[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24487-24488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10351]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-22-00]


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.

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Proposed Project

    Assessment of Exposure to Arsenic through Household Water--New--
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH). Arsenic is a naturally 
occurring element present in food and water as both inorganic and 
organic complexes. Epidemiologic evidence shows a strong link between 
ingestion of water containing inorganic arsenic and an increase in a 
wide variety of cancers (e.g., bladder cancer). Consumption of 
contaminated food is the major source of arsenic exposure for the 
majority of United States citizens. There are some areas of the United 
States where elevated levels of arsenic in water occur with appreciable 
frequency. In such areas, ingestion of water can be the dominant source 
of arsenic exposure. Currently, the preferred method of treatment of 
private, domestic well water containing elevated levels of arsenic is 
point-of-use (POU) devices. The acceptability of bottled water and POU 
treatment systems as effective means of managing arsenic exposure is 
based on the assumption that other water exposures such as bathing, 
brushing of teeth, cooking, and occasional water consumption from other 
taps contribute relatively minor amounts to a person's total daily 
intake of arsenic.
    We propose to conduct a study to methodically test the validity of 
the commonly-made assumption that secondary exposures such as bathing 
will not result in a significant increase in arsenic intake over 
background dietary levels. Specifically, we are interested in assessing 
urine arsenic levels among individuals where ingestion of arsenic-
containing water is controlled by either POU treatment or use of 
bottled water, combined with use of short-term diaries to record diet, 
water consumption, and bathing frequency. Total annual burden is 510.

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                                                                                                       Average
                                                                            Number of    Responses/     burden
                               Respondents                                 respondents   respondent    response
                                                                                                      (in hours)
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Prescreening postcard completion.........................................        1,000            1         5/60
Recruiting telephone interview...........................................          320            1        15/60
Survey interview (in person).............................................          520            1        30/60
Biologic specimen collection.............................................          520            1        10/60
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    Dated: April 20, 2000.
Charles W. Gollmar,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-10351 Filed 4-25-00; 8:45 am]
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