[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 164 (Monday, August 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50649-50651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20100]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[60Day-14-14ATA]


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

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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 be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

Proposed Project

    Biomonitoring of Great Lakes Populations Program II--New--Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Department of Health 
and Human Services (DHHS).

Background and Brief Description

    The Great Lakes Basin has suffered decades of pollution and 
ecosystem damage. Many chemicals persist in Great Lakes sediments, as 
well as in wildlife and humans. These chemicals can build up in the 
aquatic food chain. Eating contaminated fish is a known route of human 
exposure.
    In 2009, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) was enacted 
by Public Law 111-88. The GLRI FY2010-FY2014 Action Plan makes Great 
Lakes restoration a national priority for 12 Federal Agencies. The GLRI 
is led by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). Under a 
2013 interagency agreement with the US EPA, the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announced a funding opportunity 
called the ``Biomonitoring of Great Lakes Populations Program'' (CDC-
RFA-TS13-1302).
    This applied public health program aims to measure Great Lakes 
chemicals in human blood and urine. These measures will be a baseline 
for current and future restoration activities. The measures will be 
compared to available national estimates. This program also aims to 
take these measures from people who may be at higher risk of harm from 
chemical exposures.
    This project will provide additional public health information to 
supplement the CDC-RFA-TS10-1001 cooperative agreement program 
``Biomonitoring of Great Lakes Populations'' (thereafter referred as 
``Program I'') initiated in FY2010 (OMB Control Number 0923-0044). The 
purpose of the current announcement is to evaluate body burden levels 
of priority contaminants in Great Lakes residents, particularly those 
who are at highest exposure risk, in an area and susceptible 
populations that were not previously addressed in the Program I.
    The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) received funding 
for the current program. NYSDOH will look at two subpopulations of 
adults living in Syracuse, NY who are known to eat fish from Onondaga 
Lake. Onondaga Lake is a highly polluted Great Lakes Basin water body 
in Central New York located northwest of Syracuse. The target 
subpopulations are: (1) Burmese and Bhutanese refugees who are known to 
eat a substantial amount of fish from Onondaga Lake (300 people); (2) 
an urban population who rely on fish from Onondaga Lake as a source of 
food (100 people). NYSDOH study staff will work closely with local 
refugee and citizen support organizations to get people to take part in 
the study. Formative research will be conducted to determine the best 
method for recruiting these populations in Syracuse eating fish from 
Onondaga Lake.
    All respondents who consent will give blood and urine specimens. 
Their blood will be tested for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), 
mercury, lead, cadmium, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), 
perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), toxaphene, chlordane, oxychlordane and 
trans-nonachlor, dieldrin, dechlorane plus, omega-3 fatty acids, blood 
lipids, and pesticides. Pesticides will include mirex, 
hexachlorobenzene, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and 
dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE). Their urine will be tested for 
creatinine.
    Respondents will also be interviewed. They will be asked about 
demographic and lifestyle factors, hobbies, and types of jobs which can 
contribute to chemical exposure. Some diet questions will be asked, 
too, with a focus on eating Great Lakes fish. There is no cost to 
respondents other than their time spent in the study.
    The ATSDR is requesting a two-year approval from OMB and is 
authorized to conduct this program under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization 
Act of 1986 (SARA).

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Refugees from Burma and Bhutan  Eligibility                  250               1            5/60              21
 living in Syracuse, NY.         Screening
                                 Survey.
                                Informed Consent             150               1            1/60               3
                                Interview                    150               1           45/60             113
                                 Questionnaire.
                                Network Size                 150               1            5/60              13
                                 Questions for
                                 Respondent
                                 Driven Sampling.
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Urban subsistence anglers       Eligibility                   92               1            5/60               8
 living in Syracuse, NY.         Screening
                                 Survey.
                                Informed Consent              50               1            1/60               1
                                Interview                     50               1           30/60              25
                                 Questionnaire.
                                Network Size                  50               1            5/60               4
                                 Questions for
                                 Respondent
                                 Driven Sampling.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             188
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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. 2014-20100 Filed 8-22-14; 8:45 am]
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