Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a list of information collection

requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call

the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.

Drug Abuse Warning Network--(OMB number 0930-0078, extension)---The

Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) collects data on drug-related medical

emergencies and deaths as reported from about 660 hospitals and medical

examiners nationwide. Used by Federal, State, and local agencies, this

on-going data system supports efforts to identify drug abuse trends,

assess health hazards associated with substance abuse, and schedule

substances under the Controlled Substances Act. The annual burden

estimate is 15,284 hours as shown below:

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Number of IR\1\

Number of responses/ Hours per Gross burden reporting Total adjusted

respondents respondent response hours hours burden (hrs)

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Hospitals

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ED Forms................................................ 520 334 0.15 26,052 12,876 13,176

ED Logs................................................. 520 48 0.02 499 247 252

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Hospital Total...................................... .............. .............. .............. 26,551 13,123 13,428

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Medical examiners

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ME Forms................................................ 140 107 0.25 3,745 1,953 1,792

ME Logs................................................. 140 48 0.02 134 70 64

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ME Total............................................ .............. .............. .............. 3,879 2,023 1,856

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DAWN Total.......................................... .............. .............. .............. 30,430 15,146 15,284

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\1\ There is no burden associated with reporting by Independent Reporters (IRs), so these hours are not included in Total Adjusted Burden.

Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Allison Eydt, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C.

20503.

Dated: September 9, 1999.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 99-24144 Filed 9-15-99; 8:45 am]

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