[Federal Register: August 3, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 148)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-04-0008]
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, or to send comments
contact Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant
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Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E11, Atlanta, GA 30333
or send an e-mail to omb@cdc.gov.
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. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance (0923-0008)--
Extension--Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is
mandated pursuant to the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and its 1986 Amendments, the
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), to prevent or
mitigate adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life
resulting from the exposure to hazardous substances into the
environment. The primary purpose of this activity, which ATSDR has
supported since 1992, is to develop, implement, and maintain a state-
based surveillance system for hazardous substances emergency events
which can be used to: (1) Describe the distribution of the hazardous
substances releases; (2) describe the public health consequences
(morbidity, mortality, and evacuations) associated with the events; (3)
identify risk factors associated with the public health consequences;
and (4) develop strategies to reduce future public health consequences.
The study population will consist of all hazardous substance non-
permitted acute releases within the 15 states (Colorado, Florida, Iowa,
Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin) participating
in the surveillance system.
Until this system was developed and implemented, there was no
national public health-based surveillance system to coordinate the
collation, analysis, and distribution of hazardous substances emergency
release data to public health practitioners. It was necessary to
establish this national surveillance system which describes the public
health impact of hazardous substances emergencies on the health of the
population of the United States. The data collection form will be
completed by the state health department Hazardous Substances Emergency
Events Surveillance (HSEES) coordinator using a variety of sources
including written and oral reports from environmental protection
agencies, police, firefighters, emergency response personnel; or
researched by the HSEES coordinator using material safety data sheets,
and chemical handbooks. There is a slight reduction in the average
burden hours per response because of enhancements made to the data
entry screens. The data entry program now automatically populates the
fields for geographic coordinates, surrounding population data, and
surrounding areas of interest.
Additionally, an HSEES public use data set will be made available
on the ATSDR HSEES Web site. Interested parties will need to complete a
brief description of who will be using the data and for what purpose to
be able to download the data. This will allow ATSDR to widely
distribute the data and track its usefulness. There are no costs to
respondents.
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Respondents respondents responses per response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Participating State Health Department HSEES 15 600 40/60 6,000
Coordinators...................................
Persons interested in HSEES data through Web 500 1 6/60 50
site...........................................
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 6,050
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Dated: July 27, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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