[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29329-29330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13465]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-01-44]


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 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed 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 or 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

    Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance--Revision--OMB 
No. 0923-0008 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 Reauthorization 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. The primary purpose of this activity, which ATSDR has 
supported since 1992, is to develop, implement, and maintain a state-
based surveillance system for hazardous substances emergency events 
which can be used to (1) describe the distribution of the hazardous 
substances releases; (2) describe the public health consequences 
(morbidity, mortality, and evacuations) associated with the events; (3) 
identify risk factors associated with the public health consequences; 
and (4) develop strategies to reduce future public health consequences. 
The study population will consist of all hazardous substance non-
permitted acute releases within the 16 states (Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, 
Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, 
North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Washington, and 
Wisconsin) participating in the surveillance system.
    Until this system was developed and implemented, there was no 
national public health-based surveillance system to coordinate the 
collation, analysis, and distribution of hazardous substances emergency 
release data to public health practitioners. It was necessary to 
establish this national surveillance system which describes the public 
health impact of hazardous substances emergencies on the health of the 
population of the United States. The data collection form will be 
completed by the state health department Hazardous Substances Emergency 
Events Surveillance (HSEES) coordinator using a variety of sources 
including written and oral reports from environmental protection 
agencies, police, firefighters, emergency response personnel; or 
researched by the HSEES coordinator using census data, material safety 
data sheets, and chemical handbooks. There are no costs to respondents.

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                                                                  Number of     Average burden/    Total annual
                 Respondents                     Number of        responses/     response  (in     burden  (in
                                                respondents       respondent         hours)           hours)
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State Health Departments....................              16              613                1            9,808
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    Dated: May 21, 2001.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-13465 Filed 5-29-01; 8:45 am]
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