[Federal Register: August 22, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 163)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collections;
Comments Request
The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the
Secretary will periodically publish summaries of proposed information
collections projects and solicit public comments in compliance with the
requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. To request more information on the project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plans and instruments, call the OS Reports
Clearance Office ant (202) 619-2118 or e-mail Geerie.Jones@HHS.gov.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance 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 or other
forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: 1. Responsibilities of Awardees and Applicant
Institutions for Reporting Possible Misconduct in Science (42 CFR part
50 subpart A)--0937-0198--Extension--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 and local governments, business or other
for-profit, non-profit institutions--Reporting Burden Information--
Number of Respondents: 3330; Number of Annual Responses: 3,430; Average
Burden per Response: .273 hours; Total Reporting Burden: 938 hours--
Disclosure Burden Information--Number of Respondents; 3330; Number of
Annual Responses; 3390; Average Burden per Response: .5 hours; Total
Disclosure Burden: 1,695 hours--Recordkeeping Burden Information--
Number of Respondents; 40; Number of Annual Responses 140; Average
Burden per Response: 7.77 hours; Total Recordkeeping Burden: 1088
hours--Total Burden--3,721 hours.
Send comments via e-mail to Geerie.Jones@HHS.gov or mail to OS
Reports Clearance Office, Room 503H, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington DC, 20201. Comments should be
received within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: August 14, 2002.
William R. Beldon,
Acting, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 02-21426 Filed 8-21-02; 8:45 am]
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