[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 52430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21990]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-00-46]


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 Office at (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 Anne O'Connor, CDC 
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA 
30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

Proposed Project

    National Sexually Transmitted Disease Morbidity Surveillance 
System--Extension--(0920-0011)--The National Center for HIV, STD, and 
TB Prevention (NCHSTP). The reports used for this surveillance system 
provide ongoing surveillance data on national sexually transmitted 
disease morbidity. The data are used by health care planners at the 
national, state, and local (including selected metropolitan and 
territorial health departments) levels to develop and evaluate STD 
prevention and control programs. In addition, there are many other 
users of the data including scientists, researchers, educators, and the 
media. Sexually transmitted disease (STD) data gathered in these 
reports are used to produce national statistics published in the annual 
STD Surveillance Report, MMWR articles, and serve as a progress report 
to meet objectives in Healthy People 2000: Mid-course Review and 1995 
Revisions. It is important to note that these reporting forms are in 
the process of being phased out and replaced by electronic, line-listed 
STD data collected in the National Electronic Telecommunications System 
for Surveillance (NETSS). The annual cost to respondents is estimated 
at $12,627 based on an estimated hourly salary of $15.25 for health 
department personnel responsible for completing these forms:

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                                                                     Number of        Average
                      Forms                          Number of      responses/      burden  (in    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)        (in hours)
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CDC 73.688 *....................................              36               4               1             144
CDC 73.688 **...................................              27               4               1             108
CDC 73.998......................................              36              12           35/60             252
CDC 73.2638.....................................              36               3  ..............             324
 
    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............            828
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* State-level reporting: Respondents for the state-specific CDC 73.688 forms now include 26 state health
  departments (originally, respondents included 50 states, but 24 states have now discontinued hardcopy
  reporting and send all STD data as electronic line-listed records through NETSS), seven large city health
  departments and three outlying areas.
** City-level reporting: The health departments for the 26 states and one of the outlying regions (Puerto Rico)
  also prepare and submit reports for additional large cities within their jurisdictions.


    Dated: August 23, 2000.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning, and Evaluation Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-21990 Filed 8-8-28; 8:45 am]
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