[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 41440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15306]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-0680-7123-AA-1220-24 1A]


Proposed New Information Collection

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requests the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) to approve a new information collection on medical 
incidents. This information allows BLM to gather only the necessary 
data on a patient and the mechanism of injury Emergency Medical 
Response and Law Enforcement personnel need, while eliminating 
unnecessary sections of the current medical forms in use.

DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or 
before August 19, 2002. BLM will not necessarily consider any comments 
received after the above date.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to: Bureau of Land Management, (WO-
630), Eastern States Office, 7450 Boston Blvd., Springfield, Virginia 
22153.
    You may send comments via Internet to: [email protected]. Please 
include ``ATTN: 1004-NEW'' and your name and return address in your 
Internet message.
    You may deliver comments to the Bureau of Land Management, 
Administrative Record, Room 401, 1620 L Street, NW., Washington, DC.
    Comments will be available for public review at the L Street 
address during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.), Monday 
through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Barry Nelson, Chief 
Ranger, Bureau of Land Management, 2601 Barstow Road, Barstow, 
California 92311 or call (760) 252-6070 (Commercial or FTS). Persons 
who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 
Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) on 1-800-877-8330, 24 hours a 
day, seven days a week, to contact Chief Ranger Nelson.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR 1320.12(a), requires that we provide a 
60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning a collection of 
information to solicit comments on:
    (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper functioning of the agency, including whether the information 
will have practical utility;
    (b) the accuracy of our estimates of the proposed information 
collection burden, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions we use;
    (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information collected; and
    (d) ways to minimize the information collection burden 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.
    The BLM currently uses Medical Run Sheets provided by the Incident 
Command Emergency Medical Association (ICEMA). These run sheets were 
designed for use by Paramedics who:
    (1) Are licensed to perform controlled medical acts under Standing 
Orders or Advanced Medical Directives based on the instructions of a 
delegating physician; and
    (2) Must transport patients and administer any necessary treatment 
during transport.
    BLM personnel operate only at the level of First Responders or 
Emergency Medical Technicians; the ICEMA run sheets provide areas that 
are not beneficial or useful to BLM. This results in sections of the 
run sheet being left blank and not utilized with information that BLM 
staff must include in incident reports or when gathering medical data.
    The proposed new form will eliminate sections of the ICEMA run 
sheet that only paramedics and fire personnel use and replace the 
sections that will benefit both law enforcement and medical personnel, 
while still providing the information hospitals need. Since the BLM 
medical staff do not work ``medicals'' on a daily basis, the new run 
sheet will ensure that medical personnel and BLM Law Enforcement have 
the information they need. This will ensure that personnel follow 
proper procedures and document actions.
    Based on BLM's experience administering the activities described 
above, we estimate we process 260 incident reports each year. We 
estimate the incident report completion time will vary from 5 to 30 
minutes, with an average of 10 minutes. Most information for the 
incident report is gathered within the 10 minutes while other 
information (vitals) is completed periodically until higher level EMS 
personnel arrives. Annual responses will vary depending on the number 
of accidents. The estimated total annual burden is 130 hours.
    Any member of the public may request and obtain, without charge, a 
copy of the BLM CA Form 9260-29 by contacting the person identified 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    BLM will summarize all responses to this notice and include them in 
the request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments 
will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: March 22, 2002.
Michael H. Schwartz,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-15306 Filed 6-17-02; 8:45 am]
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