[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1039-1040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00145]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Radiation 
Exposure Screening and Education Program, OMB No. 0906-0012--Revision

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the 
public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the 
ICR.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than March 12, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the

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proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
draft instruments, email [email protected] or call Lisa Wright-
Solomon, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 
443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Radiation Exposure Screening 
and Education Program, OMB No. 0906-0012--Revision.
    Abstract: The Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program 
(RESEP) is authorized by section 417C of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 285a-9). The purpose of RESEP is to assist individuals who 
live (or lived) in areas where U.S. nuclear weapons testing occurred 
and who are diagnosed with cancer and other radiogenic diseases caused 
by exposure to nuclear fallout or nuclear materials such as uranium. 
RESEP funds support eligible health care organizations in implementing 
cancer screening programs; developing education programs; disseminating 
information on radiogenic diseases and the importance of early 
detection; screening eligible individuals for cancer and other 
radiogenic diseases; providing appropriate referrals for medical 
treatment; and facilitating documentation of radiation exposure.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: For this program, 
performance measures were drafted to provide data useful to the program 
and to enable HRSA to provide aggregate program data required by 
Congress under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Pub. 
L. 103-62). These measures cover the principal topic areas of interest 
to the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), including 
demographics for the RESEP program user population, medical screening 
activities for cancers and other radiogenic diseases, exposure and 
presentation types for eligible radiogenic malignant and nonmalignant 
diseases, referrals for appropriate medical treatment, eligibility 
counseling and referral assistance for the Radiation Exposure 
Compensation Act, and program outreach and education activities. These 
measures speak to FORHP's progress toward meeting the established 
goals. In order to reduce the reporting burden by the award recipients, 
a number of questions have been removed with the new set of measures 
reflecting an effort to streamline data collection and collect 
consistent and uniform measures across FORHP's grant programs.
    Likely Respondents: Radiation Exposure Screening and Education 
Program award recipients.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to: (1) Review 
instructions; (2) 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; (3) train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; (4) search data sources; to complete and 
review the collection of information; and (5) transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.

                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                     Number of                    Average burden
            Form name                Number of     responses per       Total       per response    Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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Radiation Exposure Screening and               8               1               8              12              96
 Education Program..............
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                                               8  ..............               8  ..............              96
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    HRSA specifically requests comments on: (1) The necessity and 
utility of the proposed information collection for the proper 
performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the 
estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to 
minimize the information collection burden.

Amy McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2018-00145 Filed 1-8-18; 8:45 am]
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