[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75568-75569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29695]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[30Day-14-13AIM]


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

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Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of 
these requests, call (404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. 
Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments 
should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Chemical Emergencies Audience Analysis--New--Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).

Background and Brief Description

    The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) play a vital role in 
mitigating chemical-related risks to public health. As part of that 
role, both agencies are responsible for assessing, minimizing, and 
monitoring risks to public health, and are tasked with providing 
trusted, accurate health information to the public. Given that both 
agencies are under the same leadership, information collected to inform 
health communications will be of value to both agencies.
    The Office of Communications is seeking a one-year OMB-approval for 
an initiative to increase the effectiveness of the agencies' 
communications related to both unintentional and intentional chemical 
releases. In order to inform the development of messages and materials, 
the Office of Communications would like to understand the knowledge, 
attitudes, and behaviors (KAB) of key professional audiences who are 
involved in the immediate aftermath of chemical emergencies. In 
consultation with Subject Matter Experts, the Office of Communications 
prioritized the following professional audiences for this research:

 First responders, including police, fire fighters and 
emergency medical service workers
 Emergency department personnel, both clinical and non-clinical
 Environmental and public health professionals at the city, 
county and state levels
 Poison Control Center directors and staff

    This information collection seeks to characterize what these key 
professionals know and believe about chemical emergency events, what 
related activities and behaviors they engage in or would engage in, 
what information these audiences want, and what their challenges and 
concerns are.
    This information collection seeks approval to obtain data using two 
qualitative data collection methods. The first method includes focus 
groups to explore the KAB of members of these key professions in a 
group setting, allowing for dialogue between participants to provide 
the Office of Communications with in-depth information about this 
complex topic. Focus groups will take place remotely using Webinar 
technology, and participants will join the discussion by telephone. 
Although the Recruitment Screeners vary by respondent type, the same 
Moderator's Guide will be used for all focus groups. The second part of 
this information collection will include individual interviews with 
state-level environmental health professionals and Poison Control 
Center directors. Individual interviews will allow the agencies to 
gather in-depth information about state-level response structures and 
Poison Control Centers. Interviews will take place by telephone. To 
help ensure that participants have some experience responding to 
chemical emergencies, participants will be recruited from five states 
with the highest number of chemical emergencies, and within those 
states, from the areas where the highest number of incidents have 
occurred.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated annual burden hours are 138 hours.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
          Type of respondents                   Form name           respondents   responses  per   response  (in
                                                                                     respondent        hrs.)
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First responders......................  Focus Group Recruitment               72               1            5/60
                                         Screener.
                                        Focus Group Moderator                 36               1               1
                                         Guide.
Emergency department personnel........  Focus Group Recruitment               72               1            5/60
                                         Screener.
                                        Focus Group Moderator                 36               1               1
                                         Guide.
County or city environmental health     Focus Group Recruitment               36               1            5/60
 professionals.                          Screener.
                                        Focus Group Moderator                 18               1               1
                                         Guide.
Poison Control Center staff...........  Focus Group Recruitment               36               1            5/60
                                         Screener.
                                        Focus Group Moderator                 18               1               1
                                         Guide.
State environmental health              Interview Recruitment                  7               1            5/60
 professionals.                          Screener.
                                        Interview Guide.........               5               1               1
Poison Control Center directors.......  Interview Recruitment                  7               1            5/60
                                         Screener.
                                        Interview Guide.........               5               1               1
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LeRoy 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. 2013-29695 Filed 12-11-13; 8:45 am]
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