[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6877-6878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2486]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-05-0337]


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 this request, call the 
CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 371-5976 or send an e-mail to 
[email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC via fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National Blood Lead Surveillance System (OMB No. 0920-0337)--
Revision--National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    CDC, National Center for Environmental Health began the National 
Childhood Lead Surveillance Program in 1992. 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 
(BLLs) 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 poison prevention 
activities. State surveillance systems are based on reports of blood-
lead tests from laboratories. Ideally, laboratories report results of 
all lead tests (not just elevated values) to the state health 
department; however, each state determines the reporting level for 
blood-lead tests. In addition to blood-lead test results, state child-
specific surveillance databases contain follow-up data on children with 
elevated blood-lead levels including data on medical treatment, 
environmental investigations, and potential sources of lead exposure. 
Surveillance data for the national database are extracted from the 
state child tracking databases and transferred to CDC.
    Since 1987, CDC National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health has sponsored the state-based Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and 
Surveillance (ABLES) program to track cases of elevated BLLs among 
persons ages 16 years and older, and provide intervention consultation 
and other assistance. The public health objective of the ABLES program, 
as stated in Healthy People 2010, is to reduce the number of persons 
with BLLs >25 [mu]g/dL from work exposures to zero by 2010. The ABLES 
program seeks to accomplish its objective by continuing to improve its 
surveillance programs and helping state health and other agencies to 
effectively intervene to prevent further lead exposures. Intervention 
strategies implemented by state ABLES-reporting include: conducting 
follow-up interviews with physicians, employers, and workers; 
investigating work sites; delivering technical assistance regarding 
exposure reduction or prevention; providing referrals for consultation 
and enforcement; and developing and disseminating educational materials 
and outreach programs. To coordinate their reporting and intervention 
activities for maximum efficiency, state ABLES programs are strongly 
encouraged to develop effective working relationships with the 
childhood lead prevention programs in their states. An estimated two-
three percent of children with BLLs >10 [mu]g/dL reach those levels 
from exposure to lead brought home from the workplace on the clothes or 
in the vehicles of their adult caregivers.
    ABLES is being included for the first time under this OMB approval 
request. ABLES is also a state laboratory-based surveillance system and 
many states collect both child and adult blood lead data. This request 
formerly known as the ``National Childhood Blood Lead Surveillance 
System'' is for a three-year extension with various changes to the 
current childhood system and the inclusion of the adult blood lead 
surveillance system. There is no cost to respondents other than their 
time. The estimated annualized burden is 672 hours.

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                                             Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                           Respondents                               Number of     responses per  per respondent
                                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)
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State and Local Health Departments for Child Surveillance.......              47               4               2
State and Local Health Departments for Adult Surveillance.......              37               4               2
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    Dated: February 1, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-2486 Filed 2-8-05; 8:45 am]
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