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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Proposed Collection; Comment
Request; National Institute of Nursing
Research (NINR) Summer Genetics
Institute Alumni Survey
SUMMARY:
In compliance with the
requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
National Institute of Nursing Research
(NINR), the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) will publish periodic summaries
of proposed projects to be submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB).
Prosposed Collection: Title: NIH/
National Institute of Nursing Research
(NINR) Summer Genetics Institute
Alumni Survey. Type of Information
Collection Request: NEW. Need and Use
of Information Collection: The NINR
Summer Genetics Institute Alumni
Survey will obtain information on the
long-term outcomes of this training
program for nurse scientists and faculty.
Target participants are alumni of this
training institute which began in 2000.
The survey inquires about career
activities, including research, clinical,
teaching and educational activities,
since completion of the NINR Summer
Number of
respondents
Type of respondents
Researchers .....................................................................................................
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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, contact Dr. Amanda
Greene, Science Evaluation Officer,
Office of Science Policy and Public
Liaison, NINR, Democracy One, 6701
Democracy Blvd., Suite 700, Bethesda,
MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number
301–496–9601, or email your request to
amanda.greene@nih.gov.
Comments Due Date: Comments
regarding this information collection are
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Amanda Greene,
NINR Project Clearance Officer, Science
Evaluation Officer, NINR, National Institutes
of Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request: Child Health
Disparities Substudy for the National
Children’s Study
Under the provisions of
Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National
Institute of Child Health and Human
Development (NICHD), the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for review and
approval of the information collection
listed below. This proposed information
collection was previously published in
the Federal Register on March 16, 2012,
pages 15780–15782 (Volume 77,
Number 52) of the Federal Register and
allowed 60 days for public comment. No
written comments were received. The
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Frequency of
response
150
best assured of having their full effect if
received within 60-days of the date of
this publication.
SUMMARY:
Genetics Institute. This is a 39-item
survey that takes an average of 30
minutes to complete. The findings will
provide valuable information on the
influence of the Institute in developing
genetics research capability among
Institute alumni, and development and
expansion of clinical practice in
genetics among alumni who are nurse
clinicians. Frequency of Response:
Annual for three (3) years. Affected
Public: Individual alumni of the NINR
Summer Genetics Institute. Type of
Respondents: Nurse scientists,
clinicians, and faculty. The annual
reporting burden is as follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 150;
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours
per Response: .5; and Estimated Total
Annual Burden Hours Requested: 75.
There are no Capital Costs, Operating or
Maintenance Costs to report.
1
Average time
per response
(minutes/hour)
Annual burden
hours
0.5
75
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: Child
Health Disparities Substudy for the
National Children’s Study (NCS). Type
of Information Collection Request:
NEW. Need and Use of Information
Collection: The Children’s Health Act of
2000 (Pub. L. 106–310) states:
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this
section to authorize the National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development* to
conduct a national longitudinal study of
environmental influences (including
physical, chemical, biological, and
psychosocial) on children’s health and
development.
(b) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the
National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development* shall establish a
consortium of representatives from
appropriate Federal agencies (including the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
the Environmental Protection Agency) to—
(1) Plan, develop, and implement a
prospective cohort study, from birth to
adulthood, to evaluate the effects of both
chronic and intermittent exposures on child
health and human development; and
(2) Investigate basic mechanisms of
developmental disorders and environmental
factors, both risk and protective, that
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influence health and developmental
processes.
(c) REQUIREMENT.—The study under
subsection (b) shall—
(1) Incorporate behavioral, emotional,
educational, and contextual consequences to
enable a complete assessment of the physical,
chemical, biological, and psychosocial
environmental influences on children’s wellbeing;
(2) Gather data on environmental
influences and outcomes on diverse
populations of children, which may include
the consideration of prenatal exposures; and
(3) Consider health disparities among
children, which may include the
consideration of prenatal exposures.
To fulfill the requirements of the
Children’s Health Act, the Child Health
Disparities Substudy will validate
measures needed for studying health
disparities and selected biomarkers.
Utilizing cognitive interview techniques
and components of standardized
questionnaires, responses will be used
to assess and validate measures of
health literacy, discrimination,
parenting self-efficacy, and health care
accessibility. Acceptability and
feasibility of saliva collection from a
subsample of women and young
children will also be evaluated. The
incorporation of saliva measurements
will increase understanding of
biological responses to environmental
factors and how these may be correlated
with health disparities within this
population.
Background: The National Children’s
Study is a prospective, national
longitudinal study of the interaction
between environment, genetics on child
health and development. The Study
defines ‘‘environment’’ broadly, taking a
number of natural and man-made
environmental, biological, genetic, and
psychosocial factors into account. By
studying children through their
different phases of growth and
parenting self-efficacy, health care
(access, utilization, and quality)
contribute to health disparities.
Additionally, aspects of the social
environment such as social isolation,
lack of control and contingency and
social support, violence, discrimination,
challenging and changing social
relationships, and restricted access to
health care are thought to interact with
biological processes. Variation in these
processes has been associated with
negative emotional states, cognitive
deficits, problem behavior, and a variety
of metabolic and immune-related
processes. Alone, or particularly in
combination with other commonly
collected measures of social forces and
family relationships, salivary analytes
have the potential to advance our
understanding of maternal and child
health and development. This project
will make its contribution to the NCS
Main Study and to the health disparities
field as a whole by constructing a
validated set of questionnaire measures
and biomarker analyses that can be used
among pregnant women and mothers of
young children for the purpose of
investigating disparities.
Frequency of Response: One-time data
collection conducted in multiple
phases.
Affected Public: Pregnant women,
mothers with young children, and their
children.
Type of Respondents: Pregnant
women, mothers with young children,
and their children who are not
geographically eligible to enroll in the
NCS Vanguard Study.
Annual reporting burden: See Table 1.
The annualized cost to respondents is
estimated at $25,000 (based on $10 per
hour). There are no Capital Costs to
report. There are no Operating or
Maintenance Costs to report.
development, researchers will be better
able to understand the role these factors
have on health and disease. Findings
from the Study will be made available
as the research progresses, making
potential benefits known to the public
as soon as possible. The National
Children’s Study is led by a consortium
of federal partners: The U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services
(including the Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development and the National
Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences of the National Institutes of
Health and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention), and The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency.
To conduct the detailed preparation
needed for a study of this size and
complexity, the NCS was designed to
include a preliminary pilot study
known as the Vanguard Study. The
purpose of the Vanguard Study is to
assess the feasibility, acceptability, and
cost of the recruitment strategy, study
procedures, and outcome assessments
that are to be used in the NCS Main
Study. The Vanguard Study begins prior
to the NCS Main Study and will run in
parallel with the Main Study. At every
phase of the NCS, the multiple
methodological studies conducted
during the Vanguard phase will inform
the implementation and analysis plan
for the Main Study.
In this information collection request,
the NCS requests approval from OMB to
perform a multi-center substudy called
the Child Health Disparity Substudy.
This substudy aims to validate measures
needed for studying health disparities
and selected biomarkers. Developing
optimum measures for studying health
disparities is of particular interest to the
NCS because studies have shown that
health literacy, discrimination,
TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN AND COST SUMMARY, CHILD HEALTH DISPARITIES SUBSTUDY
Data collection activity
Type of respondent
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Screening for Cognitive Interview.
Mothers of children
ages 0–5.
Screening for Primary Data Collection.
Screening for Saliva Collection.
Women ......................
Cognitive Interview
Mothers of children
ages 0–5.
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Estimated
number of
respondents
Estimated
number of
responses
per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Estimated total
annual burden
hours
Estimated
total annual
respondent
cost
Members of NCS target population (not
NCS participants).
Members of NCS target population (not
NCS participants).
Members of NCS target population (not
NCS participants).
Members of NCS target population (not
NCS participants).
100
1
5/60
8
$83
2,000
1
5/60
167
1,667
600
1
5/60
50
500
60
1
75/60
75
750
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TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN AND COST SUMMARY, CHILD HEALTH DISPARITIES SUBSTUDY—
Continued
Primary Data Collection.
Saliva Collection ..
Total ..............
Pregnant Women/
Mothers of children
ages 0–5.
Mothers of children
ages 0–5.
Pregnant Women/
Mothers of children
ages 0–5.
Additional mothers of
children ages 0–5.
Children ages 0–5 .....
Members of NCS target population (not
NCS participants).
....................................
....................................
2
65/60
1,300
13,000
600
1
65/60
650
6,500
200
2
15/60
100
1,000
200
1
15/60
50
500
400
Members of NCS target population (not
NCS participants).
600
1
15/60
100
* 1,000
4,760
....................
....................
2,500
25,000
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* The allotted hourly wage rate accounts for the mother’s time associated with the data collection activity.
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 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 Office of
Management and Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: NIH Desk Officer, by Email to
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 Ms.
Jamelle E. Banks, Public Health Analyst,
Office of Science Policy, Analysis and
Communication, National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development,
31 Center Drive, Room 2A18, Bethesda,
Maryland 20892, or call a non-toll free
number (301) 496–1877 or Email your
request, including your address, to
banksj@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.
VerDate Mar<15>2010
16:52 Jun 28, 2012
Jkt 226001
Dated: June 19, 2012.
Jamelle E. Banks,
Project Clearance Liaison, Office of Science
Policy, Analysis and Communications,
National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development.
[FR Doc. 2012–16028 Filed 6–28–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request: PHS Applications
and Pre-Award Reporting
Requirements; Revision
SUMMARY:
In compliance with the
requirement of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Office of the Director (OD),
Office of Extramural Research (OER),
the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a
request for review and approval of the
information collection listed below.
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on March 5, 2012, Volume 77,
No. 43, page 13132–13133, and allowed
60 days for public comment. One public
comment was received, which asked for
clarification about new reporting
burdens. It was noted in follow-up that
NIH has seen a 21-percent increase in
competing applications since the last
clearance which has resulted in an
increase in the burden hours. We are
also transitioning to the Research
Performance Progress Report as
mandated by OMB.
The purpose of this notice is to allow
an additional 30 days for public
comment.
Proposed Collection: Title: Public
Health Service (PHS) Applications and
Pre-award Reporting Requirements.
Type of Information Collection Request:
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Revision, OMB 0925–0001, Expiration
Date 6/30/2012. Form numbers: PHS
398, PHS 416–1, 416–5, and PHS 6031.
This collection represents a
consolidation of PHS applications and
pre-award reporting requirements into a
revised data collection under the PRA.
Need and Use of Information Collection:
This collection includes PHS
applications and pre-award reporting
requirements: PHS 398 [paper] Public
Health Service Grant Application forms
and instructions; PHS 398 [electronic]
PHS Grant Application component
forms and agency-specific instructions
used in combination with the SF424
(R&R); PHS Fellowship Supplemental
Form and agency-specific instructions
used in combination with the SF424
(R&R) forms/instructions for
Fellowships [electronic]; PHS 416–1
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research
Service Award (NRSA) Individual
Fellowship Application Instructions
and Forms used only for a change of
sponsoring institution application
[paper]; Instructions for a Change of
Sponsoring Institution for NRSA
Fellowships (F30, F31, F32 and F33)
and non-NRSA Fellowships; PHS 416–
5 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research
Service Award (NRSA) Individual
Fellowship Activation Notice; and PHS
6031 Payback Agreement. The PHS 398
(paper and electronic) is currently
approved under 0925–0001; PHS 416–1,
416–5, and PHS 6031 are currently
approved under 0925–0002. All forms
expire 6/30/2012. Post-award reporting
requirements are simultaneously
consolidated under 0925–0002, and
include the new Research Performance
Progress Report (RPPR).
The PHS 398 application is used by
applicants to request federal assistance
funds for traditional investigatorinitiated research projects and to request
access to databases and other PHS
resources. The PHS 416–1 is used only
for a change of sponsoring institution
application. PHS Fellowship
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request: Child Health
Disparities Substudy for the National Children's Study
Summary: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development (NICHD), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for
review and approval of the information collection listed below. This
proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal
Register on March 16, 2012, pages 15780-15782 (Volume 77, Number 52) of
the Federal Register and allowed 60 days for public comment. No written
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: Child Health Disparities Substudy for
the National Children's Study (NCS). Type of Information Collection
Request: NEW. Need and Use of Information Collection: The Children's
Health Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-310) states:
(a) PURPOSE.--It is the purpose of this section to authorize the
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development* to conduct
a national longitudinal study of environmental influences (including
physical, chemical, biological, and psychosocial) on children's
health and development.
(b) IN GENERAL.--The Director of the National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development* shall establish a consortium of
representatives from appropriate Federal agencies (including the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Environmental
Protection Agency) to--
(1) Plan, develop, and implement a prospective cohort study,
from birth to adulthood, to evaluate the effects of both chronic and
intermittent exposures on child health and human development; and
(2) Investigate basic mechanisms of developmental disorders and
environmental factors, both risk and protective, that
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influence health and developmental processes.
(c) REQUIREMENT.--The study under subsection (b) shall--
(1) Incorporate behavioral, emotional, educational, and
contextual consequences to enable a complete assessment of the
physical, chemical, biological, and psychosocial environmental
influences on children's well-being;
(2) Gather data on environmental influences and outcomes on
diverse populations of children, which may include the consideration
of prenatal exposures; and
(3) Consider health disparities among children, which may
include the consideration of prenatal exposures.
To fulfill the requirements of the Children's Health Act, the Child
Health Disparities Substudy will validate measures needed for studying
health disparities and selected biomarkers. Utilizing cognitive
interview techniques and components of standardized questionnaires,
responses will be used to assess and validate measures of health
literacy, discrimination, parenting self-efficacy, and health care
accessibility. Acceptability and feasibility of saliva collection from
a subsample of women and young children will also be evaluated. The
incorporation of saliva measurements will increase understanding of
biological responses to environmental factors and how these may be
correlated with health disparities within this population.
Background: The National Children's Study is a prospective,
national longitudinal study of the interaction between environment,
genetics on child health and development. The Study defines
``environment'' broadly, taking a number of natural and man-made
environmental, biological, genetic, and psychosocial factors into
account. By studying children through their different phases of growth
and development, researchers will be better able to understand the role
these factors have on health and disease. Findings from the Study will
be made available as the research progresses, making potential benefits
known to the public as soon as possible. The National Children's Study
is led by a consortium of federal partners: The U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (including the Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National
Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention), and The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
To conduct the detailed preparation needed for a study of this size
and complexity, the NCS was designed to include a preliminary pilot
study known as the Vanguard Study. The purpose of the Vanguard Study is
to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and cost of the recruitment
strategy, study procedures, and outcome assessments that are to be used
in the NCS Main Study. The Vanguard Study begins prior to the NCS Main
Study and will run in parallel with the Main Study. At every phase of
the NCS, the multiple methodological studies conducted during the
Vanguard phase will inform the implementation and analysis plan for the
Main Study.
In this information collection request, the NCS requests approval
from OMB to perform a multi-center substudy called the Child Health
Disparity Substudy. This substudy aims to validate measures needed for
studying health disparities and selected biomarkers. Developing optimum
measures for studying health disparities is of particular interest to
the NCS because studies have shown that health literacy,
discrimination, parenting self-efficacy, health care (access,
utilization, and quality) contribute to health disparities.
Additionally, aspects of the social environment such as social
isolation, lack of control and contingency and social support,
violence, discrimination, challenging and changing social
relationships, and restricted access to health care are thought to
interact with biological processes. Variation in these processes has
been associated with negative emotional states, cognitive deficits,
problem behavior, and a variety of metabolic and immune-related
processes. Alone, or particularly in combination with other commonly
collected measures of social forces and family relationships, salivary
analytes have the potential to advance our understanding of maternal
and child health and development. This project will make its
contribution to the NCS Main Study and to the health disparities field
as a whole by constructing a validated set of questionnaire measures
and biomarker analyses that can be used among pregnant women and
mothers of young children for the purpose of investigating disparities.
Frequency of Response: One-time data collection conducted in
multiple phases.
Affected Public: Pregnant women, mothers with young children, and
their children.
Type of Respondents: Pregnant women, mothers with young children,
and their children who are not geographically eligible to enroll in the
NCS Vanguard Study.
Annual reporting burden: See Table 1. The annualized cost to
respondents is estimated at $25,000 (based on $10 per hour). There are
no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs
to report.
Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden and Cost Summary, Child Health Disparities Substudy
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Data collection activity Type of respondent Estimated Estimated Average Estimated Estimated
number of number of burden per total annual total
respondents responses response burden hours annual
per (in hours) respondent
respondent cost
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Screening for Cognitive Interview... Mothers of children Members of NCS target 100 1 5/60 8 $83
ages 0-5. population (not NCS
participants).
Screening for Primary Data Women................. Members of NCS target 2,000 1 5/60 167 1,667
Collection. population (not NCS
participants).
Screening for Saliva Collection..... Women................. Members of NCS target 600 1 5/60 50 500
population (not NCS
participants).
Cognitive Interview................. Mothers of children Members of NCS target 60 1 75/60 75 750
ages 0-5. population (not NCS
participants).
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Primary Data Collection............. Pregnant Women/Mothers Members of NCS target 600 2 65/60 1,300 13,000
of children ages 0-5. population (not NCS
participants).
Mothers of children 600 1 65/60 650 6,500
ages 0-5.
Saliva Collection................... Pregnant Women/Mothers Members of NCS target 200 2 15/60 100 1,000
of children ages 0-5. population (not NCS
participants).
Additional mothers of 200 1 15/60 50 500
children ages 0-5.
Children ages 0-5..... 400 1 15/60 100 * 1,000
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Total........................... ...................... ...................... 4,760 ........... ........... 2,500 25,000
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* The allotted hourly wage rate accounts for the mother's time associated with the data collection activity.
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 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 Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: NIH Desk Officer, by Email to 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 Ms. Jamelle E. Banks, Public
Health Analyst, Office of Science Policy, Analysis and Communication,
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 31 Center
Drive, Room 2A18, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, or call a non-toll free
number (301) 496-1877 or Email your request, including your address, to
banksj@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: June 19, 2012.
Jamelle E. Banks,
Project Clearance Liaison, Office of Science Policy, Analysis and
Communications, National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development.
[FR Doc. 2012-16028 Filed 6-28-12; 8:45 am]
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