[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 139 (Thursday, July 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41223-41224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6371]


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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 April 5, 2006, page 17119, 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 August 31, 2006. 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 workers 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

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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 assumption use; (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 12333, 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.

    Dated: July 12, 2006.
Richard A. Freed,
Associate Director for Management.
[FR Doc. 06-6371 Filed 7-19-06; 8:45 am]
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