[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 7229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3199]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-24-04]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    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 or by fax 
to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program 
Quarterly Report (OMB No. 0920-0282)--Extension--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, the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC) began the National Childhood Lead Surveillance 
Program within the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH). 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.
    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. The estimated annualized 
burden is 336 hours.

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                                                                                   Number of      Average burden
                         Respondents                              Number of      responses per    per respondent
                                                                 respondents       respondent       (in hours)
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State and Local Grant and Cooperative Agreement Programs.....              42                4                2
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    Dated: February 6, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-3199 Filed 2-12-04; 8:45 am]
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