[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 5288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2646]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-02-23]


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 Anne O'Connor, 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

    Use of a Reader Response Form by Workers Notified if Results of 
Epidemiologic Studies--NEW--The National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC). The mission of NIOSH is to promote safety and health at work for 
all people through research and prevention.
    NIOSH routinely notifies subjects about the results of 
epidemiologic studies and the implications of the results. The overall 
purpose of the proposed project is to gain insight into the 
effectiveness of NIOSH worker notification, in order to improve the 
quality and usefulness of the Institute's worker notification 
activities. Researchers from the NIOSH Division of Surveillance, Hazard 
Evaluations and Field Studies (DSHEFS) propose to provide notified 
workers with a Reader Response Form as an evaluation instrument for 
routinely assessing individual letter notification materials sent to 
them by NIOSH.
    The results of this ongoing evaluation activity will be used to 
refine notification activities by standardizing and streamlining 
written notification materials, and to develop materials which are more 
readable, understandable, and informative to notified workers, their 
families, and other stakeholders. The findings from these evaluations 
may also allow the NIOSH worker notification program to help alleviate 
any negative impacts and enhance any positive impacts of risk 
communications.
    The objective of the Reader Response Form, therefore, is to provide 
a structured reporting form which will capture the recipients' 
responses concerning the effectiveness of the NIOSH notification 
efforts and their impact on workers and other stakeholders.
    The average number of letter-type notifications is estimated at 
8,000 per year. Each form is estimated to take less than 10 minutes to 
complete. There are no cost to respondents other than their time to 
complete the Reader Response Form.

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                                                                    No. of      Avg. burden per
                 Respondents                       No. of         responses/     response  (in     Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent         hours)         (in hours)
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Reader Response Form........................            8000                1            10/60            1,333
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    Dated: January 29, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Program, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-2646 Filed 2-4-02; 8:45 am]
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