[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 116 (Thursday, June 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 37564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15115]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-46-00]


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.

Proposed Projects

    Possible Estuary-Associated Syndrome (PEAS) Surveillance--
Extension--National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)--In 1997, 
scientists found a newly identified microorganism, the dinoflagellate 
Pfiesteria piscicida, in water samples taken from a bay tributary. The 
presence of large numbers of this organism (a bloom) was purportedly 
associated with observations of thousands of dead fish as well as with 
reports of a wide range of adverse human health effects. Reports of 
this purported association created excessive public concern about 
exposure to estuarine waters and a general distrust in seafood that 
prompted a flood of inquiries to public health and environmental 
quality agencies.
    Since 1997, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
has been working with the States of Delaware, Florida, Maryland, North 
Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia in a series of meetings, 
workshops, and conference calls to design, implement, evaluate, and 
revise surveillance activities to provide a quantitative estimate of 
the public health burden associated with responding to Pfiesteria-
related events, including blooms, fish kills, and people with health 
complaints. Cooperative agreement funds were awarded to these states to 
develop a multi-state surveillance system to examine the effects of 
Pfiesteria blooms upon humans and to expand the scientific knowledge of 
the human health effects of Pfiesteria. Specifically, the states will 
quantify the burden of PEAS on their health agencies by enumerating the 
number of contacts involving public and professional requests for 
information as well as symptoms involved in self-reporting. In 
collaboration with the state health departments, NCEH has developed a 
standardized data collection instrument that the states may use to 
collect and store the surveillance data. NCEH has requested that the 
states report specific data elements back at regular intervals so that 
NCEH can compile the data and issue periodic aggregate reports. CDC/
NCEH is requesting a 3-year clearance. The total annual burden hours 
are 99.

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                                                                                                  Average burden/
                         Type of burden                              Number of       Number of     response  (in
                                                                    respondents      responses        hours)
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Information only calls..........................................             800               1            5/60
Symptomatic Reports--telephone interview........................              80               1           25/60
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    Dated: June 8, 2000.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-15115 Filed 6-14-00; 8:45 am]
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