[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 76747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31417]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-12-03]


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: A and B Reader Surveys--New--National Institute 
for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC). Since 1970, under the U.S. Code of Federal 
Regulations (42 CFR part 37), screening chest radiographic examinations 
have been provided to underground miners at approximate five-year 
intervals. As part of the mandated Coal Workers' X-ray Surveillance 
Program (CWXSP), the NIOSH B Reader Program requires x-ray 
classification by physicians who have demonstrated proficiency in the 
International Labour Office (ILO) radiographic classification system.
    Competence in the ILO system is demonstrated by physicians who have 
completed a NIOSH approved educational seminar (A Reader) or have 
passed the NIOSH B Reader certification examination (B Reader). The ILO 
has recently completed a revision of its radiographic classification 
system (ILO 2000) that will soon be published. As a result, 
modifications of the B Reader examinations and related training 
activities and materials will be needed. These revisions provide an 
opportunity to evaluate the current B Reader Program by surveying A and 
B Readers. The survey responses from these physicians will be used to 
develop a workshop agenda and contract specifications to improve the B 
Reader Program. The annual burden for this data collection is 617 
hours.

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                                                                                     Number of     Avg. burden/
                           Respondents                               Number of      responses/     response (in
                                                                    respondents     respondent         hrs.)
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Physicians/B Reader.............................................             531               1           10/60
Physicians/Former B Reader......................................             333               1           10/60
Physicians/A Reader.............................................            2834               1           10/60
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    Dated: December 9, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, , 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-31417 Filed 12-12-02; 8:45 am]
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