[Federal Register: August 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 156)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-07-0707]
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 404-639-4604 or
send comments to Maryam Daneshvar, 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 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
2005 Lead Disclosure Rule Public Awareness Survey--Extension--
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
assesses 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 745, subpart F.
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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.
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 small and medium-sized rental property owners
(owning fewer than 50 rental units) is the first effort of its kind to
capture this particular population's self-reported awareness of and
compliance with the Lead Disclosure Rule.
Approval was granted for the information collection request, set to
expire 01/31/2008. However, due to unforeseeable and unavoidable delays
in coordinating the interventions, an extension of the approved
information request is required to complete data collection. An
extension of 2 years is requested to allow for further unavoidable
delays. There are no proposed changes to the survey design or
questionnaire.
The survey was to be administered twice in four U.S. cities during
2005 and 2006. Two of the cities are involved in a compliance
assistance and enforcement intervention by HUD. The other two cities
are control cities (without such an intervention). For all four cities,
CDC is conducting a cross-sectional, ``before and after'' study design.
Each respondent is surveyed only once, and participation is voluntary.
Respondents are asked to complete a brief written survey and return the
survey anonymously via the addressed, stamped envelope CDC will
provide. There is no cost to respondents except the time to complete
the survey.
The population surveyed using this questionnaire are small and
medium property owners who rent housing units to tenants. These owners
may not consider themselves to be in business or may not have leasing
offices. Regardless, they are technically small business owners. They
have been identified by publicly-available tax assessor records. A
sample of 3,000 such owners will be surveyed, with a likely response
from approximately 1,000 small and medium property owners. We believe
this is a good use of public burden because this particular population
has never been surveyed as to their awareness of and compliance with
the Lead Disclosure Rule. The anticipated burden per respondent has
been kept to a minimum by asking only a small number of essential
questions. Additionally, the questionnaire is anonymous so that no
individual property owner or small business can be identified. There is
no cost to the respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
No. of No. of burden per Total burden
Respondents respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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Targeted Property Owners........................ 1000 1 15/60 250
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Dated: August 8, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-15895 Filed 8-13-07; 8:45 am]
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