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

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the data collection plans and instruments, contact the SAMHSA Reports

Clearance Officer on (301)443-7978.

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.

This notice is a re-publication that reflects inclusion of a

revised tobacco module that has been determined necessary since the

initial publication of a 60-day public comment notice for the 1999

National Household Survey on Drug Abuse on June 3 (63 FR 30244).

Proposed Project

1999 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse--(0930-0110)--

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

survey of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United

States 12 years old and older. The data are used to determine the

prevalence of use of tobacco products, alcohol, 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 1999, the tobacco component of the core

questionnaire will be revised and expanded to permit a more

comprehensive set of data on tobacco product use, including information

on usual brand.

The sample size of the survey will also be expanded to permit

prevalence estimates for each of the fifty states and the District of

Columbia. The total annual burden estimate is 97,200 hours as shown

below:

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No. of Average burden

No. of responses per per response Total burden

respondents respondent (hours) (hours)

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Household Screener.............................. 263,991 1 0.05 13,200

NHSDA Questionnaire............................. 70,000 1 1.20 84,000

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Total........................................... .............. .............. .............. 97,200

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Send comments to Nancy Pearce, 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 15, 1998.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-16616 Filed 6-22-98; 8:45 am]

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