[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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