[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 19187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9380]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-24-02]


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) 498-1210. 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: Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs OMB 
No. 0920-0282--Revision--National Center for Environmental Health 
(NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    Lead poisoning is the most common and societally devastating 
environmental disease of young children in the United States. The 
adverse health effects of lead on young children can be profound. 
Severe lead exposure can cause coma, convulsions, and even death. Lower 
levels of lead, which rarely cause symptoms, can result in decreased 
intelligence, developmental disabilities, behavioral disturbances, and 
disorders of blood production.
    In 1992, CDC National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) began 
the National Childhood Lead Surveillance Program. The goals of the 
childhood lead surveillance program are to (1) establish childhood lead 
surveillance systems at the state and national levels; (2) use 
surveillance data to estimate the extent of elevated blood-lead levels 
among children; (3) assess the follow-up of children with elevated 
blood-lead levels; (4) examine potential sources of lead exposure; and 
(5) help allocate resources for lead poisoning prevention activities. 
In 2001, CDC awarded 60 grants and cooperative agreements to fund 
childhood lead poisoning prevention programs. The quarterly report is 
designed to collect blood lead screening and test confirmation data 
from CDC-funded programs. The quarterly report consists of four data 
tables requiring the following information: (1) The number of children 
screened by age and Medicaid enrollment status; (2) the number of 
children screened and confirmed by blood lead level; (3) the number of 
children screened by ethnicity; and (4) the number of children screened 
by race. OMB approval for this package will expire on 31 January 2002. 
This request is for a 3-year revision with a change in the burden 
hours. The estimated annualized burden is 480 hours.

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                                                               Average
                                  Number of     Number of      burden/
      Type of respondents        respondents   responses/   response (in
                                               respondent       hrs.)
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State and Local Grant and                60             4             2
 Cooperative Agreement
 Programs.....................
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    Dated: March 26, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-9380 Filed 4-17-02; 8:45 am]
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