[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 26 (Friday, February 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 7459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02671]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-14-0881]


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 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 
20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Data Calls for the Laboratory Response Network--Extension--(OMB No. 
0920-0881, expires 3/31/14)--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic 
Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Laboratory Response Network (LRN) was established by the 
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC) in accordance with Presidential Decision Directive 
39, which outlined national anti-terrorism policies and assigned 
specific missions to Federal departments and agencies. The LRN's 
mission is to maintain an integrated national and international network 
of laboratories that can respond to acts of biological, chemical, or 
radiological terrorism and other public health emergencies. Federal, 
State, and local public health laboratories voluntarily join the LRN.
    The LRN Program Office maintains a database of information for each 
member laboratory that includes contact information as well as staff 
and equipment inventories. However, semiannually or during emergency 
response, the LRN Program Office may conduct a Special Data Call to 
obtain additional information from LRN Member Laboratories in regards 
to biological or chemical terrorism preparedness. Special Data Calls 
may be conducted via queries that are distributed by broadcast emails 
or by survey tools (i.e. Survey Monkey). This is a request for an 
extension to this generic clearance. The only cost to respondents is 
their time to respond to the data call. The total annual burden hours 
requested is 400 hours.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Number of     Average  burden
         Type of respondents                 Form name            Number of      responses per    per  response
                                                                 respondents       respondent       (in hrs.)
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Public Health Laboratorians.........  Special Data Call......             200                4            30/60
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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. 2014-02671 Filed 2-6-14; 8:45 am]
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