[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 150 (Monday, August 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52160-52162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16757]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[30Day-23-0060]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has submitted the 
information collection request titled Environmental Health and Land 
Reuse Certificate Training (formerly ``Assessment of Environmental 
Health and Land Reuse Certification Training'') to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. ATSDR previously 
published a ``Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations'' notice on April 7, 2023, to obtain comments from the 
public and affected agencies. ATSDR received no comments related to the 
previous notice. This notice serves to allow an additional 30 days for 
public and affected agency comments.
    ATSDR will accept all comments for this proposed information 
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly 
interested in comments that:
    (a) 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;

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    (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    (d) 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 submission of responses; and
    (e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570. Comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Direct 
written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in 
this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management 
and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 
395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice 
publication.

Proposed Project

    Environmental Health and Land Reuse Certificate 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 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. 0923-0060).
    This certificate program is a 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. NEHA independently maintains its non-federally 
sponsored, asynchronous ``EHLR Basic'' training through its online 
learning management system (LMS). ATSDR's National Land Reuse Health 
Program (Land Reuse Program) maintains its classroom version of the 
training for learners who prefer virtual/classroom instruction or who 
may have limited broadband.
    Under the previous PRA clearance, ATSDR completed a one-time 
collection of feedback by survey within 6-12 months after 
participation. 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. 
Under this current Reinstatement with Change ICR, the follow-up survey 
is no longer needed because the EHLR Basic training course content has 
been successfully established based on 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; Expiration Date 09/30/2025]). 
ATSDR has moved away from TCEO and will administer its own classroom 
courses.
    Based on its experience in the past 30 months, ATSDR estimates 
approximately 100 participants per year will attend ``EHLR Basic'' 
classroom learning. For burden hour estimation, we assume that all 
participants 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 
over more than one year.
    For the ``EHLR Basic'' course, ATSDR will administer the following 
self-assessments for each of the five 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. NEHA will assist ATSDR by 
issuing certificates of completion and continuing education credits.
    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 session at environmental conferences to those who have 
completed the prerequisite EHLR online or classroom certification. 
Regarding the supplemental immersion training, ATSDR estimates that 125 
conference attendees will meet the prerequisite ``EHLR Basic'' 
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. An additional certificate of completion and 
continuing education credits will be issued by NEHA for each of the 
three supplemental immersion trainings.
    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 Privacy Act 
requirements, participants will be offered the ability to opt-out of 
allowing ATSDR to share their names and email addresses with NEHA. 
Those that opt-out may still take the training but 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.
    Participation in this information collection is voluntary. The 
total time burden is estimated to be 145 hours, which is an increase of 
78 hours over the previously approved 67 hours. The addition of 
registration and self-

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assessment forms and the discontinuation of the follow-up survey under 
the previous ICR, will result in 1,600 annual responses, which is an 
increase of 1,400 over the previously approved 200 responses for the 
follow-up survey alone. 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
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Environmental Health Professionals   EHLR Registration Form                  225               1            3/60
 and Affiliates.                      (Basic/Immersion) (online).             11               1            1/60
                                     EHLR Privacy Act Opt-Out
                                      Form (Basic/Immersion).
                                     EHLR Basic Course Module 1              100               1            5/60
                                      Self-assessment (online).
                                     EHLR Basic Course Module 2              100               1            5/60
                                      Self-assessment (online).
                                     EHLR Basic Course Module 3              100               1            5/60
                                      Self-assessment (online).
                                     EHLR Basic Course Module 4              100               1            5/60
                                      Self-assessment (online).
                                     EHLR Basic Course Module 5              100               1            5/60
                                      Self-assessment (online).
                                     EHLR Immersion Module 1                 125               1           15/60
                                      Self-assessment (online).
                                     EHLR Immersion Module 2                 125               1           15/60
                                      Self-assessment (online).
                                     EHLR Immersion Module 3                 125               1           15/60
                                      Self-assessment (online).
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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. 2023-16757 Filed 8-4-23; 8:45 am]
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