[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 67 (Friday, April 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20890-20892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07349]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[60Day-23-0060; Docket No. ATSDR-2023-0001]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 
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 continuing 
information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection 
project titled Environmental Health and Land Reuse Certificate 
Training. This certification is a joint collaboration between ATSDR and 
the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), and is designed 
to build capacity among environmental professionals.

DATES: ATSDR must receive written comments on or before June 6, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. ATSDR-
2023-0001 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. ATSDR 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: 404-639-7118; 
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

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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 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

    Environmental Health and Land Reuse Certificate Training (formerly 
Assessment of Environmental Health and Land Reuse Certification 
Training) (OMB Control No. 0923-0060)--Reinstatement with Change--
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).

Background and Brief Description

    The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is 
requesting a three-year Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance for a 
Reinstatement with Change of an Information Collection Request (ICR) 
titled Environmental Health and Land Reuse Certificate Training 
(formerly Assessment of Environmental Health and Land Reuse 
Certification Training) (OMB Control No. 0920-0060, Discontinued 08/31/
2022).
    This certificate is a joint collaboration between ATSDR and the 
National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) under a cooperative 
agreement. ATSDR and NEHA have a long-standing partnership to build 
capacity among environmental professionals. The EHLR certification is 
geared toward NEHA members and ATSDR stakeholders who are environmental 
professionals, primarily local and state health agency employees but 
also planners, environmental consultants, environmental non-profits, 
and students in environmental science, environmental/public health, and 
planning. The certification goals and course objectives are:
     To increase participant awareness and knowledge of 
environmental health and land reuse,
     To increase skills and capacity of participants to engage 
in environmental health and land reuse work, and
     To assess participant feedback and assessment of their own 
increased awareness, skills, and knowledge in environmental health and 
land reuse.
    Due to the prevalence of potentially contaminated land reuse sites 
such as brownfields, the certificate program and training modules focus 
on increasing skills in land reuse and redevelopment through the 
integration of epidemiology, risk assessment, risk communication, and 
toxicology concepts and resources. The Environmental Health and Land 
Reuse (EHLR) Certificate Training includes a 5-module ``EHLR Basic'' 
training. The EHLR Basic certificate is offered in two modes. ATSDR's 
National Land Reuse Health Program (Land Reuse Program) offers 
registration and maintains a classroom version of the training for 
learners who prefer virtual/classroom instruction or who may have 
limited broadband. NEHA independently maintains a non-federally 
sponsored online, asynchronous EHLR Basic training. NEHA's certificate 
registration and training is hosted on its existing online learning 
management system (LMS), which hosts a variety of certificate and 
credentialing courses.
    As of the 08/31/2022 Discontinuation, ATSDR has eliminated the 
formerly approved one-time collection of feedback within 6-12 months 
after participation as part of this Reinstatement with Change ICR. This 
follow-up survey evaluated the subsequent use of the EHLR Basic 
certificate program training materials and resources to build capacity, 
and skills in environmental health and land reuse work. The follow-up 
survey is no longer needed because the EHLR Basic training course 
content has been successfully established using the feedback.
    In addition, the EHLR Basic training was to be administered under 
the CDC Training and Continuing Education Online (TCEO) system (see 
``Application for Training'' [OMB Control No. 0920-0017; Exp. 09/30/
2025]). ATSDR has moved away from TCEO and will administer its own 
classroom courses. NEHA will assist ATSDR by issuing certificates of 
completion and continuing education credits.
    Based on its experience in the past 30 months, ATSDR estimates 
approximately 100 participants per year for classroom learning. For 
burden hour estimation, we make a simplifying assumption that all 
students have completed all modules and self-assessments. In reality, 
participants who download the EHLR Basic Course and teach it (e.g., in 
a college or workplace class) or complete it themselves, may complete 
these modules on a schedule spread over several months or even more 
than one year.
    ATSDR will administer the following information collections: 
classroom registration and self-assessments for each of the five EHLR 
Basic modules (Engaging with Your Community, Evaluating Environmental 
and Health Risks, Communicating Environmental and Health Risks to the 
Community, Redesigning with Health in Mind, and Measuring Success). 
ATSDR is also planning a new mode of instruction for supplemental 
``EHLR Immersion Training'' in three new modules: Community Engagement, 
Evaluation of Environmental and Health Risks, and Communicating 
Environmental and Health Risks. This training will be offered as a 
face-to-face classroom course at environmental conferences to those who 
have completed the prerequisite EHLR online or classroom certification. 
An additional certificate of completion and continuing education 
credits will be issued by NEHA for each of the three supplemental 
immersion trainings.
    Regarding the supplemental immersion training, ATSDR estimates that 
125 conference attendees will meet the prerequisite certification 
requirement and will register for the training through the conference 
portal. They will be asked to complete a voluntary self-assessment for 
each module to be submitted toward additional continuing education 
credits and to receive the supplemental certification.
    For both EHLR Basic classroom and EHLR Immersion conference 
training, ATSDR estimates a total of 225 registered participants. Some 
of the registrations will be through conference registration portals 
and some may be directly with ATSDR. We estimate the time burden per 
registration will be three minutes. In keeping with the Privacy Act 
requirements, participants will be offered the ability to opt-out of 
having their names and email addresses shared with NEHA. Those that do 
will not receive a completion certificate or continuing education 
credits. We anticipate this will be a rare event but are still 
accounting for this possibility.

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    ATSDR requests OMB approval for an estimated 145 annual burden 
hours. Participation in this information collection is voluntary and 
there is no cost to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hr.)        (in hr.)
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Environmental Health            EHLR Basic or                225               1            3/60              11
 Professionals and Affiliates.   Immersion
                                 Course
                                 Registration
                                 (classroom/
                                 conference
                                 registration).
                                EHLR Privacy Act              11               1            1/60               1
                                 Opt Out Form
                                 (Basic/
                                 Immersion).
                                Basic Course                 100               1            5/60               8
                                 Module 1 Self-
                                 assessment
                                 (classroom).
                                Basic Course                 100               1            5/60               8
                                 Module 2 Self-
                                 assessment
                                 (classroom).
                                Module 3 Self-               100               1            5/60               8
                                 assessment
                                 (classroom).
                                Module 4 Self-               100               1            5/60               8
                                 assessment
                                 (classroom).
                                Module 5 Self-               100               1            5/60               8
                                 assessment
                                 (classroom).
                                Immersion Module             125               1           15/60              31
                                 1 Self-
                                 assessment
                                 (conference).
                                Immersion Module             125               1           15/60              31
                                 2 Self-
                                 assessment
                                 (conference).
                                Immersion Module             125               1           15/60              31
                                 3 Self-
                                 assessment
                                 (conference).
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             145
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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. 2023-07349 Filed 4-6-23; 8:45 am]
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