[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51841-51842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24318]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-18-0931; Docket No. CDC-2017-0096]


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.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled ``Healthy Homes and Lead 
Poisoning Surveillance System (HHLPSS)''. The overarching goal of the 
Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Surveillance System (HHLPSS) is to 
support healthy homes surveillance activities at the state and national 
levels.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before January 8, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0096 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. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.

    Please note: Submit all Federal comments 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 Leroy A. Richardson, 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 the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. 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;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. 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,

[[Page 51842]]

e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Surveillance System (HHLPSS) (OMB 
Control Number 0920-0931, expires 05/31/2018)--Extension--National 
Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The overarching goal of the Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning 
Surveillance System (HHLPSS) is to support healthy homes surveillance 
activities at the state and national levels. CDC is requesting an 18-
month extension to collect data from up to 40 state and local Healthy 
Homes Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs (CLPPP) and the 
state-based Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES) 
programs. The state programs will report information (e.g., presence of 
lead paint, age of housing, occupation of adults and type of housing) 
to the CDC under a one-year cost extension of the Fiscal Year 2014 
Funding Opportunity Announcement (Funding Opportunity Announcement 
Number CDC-RFA-14-1408) titled ``(PPHF) Childhood Lead Poisoning 
Prevention.'' The 18-month extension will allow CDC to collect data for 
the third-year supplement, which represents the fourth and final year 
of awardee blood lead surveillance data under this program 
announcement.
    Over the last three years, seven states have adopted the HHLPPS and 
13 are in beta-testing. Since October 2014, CDC has funded up to 40 
state and local blood lead surveillance programs. All of these programs 
or their subcontractors at the local level are submitting lead 
surveillance data for an additional year.
    The objectives for this surveillance system remain two-fold. First, 
the HHLPSS allows CDC to track, systematically, how the state and local 
programs conduct case management and follow-up of residents with 
housing-related health outcomes. Second, the system allows for 
identification and collection of information on other housing-related 
risk factors. Childhood and adult lead poisoning is just one of many 
adverse health conditions related to common housing deficiencies. 
Multiple hazards in housing (e.g., mold, vermin, radon and the lack of 
safety devices) continue to affect, adversely, the health of residents. 
HHLPSS offers a coordinated, comprehensive, and systematic public 
health approach to eliminate multiple housing-related health hazards.
    HHLPSS enables flexibility to evaluate housing where the risk for 
lead poisoning is high, regardless of whether children less than 6 
years of age currently reside there. Thus, HHLPSS supports CDC efforts 
for primary prevention of childhood and adult lead poisoning. Over the 
past several decades, there has been a remarkable reduction in 
environmental sources of lead, improved protection from occupational 
lead exposure, and an overall decreasing trend in the prevalence of 
elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) in U.S. adults. As a result, the U.S. 
national BLL geometric mean among adults was 1.2 [micro]g/dL during 
2009-2010. Nonetheless, lead exposures continue to occur at 
unacceptable levels. Current research continues to find that BLLs 
previously considered harmless can have harmful effects in adults, such 
as decreased renal function and increased risk for hypertension and 
essential tremor at BLLs <10 [micro]g/dL.
    There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated time burden is 640 hours. There are no changes to the 
requested burden hours or the data collection.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondents           Form name       respondents    responses per   response (in     (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State, Local, and Territorial   Healthy Homes                 40               4               4             640
 Health Departments.             and Lead
                                 Poisoning
                                 Surveillance
                                 System (HHLPSS)
                                 Variables.
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             640
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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. 2017-24318 Filed 11-7-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P