[Federal Register: April 13, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 70)]
[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-05-0530]
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 404-371-5983
and send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information
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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.
Project Proposal
EEOICPA Dose Reconstruction Interviews and Forms, OMB No. 0920-
0530--Extension--The National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Background and Brief Description
On October 30, 2000, the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-398) was enacted. This
Act established a federal compensation program for employees of the
Department of Energy (DOE) and certain of its contractors,
subcontractors and vendors, who have suffered cancers and other
designated illnesses as a result of exposures sustained in the
production and testing of nuclear weapons.
Executive Order 13179, issued on December 7, 2000, delegated
authorities assigned to ``the President'' under the Act to the
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Energy and Justice.
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was delegated the
responsibility of establishing methods for estimating radiation doses
received by eligible claimants with cancer applying for compensation.
NIOSH is applying the following methods to estimate the radiation doses
of individuals applying for compensation.
In performance of its dose reconstruction responsibilities, under
the Act, NIOSH is interviewing claimants (or their survivors)
individually and providing them with the opportunity to assist NIOSH in
documenting the work history of the employee by characterizing the
actual work tasks performed. In addition, NIOSH and the claimant
identify incidents that may have resulted in undocumented radiation
exposures, characterizing radiological protection and monitoring
practices, and identify co-workers and other witnesses as may be
necessary to confirm undocumented information. In this process, NIOSH
uses a computer assisted telephone interview (CATI) system, which
allows interviews to be conducted more efficiently and quickly as
opposed to a paper-based interview instrument.
NIOSH uses the data collected in this process to complete an
individual dose reconstruction that accounts, as fully as possible, for
the radiation dose incurred by the employee in the line of duty for DOE
nuclear weapons production programs. After dose reconstruction, NIOSH
also performs a brief final interview with the claimant to explain the
results and to allow the claimant to confirm or question the records
NIOSH has compiled. This will also be the final opportunity for the
claimant to supplement the dose reconstruction record.
At the conclusion of the dose reconstruction process, the claimant
submits a form to confirm that all the information available to the
claimant has been provided. The form notifies the claimant that signing
the form allows NIOSH to forward a dose reconstruction report to DOL
and to the claimant, and closes the record on data used for the dose
reconstruction. Signing this form does not indicate that the claimant
agrees with the outcome of the dose reconstruction. The dose
reconstruction results will be supplied to the claimant and to the DOL,
the agency that will factor them into its determination of whether the
claimant is eligible for compensation under the Act.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time.
Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (hours)
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Initial interview............................... 4,200 1 1 4,200
Conclusion form................................. 8,400 1 5/60 700
Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 4,900
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Dated: April 6, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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