[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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