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Health Maintenance Organization
(HMO).
The data to be collected for this
project will be in two forms: (a) answers
to a screener questionnaire designed to
identify and recruit eligible participants,
and (b) verbal reports—i.e., focus group
participants’ answers to questions posed
by the moderator and reactions to
comments of other group members. The
focus group discussions will be audiotaped with participants’ consent and
transcribed for analysis purposes.
Method of Collection
Participants will be screened for
eligibility and recruited for the focus
groups by telephone. The focus group
sessions will be conducted in-person
with approximately 10 persons per
group. The focus group discussion will
take approximately 2 hours, and we
have assumed a 20-minute travel time
(each way) per participant. Thus, focus
group participation will require 2.67
hours per response.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
TABLE 1.—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Recruiting Screener .........................................................................................
Focus Group Discussion Guide .......................................................................
Total .................................................................................................................
Number of
responses per
respondent
2,200
220
2,420
1
1
na
Hours per
response
5/60
2.67
na
Total burden
hours
183
587
770
TABLE 2.—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Form name
Recruiting Screener .........................................................................................
Focus Group Discussion Guide .......................................................................
Total .................................................................................................................
Total burden
hours
2,200
220
2,420
183
587
770
Average
hourly wage
rate*
$17
17
na
Total cost
burden
$3,111
9,979
13,090
*Based upon the mean hourly wage of full-time workers, third-quarter of 2007. Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government
Based on the current budget for the
project, the total cost to the Federal
Government is $257,474 ($251,114 of
contractor costs + $6,360 of travel and
time cost for AHRQ employees) for the
18-month period from Oct. 1st, 2007 to
March 31st, 2009. The annualized cost
is approximately $171,649. This amount
includes all direct and indirect costs of
the design, data collection, analysis, and
reporting phases of the study. The costs
of Federal employees for monitoring the
contract are $5,660.
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: December 17, 2007.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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Request for Comments
In accordance with the above-cited
Paperwork Reduction Act legislation,
comments on AHRQ’s information
collection are requested with regard to
any of the following: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
AHRQ health care research and health
care information dissemination
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of
burden (including hours and costs) of
the proposed collection(s) 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 upon the
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency For Healthcare Research and
Quality
Notice of Meeting
In accordance with section 10(d) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C., Appendix 2), announcement is
made of a Health Care Policy and
Research Special Emphasis Panel (SEP)
meeting.
A Special Emphasis Panel is a group
of experts in fields related to health care
research who are invited by the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), and agree to be available, to
conduct on an as needed basis,
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scientific reviews of applications for
AHRQ support. Individual members of
the Panel do not attend regularlyscheduled meetings and do not serve for
fixed terms or a long period of time.
Rather, they are asked to participate in
particular review meetings which
require their type of expertise.
Substantial segments of the upcoming
SEP meeting listed below will be closed
to the public in accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act,
section 10(d) of 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2
and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant
applications for the Announcement of
Availability of Funds for Grants
regarding National Research Service
Award Institutional Research Training
Grant (T32) applications are to be
reviewed and discussed at this meeting.
These discussions are likely to reveal
personal information concerning
individuals associated with the
applications. This information is
exempt from mandatory disclosure
under the above-cited statutes.
SEP Meeting on: National Research
Service Award Institutional Research
Training Grant (T32) applications.
Date: January 31–February 1, 2008
(Open on January 31 from 8:30 a.m. to
8:45 a.m. and closed for the remainder
of the meeting).
Place: Gaithersburg Marriott
Washingtonian Center, Marriott
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Conference Center, 9751 Washingtonian
Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878.
Contact Person: Anyone wishing to
obtain a roster of members, agenda or
minutes of the non-confidential portions
of this meeting should contact Mrs.
Bonnie Campbell, Committee
Management Officer, Office of
Extramural Research, Education and
Priority Populations, AHRQ, 540
Gaither Road, Room 2038, Rockville,
Maryland 20850, Telephone (301) 427–
1554.
Agenda items for this meeting are
subject to change as priorities dictate.
Dated: December 19, 2007.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry
[ATSDR–237]
Identification Of Priority Data Needs
for Six Priority Hazardous Substances
Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (ATSDR), U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Request for public comments on
the identification of priority data needs
for six priority hazardous substances
and an ongoing call for voluntary
research proposals.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice makes available
for public comment the priority data
needs for six priority hazardous
substances (see Table 1) as part of the
continuing development and
implementation of the ATSDR
Substance-Specific Applied Research
Program (SSARP). The notice also
serves as a continuous call for voluntary
research proposals.
The exposure and toxicity priority
data needs in this notice were distilled
from the data needs identified in
ATSDR’s toxicological profiles by the
logical scientific approach described in
a decision guide published in the
Federal Register on September 11, 1989
(54 FR 37618). The priority data needs
represent essential information to
improve the database for conducting
public health assessments. Research to
address these priority data needs will
help to determine the types or levels of
exposure that may present significant
risks of adverse health effects in people
exposed to the hazardous substances.
The priority data needs identified in
this notice reflect the opinion of
ATSDR, in consultation with other
federal programs, about the research
needed pursuant to ATSDR’s authority
under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(Superfund), or CERCLA, as amended
by the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) [42
U.S.C. 9604(i)]. The needs identified
here do not represent the priority data
needs for any other agency or program.
Consistent with Section 104(i)(12) of
CERCLA as amended [42 U.S.C.
9604(i)(12)], nothing in this research
program shall be construed to delay or
otherwise affect or impair the President,
the Administrator of ATSDR, or the
Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) from
exercising any authority regarding any
other provision of law, including the
Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976
(TSCA) and the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1972
(FIFRA), or the response and abatement
authorities of CERCLA.
ATSDR worked with other federal
programs to determine common
substance-specific data needs and
mechanisms to implement research that
may include authorities under TSCA
and FIFRA, private-sector voluntarism,
or the direct use of CERCLA funds.
When deciding the type of research
that should be done, ATSDR considers
the recommendations of the Interagency
Testing Committee (ITC) established
under Section 4(e) of TSCA. Federally
funded projects that collect information
from 10 or more respondents and that
are funded by cooperative agreements
are subject to review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under
the Paperwork Reduction Act. If the
proposed project involves research on
human subjects, the applicants must
comply with Department of Health and
Human Services regulations (45 CFR
part 46) regarding the protection of
human subjects. The applicants must
assure that the project will be subject to
initial and continuing review by the
appropriate institutional review
committees. Overall, by providing
additional scientific information for the
risk assessment process, data generated
from this research will support other
researchers who are conducting human
health assessments involving these six
substances.
Table 1 presents the priority data
needs for six priority substances. The
six substances are included in the
ATSDR Priority List of Hazardous
Substances (70 FR 72840, December 7,
2005). ATSDR invites comments from
the public on the individual priority
data needs and the priority data needs
documents for these substances. After
considering the comments, ATSDR will
publish the final priority data needs for
each substance. These priority data
needs will be addressed by the
mechanisms described in the
‘‘Implementation of Substance-Specific
Applied Research Program’’ section of
this Federal Register Notice.
TABLE 1.—SUBSTANCE-SPECIFIC PRIORITY DATA NEEDS FOR SIX PRIORITY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
Substance
Priority data needs
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Cresol .................................................................................
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Dichloropropenes ...............................................................
Guthion ...............................................................................
Phenol ................................................................................
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Exposure levels in humans living near hazardous waste sites.
Exposure levels in children.
Dose-response data for acute-duration(1) oral exposure.
Exposure levels in humans living near hazardous waste sites.
Exposure levels in children.
Dose-response data for acute-duration(1) oral exposure.
Developmental toxicity data for oral exposure.
Dose-response data for acute-duration(1) inhalation exposure.
Immunotoxicity battery via inhalation exposure.
Studies of developmental toxicity via oral exposure
neurodevelopmental toxicity.
Exposure levels in humans living near hazardous waste sites.
Exposure levels in children.
Two-year oral carcinogenicity bioassay.
days or less.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality
Notice of Meeting
In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), announcement is made of a Health Care
Policy and Research Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) meeting.
A Special Emphasis Panel is a group of experts in fields related to
health care research who are invited by the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ), and agree to be available, to conduct on
an as needed basis, scientific reviews of applications for AHRQ
support. Individual members of the Panel do not attend regularly-
scheduled meetings and do not serve for fixed terms or a long period of
time. Rather, they are asked to participate in particular review
meetings which require their type of expertise.
Substantial segments of the upcoming SEP meeting listed below will
be closed to the public in accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, section 10(d) of 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2 and 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(6). Grant applications for the Announcement of Availability of
Funds for Grants regarding National Research Service Award
Institutional Research Training Grant (T32) applications are to be
reviewed and discussed at this meeting. These discussions are likely to
reveal personal information concerning individuals associated with the
applications. This information is exempt from mandatory disclosure
under the above-cited statutes.
SEP Meeting on: National Research Service Award Institutional
Research Training Grant (T32) applications.
Date: January 31-February 1, 2008 (Open on January 31 from 8:30
a.m. to 8:45 a.m. and closed for the remainder of the meeting).
Place: Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center, Marriott
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Conference Center, 9751 Washingtonian Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878.
Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of members,
agenda or minutes of the non-confidential portions of this meeting
should contact Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, Committee Management Officer,
Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations,
AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Room 2038, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Telephone
(301) 427-1554.
Agenda items for this meeting are subject to change as priorities
dictate.
Dated: December 19, 2007.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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