[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 175 (Friday, September 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46775-46776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21915]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[30Day-09-0039]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) 
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/ATSDR Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-
5960 or send an e-mail to [email protected]. Send written comments to the CDC 
Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax 
to (202)395-5806. Written comments should be received within 30 days of 
this notice.

Proposed Project

    Tremolite Asbestos Registry (TAR)--Extension--Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).

Background and Brief Description

    The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) 
requests an extension of data collection and procedures for the 
previously approved Tremolite Asbestos Registry (TAR) project for an 
additional three years. 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 national registries 
of persons who have been exposed to hazardous substances in the 
environment and national registries of persons with illnesses or health 
problems resulting from such exposure. In 2003, ATSDR created the 
Tremolite Asbestos Registry (TAR) as a result of this legislation in an 
effort to provide scientific information about potential adverse health 
effects people develop as a result of exposure to the amphibole fibers 
that are found in vermiculite mined from Libby, Montana. The purpose of 
the TAR is to improve communication with people at risk for developing 
asbestos-related diseases subsequent to exposure to Libby amphibole and 
to support research activities related to TAR registrants. The TAR is 
currently composed of information about former vermiculite workers, the 
people that lived with them during their tenure as vermiculite workers 
(i.e., the workers' household contacts), and people who participated in 
screening programs funded by ATSDR conducted in Libby and other sites 
that received Libby vermiculite. TAR participants are interviewed to 
collect information on exposure pathways, tobacco use, and health 
outcomes. The standardized TAR survey is administered using a computer-
assisted personal interview instrument.
    The number of annual respondents will vary little from year to 
year. We anticipate that 500 persons per year could be added during 
each of the next 3 years in addition to the 4,500 registrants already 
enrolled. These newly enrolled respondents will be interviewed using 
the Baseline interview instrument. Optimally, one third of the follow-
up interviews will be conducted each year for the next three years 
using the Follow-up interview instrument. The maximum burden for the 
baseline survey is 30 minutes and 20 minutes for the follow-up survey.

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    There is no cost to registrants. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 750.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Number      Average burden
          Type of respondents                Data collection         Number of     responses per   per response
                                               instruments          respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Persons exposed.......................  Baseline TAR                         500               1           30/60
                                         Questionnaire.
                                        Follow-up TAR                      1,500               1           20/60
                                         questionnaire.
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    Dated: September 3, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-21915 Filed 9-10-09; 8:45 am]
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