[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 240 (Thursday, December 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64433-64434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30759]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-10-02]


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: Contents of a Request for a Health Hazard 
Evaluation (OMB No. 0920-0102)--Extension--The National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC). The mission of the National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health is to promote safety and health at work 
for all people through research and prevention.
    Each year, in accordance with its mandates under the Occupational 
Safety and Health Act of 1970 and the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Act of 1977, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
(NIOSH) responds to approximately 450 requests for health hazard 
evaluations to identify potential chemical, biological or physical 
hazards at the workplace. A printed NIOSH form is available for 
requesting these health hazard evaluations. The form is also available 
on the Internet and differs from the printed version only in format and 
in the fact that it uses an Internet address to which recipients can 
submit the form to NIOSH. Both the printed and Internet versions of the 
form provide the mechanism for employees, employers, and other 
authorized representatives to supply the information required by the 
regulations which govern the NIOSH health hazard evaluation program (42 
CFR 85.3-1). In general, if employees are submitting the form it must 
contain the signatures of three or more current employees. However, 
regulations allow a single signature if the requestor is one of three 
(3) or fewer employees in the process, operation, or job of concern. It 
takes approximately six (6) NIOSH employees about five (5) minutes to 
evaluate the submitted form. The information provided is used by NIOSH 
to determine whether there is reasonable cause to justify conducting an 
investigation. The purpose of investigations conducted in the health 
hazard evaluation program is to help employers and employees identify 
and eliminate occupational health hazards. Without the information 
requested on this form, NIOSH would be unable to perform its legislated 
function of conducting health hazard evaluations in workplaces. The 
total annualized burden for this data collection is 90 hours.

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                                                                                     Number of      Avg. burden
                           Respondents                               Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)
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Employees and Representatives...................................             290               1           12/60
Employers.......................................................             160               1           12/60
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    Dated: December 5, 2001.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-30759 Filed 12-12-01; 8:45 am]
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