[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70947-70948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28385]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-20518-30D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for renewal of the approved 
information collection assigned OMB control number OS-0990-0323, 
scheduled to expire on 30 April 2014. Comments submitted during the 
first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will 
accept further comments from the public on this ICR during the review 
and approval period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before December 27, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or via 
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the OMB control number 0990-0323 and 
document identifier HHS-OS-20518-30D for reference.
    Supplementary Information: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the document identifier HHS-OS-20518-30D.
    Information Collection Request Title: Medical Countermeasures.gov.
    OMB No.: 0990-0323.
    Abstract: In order to route product developers to the most 
appropriate personnel within the Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS), HHS collects some basic information about the company's 
product through Medical Countermeasures.gov. Using this information and 
a routing system that has been developed with input from participating 
agencies within HHS, including the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the 
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Medical Countermeasures.gov routes 
the meeting request to the appropriate person within HHS. ASPR is 
requesting an extension by OMB for a three-year clearance.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Meeting Request Routing 
System for Medical Countermeasures.gov--OMB No. 0990-0323, Extension--
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), 
Office of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority 
(BARDA).
    Likely Respondents: Medical Countermeasure Developers.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review

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the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise disclose 
the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for this ICR 
are summarized in the table below.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Estimated       Number of      burden per     Total burden
               Type of respondent                    number of     responses per   response (in        hours
                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)
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Developers of medical countermeasures to                     225               1            8/60              30
 naturally occurring and intentional public
 health threats.................................
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............              30
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Darius Taylor,
Deputy, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-28385 Filed 11-26-13; 8:45 am]
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