[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7751-7752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2830]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Environmental 
Health Sciences; Division of Extramural Research and Training


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Hazardous Waste 
Worker Training

    Summary: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Institutes of 
Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
a request to review and approve the information collection listed 
below. This proposed information collection was previously published in 
the Federal Register on December 8, 2004, pages 71061-71062, and 
allowed 60-days for public comment. No public comments were received. 
The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public 
comment. The National Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, 
and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information 
collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after 
October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control 
number.
    Proposed Collection: Title: Hazardous Waste Worker Training--42 CFR 
Part 65. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of OMB No. 
0925-0348, expiration date February 28, 2005. Need and Use of 
Information Collection: This request for OMB review and approval of the 
information collection is required by regulation 42 CFR part 65(a)(6). 
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has 
been given major responsibility for initiating a worker safety and 
health training program under Section 126 of the Superfund Amendments 
and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) for hazardous waste workers and 
emergency responders. A network of non-profit organizations that are 
committed to protecting working and their communities by delivering 
high-quality, peer-reviewed safety and health curricula to target 
populations of hazardous waste workers and emergency responders has 
been developed. In seventeen years (FY 1987-2004), the NIEHS Worker 
Training program has successfully supported 20 primary grantees that 
have trained more than 1.3 million workers across the country and 
presented over 69,000 classroom and hands-on training courses, which 
have accounted for nearly 18 million contact hours of actual training. 
Generally, the grant will initially be for one year, and subsequent 
continuation awards are also for one year at a time. Grantees must 
submit a separate application to have the support continued for each 
subsequent year. Grantees are to provide information in accordance with 
S65.4 (a), (b), (c) and 65.6 (b) on the nature, duration, and purpose 
of the training, selection criteria for trainees' qualifications and 
competency of the project director and staff, cooperative agreements in 
the case of joint applications, the adequacy of training plans and 
resources, including budget and curriculum, and response to meeting 
training criteria in OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency 
Response Regulations (29 CFR 1910.120). As a cooperative agreement, 
there are additional requirements for the progress report section of 
the application. Grantees are to provide their information in hard copy 
as well as enter information into the WETP Grantee Data Management 
System. The information collected is used by the Director through 
officers, employees, experts, and consultants to evaluate applications 
based on technical merit to determine whether to make awards. Frequency 
of Response: Biannual. Affected Public: Non-profit organizations. Type 
of Respondents: Grantees. The annual reporting burden is as follows: 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 18; Estimated Number of Responses per 
Respondent: 2; Average Burden Hours Per Response: 10; and Estimated 
Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 360. The annualized cost to 
respondents is estimated at: $10,764. There are no Capital Costs, 
Operating Costs and/or Maintenance Costs to report.
    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information 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.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on 
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans 
and instruments, contact: Joseph T. Hughes, Jr., Director, Worker 
Education and Training Program, Division of Extramural Research and 
Training, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 or 
call non-toll-free number (919) 541-0217 or E-mail your request, 
including your address to [email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days 
of the date of this publication.


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    Dated: February 5, 2005.
Richard A. Freed,
NIEHS, Associate Director for Management.
[FR Doc. 05-2830 Filed 2-14-05; 8:45 am]
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