[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 41 (Thursday, March 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12594-12595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4947]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

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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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-7570 or send an email 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

    Biomonitoring of Great Lakes Populations Program--New--Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Great Lakes Basin has suffered decades of pollution and 
ecosystem damage. In 1987, the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement 
listed 40 Areas of Concern (AOCs) representing the most polluted areas 
in the Great Lakes Basin. Many chemicals persist in Great Lakes 
sediments, as well as in wildlife and humans. These chemicals can build 
up in the aquatic food chain. Eating contaminated fish is a known route 
of human exposure.
    In 2009, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) was enacted 
in Public Law 111-88. The GLRI makes Great Lakes restoration a national 
priority for 16 federal agencies. The GLRI is led by the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). Under a 2010 interagency 
agreement with the U.S. EPA, the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry (ATSDR) announced a funding opportunity called the 
``Biomonitoring of Great Lakes Populations Program'' (CDC-RFA-TS10-
1001).
    This applied public health program aims to measure Great Lakes 
chemicals in human blood and urine. These measures will be a baseline 
for the GLRI and future restoration activities. The measures will be 
compared to available national estimates. This program also aims to 
take these measures from people who may be at higher risk of harm from 
chemical exposures.
    Three states were funded for this program: Michigan, Minnesota, and 
New York. The health departments in these states will look at seven 
AOCs and four types of sensitive adults: Michigan--urban anglers in the 
Detroit River and the Saginaw River and Bay AOCs; Minnesota--American 
Indians near the St. Louis River AOC; and New York--licensed anglers 
and immigrants from Burma and their family members living in four Lake 
Ontario and Lake Erie AOCs. These include the Rochester Embayment AOC, 
the Eighteenmile Creek AOC, and the AOCs along the Niagara and Buffalo 
Rivers.
    Each state will use its own way to ask people to take part in the 
study. In Michigan, people fishing along the shores of the Detroit 
River and Saginaw River and Bay will be asked a few questions to see if 
they are willing to take part in the study. In Minnesota, American 
Indians will be randomly chosen from a list of people who get local 
tribal health clinic and social services. They will be contacted by 
trained staff to take part in the study. In New York, names from the 
state licensed angler database will be chosen at random. These people 
will be contacted by mail and telephone to take part in the study. 
Another group, immigrants who moved from Burma to Buffalo, NY, will 
work with trained study staff to get their people to take part in the 
study.
    All respondents who consent will give blood and urine specimens. 
Their blood and urine will be tested for polychlorinated biphenyls 
(PCBs), mercury, lead, and pesticides. Pesticides will include mirex, 
hexachlorobenzene, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and 
dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE). Each state will test blood and 
urine for other chemicals of local concern. Respondents will also be 
interviewed. They will be asked about demographic and lifestyle 
factors, hobbies, and types of jobs, which can contribute to chemical 
exposure. Some diet questions will be asked, too, with a focus on 
eating Great Lakes fish. There is no cost to respondents other than 
their time spent in the study. The estimated annualized burden hours 
are 713 hours. The ATSDR is requesting approval to conduct this 
information collection for two years.
    The ATSDR is authorized to conduct this program under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980, as amended by the Superfund

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Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Number      Average burden
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Michigan Shoreline Anglers............  Screening Questionnaire.             350               1            5/60
                                        Telephone Questions for              250               1            7/60
                                         Scheduling Appointments.
                                        Informed Consent........             200               1            1/60
                                        Biomonitoring                        200               1           54/60
                                         Questionnaire.
American Indians from Minnesota.......  Recruitment Calling                  312               1            5/60
                                         Script.
                                        Refusal Questions Form..              62               1            2/60
                                        Individual Consent Form.             250               1            3/60
                                        Contact Information Form             250               1            2/60
                                        Study Participant                    250               1           30/60
                                         Questionnaire.
                                        Clinic Visit Form.......             250               1            1/60
                                        Participation Record....             250               1            3/60
New York State Licensed Anglers.......  Mail-in Eligibility                  300               1            5/60
                                         Screening Survey.
                                        Online Eligibility                   450               1            5/60
                                         Screening Survey.
                                        Telephone Script for Non-            500               1            5/60
                                         responders to Screening.
                                        Telephone Script for                 150               1            5/60
                                         Eligible Responders to
                                         Screening.
                                        Informed Consent........             200               1            1/60
                                        Interview Questionnaire.             200               1           30/60
Immigrants from Burma and Descendants.  Eligibility Screening                 92               1            5/60
                                         Survey.
                                        Informed Consent........              50               1            1/60
                                        Interview Questionnaire.              50               1               1
                                        Network Size Questions                50               1            5/60
                                         for Respondent Driven
                                         Sampling.
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-4947 Filed 2-29-12; 8:45 am]
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