[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 19 (Monday, January 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4852-4853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1713]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-05AZ]
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 404-371-5976 or
send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email
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
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
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or other forms of information technology. Written comments should be
received within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
A Library Of Participant Questions To Be Used In Exposure
Investigation Questionnaires--New--The Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR).
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 in the
environment. Exposure Investigations are an approach developed by ATSDR
that employs targeted biologic and environmental sampling to assist
ATSDR to better characterize past, current, and possible future human
exposures to hazardous substances in the environment. The purpose of
Exposure Investigations is to determine in a timely manner whether
community residents are being exposed to chemical contaminants at
levels that might affect their health. Exposure Investigations are
usually requested by officials of a state health agency, county health
departments, the Environmental Protection Agency, the general public,
and ATSDR staff.
During an Exposure Investigation ATSDR conducts biomarker testing
or environmental testing or both. Biomarkers may be sampled in urine,
blood, or hair. Environmental samples (e.g., air, water, soil, or food)
can be taken from the environment where people live, spend leisure
time, or other places they might come into contact with contaminants
under investigation. In addition to the suspected environmental
exposure source being investigated, additional exposure to the
contaminant may come from other sources encountered in daily activities
such as jobs, hobbies, household products, lifestyle, medicines, and
foods.
To assist in interpreting the sampling results, a survey
questionnaire appropriate to the specific contaminant will be
administered to participants. Only a limited number of questions
pertinent to exposure routes of the contaminant of concern will be
administered in an investigation. Questions will be asked about the
presence or absence of a specific exposure and an estimate of its
extent and duration. Exposure to other sources of the contaminant of
concern will also be queried in the survey. The information gathered in
the survey will allow ATSDR to more accurately interpret its testing
results and determine a likely source of elevated biomarker tests.
Questionnaires will generally be administered face-to-face and
occasionally by phone or mail. Typically, ATSDR conducts between 10-15
exposure investigations nationally each year that would require a
questionnaire. The number of participants per investigation ranges from
10 to less than 50.
ATSDR is seeking approval for a set of 40-43 potential questions.
Of these, approximately 12-15 questions about the pertinent
environmental pathways in an Exposure Investigation will be used. This
number can vary depending on the number of contaminants being
investigated, the route of exposure (breathing, eating, touching), and
a number of other sources (e.g., products, jobs) of the chemical(s). We
will also collect general information (e.g., name, address,) necessary
to conduct the investigation; there are approximately 28 questions that
will collect demographic information. There are no costs to respondents
other than their time.
Topic areas for the complete set of questions include the
following:
(1) Media specific which includes: air (indoor/outdoor); water
(water source and plumbing); soil, and food (gardening, fish, game,
domestic animals).
(2) Other sources such as: occupation; hobbies; household uses or
house construction; lifestyle (e.g., smoking); medicines and/or health
conditions, and foods.
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Exposure Investigation Participants......... 750 1 30/60 375
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Total................................... ............... ............... ............... 375
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Dated: January 25, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-1713 Filed 1-28-05; 8:45 am]
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