[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 231 (Tuesday, December 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63719-63720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31533]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-98-05]


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. National Exposure Registry (0923-0006)--Extension--The 
information collected is part of the Agency for Toxic Substances' on-
going National Exposure Registry (NER)--a database composed of a 
listing of persons, along with health and demographic information, with 
documented exposure to selected toxic substances subregistries). The 
NER was

[[Page 63720]]

created in response to a Congressional Superfund mandate to create a 
registry of persons with exposure to hazardous substances and a 
registry of persons with illness or health problems as a result of 
exposure to hazardous substances. The mandate was created because there 
is little or no information available about the potential health 
effects of low-level, long-term exposure to hazardous substances on a 
general population--such as is found at waste sites. Unlike most 
occupationally exposed populations, this environmentally-exposed 
population has extremely vulnerable components such as pregnant women, 
the elderly, those with compromised health, and children.
    Since the adverse health effects are not known, neither is the 
latency period for the potential health effects. Therefore, the NER is 
a longitudinal project: a baseline and biennial follow-ups that will 
continue until all parties involved agree the established criteria for 
ending that chemical specific subregistry have been met. The 
questionnaire is administered (usually in a personal interview) at 
baseline; the same questionnaire is administered (using computer 
assisted interviews) to each registrant longitudinally. The data is 
compared to national norms at each collection and intrafile comparisons 
are made over multiple collections. Other than their time to 
participate, there is no cost to respondents. The period requested is 
for 3 years.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              No. of    Avg. burden/    Total   
                         Respondents                             No. of     responses/    response    burden (in
                                                              respondents   respondent   (in hrs.)      hrs.)   
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Established Registrants.....................................        7,333            1         0.25        1,833
New Registrants.............................................        4,300            1           .5        2,150
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
    Total...................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        3,983
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Dated: November 25, 1997.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning And Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-31533 Filed 12-1-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P