Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Longitudinal Investigation of Fertility and the Environment

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, the National Institutes of Health has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information collection listed below. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register, under the title "Determinants of Male and Female Fecundity and Fertility," on January 9, 2004, page 1589 and allowed 60-days for public comment. Two public comments were received from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the American Chemistry Council Phthalate Esters Panel regarding specific aspects of the proposed methodology. Overall, comments from the former group pertained predominantly to clinical issues while the latter group's comments provided their rationale for the omission of phthalates from the protocol. These comments were useful in modifying the proposed study and instruments. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.