[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49192-49193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24019]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-49-01]


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: Hazardous Substances Emergency Events 
Surveillance--Extension--OMB No. 0923-0008 Agency for Toxic Substances 
and Disease Registry (ATSDR). 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. The total estimated annualized 
burden is 7,356 hours.

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                                                                                   Number of       Avg. burden/
                         Respondents                              Number of        responses/      response (in
                                                                 respondents      respondents         hrs.)
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State Health Deparatments....................................              16              613            45/60
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    Dated: September 17, 2001.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-24019 Filed 9-25-01; 8:45 am]
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