[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 226 (Friday, November 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71161-71162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6505]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-06-05AS]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
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) 639-4794 or send an e-mail
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
2005 Lead Disclosure Rule Public Awareness Survey--New--National
Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The proposed 2005 Lead Disclosure Rule Public Awareness Survey will
assess small and medium-sized rental property owners' self-reported
awareness of and compliance with the Lead Disclosure Rule. The Lead
Disclosure Rule requires property owners to disclose to prospective
tenants and buyers the presence of lead paint and lead-based paint
hazards in residential properties built before 1978, if known by the
owners. The rule was published under the authority of Title X of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 by the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at 24 CFR part 35, subpart A, and
by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 40 CFR part 745,
subpart F.
Childhood lead poisoning, while on the decline, remains a threat to
the health and well-being of young children across the United States.
In accordance with the Healthy People 2010 goal to ``eliminate elevated
blood lead levels in children,'' there is a need for primary prevention
of childhood lead poisoning. Primary prevention is the removal of lead
hazards from a child's environment before the child is exposed.
Ensuring compliance with the Lead Disclosure Rule is one component of a
primary prevention strategy.
The U.S. Department of Justice, HUD, and EPA, in partnership with
local health, housing, and law enforcement agencies have completed more
than 34 enforcement settlements under the Lead Disclosure Rule. As a
result, they have obtained commitments from property owners to test and
abate lead-based paint hazards in their high-risk rental housing units.
HUD has requested the assistance of the Lead Poisoning Prevention
Branch at CDC to design and implement an evaluation of their
enforcement efforts.
As part of this evaluation effort, CDC is interested in the
perception of the Lead Disclosure Rule by sectors of the property owner
population that have been targeted less often for enforcement of the
rule. This survey of rental property owners who own fewer than 50
rental units will be the first effort of its kind to capture this
particular population's self-reported awareness of and compliance with
the Lead Disclosure Rule.
The survey will be administered in four U.S. cities during 2005 and
2006. Two of the cities will be involved in a compliance assistance and
enforcement intervention by HUD. The other two cities will be control
cities (without such an intervention). For all four cities, CDC will
conduct a cross sectional, ``before and after'' study design. Each
respondent will be surveyed only once, and participation is voluntary.
Respondents will be asked to complete a brief written survey and
return the survey anonymously via the addressed, stamped envelope that
CDC will provide. There is no cost to respondents except the time to
complete the survey. The estimated total burden hours are 250.
Estimate of Annualized Burden Table
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Respondents respondents responses per response (in
respondent hrs.)
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Targeted Property Owners........................................ 1000 1 15/60
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Dated: November 17, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E5-6505 Filed 11-23-05; 8:45 am]
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