[Federal Register: December 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 249)] [Notices] [Page 73051-73052] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr29de99-116] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control And Prevention [60Day-00-16] Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506 (c) (2) (A) of the Paperwork reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is providing opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance [[Page 73052]] of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 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 through the use of automated collection techniques for other forms of information technology. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice. Proposed Projects The Incidence of Breast and Other Cancers among Female Flight Attendants--New--National Institute for Occupational Safety band Health (NIOSH)--Flight attendants experience exposures which may affect breast cancer risk including exposure to elevated levels of cosmic radiation and circadian rhythm disruption. This study will evaluate the incidence of breast and other cancers among a cohort of approximately 10,000 women who were employed as flight attendants. The occurrence of breast and other cancers will be obtained from death certificates and from telephone interviews with living women and next-of-kin of deceased women. Each interview will take approximately 60 minutes to complete. Medical records will be requested to confirm cancer diagnoses. The primary analysis will evaluate the risk of breast and other cancers associated with occupational exposure within the cohort. The secondary analysis will compare the incidence of breast and other cancers in the cohort to that in the general population, with adjustment for factors which might increase cancer risk in the cohort independent of occupational exposure to cosmic radiation and circadian rhythm disruption. The total cost to respondents is estimated at $165,400. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Avg. burden Number of Number of per Total Respondents respondents responses/ response burden (in respondent (in hrs.) hrs.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flight attendants/proxies................................... 10,000 1 1 10,000 Flight attendants/proxies whose eligibility for the study is 300 1 0.083 25 unknown.................................................... Medical providers........................................... 1,000 1 0.5 500 ------------ Total................................................... ........... ........... ........... 10,525 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated: December 21, 1999. Nancy Cheal, Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [FR Doc. 99-33728 Filed 12-28-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P