[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 239 (Thursday, December 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75435-75436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29322]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-09-0530]
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 404-639-5960 or
send comments to Maryam Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 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
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 must be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Project Proposal
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act 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).
Background and Brief Description
On October 30, 2000, the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384-7385) 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.
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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 providing voluntary interview opportunities to
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 may 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. Both interviews are voluntary and failure to participate in
either or both interviews will not have a negative effect on the claim,
although voluntary participation may assist the claimant by adding
important information that may not be otherwise available.
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, voluntary 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 the claimant has no further information
to provide to NIOSH about the claim at this time. The form notifies the
claimant that signing the form allows NIOSH to forward a dose
reconstruction report to Department of Labor (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 utilize
them as one part of its determination of whether the claimant is
eligible for compensation under the Act.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of
Type of respondent Number of responses per Average burden Total response
respondents respondent (in hours) burden hours
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Initial interview............................... 4,200 1 1 4,200
Conclusion Form................................. 8,400 1 5/60 700
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 4,900
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Dated: December 5, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-29322 Filed 12-10-08; 8:45 am]
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