[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51314-51315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18922]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-04-04JY]
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 or send an e-mail to [email protected].
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
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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 Sandi Gambescia, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E11,
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 14 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project
Assessment of Occupational Electric and Magnetic Field (EMF)
Exposures--Validation of Interview Procedures used in a Brain Tumor
Study against Measurements of Biologically-based Exposure Metrics--
New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
This study to assess occupational exposures to electric and
magnetic fields (EMF) has the following objectives: (1) Validate an
interview-based EMF exposure assessment algorithm against measurements
of the time-weighted average (TWA) magnetic field magnitude used in
previous epidemiologic studies, (2) calibrate the parameters in the
algorithm in order to improve the exposure estimates, and (3) determine
the correlation between the EMF exposures from the algorithm and
biologically-based metrics measured by new instrumentation. These
biologically-based metrics consist of either characteristics of the
magnetic field that have produced biological effects in laboratory
studies or currents in the body resulting from contact with charged
surfaces. For the higher correlations with the TWA magnetic field
magnitude, these data will be used to determine whether the exposure
algorithm can be modified to accurately assess exposures to the
biologically-based metrics.
This is a one-time study of workers of an electric utility in
Canada and a federal research laboratory in the U.S. There will be no
cost to respondents.
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Average
Number of Number of burden/ Total burden
Respondents respondents responses/ response (in (in hrs)
respondent hrs)
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Workers......................................... 108 1 15/60 27
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Total....................................... 108 .............. .............. 27
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Dated: August 12, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-18922 Filed 8-17-04; 8:45 am]
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