[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48931-48932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20086]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-19-1173; Docket No. CDC-2019-0080]
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 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 ``Assessment of Potential
Exposure from Private Wells for Drinking Water.'' The goal of this
generic clearance information collection request is to expedite
investigations to assess private well water for drinking in response to
specific investigation requests.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before November 18,
2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0080 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Assessment of Potential Exposure from Private Wells for Drinking
Water (OMB Control No. 0920-1173, Exp.
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3/31/2020)--Extension--National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 (SDWA) ensures that most
Americans are provided access to water that meets established public
health standards. However, for over 38 million Americans who rely on
private wells or other drinking water not protected by the SDWA (herein
referred to as private wells), that is not the case. There is no
comprehensive knowledge about the locations of private wells, the
populations served by these sources, potential contaminants that might
be present in private well water in specific areas of the country, or
the potential health risks associated with drinking water from these
sources.
The purpose of this Generic Information Collection Request (Generic
ICR) is to assess the health risks associated with exposure to
contaminants in drinking water from private wells across varied
geographic areas of the United States in partnership with the
requesting agency (state, territorial, local, or tribal health
department). The information obtained from these investigations will be
used to describe health risks from exposure to contaminants in drinking
water from private wells within a defined time period and geographic
distribution. This information will be used to inform public health
protection activities conducted by the requesting agencies.
The respondents are defined as adults at least 18 years old, who
use private wells for drinking water, who are willing to receive and
return a tap water sampling kit and urine specimen kit or to provide a
blood specimen, and who are willing to answer survey questions. They
will be recruited from geographic areas of interest as defined by the
requesting agency. Based on our historical activities, we estimate that
CDC will conduct up to 10 investigations per year. Each investigation
will involve on average 200 respondents. The total time burden is 2,084
hours. There will be no cost to the respondents other than their time.
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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Adults at least 18 years old using a private Screening Form......................... 2,500 1 6/60 250
well for tap water. Questionnaire.......................... 2,000 1 35/60 1,167
Urine Specimen and Tap Water Sample 2,000 1 20/60 667
Collection.
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Total...................................... ....................................... .............. .............. .............. 2,084
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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.
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