[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11419-11420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3190]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-06-0006]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    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) 639-5960 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

    National Exposure Registry--Extension--(OMB No. 0923-0006)--Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)--Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    ATSDR is mandated pursuant to the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental 
Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and its 1986 
Amendments, the Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act (SARA), 
to establish and maintain a national registry of persons who have been 
exposed to hazardous substances in the environment and a national 
registry of persons with illnesses or health problems resulting from 
such exposure. In 1988, ATSDR created the National Exposure Registry 
(NER) as a result of this legislation in an effort to provide 
scientific information about potential adverse health effects people 
develop as a result of low-level, long-term exposure to hazardous 
substances.
    The NER is a program which collects, maintains, and analyzes 
information obtained from participants (called registrants) whose 
exposure to selected toxic substances at specific geographic areas in 
the United States has been documented. Relevant health data and 
demographic information are also included in the NER databases. The NER 
databases furnish the information needed to generate appropriate and 
valid hypotheses for future activities such as epidemiologic studies. 
The NER also serves as a mechanism for longitudinal health 
investigations that follow registrants over time to ascertain adverse 
health effects and latency periods.
    Participants in each subregistry are interviewed initially with a 
baseline questionnaire. An identical follow-up telephone questionnaire 
is administered to participants every three years until the criteria 
for terminating a specific subregistry have been met. The annual number 
of participants varies greatly from year to year. Two factors 
influencing the number of respondents per year are the number of 
subregistry updates that are scheduled and whether a new subregistry 
will be established. There is no cost to the respondents other than 
their time. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 834.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                 Average  burden
                         Respondents                              Number of      Responses per    per  response
                                                                  responses        respondent       (in hours)
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NER Registrant...............................................           1,667                1            30/60
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    Dated: February 27, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-3190 Filed 3-6-06; 8:45 am]
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