[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28552-28553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09519]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-23-1359; Docket No. CDC-2023-0034]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 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 National Survey of Syringe Services Programs (NSSSP). This data 
collection which proposes assess and monitor SSP operational 
characteristics and services, funding resources, community relations, 
and key operational and programmatic successes and challenges, and 
support timely analysis and dissemination of national program 
evaluation survey findings.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before July 3, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0034 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. CDC 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: 404-639-7570; 
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

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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 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

    The National Survey of Syringe Services Programs (NSSSP) (OMB 
Control No. 0920-1359, Exp. 12/31/2024)--Revision--National Center for 
HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The primary purpose of the National Survey of Syringe Services 
Programs (NSSSP) is to strengthen and improve the ability of CDC and 
local and state partners to monitor and evaluate syringe services 
programs (SSPs) nationally, with the overall goal of supporting, 
sustaining, and improving SSPs nationwide and reducing infectious 
disease and other harms related to drug use. Findings from the 2020-
2021 survey successfully characterized operational characteristics and 
services, funding resources, community relations, and key operational 
successes and challenges. The 2022 survey is currently being 
implemented. Revisions are being requested to address the increasing 
number of SSPs nationwide, the changing landscape of drug use 
nationally, additional SSP supplies and services provided, and ways in 
which SSPs are developing strategies to address the needs of PWUD.
    The project will include all SSPs that are listed in a publicly 
available directory of all known SSPs in the United States maintained 
by the North American Syringe Exchange Network (NASEN; https://nasen.org). The project will also include SSPs in NASEN's directory 
that do not wish to be publicly listed but have agreed to be contacted 
for research purposes, SSPs belonging to NASEN's buyers' club that are 
not part of the directory, respondents to prior RTI Arnold Ventures 
Surveys of SSPs that are not part of NASEN's directory, and other SSPs 
proactively identified through searching state health department 
websites, funding agencies, state and regional networks, regional 
conferences, partner organization networks or webinars and via social 
media. SSPs will be sent a letter of invitation to participate in a 35-
minute program survey. Participating programs will have the option of 
completing the survey via different modalities to enhance feasibility 
and comfort in completing the survey, for example via the Research 
Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) or a similarly secure web-based 
application. Other modalities for survey administration will include a 
coordinated telephone or videoconferencing interview. SSPs will be sent 
reminder letters for an approximately six-month data collection period. 
SSPs that do not respond to prior reminders will be sent one final 
reminder, and if the SSP still does not want to participate, one 
(optional) question on why the SSP did not complete the survey will be 
offered. The survey will include questions on operational 
characteristics and services, funding resources, community relations, 
and key operational successes and challenges.
    Approximately 800 SSPs will be able to participate in the survey. 
We anticipate that approximately 20% of SSPs will decline to complete 
the survey, yielding approximately 640 completed surveys per year. 
However, given that it is challenging to predict future response rates, 
we are requesting enough burden hours to allow 100% of SSPs to respond 
to the survey. We estimate that it will take 35 minutes to complete the 
survey, regardless of how the respondent chooses to complete it (i.e., 
self-administered online or interviewer-administered by phone or 
videoconferencing).
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 494 annual burden hours. 
There is no cost to respondents other than their time to participate.

                                      Estimates of Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
          Respondent                Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        (hours)       (in hours)
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All participating SSPs........  National Syringe             800               1           35/60             467
                                 Services
                                 Program
                                 Evaluation
                                 Survey.
Non-responding SSPs...........  Non-Response                 800               1            2/60              27
                                 Survey Item.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             494
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health 
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2023-09519 Filed 5-3-23; 8:45 am]
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