[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46455-46456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23393]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 DAY-19-98]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-7090. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Projects

1. Contents of a Request of Health Hazard Evaluation (0920-0102)--
Extension

    In accordance with its mandates under the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 and the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, 
the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
responds to approximately 400 requests for health hazard evaluations 
each year to identify potential chemical, biological or physical 
hazards at the workplace. A NIOSH form is available for requesting 
these health hazard evaluations. This form provides the mechanism for 
employees, employers, and other authorized representatives to supply 
the information required by the regulations which govern the NIOSH 
health hazard evaluation program (42 CFR 85.3-1). The information 
provided is used by NIOSH to determine whether or not there is 
reasonable cause to justify conducting an investigation. The main 
purpose of investigations conducted in the health hazard evaluation 
program is to help employers and employees identify and eliminate 
occupational health hazards. Without the information requested on this 
form, NIOSH would be unable to perform its legislated function of 
conducting health hazard

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evaluations in workplaces. The total annual burden is 80.

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                                                                      No. of                                    
                                                      No. of        responses/     Avg. burden/    Total burden 
                   Respondents                      respondents   respondent (in   response (in      (in hrs.)  
                                                                       hrs.)           hrs.)                    
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Employees and Representatives...................             260               1              .2              52
Employers.......................................             140               1              .2              28
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2. The National Death Index (NDI) (0920-0215)--Extension

    A service of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), that 
assists health and medical researchers to determine the vital status of 
their study subjects. The NDI is a national data base containing 
identifying death record information submitted annually to NCHS by all 
the state vital statistics offices, beginning with deaths in 1979. 
Searches against the NDI file provide the states and dates of death and 
the death certificate numbers of deceased study subjects. With the 
recent implementation of the NDI Plus service, researchers now have the 
option of also receiving cause of death information for deceased 
subjects, thus reducing the need to request copies of death 
certificates from the states. The NDI Plus option currently provides 
the ICD-9 codes for the underlying and multiple causes of death for the 
years 1979-1996. The five administrative forms are completed by health 
researchers in government, universities, and private industry in order 
to apply for NDI services and to submit records of study subjects for 
computer matching against the NDI file. The total annual burden hours 
are 227.

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                                                                      No. of       Avg. burden/                 
                   Respondents                        No. of        responses/     response (in    Total burden 
                                                    respondents     respondents        hrs.)         (in hrs.)  
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Government researchers..........................              48               1            1.89            90.8
University researchers..........................              60               1            1.89           113.5
Private industry researchers....................              12               1            1.89            22.7
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Charles W. Gollmar,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-23393 Filed 8-31-98; 8:45 am]
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