[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 158 (Monday, August 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49236-49237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20191]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30 Day-15-15AFJ]


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 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

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Proposed Project

    The Green Housing Pilot Study (New Orleans)--New--National Center 
for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeks a new 
three-year OMB approval for the Green Housing Pilot Study (New Orleans) 
or ``Pilot'' of additional components to be tested at the New Orleans 
site for the main Green Housing Study (OMB No. 0920-0906, Expiration 
10/31/2017). The goal of the Pilot is to apply novel approaches to 
study exposures to various indoor pollutants in children ranging in age 
from newborn-12 years. The information collected will help scientists 
better understand time-activity patterns of children that affect 
exposures to chemical and biological agents in their residential 
environments, and improve estimates of exposure for children.
    Results from this Pilot will inform future Green Housing Study 
sites and will potentially reduce participant time burden by collecting 
some questionnaires electronically. This study directly supports the 
Healthy People 2020 Healthy Homes' health protection goal of the CDC. 
This investigation is consistent with CDC's Health Protection Research 
Agenda, which calls for research to identify the major environmental 
causes of disease and disability and related risk factors.
    In 2011, CDC funded the first two study sites for the Green Housing 
Study, Boston and Cincinnati. In these two cities, renovations 
sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) had 
already been scheduled. By selecting sites in which renovations were 
already scheduled to occur, CDC has leveraged the opportunity to 
collect survey and biomarker data from residents, and to collect 
environmental measurements in homes to evaluate associations between 
green housing and health.
    Several objectives will be evaluated during the Pilot:
    (1) Identify and characterize factors affecting children's 
exposures to chemical ingredients from consumer products found in their 
everyday environment to support the data and modeling needs of the 
exposure components of EPA's national research programs;
    (2) Evaluate the Pilot data metrics for incorporation in and 
enhancement of CDC's ability to understand the relationship between 
environmental exposures and asthma;
    (3) Compare multimedia measurements and survey data between pre- 
and post-renovation time points in green and non-green low-income 
housing to assess exposure related changes in the residence and 
participants due to renovation activities.
    Like the other Green Housing Study sites, data will be collected 
from 64 households. Study participants are children with asthma and 
their mothers/primary caregivers living in HUD-subsidized housing that 
has either received a green renovation or is a non-green home. This 
Pilot will also enroll younger children with a focus on newborns-3 
years. Having a larger age range of children in the study will improve 
the estimates of how environmental exposures inside and outside of 
their homes can occur during different life stages of childhood, a 
critical period of life when the immune system and other organ systems 
are still developing.
    The Pilot will be implemented by incorporating it into the Green 
Housing study schedule. Data collection methods include: (1) Time-
activity pattern questionnaire of children, administered to mothers/
primary caregivers; (2) collection of air, soil, dust samples from the 
respondent's home; and (3) collection of blood, urine, toenails 
clippings, and feces from the respondent's eligible children.
    We hypothesize that a better estimation of exposure pathways will 
improve exposure modeling for the current and the future Green Housing 
Study sites, and influence future research in environmental health. 
Although children are considered participants, the respondents to all 
questionnaires are the mothers/primary caregivers; no children will 
fill out questionnaires.
    The respondents are 64 mothers/primary caregivers of enrolled 
children; or approximately 21 respondents each year. There is no cost 
to the respondents other than their time to participate in the study.
    The total estimated annual burden hours for the Pilot is 56 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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Mothers/Primary Caregivers of         Time/Activity                        21                4            40/60
 Enrolled Children.                    Questionnaire.
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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. 2015-20191 Filed 8-14-15; 8:45 am]
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