Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Agricultural Health Study A Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Diseases Among Men and Women in Agriculture

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Agricultural Health Study--

A Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Diseases Among Men and

Women in Agriculture

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: Agricultural Health Study--A Prospective

Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Diseases Among Men and Women in

Agriculture. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision (0925-

0406, expiration 8/31/96). Need and Use of Information Collection: The

Agricultural Health Study is in its third year of data collection on a

prospective cohort of 75,000 farmers, their spouses, and commercial

applicators of pesticides from Iowa and North Carolina. Baseline

questionnaires have been completed by these applicators and by spouses

of the farmer applicators.

These questionnaires collected information about demographics,

occupational history, medical history and family medical history.

Frequency of Response: Single time reporting. Affected Public:

Individuals or households, Farms. Type of Respondents: Private

pesticide applicators and their spouses. The annual reporting burden is

as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,590; Estimated Number

of Responses per Respondent: 1.0; Average Burden Hours Per Response:

.6143; and, Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 8,348. The

annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $83,480. There are no

Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating 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) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper performance of the function of

the agency, including whether the information will have practical

utility; (2) Evaluate 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) Enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(4) 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To request more information on the proposed

project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and

instruments, contact Michael C.R. Alavanja, Dr. P.H., Epidemiology and

Biostatistics Program, Division of Cancer Etiology, National Cancer

Institute, EPN 430, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852, or

call (310) 496-9093, or E-mail your request, including your address to:

alavanjamepndce.nci.nih.gov.

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if received by no later than

August 12, 1996.

Dated: May 31, 1996.

Philip D. Amoruso,

NCI Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 96-15057 Filed 6-12-96; 8:45 am]

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