[Federal Register: June 27, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 124)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-03-83]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports
Clearance Officer on (404) 498-1210.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is 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. Send comments to Anne O'Connor, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24,
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project: Pilot Study to Evaluate Two Alternative Methods
to Characterize Potential Exposures of Miners to Hazardous Chemicals--
New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
NIOSH is planning to conduct a pilot study to assess the
feasibility of using alternate, existing information sources to update
estimates of potential exposures of miners to hazardous chemicals.
Estimates of potential exposures of miners to hazardous chemicals are
currently based on the National Occupational Health Survey of Miners
(NOHSM, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 96-136), which was conducted from
1984 through 1989. The mining industry has experienced many changes in
the time since NOHSM was performed; consequently, the NOHSM data may no
longer be representative of the current potential exposures of the
mining industry labor force to hazardous chemicals.
The proposed pilot study will request 10 mining establishments from
each of the five major mining commodities (i.e., coal, metal, nonmetal,
stone and sand and gravel) selected by probability sampling, to submit
a copy of the list of hazardous chemicals maintained pursuant to Mine
Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) Hazard Communication rule (30
CFR 47). For the selected mining establishments in the coal and metal
commodities, publicly available U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data will also be assembled and
examined for value as part of the pilot project.
The objective of the pilot study will be to determine if hazard
communication lists of hazardous chemicals, and/or EPA TRI data can be
utilized to estimate potential exposure of miners to hazardous
chemicals.
The Pilot Study will gather data on recruitment and participation,
overall response rates and usefulness of the collected data. Any
information linking survey responses to individual mining enterprises
will be kept confidential. Only aggregate data will be used for all
reports generated from the Pilot Study. There will be no cost to
respondents.
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Number of Average
Number of responses burden per Total
Respondents respondents per response burden (in
respondent (in hrs.) hrs.)
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Coal Mining Commodity................................... 10 1 15/60 2.5
Metal Mining Commodity.................................. 10 1 15/60 2.5
Nonmetal Mining Commodity............................... 10 1 15/60 2.5
Stone Mining Commodity.................................. 10 1 15/60 2.5
Sand and Gravel Mining Commodity........................ 10 1 15/60 2.5
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Total............................................. ............ ............ ............ 12.5
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Dated: June 23, 2003.
Thomas A. Bartenfeld,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-16281 Filed 6-26-03; 8:45 am]
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