[Federal Register: December 27, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 249)]
[Notices]
[Page 79106-79107]
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-03-27]
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 the CDC Reports
Clearance Officer on (404) 498-1210.
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. Send comments to Anne O'Connor, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24,
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project: National Coal Workers' Autopsy Study (NCWAS)
Consent Release and History Form 0920-0021--Extension--National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Background
Under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1977, Pub. L.
91-173 (amended the Federal Coal Mine and Safety Act of 1969), the
Public Health Service has developed a nationwide autopsy program
(NCWAS) for underground coal miners. The NCWAS is a service program to
aid surviving relatives in establishing eligibility for black lung
compensation. The Consent Release and History Form is primarily used to
obtain written authorization from the next-of-kin to perform an autopsy
on the deceased miner. Because a basic reason for the post-mortem
examination is research (both epidemiological and clinical), a minimum
of essential information is collected regarding the deceased miners,
including occupational history and smoking history. The data collected
will be used by the staff at NIOSH for research purposes in defining
the diagnostic criteria for coal workers' pneumoconiosis (black lung)
and pathologic changes that will be correlated with x-ray findings.
It is estimated that only 5 minutes is required for the pathologist
to put a statement on the invoice affirming that no other compensation
is received for the autopsy. From past experience, it is estimated that
15 minutes is required for the next-of-kin to complete the Consent
Release and History Form. Since an autopsy report is routinely
completed by a pathologist, the only additional burden is the specific
request of abstraction of the terminal illness and final diagnosis
relating to pneumoconiosis. Therefore, only 5 minutes of additional
burden is estimated for the autopsy report. There are no costs to
respondents.
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Averagae
Number of Number of burden/ Total burden
Respondents respondents responses/ response (in (in hrs.)
respondent hrs.)
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Pathologist Invoice............................. 50 1 5/60 4.2
Pathologist Report.............................. 50 1 5/60 4.2
Next-of-Kin..................................... 50 1 15/60 12.5
Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 20.9
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Dated: December 20, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-32658 Filed 12-26-02; 8:45 am]
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