[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34017-34018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11936]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-07-05AT]


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) 639-4604 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

    A Site Specific Modular Evaluation Instrument for Behavior Outcome 
Measurement--New--Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 
(ATSDR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    ATSDR considers evaluation to be a critical component for enhancing 
program effectiveness and improving resource management. ATSDR's 
mandate under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (CERLCA), as amended, is to help prevent or reduce 
further exposures at hazardous waste sites and the illnesses that 
result from such exposures. A standardized methodology to monitor 
outcomes associated with agency intervention will provide the data 
needed for demonstrating effectiveness and efficiency as well as 
identifying areas for improvement.
    ATSDR, in cooperation with our cooperative agreement partners, is 
developing a series of survey modules designed to measure individual 
attitudes, knowledge and behaviors, as well as mental and physical 
health self-assessments, that may be influenced by health education and 
health promotion efforts conducted by the agency at hazardous waste 
sites. These modules will be used to determine knowledge improvements, 
attitude shifts, and behavior change following specific ATSDR program 
efforts and activities. The particular module or combination of 
modules(s) used at a site will vary depending on the contaminant(s) of 
concern and education/health promotion actions undertaken. In addition, 
the timing of the data collection will vary depending on whether this 
is a new site or one that has been underway for some time. In general, 
for new sites or existing sites with new intervention efforts, we would 
aim for two data collections, baseline and post-intervention. At 
existing sites where ATSDR interventions have been completed, we would 
collect data once, post-intervention.
    Health education and promotion activities are conducted at 
approximately 250 sites annually. We estimate that 90% will have total 
exposed or potentially exposed populations of 10,000 or less, and we 
expect to survey up to 150 respondents at each site. At sites with 
exposed or potentially exposed populations of more than 10,000, we 
expect to survey up to 500 respondents at each site.
    Using a standardized methodology and survey instrument to assess 
outcomes related to targeted intervention activities at hazardous waste 
sites will provide the agency with important feedback for program 
improvement. There will be no costs to respondents except for their 
time to participate in the survey. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 27,250.
    Estimated Annualized Burden Hours:

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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
               Type of respondents                   Number of       Number of     responses per   per response
                                                       sites        respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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General Public at Existing Sites with Exposed                 55             150               1           20/60
 Populations of 10,000 or Less..................
General Public at Existing Sites with New                    170             150               2           20/60
 Interventions or New Sites with Exposed
 Populations of 10,000 or Less..................
General Public at Existing Sites with Exposed                  5             500               1           20/60
 Populations of 10,000 or More..................
General Public at Existing Sites with New                     20             500               2           20/60
 Interventions or New Sites with Exposed
 Populations of 10,000 or More..................
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    Dated: June 14, 2007.
Catina Conner,
Acting Assistant Reports Clearance Officer,Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E7-11936 Filed 6-19-07; 8:45 am]
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