[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 72 (Monday, April 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22271-22272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08788]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed collection; 60-day comment request: NLM PEOPLE 
LOCATOR[supreg] System

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment 
on proposed data collection projects, the National Library of Medicine 
(NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH), will publish periodic 
summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
    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 assumptions 
used; (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.
    To Submit Comments and For Further Information: To obtain a copy of 
the data collection plans and instruments, submit comments in writing, 
or request more information on the proposed project, contact: David 
Sharlip, NLM Project Clearance Liaison, Office of Administrative and 
Management Analysis Services, OAMAS, NLM, NIH, Building 38A, Room 
B2N12, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, or call non-toll-free 
number (301) 496-5441, or Email your request, including your address 
to: [email protected]. Formal requests for additional plans and 
instruments must be requested in writing.

DATES: Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days 
of the date of this publication.

Proposed Collection

    NLM People Locator System 0925-0612, Expiration Date: 06/30/2013, 
Type of submission: Revision, National Library of Medicine (NLM), 
National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Need and Use of Information Collection

    This collection of data is intended to assist in the reunification 
of family members and friends who are separated during a disaster. 
Experience in operational drills and during real-world disasters such 
as the January 2010 earthquakes in Haiti demonstrates that family 
members and loved ones are often separated during disasters and have 
significant difficulty determining each other's safety, condition, and 
location. Reunification can not only improve their emotional well-being 
during the recovery period, but also improve the chances that injured 
victims will be cared for once they are released from urgent medical 
care. Family and friends are also a valuable source of medical 
information that may be important to the care of injured victims (e.g., 
by providing family or personal medical history, information about 
allergies). The National Library of Medicine (NLM) aims to assist 
Federal, State and Local agencies in disaster relief efforts and to 
serve its mission of supporting national efforts to the response to 
disasters via the PEOPLE LOCATOR[supreg] system and related mobile app 
(ReUnite\TM\) developed as part of the intramural Lost Person Finder 
(LPF) R&D project. The information collection would support efforts to 
reunite family and friends who are separated during a disaster. 
Information about missing (``lost'') people would be collected from 
family members or loved ones who are searching for them. Information 
about recovered (``found'') people could be provided by medical 
personnel, volunteers and other relief workers assisting in the 
disaster recovery effort. Information collected about missing and 
recovered persons would vary including any one of the following and 
possibly all: a photograph, name (if available for a found person), age 
group (child, adult) and/or range, gender, status (alive and well, 
injured, deceased, unknown), and location. The information collection 
would be voluntary. It would be activated only during times of declared 
emergencies, training and demonstration support activities, and would 
operate in declared emergencies until relief efforts have ceased in 
response to a particular disaster. This data collection is authorized 
pursuant to sections 301, 307, 465 and 478A of the Public Health 
Service Act [42 U.S.C. 241, 242l, 286 and 286d]. NLM has in its mission 
the development and coordination of communication technology to improve 
the delivery of health services.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 7,500.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of     Average time
               Types of respondent                   Number of     responses per   per response    Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)     burden hours
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Emergency Care First-Responders, Physicians,                 500             100            3/60           2,500
 Other Health Care Providers....................
Family members seeking a missing person.........          50,000               2            3/60           5,000
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    Dated: April 9, 2013.
David Sharlip,
Project Clearance Liaison, NLM, NIH.
[FR Doc. 2013-08788 Filed 4-12-13; 8:45 am]
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