[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35247-35248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16627]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-41-01]


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 Project

    National Exposure Registry--Extension--(OMB No. 0923-0006) Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC). 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 establish and maintain a national registry of persons who 
have been exposed to hazardous substances in the environment and a 
national registry of persons with illnesses or health problems 
resulting from such exposure. ATSDR created the National Exposure 
Registry (NER) as a result of this legislation in an effort to provide 
scientific information about potential adverse health effects people 
develop as a result of low-level, long-term exposure to hazardous 
substances.
    The National Exposure Registry is a program that collects, 
maintains, and analyzes information obtained from participants (called 
registrants) whose exposure to selected toxic substances at specific 
geographic areas in the United States was documented. Relevant health 
data and demographic information are also included in the NER database. 
The NER databases furnish the information needed to generate 
appropriate and valid hypothesis for future activities such as 
epidemiologic studies. The NER also serves as a mechanism for 
longitudinal health investigations that follow registrants over time to 
ascertain

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adverse health effects and latency periods.
    The NER is currently composed of four sub-registries of persons 
known to have been exposed to specific chemicals: 1,1,1,-
Trichloroethane (TCA), Trichloroethylene (TCE), 2,3,7,8-
tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (dioxin), and benzene. In 2001, the NER 
will establish a new asbestos subregistry.
    Participants in each subregistry are interviewed initially with a 
baseline questionnaire. An identical follow-up telephone questionnaire 
is administered to participants every three years until the criteria 
for terminating a specific subregistry have been met. The annual number 
of participants varies greatly from year to year. Two factors 
influencing the number of respondents per year are the number of 
subregistry updates that are scheduled and whether a new subregistry 
will be established. The addition of the new asbestos subregistry is 
expected to add approximately 6,000 persons to the NER. This increase 
is reflected in the following estimated burden table.
    The following table is annualized to reflect one new subregistry 
(asbestos) and five updates for the requested three-year extension of 
OMB No. 0923-0006. The estimated annualized burden is 3,053 hours.

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                                                                Responses
                  Respondents                     Number of        per       Avg. burden per response (in hours)
                                                  responses    respondent
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One New Subregistry...........................         2,000             1  30/60
Five Updates..................................         4,927             1  25/60
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    Dated: June 25, 2001.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 01-16627 Filed 7-2-01; 8:45 am]
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