[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 226 (Friday, November 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71161-71162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6505]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-06-05AS]


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) 639-4794 or send an e-mail 
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

    2005 Lead Disclosure Rule Public Awareness Survey--New--National 
Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    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 part 35, subpart A, and 
by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 40 CFR part 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 rental property owners who own 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. Each 
respondent will be surveyed only once, and participation is voluntary.
    Respondents will be asked to complete a brief written survey and 
return the survey anonymously via the addressed, stamped envelope that 
CDC will provide. There is no cost to respondents except the time to 
complete the survey. The estimated total burden hours are 250.

                                       Estimate of Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
                           Respondents                              respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent         hrs.)
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Targeted Property Owners........................................            1000               1           15/60
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    Dated: November 17, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E5-6505 Filed 11-23-05; 8:45 am]
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