[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40698-40700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14726]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-16-16ARH; Docket No. CDC-2016-0053]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, 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. This notice invites comment on the proposed 
information collection entitled ``Poison Center Collaborations for 
Public Health Emergencies.'' The goal for this new information 
collection is to create a timely generic clearance mechanism to allow a 
network of U.S. poison centers, in collaboration with CDC, to obtain

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critical exposure and health information during public health 
emergencies. CDC will collect follow-up information not captured during 
poison center callers' initial calls.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 22, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0053 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted 
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.

    Please note:  All public comment should be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 
address listed above.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    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.

Proposed Project

    Poison Center Collaborations for Public Health Emergencies--NEW--
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is requesting a 
three-year Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance for a new generic 
clearance information collection request (Generic ICR) titled ``Poison 
Center Collaborations for Public Health Emergencies.''
    CDC's key partner, the American Association of Poison Control 
Centers (AAPCC), is a national network of 55 poison centers working to 
prevent and treat poison exposures. The goal for this new Generic ICR 
is to create a timely mechanism to allow poison centers, in 
collaboration with CDC, to obtain critical exposure and health 
information during public health emergencies. This information is not 
captured during initial poison center calls about triage and treatment 
of potential poison exposures. Additional data collections are needed 
quickly to further characterize exposures, risk factors, and illnesses.
    When a public health emergency of interest to CDC and AAPCC occurs, 
the CDC and AAPCC hold a meeting to mutually decide whether the 
incident needs further investigation. For a public health emergency to 
be selected for call-back, adverse health effects must have occurred 
and a response is needed to prevent further morbidity and mortality. 
The event must meet the criteria below:
    (1) The event is a public health emergency causing adverse health 
effects.
    (2) Timely data are urgently needed to inform rapid public health 
action to prevent or reduce injury, disease, or death.
    (3) The event is characterized by a natural or man-made disaster, 
contaminated food or water, a new or existing consumer product, or an 
emerging public health threat.
    (4) The event has resulted in calls to a poison center, and the 
poison center agrees to conduct the call-back data collection.
    (5) The event is domestic.
    (6) Data collection will be completed in 60 days or less.
    Trained poison center staff will conduct the call-back telephone 
survey, after administering consent. Respondents will include 
individuals who call poison centers about exposures related to the 
select public health emergencies. These respondents include adults, 18 
years and older; adolescents, 15 to less than 18 years; and parents or 
guardians on behalf of their children less than 15 years of age.
    The total estimate of 300 annual respondents is based on poison 
center experience which assumes two incidents per year with 
approximately 150 respondents per event. The average burden per 
respondent is approximately 40 minutes for the call-back questionnaire. 
We anticipate a total annualized burden of 200 hours.
    There is no cost to the respondents other than their time.

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                                        Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
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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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Adult Poison Center Callers...  Call-back                    210               1           40/60             140
                                 Questionnaire
                                 for Self.
Adolescent Poison Center        Call-back                     30               1           40/60              20
 Callers.                        Questionnaire
                                 for Self.
Parent or Guardian Poison       Call-back                     60               1           40/60              40
 Center Callers.                 Questionnaire
                                 for Proxy.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             200
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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. 2016-14726 Filed 6-21-16; 8:45 am]
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