 

Web-based ....................................................................................... 2,000 334 30.00 10,020 

Focus Groups .................................................................................. 100 200 30.00 6,000 

In-person .......................................................................................... 200 200 30.00 6,000 

Automated** ..................................................................................... 500 500 30.00 15,000 

Cognitive Lab Experiments .............................................................. 200 300 30.00 9,000 

Totals ........................................................................................ 11,200 4,335 30.00 130,050 

* May include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change. 

** May include testing of database software, CAPI software or other automated technologies. 

This information collection will not 

impose a cost burden on the 

respondents beyond that associated 

with their time to provide the required 

data. There will be no additional costs 

for capital equipment, software, 

computer services, etc. 

Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal 

Government 

Information collections conducted 

under this generic clearance will in 

some cases be carried out under 

contract. Assuming four data collections 

per year (either mail/e-mail, telephone, 

web-based or in-person) at an average 

cost of $150,000 each, and two focus 

groups, automated data collections or 

lab experiments at an average cost of 

$20,000 each, total contract costs could 

be $640,000 per year. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the above-cited 

Paperwork Reduction Act legislation, 

comments on AHRQ’s information 

collection are requested with regard to 

any of the following: (a) Whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

AHRQ health care research and health 

care information dissemination 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of 

burden (including hours and costs) of 

the proposed collection(s) 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 upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

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Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: November 29, 2007. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 07–5950 Filed 12–05–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–08–0307] 

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) 639–5960 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance 

Project (GISP)—Revision—National 

Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, 

STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

CDC is requesting a 3-year revision 

with change for this project. The 

objectives of GISP are to monitor trends 

in antimicrobial susceptibility of strains 

of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the U.S. and 

characterize resistant isolates. GISP 

provides critical surveillance for 

antimicrobial resistance, allowing for 

informed treatment recommendations. 

This project began in 1986 as a 

voluntary surveillance project and has 

involved 5 regional laboratories and 30 

publicly-funded, sexually transmitted 

disease (STD) clinics around the 

country. The STD clinics submit up to 

25 gonococcal isolates per month to the 

regional laboratories, which measure 

susceptibility to a panel of antibiotics. 

Limited demographic and clinical 

information corresponding to the 

isolates are submitted directly by the 

STD clinics to CDC. 

During 1986–2006, GISP has 

demonstrated the ability to effectively 

achieve its objectives. The emergence of 

resistance in the United States to 

penicillin, tetracyclines, and now 

fluoroquinolones was identified through 

GISP and makes ongoing surveillance 

critical. Increased prevalence of 

fluoroquinolone-resistant N. 

gonorrhoeae (QRNG) as seen in GISP 

data has prompted the CDC to update 

the treatment recommendations for 

gonorrhea in the CDC’s Sexually 

Transmitted Diseases Treatment 

Guidelines, 2006 and to release an 

MMWR article stating the CDC no 

longer recommends fluoroquinolones 

for treatment of gonococcal infections 

(CDC, MMWR, Vol.56, No.14, 332–336). 

Respondents are paid by Federal funds 

through the CDC Comprehensive STD 

Prevention Systems, Prevention of STDRelated Infertility, and Syphilis 

Elimination Grant (CSPS), for their 

participation in GISP network. The 

estimated annualized burden for this 

data collection is 8,628 hours. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name No. of 

respondents 

No. of responses per respondent Avg. burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Clinic .................................................................... Form 1 ................................................. 30 240 11/60 

Laboratory ............................................................ Form 2 ................................................. 5 1,452 1 

Form 3 ................................................. 5 48 12/60 

Total .............................................................. .............................................................. 40 .......................... ..........................

Dated: November 28, 2007. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–23633 Filed 12–5–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–08–0263] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

In compliance with the requirement 

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call 404–639–5960 and 

send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 

1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, 

GA 30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 

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. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Requirements for a Special Permit to 

Import Cynomolgus, African Green, or 

Rhesus Monkeys into the United 

States—Extension—National Center for 

Preparedness, Detection, and Control of 

Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

CDC is requesting OMB approval to 

continue its data collection, 

‘‘Requirements for a Special Permit to 

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