NCHS should ensure that the public is aware that additional information on individual chemicals, including scores, can be obtained by contacting the Division of Laboratory Sciences. The public should also be made aware of your plans to draft more specific criteria for de-listing which will be made available for public comment. Report to OMB in June 2005 via email a status report on efforts to develop de-listing criteria. With respect to conducting any pilot or nonresponse studies, OMB should receive via email a request that describes the specific study design and response burden. OMB will respond within 10 days indicating approval, disapproval, or passback exchanges seeking further information. No pilot or nonresponse studies should be conducted without receipt of approval from OMB via email.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
03/31/2007
03/31/2007
05/31/2005
22,813
0
13,333
62,967
0
56,013
0
0
0
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) were conducted on a periodic basis from 1971 to 1994. NHANES became a continuous, annual survey program in 1999. Each year, a nationally representative sample of the civilian, non-institutionalized U.S. population, all ages, is interviewed and examined. NHANES data are released in two year cycles. Data from NHANES 1999-2000 and NHANES 2001-2002 have been released at various times over the past few years and are posted on the NHANES website. The continuous data collection requires that pilot tests of new or revised survey material....
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.