Submission for OMB Review Comment Request; Leukemia and Other Cancers Among Chernobyl Clean-up Workers in Lithuania

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Submission for OMB Review Comment Request; Leukemia and Other

Cancers Among Chernobyl Clean-up Workers in Lithuania

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the

National Institutes of Health (NIH), has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the

information collection listed below. This proposed information

collection was previously published in the Federal Register on October

8, 1997, page 52568, and allowed 60 days for public comment. No public

comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an

additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of

Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required

to respond to, an information collection that has been extended,

revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays

a currently valid OMB control number.

PROPOSED COLLECTION:

Title: Leukemia and Other Cancers Among Chernobyl Clean-up Workers

in Lithuania. Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement,

with change--OMB No. 0925-0401. Need and Use of Information Collection:

A cohort study will be conducted to investigate the risk of radiation-

induced leukemia and other cancers, and of occupationally related

cancers, among 7,000 workers from Lithuania who were sent to Chernobyl

to clean-up after the accident there in 1986. The workers will be asked

to respond to a mail questionnaire or an interview that collects

information about specific duties performed during the Chernobyl clean-

up, occupational exposures, other cancer risk factors, and incident

cancers. The information will be combined with similar information from

Estonia and Latvia and used by the National Cancer Institute to

determine site-specific risk estimates for cancer based on various

exposure patterns. Frequency of Response: One time; Affected Public:

Individuals or households; Type of Respondent: Chernobyl Workers. The

annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,867; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden

Hours per Response: 1; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours

Requested: 1,867. There are no Capital Costs, Operating 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 of information is

necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,

including whether the

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information shall have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the

agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of

information; (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 respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or other forms of information

technology.

DIRECT COMMENTS TO OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding

the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the

estimated public burden and associated response time, should be

directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory

Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C.

20503. Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on

the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the plans and instruments,

contact Dr. Gilbert W. BeeBe, Ph.D., National Cancer Institute, EPN

400, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20892-7364, or call the

non-toll-free number (301) 496-5067.

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if received on or before April

29, 1998.

Dated: March 23, 1998.

Reesa L. Nichols,

OMB Project Clearance Liaison.

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