[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44567-44568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17740]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-13-13[I]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    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 Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-7570 
and send comments to LeRoy Richardson, at CDC 1600 Clifton Road, MS-
D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email to [email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 2 ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    ROPS Attributes Identified by Distribution Channel Intermediaries--
New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The mission of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health (NIOSH) is to promote safety and health at work for all people 
through research and prevention. The prevention of traumatic injury is 
within the purview of NIOSH, and elevated incidence and rates of 
traumatic injury are found in the farming community. High rates of 
traumatic injury are associated with the use of older tractors that are 
not equipped with rollover protective structures (ROPS), which have 
been proven to reduce tractor-rollovers, a leading cause of injury to 
agricultural workers. To reduce the incidence of traumatic injury among 
farm workers, NIOSH proposes to administer stated-preference 
questionnaires designed to assess preference among a group of tractor-
parts dealers in Pennsylvania, New York, New Hampshire and Vermont, who 
have membership in the Northeast Equipment Dealers' Association (NEDA). 
NEDA is a trade group for tractor parts dealers and is active in 12 
States in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States. This information will 
be used to assess the impediments and barriers to adoption, as well as 
the incentives, for the distribution and sale of ROPS.
    ROPS are generally provided to end users by tractor parts dealers, 
who constitute distribution channel intermediaries between the 
manufacturer and the consumer. However, little is known about the 
decision processes that tractor parts dealers follow in deciding 
whether or not to provide ROPS to end users. The current project will 
generate ranking scores for the importance given to various items of 
concern to tractor parts dealers; these most-important items were 
previously developed through review of relevant research studies.
    CDC proposes to collect customized information, from 520 NEDA 
establishments, over a one-month period. This information will be of 
three kinds: 1. General screening information as to the appropriateness 
of administering a survey to the respondent organization; 2. Limited 
respondent perception of the demographic characteristics on the client 
base served by the NEDA establishment, and 3. Importance ranking of 
attributes of the process of providing ROPS, or the ROPS configuration 
itself.

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    This information will allow CDC to compile a systematic, 
quantifiable inventory of preference data for a group that is 
considered representative of tractor parts dealers nationwide. It will 
also allow CDC to develop recommendations for overcoming the barriers 
that have compromised the effectiveness of occupational health and 
safety programs.
    The total estimated burden for the one-time retrospective data 
collection is 39 hours which is based on a reduced response rate of 90% 
(468 respondents), as indicated in the table below. The average burden 
per response is 5 minutes. There are no costs to respondents other than 
their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondents           Form name       respondents    responses per   response  (in     (in hrs)
                                                                    respondent         hrs)
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Tractor Parts Dealers.........  ROPS                         468               1            5/60              39
                                 Questionnaire
                                 for Tractor
                                 Parts Dealers.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............              39
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-17740 Filed 7-23-13; 8:45 am]
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