[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7216-7217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2817]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30 Day-11-10BG]


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 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-
5806. Written comments should be received within 30 days of this 
notice.

Proposed Project

    National Voluntary Environmental Assessment Information System 
(NVEAIS)--New--National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The CDC is requesting OMB approval for a National Voluntary 
Environmental Assessment Information System to collect data from 
foodborne illness outbreak environmental assessments routinely 
conducted by local, state, territorial, or tribal food safety programs 
during outbreak investigations. Environmental assessment data are not 
currently collected at the national level. The data reported through 
this information system will provide timely data on the causes of 
outbreaks, including environmental factors associated with outbreaks, 
and are essential to environmental public health regulators' efforts to 
respond more effectively to outbreaks and prevent future, similar 
outbreaks.
    The information system was developed by the Environmental Health 
Specialists Network (EHS-Net), a collaborative project of federal and 
state public health agencies. The EHS-Net has developed a standardized 
instrument for reporting data relevant to foodborne illness outbreak 
environmental assessments.
    State, local, tribal, and territorial food safety programs are the 
respondents for this data collection. Although it is not possible to 
determine how many programs will choose to participate, as NVEAIS is 
voluntary, the maximum potential number of program respondents is 
approximately 3,000.
    However, these programs will be reporting data on outbreaks, not 
their programs or personnel. It is not possible to determine exactly 
how many outbreaks will occur in the future, nor where they will occur. 
However, we can estimate, based on existing data that a maximum of 
1,400 foodborne illness outbreaks will occur annually. Only programs in 
the jurisdictions in which these outbreaks occur would report to 
NVEAIS. Consequently, we have based our respondent burden estimate on 
the number of outbreaks likely to occur each year. Assuming each 
outbreak occurs in a different jurisdiction, there will be one 
respondent per outbreak. Each respondent will respond only once per 
outbreak investigated.
    There are two activities for which we need to estimate burden for 
these programs. The first is entering all requested environmental 
assessment data into NVEAIS. This will be done once for each outbreak. 
This will take approximately 120 minutes per outbreak.
    The second activity requiring a burden estimate is the manager 
interview that will be conducted at each establishment associated with 
an

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outbreak. Most outbreaks are associated with only one establishment; 
however, some are associated with multiple establishments. We estimate 
that a maximum average of 4 manager interviews will be conducted per 
outbreak. Each interview will take about 20 minutes.
    The total estimated annual burden is 4,667 hours (see Table). There 
is no cost to the respondents other than their time.

                                          Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Number      Average burden
              Respondents               Data collection activity/    Number of     responses per   per response
                                                form name           respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Food safety program personnel.........  Reporting environmental            1,400               1               2
                                         assessment data into
                                         electronic system.
Food safety program personnel.........  Manager interview.......           1,400               4           20/60
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    Dated: February 3, 2011.
Carol E. Walker,
CDC Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-2817 Filed 2-8-11; 8:45 am]
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