[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27152-27154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09785]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-22-22ES; Docket No. CDC-2022-0058]


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 
generic information collection project titled Assessing Respirator 
Perceptions, Experiences, and Maintenance. NIOSH proposes using 
surveys, interviews, focus groups, and physiological monitoring to 
assess current perceptions in respirator use as well as gaps in 
respirator use, maintenance, and programs.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before July 5, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0058 by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.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 H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to www.regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (www.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 H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 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

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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;
    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; and
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Assessing Respirator Perceptions, Experiences, and Maintenance--
New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), is requesting 
approval of a new Generic information collection for a period of three 
years under the project titled ``Assessing Respirator Perceptions, 
Experiences, and Maintenance.''
    The National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) is a 
division of NIOSH. NPPTL was established in 2001, at the request of 
Congress, with the mission of preventing disease, injury, and death for 
the millions of working men and women relying on personal protective 
technology (PPT). As the nation's respirator approver for all 
workplaces (42 CFR part 84), the development of NPPTL filled a need for 
improved personal protective equipment (PPE) and focused research into 
PPT. To this end, NPPTL conducts respiratory protection research to 
examine exposures to inhalation hazards, dermal hazards, and any other 
hazardous environmental threats within an occupational setting.
    Federal regulations exist regarding the use of respirators in the 
workplace. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 
requires employers whose hazard management includes the use of 
respirators to have a respiratory protection program, which has 
specified components. Thus, the information collected from human 
subjects about their use of respirators is generally consistent across 
NPPTL studies with only the use conditions changing (e.g., respirator 
type or management implementation practices related to cleaning/
decontamination, fit testing, and training). NPPTL requests a generic 
information collection package for information collected from 
individual workers and managers related to the perceptions, 
maintenance, and evaluation of respirator use on the job.
    Different types of data collection including surveys, focus groups, 
interviews, and physiological monitoring will be used to: (1) Assess 
workers' health and safety knowledge, attitudes, skills, and other 
personal attributes as they relate to their respiratory protection use 
and maintenance, (2) identify and overcome barriers that workers face 
while using respiratory protection to prevent exposure to contaminants 
and other hazards, (3) understand organizations' maintenance of 
respiratory protection programs (RPP), directives, and guidelines that 
support worker best practices, and (4) determine appropriate training, 
interventions, and programs that support activities around respirator 
use and maintenance. Data collection may focus on respirator types 
ubiquitous to the industry being studied, new to the industry being 
studied, or novel to any industry. These data collection efforts may 
occur either electronically or in the field.
    Respondents are expected to include a variety of employees from 
occupations such as public safety and emergency response, healthcare, 
and social assistance occupations who wear or manage respirator use on 
the job. Expected respondent job roles include industrial hygienists, 
occupational health professionals, infection control professionals, 
physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, infection preventionists, fire 
department chiefs, battalion chiefs, sheriffs, shift supervisors, 
firefighters, police officers, and paramedics.
    CDC request OMB approval for an estimated 13,071 burden hours. 
There is no cost to respondents other than their time to participate.

                                        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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Industry employees who wear     Informed consent          10,150               1            5/60             846
 respirators or oversee
 respirator use.
Industry employees who wear     Perceptions-               3,450               2           15/60           1,725
 respirators or oversee          based survey
 respirator use.                 instrument.
Industry employees who wear     Knowledge-based            2,000               1           30/60           1,000
 respirators or oversee          survey
 respirator use.                 instrument.
Industry employees who wear     Interview/Focus              250               2               1             500
 respirators or oversee          group.
 respirator use.
Industry employees who wear a   Physiological              1,000               1               9           9,000
 respirator as a part of their   Monitoring:
 job.                            Heart rate,
                                 blood pressure,
                                 blood oxygen
                                 saturation,
                                 breathing rate.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          13,071
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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. 2022-09785 Filed 5-5-22; 8:45 am]
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