[Federal Register: September 21, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 182)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary publishes a list of information collections it has submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in 
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35) and 5 CFR 1320.5. The following are those information collections 
recently submitted to OMB. 1. Responsibilities of Awardees and 
Applicant Institutions for Reporting Possible Misconduct in Science (42 
CFR part 50 and PHS 6349)--0937-0198--Revision--As required by Section 
493 of the Public Health Service Act, the Secretary by regulation shall 
require that applicant and awardee institutions receiving PHS funds 
must investigate and report instances of alleged or apparent misconduct 
in science. Respondents: State or local governments; Businesses or 
other for-profit; Non-profit institutions--Reporting Burden 
Information--Number of Respondents: 3550; Number of Annual Responses: 
3,663; Average Burden per Response: .497 hours; Total

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Reporting Burden: 1822 hours--Disclosure Burden Information--Number of 
Respondents: 3550; Number of Annual Responses: 3,610; Average Burden 
per Response: .5 hours; Total Disclosure Burden: 1,805 hours--
Recordkeeping Burden Information--Number of Respondents: 40; Number of 
Annual Responses: 160; Average Burden per Response: 6.175 hours; Total 
Recordkeeping Burden: 988 hours--Total Burden--4,615 hours. OMB Desk 
Officer: Allison Eydt.
    Copies of the information collection packages listed above can be 
obtained by calling the OS Reports Clearance Officer on (202) 690-6207. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the OMB desk officer designated 
above at the following address: Human Resources and Housing Branch, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments may also be sent to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue S.W., Washington DC, 20201. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: September 7, 1999.
Dennis P. Williams,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 99-24550 Filed 9-20-99; 8:45 am]
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