[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.
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