[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35498-35499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17128]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-97-15]


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 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed 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 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 Wilma Johnson, CDC 
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA 
30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

Proposed Projects

    1. Information Collection Procedures for Evaluating Toxicological 
Profiles--New--The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 
(ATSDR) prepares toxicological profiles in accordance with guidelines 
developed with guidelines developed by ATSDR and EPA and each profile 
is revised and republished as necessary, but no less often than every 
three years. The principal audiences for the toxicological profiles are 
health professionals at the federal, state, and local levels, 
interested private sector organizations and groups, and members of the 
public.
    This is a request for approval to collect information in the 
profiles from users on: (a) Affiliation of users of the profiles, (b) 
clarity of discussion in the profiles, (c) consistency of information 
in the profiles, (d) completeness of information in the profiles, and 
(e) utility of information in the profile.
    The information will be used in an effort to maintain customer 
satisfaction concerning use of the profiles by these multi-disciplinary 
users. This will also ensure that we continue to provide a client-
oriented product. This effort will be accomplished through enhancement 
of the built-in system used for updating existing toxicological 
profiles and improving the utility of newly developed profiles by use 
of these user surveys.
    The only cost to respondents will be the time to complete the form, 
which we estimate at less than 15 minutes per respondent. We expect 
respondents of the toxicological profile survey to come from a wide 
range of occupational and professional backgrounds and have an average 
hourly wage of $15. The cost to respondents to evaluate toxicological 
profiles would then be $3.75 per evaluation. Assuming a 50% response 
rate and a total of 12000 profiles (questionnaires) per year, the 
estimated annual cost to respondents is $22,500

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                                                                  Number of                                     
                 Respondents                     Number of        responses/      Avg. burden/     Total burden 
                                                respondents       respondent        response        (in hrs.)   
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Questionnaire...............................            6000                1             0.25              750 
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    2. Preventive Health and Health Services Block, Annual applications 
and reports--(0920-0106)--Extension--In 1994, OMB approved the 
collection of information provided in the grant applications and annual 
reports for the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant (OMB 
#0920-0106). This approval expires on September 30, 1997. CDC is 
requesting extension of OMB clearance for this legislatively mandated 
information collection.
    The information collected through the applications from the 
official State health agencies is required from section 1905 of the 
Public Health Service Act. This is no change in the proposed 
information collection from previous years. The information collected 
from the annual reports is required by section 1906, specifically the 
requirement for uniform data sets matching the uses of funds. Minor 
modifications to some individual uniform data sets for chronic 
diseases, as well as some other program areas, have been made to 
maintain consistency with performance measures developed as a result of 
the Government Performance and Results Act. Overall, this request 
reflects a 25% reduction in the collection burden to the grantees 
(States). The total cost to all respondents is $137,250, estimated at 
$25/burden hour.

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                                                                     Number of     Avg. burden/                 
                   Respondents                       Number of      responses/     response (in    Total burden 
                                                    respondents     respondents        hrs.)         (in hrs.)  
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Annual Applications.............................              61               1              30            1830
Annual Reports..................................              61               1              30            1830
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      Total.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............            5490
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    Dated: June 25, 1997.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning And Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-17128 Filed 6-30-97; 8:45 am]
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