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Download as PDF 72956 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 228 / Monday, November 28, 2011 / Notices in understanding the ethical dilemmas that surgeons face, the utility of institution ethics consultations services for surgeons, and to identify what barriers, if any, discourage surgeons from utilizing these services. The results of this study can be used by medical professionals, hospitals, and bioethicists in several important ways. First, they will provide a better understanding the ethical dilemmas that surgeons face in their practices. Second, they will provide understanding of factors that determine the current utilization of hospital consultation services by surgeons Third, information collected on the barriers to surgeons’ use of ethics consultation services will provide better insight into the perspective and culture of surgery as it relates to ethical dilemmas in their practices and how ethics consultation services could better support surgeons when faced with these dilemmas. Frequency of Response: One occasion. Affected Public: Individuals. Type of Respondents: Surgeons Estimated number of responses per respondent Estimated number of respondents Type of respondents practicing in the US. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,156; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 29 items per questionnaire; Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0.00862; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 789. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $0. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report. Average burden hours per response Estimated total annual burden hours requested Surgeons .......................................................................................... 3156 29 0.00862 789 Total .......................................................................................... ............................ ............................ ............................ 789 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 function of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (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 those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact Dr. Marion Danis at Department of Clinical Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 1C118, Bethesda, MD 20892– 1156, Telephone: (301) 435–8727, Facsimile: (301) 496–0760, or email your request, including your address to: mdanis@cc.nih.gov. pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Comments Due Date Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days of the date of this publication. VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:34 Nov 25, 2011 Jkt 226001 Dated: November 6, 2011. Laura M. Lee, Special Assistant to the DDCC—Patient Safety and Clinical Quality Project Clearance Liaison, CC, National Institutes of Health. 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Need and Use of Information Collection: By conducting a fourth cohort follow-up survey in an ongoing cohort study of U.S. Radiologic Technologists (USRT), updated information will be collected on cancer and other medical outcomes, personal medical radiation procedures, and other risk factors from all participants, plus detailed employment data from subgroups of participants who performed or assisted with fluoroscopically-guided or radioisotope procedures. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute and The University of Minnesota have followed a nationwide cohort of 146,000 radiologic technologists since 1982, of whom 110,000 completed at least one of three prior questionnaire surveys and 23,454 are deceased. This cohort is unique because estimates of cumulative radiation dose to specific organs (e.g. breast) are available and the cohort is largely female, offering a rare opportunity to study effects of low-dose radiation exposure on breast and thyroid cancers, the two most sensitive organ sites for radiation carcinogenesis in women. The fourth survey will be administered by mail to approximately 93,000 living and located cohort members who completed at least one of the three previous surveys to collect information on new cancers and other disease outcomes, detailed work E:\FR\FM\28NON1.SGM 28NON1 72957 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 228 / Monday, November 28, 2011 / Notices patterns and practices from technologists who worked with radioisotopes and interventional radiography procedures, and new or updated risk factors that may influence health risks. New occupational and medical radiation exposure information will be used to improve radiation dose estimates. The annual reporting burden is reported in Table 1. There are no capital costs, operating costs and/or maintenance costs to report. TABLE 1—ESTIMATES OF ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS Number of respondents Average time per response (hours) Frequency of response Annual hour burden Type of respondent Instrument Cohort members (overall target group). Cohort members (subgroup 1 of overall target group). Cohort members (subgroup 2 of overall target group). Medical office clerks ......................... Fourth Survey CORE Module (Attachment 1A). Fourth Survey NM Module (Attachment 1B). Fourth Survey FG Module (Attachment 1C). Medical Validation (Attachment 3) ... 21,700 1 30/60 (0.5) 10,850 7,000 1 20/60 (0.33) 2,333 6,300 1 10/60 (0.17) 1,050 2,053 1 15/60 (0.25) 513 Total ........................................... ........................................................... 37,053 ........................ ........................ 14,746 pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 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 functioning of the National Cancer Institute, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (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 those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 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 Attention: NIH Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, at OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to (202) 395–6974. To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact: Michele M. Doody, Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza South, Room 7051, Bethesda, MD 20892–7238, or call nontoll-free at (301) 594–7203 or email your request, including your address to: doodym@mail.nih.gov. Comments Due Date Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:34 Nov 25, 2011 Jkt 226001 their full effect if received within 30 days of the date of this publication. Dated: November 21, 2011. 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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 228 (Monday, November 28, 2011)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Cancer Risk in U.S.
Radiologic Technologists: Fourth Survey (NCI)

Summary: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute, 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
September 21, 2011 (76 FR 58520) and allowed 60 days for public
comment. One public comment was received in which the individual
suggested asking the respondents to report the number of procedures
performed per month rather than per week because of the infrequency of
some procedures. The program staff will assess this during the pre-
test. 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: Cancer Risk in U.S. Radiologic
Technologists: Fourth Survey (NCI). Type of Information Collection
Request: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
(OMB No. 0925-0405, expiration 02/28/2011). Need and Use of Information
Collection: By conducting a fourth cohort follow-up survey in an
ongoing cohort study of U.S. Radiologic Technologists (USRT), updated
information will be collected on cancer and other medical outcomes,
personal medical radiation procedures, and other risk factors from all
participants, plus detailed employment data from subgroups of
participants who performed or assisted with fluoroscopically-guided or
radioisotope procedures. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute
and The University of Minnesota have followed a nationwide cohort of
146,000 radiologic technologists since 1982, of whom 110,000 completed
at least one of three prior questionnaire surveys and 23,454 are
deceased. This cohort is unique because estimates of cumulative
radiation dose to specific organs (e.g. breast) are available and the
cohort is largely female, offering a rare opportunity to study effects
of low-dose radiation exposure on breast and thyroid cancers, the two
most sensitive organ sites for radiation carcinogenesis in women. The
fourth survey will be administered by mail to approximately 93,000
living and located cohort members who completed at least one of the
three previous surveys to collect information on new cancers and other
disease outcomes, detailed work

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patterns and practices from technologists who worked with radioisotopes
and interventional radiography procedures, and new or updated risk
factors that may influence health risks. New occupational and medical
radiation exposure information will be used to improve radiation dose
estimates. The annual reporting burden is reported in Table 1. There
are no capital costs, operating costs and/or maintenance costs to
report.

Table 1--Estimates of Annual Burden Hours
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Average time
Type of respondent Instrument Number of Frequency of per response Annual hour
respondents response (hours) burden
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Cohort members (overall target Fourth Survey 21,700 1 30/60 (0.5) 10,850
group). CORE Module
(Attachment 1A).
Cohort members (subgroup 1 of Fourth Survey NM 7,000 1 20/60 (0.33) 2,333
overall target group). Module
(Attachment 1B).
Cohort members (subgroup 2 of Fourth Survey FG 6,300 1 10/60 (0.17) 1,050
overall target group). Module
(Attachment 1C).
Medical office clerks......... Medical 2,053 1 15/60 (0.25) 513
Validation
(Attachment 3).
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Total..................... ................ 37,053 .............. .............. 14,746
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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 functioning of the National Cancer Institute,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (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 those who are to
respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological 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 Attention: NIH Desk
Officer, Office of Management and Budget, at OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to (202) 395-6974. To request more
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and instruments, contact: Michele M. Doody, Radiation
Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza South,
Room 7051, Bethesda, MD 20892-7238, or call non-toll-free at (301) 594-
7203 or email your request, including your address to:
doodym@mail.nih.gov.

Comments Due Date

Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of
having their full effect if received within 30 days of the date of this
publication.

Dated: November 21, 2011.
Vivian Horovitch-Kelley,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-30534 Filed 11-25-11; 8:45 am]
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