[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 75 (Friday, April 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21438-21440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08168]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[30Day-20-0057]
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 ``APPLETREE Performance
Measures'' 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 December
23, 2019, 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. Comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. 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
APPLETREE Performance Measures (OMB Control No. 0923-0057, Exp. 07/
31/2020)--Revision--Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR).
Background and Brief Description
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) seeks
to build and sustain the capacity to evaluate exposures to hazardous
waste across the country. Releases from hazardous waste sites are a
major source of harmful exposures in homes, schools, workplaces, and
communities. These exposures are often complex and may be difficult to
identify and control. Hazardous waste sites may involve various toxic
substances, exposure pathways, and health impacts. ATSDR's primary goal
is to keep communities safe from harmful exposures and related
diseases. To accomplish this goal, the agency works closely with
partnering agencies to evaluate exposures at hazardous waste sites,
educate communities, and seek new ways to better protect public health.
ATSDR's Partnership to Promote Local Efforts to Reduce
Environmental Exposure (APPLETREE) Program is critical to ATSDR's
success in accomplishing its mission in communities nationwide. ATSDR's
recipients will use APPLETREE funding to advance ATSDR's primary goal
of keeping communities safe from harmful environmental exposures and
related diseases. APPLETREE gives recipients the resources to build
their capacity to assess and respond to site-specific issues involving
human exposure to hazardous substances in the environment. APPLETREE
helps recipients identify exposure pathways at specific sites; educate
affected communities about site contamination and potential health
effects; make recommendations to prevent exposure; review health
outcome data to evaluate potential links between site contaminants and
community health outcomes. APPLETREE facilitates the implementation of
state-level programs to ensure that potential early care and education
facilities are in areas free from harmful environmental exposures. It
also encourages recipients in the
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innovation of progressive public health interventions that prevent
exposures to environmental contamination. Because of APPLETREE
recipients' local connections and partnerships, community engagement
and implementation of recommendations is improved. This program is
authorized under Sections 104(i)(15) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended
by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986 [42
U.S.C. 9604(i)(15)].
Under the next three-year APPLETREE cooperative agreement (NOFO No.
CDC-RFA-TS20-2001), eligible applicants include federally recognized
American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments; American Indian/
Alaska native tribally designated organizations; political subdivisions
of states (in consultation with states); and state and local
governments or their bona fide agents. ATSDR technical project officers
(TPOs) will assist 28 APPLETREE recipients to address site-specific
issues involving human exposure to hazardous substances. Key capacities
include identification of human exposure pathways at ATSDR sites,
education of affected communities and local health professionals about
site contamination and potential health effects; making appropriate
recommendations to prevent exposure; reviewing health outcome data to
evaluate potential links between site contaminants and community
health; and documenting the effects of environmental remediation on
health.
This is a revision information collection request (ICR) titled
``APPLETREE Performance Measures,'' previously approved under OMB
Control No. 0923-0057 (expiration date 07/31/2020). ATSDR will continue
to collect information related to recipient activities, and the process
and outcome performance measures outlined by the cooperative agreement
program. Information will be used to monitor progress toward program
goals and objectives, and for program quality improvement. The first
five forms were previously approved by OMB. The first three forms,
formerly reported in SharePoint, will be migrated to a new information
technology (IT) system called ATSDR's Request Management Service System
(ARMSS).
1. ATSDR Health Education Activity Tracking (HEAT) Form: For each
environmental health assessment and health education activity conducted
at ATSDR sites, APPLETREE Recipients shall quantitatively assess and
report efforts to educate community members about site recommendations
and health risks using indicators to assess community understanding of
site findings about health risks and community understanding of agency
recommendations to reduce health risks. This information will be
entered in to the ATSDR HEAT system for each activity at ATSDR sites.
2. ATSDR Technical Assistance (TA) Activity Form: Throughout the
budget year, this form will be used to record the routine requests made
of the recipients and their program responses. These responses do not
evaluate environmental data and do not make health calls, but they are
monitored by ATSDR as part of the recipients' performance.
3. ATSDR Site Impact Assessment (SIA) Form: For each environmental
health assessment and health education activity conducted at ATSDR
sites, recipients shall estimate and report the number of people
protected from exposure to toxic substances at each site where
implementation of agency recommendations has taken place and at each
child care center where safe siting guidelines have been implemented.
To the extent possible, recipients shall estimate and report the
disease burden prevented due to the implementation of site
recommendations and safe siting guidelines.
Recipients will continue to submit the following form to ATSDR via
SharePoint:
4. ATSDR Success Story Form: Recipients will provide one success
story per quarter (four success stories total per year) that highlights
an impact of any of their programs. Recipients will report a brief
summary, background, intervention/action taken, and accomplishment/
impact for each story. Optionally, they may include a photo or quote.
Recipients will submit the following five forms to ATSDR via email.
As part of the revision request, the last four forms are new.
5. APPLETREE Annual Performance Report (APR) Template: Recipients
will continue to provide an APR each year and at the end of the funding
cycle, which summarizes their annual and funding cycle performances,
respectively. APRs will be due in December of each year to coincide
with the CDC Grants Management annual reports to reduce overall
reporting burden and the final report will be due at the end of the
funding cycle. The purpose of the performance reports will be to assess
Partners based on performance measures and evaluation projects. The
reports should include a summary of performance measures, results of
any evaluation projects, accompanying narrative of progress and
interpretation of results, optional successes, challenges, and updated
work plan. These reports will be entered into a Microsoft Word form.
6. Choose Safe Places for Early Care and Education (CSPECE)
Qualitative Narrative Form: Recipients will now provide a narrative
report of their CSPECE Programs to document descriptive details of
their state's landscape, program plan, program implementation, and
results that cannot be captured through numbers. Recipients will
complete and submit the narrative once a year as a supplement with
their APRs in a Microsoft Word form.
7. CSPECE Quantitative Form: Recipients will also now provide data
on their CSPECE Programs to quantify aspects of their program such as
children reached, target audiences screened, and recommendations
implemented. To supplement their APRs, recipients will complete and
submit a Microsoft Excel form once a year as a supplement with their
APRs.
In addition to the required annual reporting, at the end of the
three-year program, each recipient will report cumulative three-year
performance measures for three forms: The APR, the CSPECE Qualitative
Narrative Form, and the CSPECE Quantitative Form. This will result in
four total responses in a three-year period for each form. The
estimated annualized number of required responses is thus rounded to
once per year for these three forms, as four hours divided by three
years equals 1.33 hours per year.
8. ATSDR SoilSHOP Form: SoilSHOPs are not a required activity;
however, if conducted, a recipient will need to complete the ATSDR
SoilSHOP Form in Word. This form gathers data on the inputs,
activities, outputs, and outcomes of the event, such as the number of
soil samples screened, number of elevated soil samples, number of
individuals receiving health consultations, and number of individuals
receiving referrals. The form should be provided back to ATSDR via
email within two weeks of the SoilSHOP completion.
9. ATSDR Recommendation Follow-up Form: For each environmental
health assessment, recipients will provide an update on the status of
acceptance and implementation of all recommendations to understand
whether and how recommendations have been implemented, and the
subsequent impact on communities. Recipients will complete a Microsoft
Excel reporting form annually on the anniversary date
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of the release of each health assessment. Initially recipients will
provide to ATSDR via email, but the form will be migrated into the
ARMSS system in the future.
ATSDR is seeking a three-year Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
clearance for this revision information collection request. The total
annual time burden requested is 267 hours. This reflects a reduction in
requested time burden compared to the 272 hours previously approved in
2017. This revision also requests approval for an increase in the
annual number of responses from 1,575 in 2017, to 1,886 in this current
request. ATSDR will fund 28 recipients, an increase of three additional
awards over the previous program. Recipient reporting is required to
receive funding under the APPLETREE cooperative agreement.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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APPLETREE Recipients.................. ATSDR Health Education 28 37 3/60
Activity Tracking
(HEAT)Form.
ATSDR Technical 28 15 5/60
Assistance (TA)Activity
Form.
ATSDR Site Impact 28 4 7/60
Assessment (SIA)Form.
ATSDR Success Story Form 28 4 30/60
APPLETREE Annual 28 1 2
Performance Report(APR)
Template.
Choose Safe Places for 28 1 1
Early Care and
Education (CSPECE)
Qualitative Narrative
Form.
CSPECE Quantitative Form 28 1 15/60
ATSDR SoilSHOP Form..... 10 1 7/60
ATSDR Recommendation 28 4 10/60
Follow-up Form.
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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. 2020-08168 Filed 4-16-20; 8:45 am]
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