[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18238-18239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07670]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-15-0929]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted 
the following information collection request to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed 
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public 
and affected agencies.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are 
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a) 
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; (d) Minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses; and 
(e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Written comments and/or 
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be 
directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written

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comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    World Trade Center Health Program Petition for the Addition of a 
New WTC-Related Health Condition for Coverage under the World Trade 
Center (WTC) Health Program (OMB No. 0920-0929, expiration 04/30/
2015)--Revision--Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 
National Institutes for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Background and Brief Description

    Title I of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 
2010 (Pub. L. 111-347), amended the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) 
to add Title XXXIII establishing the WTC Health Program within the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The WTC Health Program 
provides medical monitoring and treatment benefits to eligible 
firefighters and related personnel, law enforcement officers, and 
rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers who responded to the September 
11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, at the Pentagon, and in 
Shanksville, Pennsylvania (responders), and to eligible persons who 
were present in the dust or dust cloud on September 11, 2001 or who 
worked, resided, or attended school, childcare, or adult daycare in the 
New York City disaster area (survivors).
    PHS Act Sec.  3312(a)(3) identifies a list of health conditions for 
which individuals who are enrolled in the WTC Health Program may be 
monitored or treated. PHS Act Sec.  3312(a)(6)(B) specifies that 
interested parties may petition the Administrator of the WTC Health 
Program to request that a new health condition be added to the List of 
WTC-Related Health Conditions in 42 CFR 88.1. To aid the petitioner, 
the WTC Health Program provides a petition form to be completed and 
then sent to the Administrator for review. However, the petitioner is 
not required to use the form, and may submit a petition in a different 
format, provided it contains all of the data elements requested on the 
form.
    Data elements include the interested party's name, contact 
information, signature, and a statement about the medical basis for the 
relationship/association between the 9/11 exposure and the proposed 
health condition, which the Administrator of the WTC Health Program 
will use to determine whether to propose a rule to add the condition, 
to not to add the condition, or to seek a recommendation from the 
Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee (STAC).
    The petition form is amended slightly to reflect a WTC Health 
Program policy change. The current form asks respondents to offer 
reference to ``a peer-reviewed, published, epidemiologic study.'' The 
revised form will ask respondents to reference ``peer-reviewed, 
published, epidemiologic and/or direct observational studies.''
    The submission of a petition is purely voluntary, and is not 
required or otherwise compelled by NIOSH or the WTC Health Program.
    NIOSH expects to receive no more than 20 submissions annually. 
Petitioners include prospective and enrolled WTC responders, screening-
eligible survivors, certified-eligible survivors, or members of groups 
who advocate on behalf of responders or survivors, such as physicians. 
It is estimated that an individual spends an average of 40 hours 
gathering information to substantiate a request to add a health 
condition and assembling the petition. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 800.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent        (hours)
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Responder/Survivor/Advocate             Petition for the                      20               1              40
 (physician).                            addition of health
                                         conditions.
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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. 2015-07670 Filed 4-2-15; 8:45 am]
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