[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1394-1395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00197]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 concerning the opportunity for public comment on proposed
collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish periodic summaries of
proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects
or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer at (240) 276-0361.
Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed collections of
information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug
Testing Programs (OMB No. 0930-0158)--Extension
SAMHSA will request OMB approval for extension of the Federal Drug
Testing Custody and Control Form (CCF) for federal agency and federally
regulated drug testing programs which must comply with the HHS
Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs using
Urine (UrMG) dated January 23, 2017 (82 FR 7920) and using Oral Fluid
(OFMG) dated October 25, 2019, and OMB approval for information
provided by test facilities (laboratories and Instrumented Initial Test
Facilities, IITFs) for the National Laboratory Certification Program
(NLCP).
The CCF is used by all federal agencies and employers regulated by
the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) to document the collection and chain of custody of
urine specimens at the collection site, for HHS-certified test
facilities to report results, and for Medical Review Officers (MROs) to
document and report a verified result. SAMHSA allows the use of the CCF
as a paper or electronic form. Laboratories and IITFs seeking HHS
certification under the NLCP must complete and submit the NLCP
application form. The NLCP application form is without change. Prior to
an inspection, an HHS-certified laboratory or IITF is required to
submit specific information regarding its procedures. Collecting this
information prior to an inspection allows the inspectors to thoroughly
review and understand the testing procedures before arriving for the
onsite inspection. The NLCP information checklist is without change.
The current OMB-approved CCF has an August 31, 2023 expiration
date. SAMHSA plans to submit the CCF without content revisions for OMB
approval.
The annual total burden estimates for the CCF, the NLCP
application, the NLCP information checklist, and the NLCP recordkeeping
requirements are shown in the following table.
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Burden per
Form/respondent Number of Responses per Total number response Annual burden Hourly wage Total cost ($)
respondents respondent of responses (hours) (hours) rate ($) \3\
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Custody and Control Form: \1\
Donor............................... 6,726,610 1 6,726,610 0.08 538,129 25 13,453,225
Collector........................... 6,726,610 1 6,726,610 0.07 470,683 15 7,060,245
Laboratory.......................... 6,726,610 1 6,726,610 0.05 336,331 35 11,771,585
IITF................................ 1 0 0 0.05 0 35 0
Medical Review Officer.............. 6,726,610 1 6,726,610 0.05 336,331 150 50,449,650
NLCP Application Form: \2\
Laboratory.......................... 10 1 10 3 30 35 1.050
IITF................................ 0 0 0 3 0 35 0
Sections B and C--NLCP Information
Checklist:
Laboratory.......................... 24 1 24 1 24 35 840
IITF................................ 1 1 1 1 1 35 35
Record Keeping:
Laboratory.......................... 24 1 24 250 6,000 35 210,000
IITF................................ 0 0 0 250 0 35 0
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Total........................... 6,726,669 .............. 26,906,499 .............. 1,687,529 .............. 82,946,625
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\1\ Note: The time it takes each respondent (i.e., donor, collector, laboratory, IITF, and MRO) to complete the Federal CCF is based on an average
estimated number of minutes it would take each respondent to complete their designated section of the form or regulated entities (e.g., HHS, DOT, and
NRC).
\1\ Note: The above number of responses is based on an estimate of the total number of specimens collected annually (approximately 150,000 federal
agency specimens; 6,500,000 DOT regulated specimens, and 145,000 NRC regulated specimens).
\2\ Note: The estimate of 10 applications per year is based on requests for a laboratory application (urine or oral fluid) in the past year (i.e., at
the time of these calculations) and only 1 IITF application submitted after October 1, 2010.
\2\ Note: The estimate of three burden hours to complete the application has not changed.
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\3\ Note: At the time of these calculations, there were 20 certified laboratories and one certified IITF undergoing 2 maintenance inspections each year,
and 4 applicant laboratories.
\3\ Note: The wage rates listed for each respondent are based on estimated average hourly wages for the individuals performing these tasks.
Send comments to Carlos Graham, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 15-E-57-A, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email a copy
to [email protected]. Written comments should be received by
March 13, 2023.
Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2023-00197 Filed 1-9-23; 8:45 am]
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