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activities and feedback on AHRQ’s role
in supporting research and
dissemination.
A survey of the universe of grantees
who were funded to carry out the abovedescribed health services research work
offers a rational and scientific approach
to collecting data on the impact of
AHRQ’s research in this area that is
otherwise not currently available. The
survey will be an integral part of
AHRQ’s overall evaluation, which
attempts to describe the research and
the pathways through which research
findings that it has supported are
disseminated and used. The survey
interviews principal investigators about
their grant research projects and will
capture data that systematically track
grant outcomes, providing information
on: (1) The main substantive findings
from the work and the ways they have
been communicated; (2) known impacts
of the work to date; (3) linkage of work
to other research in the field; (4) grantee
ratings of the support that AHRQ
provided before, during, and after award
and how AHRQ services for grantees
could be improved; and, (5) grantee
perceptions of AHRQ’s role in research
funding in this area and how sponsor
interest influences the topics that are
addressed.
Method of Collection
A web-based questionnaire will be
used to conduct the survey with AHRQ
grantees. A self-administered mode was
selected for this survey because
respondents may need to look up
information in order to answer some
questions. A self-administered mode
allows respondents to complete the
survey at their own pace and schedule.
If requested, a hardcopy of the
questionnaire will be mailed to the
respondent.
ESTIMATED ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Number of respondents
Number of responses per
respondent
Hours per response
AHRQ Grantee Survey ....................................................................................
149
1
2
298
Total ..........................................................................................................
149
na
na
298
Average hourly wage rate
Total cost burden
Form name
Total burden
hours
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED RESPONDENT COST BURDEN
Number of respondents
Form name
Total burden
hours
AHRQ Grantee Survey ....................................................................................
149
298
$42.98
$12,808
Total ..........................................................................................................
149
298
na
12,808
* Based upon the mean of the average wages for teachers (college and university), National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the
United States 2005, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government
The proposed information collection
is part of a larger evaluation of the
effectiveness of AHRQ’s grant-supported
research on healthcare costs,
productivity, and market forces, which
includes a systematic review of the
research that AHRQ has funded, indepth interviews with grantees and
grant document review, case studies to
assess the effects and dissemination
pathways of market forces research, and
preparation of reports and briefings. The
cost to conduct the survey of identified
grantees is $38,962.
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Request for Comments
In accordance with the above-cited
Paperwork Reduction Act legislation,
comments on the AHRQ information
collection proposal are requested with
regard to any of the following: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and costs) of the
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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 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 request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: March 5, 2008.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Notice of Annual Meeting
The Vessel Sanitation Program,
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Health, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), announces the
following meeting:
Name: Vessel Sanitation Program:
Current Program Status and Experience
to Date with Program Operations.
Time and Date: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., April
15, 2008.
Location: Auditorium, Port Everglades
Administration Building, 1850 Eller
Drive, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33316.
Status: Open to the public, but
limited by the space available. The
meeting room accommodates
approximately 100 people.
Meeting Objectives: CDC staff, cruise
ship industry representatives, private
sanitation consultants, and other
interested parties will meet to discuss
the current status, and experience to
date, of the Vessel Sanitation Program.
Topics to be discussed include, but are
not limited to:
• 2007 Program Review;
• Proposed revisions to the Vessel
Sanitation Program Operations Manual
2005;
• Proposed revisions to the Vessel
Sanitation Program Construction
Guidelines 2005;
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• Updates on cruise ship outbreaks;
and
• Inspections for WHO Ship
Sanitation Certificates.
The official record of this meeting
will remain open for 15 days (through
April 30, 2008) so that additional
materials or comments may be
submitted and made part of the record.
Advanced registration is encouraged.
To do so, please provide your name,
title, company name, mailing address,
telephone number, facsimile number,
and e-mail address to Stephanie
Lawrence at telephone: (770) 488–3141,
fax: (770) 488–4127, or e-mail:
slawrence@cdc.gov. You may also
contact her if you need any additional
information.
Dated: March 7, 2008.
James D. Seligman,
Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Notice Regarding Revisions to the
Laboratory Protocol To Measure the
Quantity of Nicotine Contained in
Smokeless Tobacco Products
Manufactured, Imported, or Packaged
in the United States
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice amends the
uniform protocol for the analysis of
nicotine, total moisture, and pH in
smokeless tobacco products (the
‘‘protocol’’). The protocol, originally
published in 1999 [Federal Register,
Vol. 64, No. 55, ‘‘ Annual Submission of
the Quantity of Nicotine Contained in
Smokeless tobacco products
manufactured, imported, or packaged in
the United States Requirement; Notice,’’
14085–14096 (FR Doc. 99–7022)],
implements the requirement of the
Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco
Health Education Act (CSTHEA) of 1986
(15 U.S.C. 4401 et seq., Pub. L. 99–252)
that each entity manufacturing,
packaging, or importing smokeless
tobacco products shall annually provide
the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (HHS) with a specification of
the quantity of nicotine contained in
each smokeless tobacco product.
DATES: The first report of information is
due June 30, 2008, with subsequent
submissions due by March 31 of each
year.
The information shall be
submitted to: Matthew McKenna, M.D.,
Director, Office on Smoking and Health,
National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford
Highway, NE., Atlanta, GA 30341–3724.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew McKenna, M.D., Director,
Office on Smoking and Health,
telephone: (770) 488–5701.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Several
smokeless tobacco product categories
have entered the U.S. smokeless tobacco
market since the implementation of the
protocol in 1999 including snus, low
moisture snuff sold in portion pouches,
and smokeless tobacco sold in a
compressed, pellet form. Some of the
new smokeless tobacco product
categories differ physically from
previous smokeless tobacco categories.
ADDRESSES:
TABLE 1.—SUMMARY OF PH LEVELS FOUND IN SEVEN TYPES OF SMOKELESS TOBACCO PRODUCTS: PLUG; LOOSE LEAF
OR SCRAP; TWIST; DRY SNUFF-LOW MOISTURE/NO POUCH; DRY SNUFF-LOW MOISTURE/POUCH; SNUS; AND MOIST
SNUFF
pH a
Category
Condition A 10 mL b
Smokeless tobacco product
Condition B 20 mLb
pH change
Mean c
Plug ...........................
Loose Leaf ................
Twist ..........................
Dry Snuff/No Pouch ..
Dry Snuff/Pouch ........
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Snus ..........................
Moist Snuff ................
Days O Work Chew .....................................
Conwood Company’s Sun Cured .................
Levi Garrett Plug Chew ................................
Taylor’s Pride Plug Chew .............................
Beech-Nut Chew ..........................................
Redman Chew ..............................................
Cumberland ..................................................
Tube Rose Sweet Scotch Snuff ...................
RailRoad Mills Sweet Scotch Snuff .............
Taboka ..........................................................
Skoal Dry Cinnamon ....................................
Camel Snus Original ....................................
Renegades Wintergreen ..............................
Copenhagen Regular ...................................
Kodiak Ice Long Cut Regular .......................
5.06
5.12
5.83
5.92
5.56
5.93
5.68
5.64
5.91
6.44
6.78
7.43
6.45
7.61
8.13
SD d
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.03
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.02
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.02
0.04
Mean c
5.11
5.19
5.91
5.97
5.62
5.99
5.79
5.69
6.02
6.52
6.83
7.44
6.53
7.52
8.13
SD d
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
±
0.03
0.02
0.03
0.03
0.01
0.04
0.02
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.03
0.01
0.01
0.048
0.067
0.074
0.052
0.062
0.067
0.107
0.051
0.115
0.081
0.056
0.010
0.079
¥0.090
0.001
Percent
change
0.95
1.30
1.26
0.89
1.11
1.12
1.88
0.90
1.95
1.26
0.83
0.13
1.22
¥1.18
0.01
a The standard protocol published in the FEDERAL REGISTER to measure pH in smokeless tobacco products is as follows: 10 mL of deionized
distilled water is added to 2.00 grams of smokeless tobacco product measuring pH at 5, 15, 30 and 60 minute intervals. Recently introduced low
moisture dry snuff smokeless tobacco products packed in pouches had a thick paste-like consistency when prepared in 10 mL of deionized distilled water. When 2.00 grams e of low moisture dry snuff smokeless tobacco products packed in pouches were prepared in 20 mL of deionized
distilled water, the sample remains suspended in liquid and is well mixed.
b n = 1.
c Average pH from four measured intervals.
d Standard Deviation.
e Accurately weighed: 2.000 ±.0005 grams.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Notice of Annual Meeting
The Vessel Sanitation Program, National Center for Environmental
Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announces the
following meeting:
Name: Vessel Sanitation Program: Current Program Status and
Experience to Date with Program Operations.
Time and Date: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., April 15, 2008.
Location: Auditorium, Port Everglades Administration Building, 1850
Eller Drive, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33316.
Status: Open to the public, but limited by the space available. The
meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
Meeting Objectives: CDC staff, cruise ship industry
representatives, private sanitation consultants, and other interested
parties will meet to discuss the current status, and experience to
date, of the Vessel Sanitation Program. Topics to be discussed include,
but are not limited to:
2007 Program Review;
Proposed revisions to the Vessel Sanitation Program
Operations Manual 2005;
Proposed revisions to the Vessel Sanitation Program
Construction Guidelines 2005;
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Updates on cruise ship outbreaks; and
Inspections for WHO Ship Sanitation Certificates.
The official record of this meeting will remain open for 15 days
(through April 30, 2008) so that additional materials or comments may
be submitted and made part of the record.
Advanced registration is encouraged. To do so, please provide your
name, title, company name, mailing address, telephone number, facsimile
number, and e-mail address to Stephanie Lawrence at telephone: (770)
488-3141, fax: (770) 488-4127, or e-mail: slawrence@cdc.gov. You may
also contact her if you need any additional information.
Dated: March 7, 2008.
James D. Seligman,
Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-5137 Filed 3-13-08; 8:45 am]
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