[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63062-63063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29937]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Division of 
Extramural Research and Training; Submission for OMB Review; Comment 
Request; Hazardous Waste Worker Training

Summary

    Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of Environmental Health 
Sciences (NIEHS), the National

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Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information 
collection listed below. This proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register on June 20, 2001, pages 
33104-33105, and allowed 60-days for public comment. No public comments 
were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 
days for public comment. The National Institutes of Health may not 
conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, 
an information collection that has been extended, revised, or 
implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.

Proposed Collection

    Title: Hazardous Waste Worker Training--42 CFR part 65.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of OMB No. 0925-
0348, expiration date January 31, 2002.
    Need of Use of Information Collection: This request for OMB review 
and approval of the information collection is required by regulation 42 
CFR part 65(a)(6).
    The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has 
been given major responsibility for initiating a worker safety and 
health training program under section 126 of the Superfund Amendments 
and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) for hazardous waste workers and 
emergency responders. A network of non-profit organizations that are 
committed to protecting workers and their communities by delivering 
high-quality, peer-reviewed safety and health curricula to target 
populations of hazardous waste workers and emergency responders has 
been developed. In 13 years (FY 1987-2000), the NIEHS Worker Training 
program has successfully supported 20 primary grantees that have 
trained nearly 1 million workers across the country and presented over 
54,000 classroom and hands-on training courses, which have accounted 
for nearly 16 million contact hours of actual training. Generally, the 
grant will initially be for 1 year, and subsequent continuation awards 
are also for one year at a time. Grantees must submit a separate 
application to have the support continued for each subsequent year. 
Grantees are to provide information in accordance with S65.4(a), (b), 
(c), and 65.6(b) on the nature, duration, and purpose of the training, 
selection criteria for trainees' qualifications and competency of the 
project director and staff, cooperative agreements in the case of joint 
applications, the adequacy of training plans and resources, including 
budget and curriculum, and response to meeting training criteria in 
OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Regulations 
(29 CFR 1910.120). As a cooperative agreement, there are additional 
requirements for the progress report section of the application. 
Grantees are to provide their information in hard copy as well as enter 
information into the WETP Grantee Data Management System. The 
information collected is used by the Director through officers, 
employees, experts, and consultants to evaluate applications based on 
technical merit to determine whether to make awards.
    Frequency of Response: Semi-annually.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Type of Respondents: Grantees.
    The annual reporting burden is as follows:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 18.
    Estimated Number of Responses Per Responsent: 2.
    Average Burden Hours Per Response: 10.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 360.
    The annualized costs to respondents are estimated at: $9,180. There 
are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance Costs to 
report.

Request for Comments

    Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1) 
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the function of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including the 
use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

Direct Comments to OMB

    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained 
in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and 
associated response time, should be directed to the: Office of 
Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk 
Officer for NIH. To request more information on the proposed project or 
to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact: 
Joseph T. Hughes, Jr., Director, Worker Education and Training Program, 
Division of Extramural Research and Training, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 or call non-toll-free number (919) 
541-0217 or E-mail your request, including your address to 
[email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: November 11, 2001.
Francine Little,
NIEHS Associate Director for Management.
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