[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 27 (Friday, February 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10357-10359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02760]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-17-17OB: Docket No. ATSDR-2017-0002]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 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 a proposed 
information collection project titled ``Characterization of Exposure 
Potential during Activities Conducted on Synthetic Turf with Crumb 
Rubber Infill.'' The purpose of the proposed study is to evaluate and 
characterize human exposure potential to constituents in crumb rubber 
infill.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 11, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. ATSDR-
2017-0002 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

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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

    Characterization of Exposure Potential during Activities Conducted 
on Synthetic Turf with Crumb Rubber Infill--New--Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).

Background and Brief Description

    Currently in the United States, there are more than 12,000 
synthetic turf fields in use. While the Synthetic Turf Council has set 
guidelines for the content of crumb rubber used as infill in synthetic 
turf fields, manufacturing processes result in differences among types 
of crumb rubber. Additionally, the chemical composition may vary highly 
between different processes and source materials and may vary even 
within granules from the same origin.
    In July, 2016, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 
(ATSDR) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) 
were granted an emergency Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance for a 
research study titled ``Collections Related to Synthetic Turf Fields 
with Crumb Rubber Infill'' (OMB Control No. 0923-0054, expiration date 
01/31/2017). The research goals for the three activities in the 
protocol are pilot-level investigations to evaluate and characterize: 
(1) The chemical composition and use of crumb rubber infill in 
synthetic turf using a convenience sample of nine tire recycling 
manufacturing plants and 40 facilities that use synthetic turf fields 
(Activity 1); (2) the human exposure potential to constituents in crumb 
rubber infill among a convenience sample of 60 field users (Activity 
2); and (3) collection of biological specimens (blood and urine) from 
45 participants from Activity 2 (Activity 3).
    By December, 2016, ATSDR and USEPA completed Activity 1 which was 
aimed at characterizing the chemical composition and use of synthetic 
turf fields with tire crumb rubber infill. The agencies successfully 
consented and sampled 40 synthetic turf fields with crumb rubber infill 
across the United States. The activities are reported in the ``Status 
Report on the Federal Research Action Plan on Recycled Tire Crumb Used 
on Playing Fields and Playgrounds.'' The Status Report was released on 
December 30, 2016.
    During Activity 1, ATSDR and USEPA obtained permission to return to 
participating fields to complete the human exposure characterization. 
Due to the limited time constraints and field activity schedules, ATSDR 
and USEPA chose to begin Activity 2 data collection and Activity 3 
specimen collection in 2017.
    The agencies are requesting a new information collection request 
(ICR) for a two-year OMB clearance to complete Activity 2 and Activity 
3, now subtitled ``Characterization of Exposure Potential during 
Activities Conducted on Synthetic Turf with Crumb Rubber Infill.'' This 
will be the first assessment of activities conducted on synthetic turf 
for the purpose of characterizing potential exposure patterns. The 
study will include persons who use synthetic turf with crumb rubber 
infill (e.g., facility users) and who routinely perform activities that 
would result in a high level of contact to crumb rubber. This will 
allow for evaluation of potential high-end exposures to constituents in 
synthetic turf among this group of users. The respondents will be 
administered a detailed questionnaire on activity patterns on synthetic 
turf with crumb rubber infill. This instrument, along with extant 
videography of persons engaged in activities of interest (see below), 
will be used to characterize exposure scenarios, including the nature 
and duration of potential exposures.
    Additionally, we will conduct an exposure characterization sub-
study among a subset of the respondents. We will use a subset of the 
facilities sampled in the first study to conduct activities for the 
exposure characterization of facility users. The exposure 
characterization sub-study will include field environment sampling, 
personal air monitoring, dermal sampling, and urine and blood 
collection. Video data collection of facility user activities will be 
performed for a subset of respondents. It is likely that some of the 
collection items will not be analyzed in the current project time frame 
but will be archived for future analysis.
    The research study will screen a total of 75 participants for 
eligibility. The sample size for the exposure characterization study is 
60 respondents and 45 respondents for the exposure measurements sub-
study. The total burden hours for the research study is 174 hours among 
all of the 75 respondents. There is no cost to the respondents other 
than their time in the study.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Adult/Adolescent Field Users..  Eligibility                   41               1            5/60               4
                                 Screening
                                 Script.
                                Adult and                     36               1           30/60              18
                                 Adolescent
                                 Questionnaire.
                                Exposure                      27               1               3              81
                                 Measurement
                                 Form.
                                Phlebotomist                  27               1            2/60               1
                                 Safety
                                 Exclusion
                                 Questions Form.
Parents/Guardians of Youth/     Eligibility                   34               1            5/60               3
 Child Field Users.              Screening
                                 Script.
                                Youth and Child               24               1           30/60              12
                                 Questionnaire.
                                Phlebotomist                  18               1            2/60               1
                                 Safety
                                 Exclusion
                                 Questions Form.
Youth/Child Field Users.......  Exposure                      18               1               3              54
                                 Measurement
                                 Form.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             174
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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. 2017-02760 Filed 2-9-17; 8:45 am]
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