[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.
[FR Doc. 2019-20086 Filed 9-16-19; 8:45 am]
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