Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data

collection projects, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration 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, the SAMHSA Reports

Clearance Officer on (301) 443-8005.

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

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use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information

technology.

Proposed Project: 1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse--

Revision--The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is a

survey of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United

States, age 12 and over. The data are used to determine the prevalence

of use of cigarettes, alcohol, and illicit substances, and illicit use

of prescription drugs. The results are used by SAMHSA, ONDCP, Federal

government agencies, and other organizations and researchers to

establish policy, direct program activities, and better allocate

resources. For 1998, the core NHSDA questionnaire will remain

unchanged, however several special topic modules are expected to

change. The total annual burden estimate is 43,855 hours as shown

below:

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No. of Average

No. of responses burden per Total

respondents per response burden

respondent (hours) (hours)

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Household Screener.......................................... 84,966 1 0.05 4,248

NHSDA Questionnaire......................................... 33,565 1 1.18 39,607

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Send comments to Beatrice Rouse, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: June 25, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97-17274 Filed 7-1-97; 8:45 am]

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