[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12607-12608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06302]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[30Day-19-18AJA]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has submitted the 
information collection request titled Assessment of Environmental 
Health and Land Reuse Certification Training to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. ATSDR previously 
published a ``Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations'' notice on June 27, 2018 to obtain comments from the 
public and affected agencies. ATSDR did not receive comments related to 
the previous notice. This notice serves to allow an additional 30 days 
for public and affected agency comments.
    ATSDR will accept all comments for this proposed information 
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly 
interested in comments that:
    (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]. Direct written comments 
and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice to the 
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Provide 
written comments within 30 days of notice publication.

Proposed Project

    Assessment of Environmental Health and Land Reuse Certification 
Training--New--Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) 
and the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH/ATSDR), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is 
requesting a three-year Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) Clearance for a 
new Information Collection Request (ICR) entitled ``Assessment of 
Environmental Health and Land Reuse Certification Training.'' The 
specific activities of the ICR request is to collect participant 
feedback on the environmental health land reuse certificate course 
content developed by ATSDR and its collaborator. This information 
collection is funded through a contract with the National Environmental 
Health Association (NEHA), number 200-2013-57475.
    Due to the prevalence of potentially contaminated land reuse sites 
such as brownfields, ATSDR is partnering with NEHA to build capacity 
among health agency staff through the certificate. The certificate 
program/training modules focus on increasing skills in Land Reuse and 
Redevelopment through the integration of Epidemiology, Risk Assessment, 
Risk Communication, and Toxicology concepts and resources. This 
certificate training will be hosted on ATSDR's website as well as 
linked by NEHA's existing online Learning Management System, which 
hosts a variety of certificate and credentialing courses. In addition, 
CDC's Training and Communication Online (TCEO) (0920-0017; expiration 
6/30/2019), a system that provides access to CDC educational activities 
for continuing education (CE), will register participants and provide 
continuing education credits for the certificate course.
    The purpose of the information collection is to access the 
registration data and evaluate the impact of the certification program. 
The certification is geared to meet the following objectives:
     Increase participant awareness and knowledge of 
environmental health and land reuse;
     Increase skills and capacity of participants to engage in 
environmental health and land reuse work; and
     Assess participant feedback and assessment of their own 
increased awareness, skills, and knowledge in environmental health and 
land reuse.
    ATSDR will request registration data from TCEO and use this data to 
conduct one time follow-up to assess the impact of participating in the 
certification, such as increased capacity of environmental health 
professionals to perform their work. Ultimately, ATSDR is interested in 
long-term benefits of the certification, such as state health partners 
engaging more frequently in land reuse and redevelopment projects.
    Through this information collection, ATSDR would like to determine 
the utility and effectiveness of the certification course content. 
Subsequently, ATSDR will analyze the data provided by NEHA regarding 
participants' job titles (e.g. LHD staff, environmental consultant, or 
other), the pre- and post-testing built-in components of the 
certification course, and a one-time collection of feedback (e.g. 
within 6-11 months after participation) on use of the certification 
materials and resources to build their capacity and skills in 
environmental health and land reuse.
    The respondents for the certification course will largely be 
environmental professionals; students of environmental science, public 
health, or planning; and local or state health agency professionals. 
ATSDR may perform descriptive analysis to characterize certification 
course participants (e.g. by job title) and to summarize their

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feedback on the course content and effectiveness. In summary, the 
feedback information will help ATSDR determine impacts of the 
certification course in building capacity and skills in environmental 
health and land reuse. Without this information, ATSDR will not be able 
to assess the effectiveness of the certification in terms of building 
participants' capacity in environmental health and land reuse 
activities. In addition, ATSDR can generalize feedback from course 
participants to create new materials that can support additional 
capacity-building for health agencies to increase their involvement in 
environmental health and land reuse activities.
    This one time follow up information collection will occur through 
support of collaborators National Environmental Health Association 
(NEHA) as well as other partners (e.g. tribal entities) who will 
provide participant names and emails for users who have taken the 
training in order to conduct a one time follow up survey. ATSDR will 
collect feedback data about the certification course. The feedback data 
will center around participant's assessment of their own potentially 
increased skills in environmental health and land reuse as a result of 
the certification and use of subsequent certification components. 
Participation in this proposed information collection is completely 
voluntary. There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The 
total time burden is estimated to be 67 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 hours)
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Environmental health professionals and  Follow-up Survey........             200               1           20/60
 graduate students.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-06302 Filed 4-1-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P