[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 132 (Thursday, July 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39401-39402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16120]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day-14-14AMY]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 
its continuing effort to reduce public burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the 
below proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information 
collection plan and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or send comments to 
Leroy Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send 
an email to [email protected].
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval. 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; (d) 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; and (e) 
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden 
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information 
to or for a Federal agency. 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 the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. Written comments should

[[Page 39402]]

be received within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Registration of Closed-Circuit Escape Respirator (CCER) units upon 
purchase--42 CFR part 84--Regulation--New--National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    This project partially satisfies the requirement created by 42 CFR 
84.311, Registration of CCER Units upon purchase. Applicants for 
approval of closed-circuit escape respirator (CCER) units must request 
respirator purchasers register their respirators with the National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The purpose of 
the information collection, is given in Sec.  84.311c: ``The National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) requests, but does 
not require, that purchasers of this respirator register each unit with 
NIOSH. Registration will enable NIOSH, which approved this model of 
respirator, to attempt to notify you if a problem is discovered that 
might affect the safety or performance of this respirator. Registration 
will also assist NIOSH in locating deployed units to periodically 
evaluate whether this respirator model is remaining effective under 
field conditions of storage and use.''
    CCER units are respirators designed for escape from certain 
hazardous atmospheres, notably atmospheres that may be encountered 
during mining incidents. Subpart O, Closed-Circuit Escape Respirators, 
(Sec. Sec.  84.300--84.311) was added to 42 CFR Part 84, Approval of 
Respiratory Protective Devices, describing requirements for a new class 
of NIOSH-approved respirators in response to issues with deployed Self-
Contained Self-Rescuers (SCSR) respirators. Purchaser data collection 
was added to enable direct communication about potentially hazardous 
issues that may arise with approved CCER units, and to facilitate 
collection of CCER units from the field for evaluation.
    In support of these goals, the collection will request the name and 
postal address of the company that purchased the respirators, a contact 
email address and position title, the respirator manufacturer, model, 
serial number or numbers, and date of manufacture, and the company 
industry and worksite regulation body (i.e. Mining Safety and Health 
Administration (MSHA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
(OSHA), or Other). Data collection will be through a structured email 
created using a NIOSH-hosted web form. Data collection is expected to 
take approximately five minutes per submission.
    While the Federal Government is expected to purchase approximately 
40,000 CCER units annually, these purchases will not be included in the 
burden estimate as MSHA will require the collection of this data for 
mine safety checks. Purchasers covered by MSHA regulations will be 
advised that MSHA reporting requirements will include all expected 
benefits of this CCER registration, and therefore registration is not 
recommended. The private sector is expected to purchase approximately 
4,000 CCER units annually and a conservative estimate purchase lot size 
of ten (400 units).
    We estimate an 80% response rate, for an estimated 320 responses. 
The estimated overall burden is 27 hours. There are no costs to the 
respondents other than their time.

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                       Average burden
              Type of respondent                            Form name                 Number of       Responses per   per response (in    Total burden
                                                                                     respondents       respondent          hours)             hours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Purchaser of CCER units.......................  CCER Registration Form..........               320                 1              5/60                27
                                                                                 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.....................................                                                                                                        27
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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. 2014-16120 Filed 7-9-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P