[Federal Register: January 10, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 7)]
[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-08-0008]
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
and send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting 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
Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance (HSEES)--
Extension--(0923-0008), Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry (ATSDR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is
mandated
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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 into the environment. The
primary purpose of this activity, which ATSDR has supported since 1992,
is to develop, implement, and maintain a state-based surveillance
system for hazardous substances emergency events which can be used to
(1) describe the distribution of the hazardous substances releases; (2)
describe the public health consequences (morbidity, mortality, and
evacuations) associated with the events; (3) develop strategies to
reduce future public health consequences. The study population will
consist of all hazardous substance non permitted acute releases within
the 14 states (Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota,
New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington,
and Wisconsin) participating in the surveillance system.
Until this system was developed and implemented, there was no
national public health-based surveillance system to coordinate the
collation, analysis, and distribution of hazardous substances emergency
release data to public health practitioners. It was necessary to
establish this national surveillance system which describes the public
health impact of hazardous substances emergencies on the health of the
population of the United States. The data collection form will be
completed by the state health department Hazardous Substances Emergency
Events Surveillance (HSEES) coordinator using a variety of sources
including written and oral reports from environmental protection
agencies, police, firefighters, emergency response personnel; or
researched by the HSEES coordinator using material safety data sheets,
and chemical handbooks. There is a reduction in the annual burden hours
per response because of the reduction in number of states from 15 to 14
and because of a change in the case definition of an HSEES event in
2005, which excludes stack emissions of oxides of nitrogen
(NOX), oxides of sulfur (SOx), and carbon monoxide (CO) when
they are not mixed with another hazardous substance.
The HSEES public use data set is available on the ATSDR HSEES Web
site. Interested parties complete a brief description of who will be
using the data and for what purpose in order to download the data. This
allows ATSDR to widely distribute the data and track its usefulness.
There is no cost to the respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Respondents respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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Participating State Health Department HSEES 14 536 45/60 5,628
Coordinators...................................
Persons interested in HSEES data through Web 500 1 6/60 50
site...........................................
Total....................................... 514 .............. .............. 5,678
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Dated: January 4, 2008.
Marilyn S. Radke,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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