[Federal Register: April 3, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 64)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 DAY-33-03]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 498-1210. Send written
comments to CDC, Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503. Written
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project: National Coal Workers' Autopsy Study (NCWAS)
Consent Release and History Form 0920-0021--Extension--National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Background
Under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1977, Pub. L.
91-173 (amended the Federal Coal Mine and Safety Act of 1969), the
Public Health Service has developed a nationwide autopsy program
(NCWAS) for underground coal miners. The NCWAS is a service program to
aid surviving relatives in establishing eligibility for black lung
compensation. The Consent Release and History Form is primarily used to
obtain written authorization from the next-of-kin to perform an autopsy
on the deceased miner. Because a basic reason for the post-mortem
examination is research (both epidemiological and clinical), a minimum
of essential information is collected regarding the deceased miners,
including occupational history and smoking history. The data collected
will be used by the staff at NIOSH for research purposes in defining
the diagnostic criteria for coal workers' pneumoconiosis (black lung)
and pathologic changes that will be correlated with x-ray findings.
It is estimated that only 5 minutes is required for the pathologist
to put a statement on the invoice affirming that no other compensation
is received for the autopsy. From past experience, it is estimated that
15 minutes is required for the next-of-kin to complete the Consent
Release and History Form. Since an autopsy report is routinely
completed by a pathologist, the only additional burden is the specific
request of abstraction of the terminal illness and final diagnosis
relating to pneumoconiosis. Therefore, only 5 minutes of additional
burden is estimated for the autopsy report. The annual burden for this
data collection is 21 hours, a decrease of 41 hours.
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Number of Average burden/
Respondents Number of responses/ response (in
respondents respondent hrs.)
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Pathologist Invoice.......................................... 50 1 5/60
Pathologist Report........................................... 50 1 5/60
Next-of-Kin.................................................. 50 1 15/60
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Dated: March 27, 2003.
Thomas Bartenfeld,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-8044 Filed 4-2-03; 8:45 am]
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