Federal Register: December 28, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 250)
DOCID: FR Doc 00-33085
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Agency information collection activities:
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Case-Control Study of Cancer and Related Disorders Among Benzene-Exposed Workers in China
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
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 National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
Proposed Collection: Title: CaseControl Study of Cancer and
Related Disorders Among BenzeneExposed Workers in China. Type of
Information Collection Request: Extension. (OMB No. 09250454 expires 3/31/01) Need
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and Use of Information Collection: A casecontrol study will examine
the relationship between exposure to benezene and the risk of
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 benzeneexposed 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
timespecific relationship between benzene exposure and disease risk.
Frequency of Response: Onetime study. Affected Public: Individuals or
households. Type of Respondents: Workers. The annual reporting burden
is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,545; Estimated Number
of Responses per Respondent: One; Average Burden Hours per Response:
0.75; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 386.
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 appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
SUMMARY:
Proposed collection; comment request,