[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43151-43152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14682]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-05-04JN]


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) 371-5974 or send an email to 
[email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Internet Survey on Household Drinking Water--New `` National Center

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for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Drinking water in the United States comes from many different 
sources. A recent survey of the public's perceptions of water quality 
reports that 86% of adults have some concern about drinking water 
quality and more than half worry about possible contaminants in water 
(Water Quality Association, 2001 National Consumer Water Quality 
Survey). Public concern about drinking water quality has given rise to 
the increased use of bottled water, vended water, and water-treatment 
devices. The same survey reported that in the past six years, use of 
home water-treatment systems rose 60%. Bottled water consumption has 
risen from 10.5 gallons per capita in 1993 to 22.6 gallons per capita 
in 2003, making bottled water the second largest commercial beverage 
category, accounting for $8.3 billion in sales for 2003 (Beverage 
Marketing Corporation, News Release, April 8, 2004). Many consumers 
believe that bottled water is `healthier' than tap water. However the 
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency responsible for 
regulating the quality of bottled water, reports that the relative 
safety of bottled vs. tap water remains under debate (FDA Consumer 
Magazine, July-August 2002).
    The proposed internet survey is designed to obtain information 
about why the public is using water-treatment devices, bottled water, 
and vended water as alternatives to tap water. The survey asks both 
opinion and knowledge questions about the safety of each type of water 
and requests information on the frequency and costs of using bottled 
water, vended water, and water-treatment devices. The survey also 
contains knowledge and opinion questions about general water topics, 
including perceptions of the chemical and microbial quality of water 
and any health incidents participants have experienced associated with 
drinking various types of water. The survey will be posted on the CDC 
Web site and recruitment will be sought through an announcement on the 
Web site inviting visitors to complete the survey. We anticipate that 
survey participants will come from all regions of the United States. No 
personal identifiers are requested as part of the survey. There are no 
costs to the respondents other than their time. The total annual burden 
hours are 333.

                                       Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of
                           Respondents                             Number of of    responses per  Average burden
                                                                    respondents     respondent     per response
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CDC Internet SurveyRespondents..................................           1,000               1           20/60
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    Dated: July 20, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-14682 Filed 7-25-05; 8:45 am]
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