[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16619-16620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7703]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control And Prevention

[60Day-00-30]


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, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention is providing opportunity for public comment on proposed data 
collection 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 Seleda Perryman, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

Proposed Project

    1. Hanford Community Health Project Survey--New--The Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is mandated pursuant to 
the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and 
Liability Act (CERCLA) and its 1986 Amendments, the Superfund 
Amendments and Re-authorization Act (SARA), to prevent or mitigate 
adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life resulting 
from the exposure to hazardous substances into the environment. These 
activities include conducting public health assessments at sites on the 
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Priorities List (NPL) 
to determine whether exposure to hazardous substances at these sites 
are harmful to human health.
    The Hanford Nuclear Reservation, located in south central 
Washington State, is on EPA's National Priorities List. Between 1944 
when it opened until its closing in 1972, an estimated 740,000 curies 
of radioactive Iodine were released to the air from chemical separation 
facilities used to produce plutonium for atomic weapons development. 
The Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction project (HEDR) estimates 
that the majority of releases of Iodine-131 occurred between 1944 and 
1951. Radioactive Iodine accumulates in the thyroid gland. Studies 
indicate that exposure to radioactive Iodine is associated with an 
increased risk of developing thyroid cancers and other thyroid 
diseases. Children up to five years of age may be at higher risk than 
the general population of developing cancer after exposure.
    The objective of this survey is to collect information on 
utilization of health care services, knowledge of and information needs 
related to radioactive Iodine releases from Hanford, health risk and 
exposure awareness, use of and interest in thyroid medical evaluations, 
and demographic information. This information will assist ATSDR staff 
in determining health education needs and planning effective health 
education activities for people exposed to radioactive Iodine and/or at 
risk for thyroid disease. This work may have applicability to other 
sites where exposure to radioactive Iodine has occurred. In previous 
ATSDR work (OMB No.0923-0006) approximately 6,000 people were located 
who were born between 1940 and 1951 in three counties (Benton, Franklin 
and Adams) nearest the Hanford site. For this proposed project, ATSDR 
plans to randomly select and complete 500 individual interviews from 
this cohort of 6,000 persons.
    To reduce the amount of time required by the respondents, Computer 
Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) will be conducted. The information 
collected in this proposed survey will provide reliable baseline 
information for developing effective educational materials and outreach 
activities. Other than their time to participate, there are no costs to 
the respondents.

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                                                                          Number of
                                                            Number of     responses    Avg. burden  Total annual
                       Respondents                         respondents       per      per response   burden (in
                                                            per year     respondent     (in hrs.)       hrs.)
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Individuals born near Hanford site......................          500             1           .25           125
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    Date: March 22, 2000.
Charles Gollmar,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-7703 Filed 3-28-00; 8:45 am]
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