[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78416-78417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28612]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-05AS]


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 (404) 371-5973 
or send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email 
to [email protected].

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    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. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    2005 Lead Disclosure Rule Public Awareness Survey--New--National 
Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).
    The proposed 2005 Lead Disclosure Rule Public Awareness Survey will 
assess small and medium-sized rental property owners' self-reported 
awareness of and compliance with the Lead Disclosure Rule. The Lead 
Disclosure Rule requires property owners to disclose to prospective 
tenants and buyers the presence of lead paint and lead-based paint 
hazards in residential properties built before 1978, if known by the 
owners. The rule was published under the authority of Title X of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 by the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at 24 CFR 35, subpart A, and by the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 40 CFR 745, subpart F.
    Childhood lead poisoning, while on the decline, remains a threat to 
the health and well-being of young children across the United States. 
In accordance with the Healthy People 2010 goal to ``eliminate elevated 
blood lead levels in children,'' there is a need for primary prevention 
of childhood lead poisoning. Primary prevention is the removal of lead 
hazards from a child's environment before the child is exposed. 
Ensuring compliance with the Lead Disclosure Rule is one component of a 
primary prevention strategy.
    The U.S. Department of Justice, HUD, and EPA, in partnership with 
local health, housing, and law enforcement agencies have completed more 
than 34 enforcement settlements under the Lead Disclosure Rule. As a 
result, they have obtained commitments from property owners to test and 
abate lead-based paint hazards in their high-risk rental housing units. 
HUD has requested the assistance of the Lead Poisoning Prevention 
Branch at CDC to design and implement an evaluation of their 
enforcement efforts.
    As part of this evaluation effort, CDC is interested in the 
perception of the Lead Disclosure Rule by sectors of the property owner 
population that have been targeted less often for enforcement of the 
rule. This survey of small and medium-sized rental property owners 
(owning fewer than 50 rental units) will be the first effort of its 
kind to capture this particular population's self-reported awareness of 
and compliance with the Lead Disclosure Rule.
    The survey will be administered in four U.S. cities during 2005 and 
2006. Two of the cities will be involved in a compliance assistance and 
enforcement intervention by HUD. The other two cities will be control 
cities (without such an intervention). For all four cities, CDC will 
conduct a cross-sectional ``before and after'' study design, but 
utilizing different respondents. Therefore, each respondent will be 
surveyed only once. Participation is voluntary. Respondents will be 
asked to complete a brief written survey and return the survey 
anonymously via the addressed, stamped envelope CDC will provide. There 
is no cost to respondents except the time to complete the survey.

                                             Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Respondents                       Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours.)      (in hrs.)
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Targeted Property Owners........................            1000               1           15/60             250
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             250
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    Dated: December 21, 2004.
B. Kathy Skipper,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-28612 Filed 12-29-04; 8:45 am]
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