[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 189 (Friday, September 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59433-59434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21214]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-22-22ES]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information 
collection request titled ``Assessing Respirator Perceptions, 
Experiences, and Maintenance'' to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed 
Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' 
notice on May 6, 2022, to obtain comments from the public and affected 
agencies. CDC did not receive comments related to the previous notice. 
This notice serves to allow an additional 30 days for public and 
affected agency comments.
    CDC 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

    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 which operates within the CDC. 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 (RPP), 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

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exposure to contaminants and other hazards; (3) understand 
organizations' maintenance of 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 requests OMB 
approval for an estimated 643,626 total burden hours with an estimated 
annual burden of 214,542 hours. There is no cost to respondents other 
than their time to participate.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     responses per   Average hours
                                                                    respondents     respondent     per response
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Individuals who wear respirators in     Informed consent........         110,000               1            5/60
 any occupational setting or oversee/   Demographics                     110,000               1           15/60
 advise on respirator use.               standardized survey
                                         with decision logic
                                         allowing some questions
                                         to be omitted.
                                        Qualitative fit testing              675              20           15/60
                                         survey measurements.
                                        Perceptions-based survey         105,000               2           15/60
                                         instrument.
                                        Knowledge-based survey           105,000               2           30/60
                                         instrument.
                                        Interview/Focus group...           4,000               2               1
                                        Physiological                      1,000               1               9
                                         Monitoring: Heart rate,
                                         blood pressure, blood
                                         oxygen saturation,
                                         breathing rate, etc.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, 
Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2022-21214 Filed 9-29-22; 8:45 am]
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