[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 41 (Thursday, March 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12594-12595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4947]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[30-Day-12-12BL]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-7570 or send an email to
[email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-
5806. Written comments should be received within 30 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Biomonitoring of Great Lakes Populations Program--New--Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Great Lakes Basin has suffered decades of pollution and
ecosystem damage. In 1987, the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
listed 40 Areas of Concern (AOCs) representing the most polluted areas
in the Great Lakes Basin. Many chemicals persist in Great Lakes
sediments, as well as in wildlife and humans. These chemicals can build
up in the aquatic food chain. Eating contaminated fish is a known route
of human exposure.
In 2009, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) was enacted
in Public Law 111-88. The GLRI makes Great Lakes restoration a national
priority for 16 federal agencies. The GLRI is led by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). Under a 2010 interagency
agreement with the U.S. EPA, the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR) announced a funding opportunity called the
``Biomonitoring of Great Lakes Populations Program'' (CDC-RFA-TS10-
1001).
This applied public health program aims to measure Great Lakes
chemicals in human blood and urine. These measures will be a baseline
for the GLRI and future restoration activities. The measures will be
compared to available national estimates. This program also aims to
take these measures from people who may be at higher risk of harm from
chemical exposures.
Three states were funded for this program: Michigan, Minnesota, and
New York. The health departments in these states will look at seven
AOCs and four types of sensitive adults: Michigan--urban anglers in the
Detroit River and the Saginaw River and Bay AOCs; Minnesota--American
Indians near the St. Louis River AOC; and New York--licensed anglers
and immigrants from Burma and their family members living in four Lake
Ontario and Lake Erie AOCs. These include the Rochester Embayment AOC,
the Eighteenmile Creek AOC, and the AOCs along the Niagara and Buffalo
Rivers.
Each state will use its own way to ask people to take part in the
study. In Michigan, people fishing along the shores of the Detroit
River and Saginaw River and Bay will be asked a few questions to see if
they are willing to take part in the study. In Minnesota, American
Indians will be randomly chosen from a list of people who get local
tribal health clinic and social services. They will be contacted by
trained staff to take part in the study. In New York, names from the
state licensed angler database will be chosen at random. These people
will be contacted by mail and telephone to take part in the study.
Another group, immigrants who moved from Burma to Buffalo, NY, will
work with trained study staff to get their people to take part in the
study.
All respondents who consent will give blood and urine specimens.
Their blood and urine will be tested for polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs), mercury, lead, and pesticides. Pesticides will include mirex,
hexachlorobenzene, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and
dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE). Each state will test blood and
urine for other chemicals of local concern. Respondents will also be
interviewed. They will be asked about demographic and lifestyle
factors, hobbies, and types of jobs, which can contribute to chemical
exposure. Some diet questions will be asked, too, with a focus on
eating Great Lakes fish. There is no cost to respondents other than
their time spent in the study. The estimated annualized burden hours
are 713 hours. The ATSDR is requesting approval to conduct this
information collection for two years.
The ATSDR is authorized to conduct this program under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, as amended by the Superfund
[[Page 12595]]
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Michigan Shoreline Anglers............ Screening Questionnaire. 350 1 5/60
Telephone Questions for 250 1 7/60
Scheduling Appointments.
Informed Consent........ 200 1 1/60
Biomonitoring 200 1 54/60
Questionnaire.
American Indians from Minnesota....... Recruitment Calling 312 1 5/60
Script.
Refusal Questions Form.. 62 1 2/60
Individual Consent Form. 250 1 3/60
Contact Information Form 250 1 2/60
Study Participant 250 1 30/60
Questionnaire.
Clinic Visit Form....... 250 1 1/60
Participation Record.... 250 1 3/60
New York State Licensed Anglers....... Mail-in Eligibility 300 1 5/60
Screening Survey.
Online Eligibility 450 1 5/60
Screening Survey.
Telephone Script for Non- 500 1 5/60
responders to Screening.
Telephone Script for 150 1 5/60
Eligible Responders to
Screening.
Informed Consent........ 200 1 1/60
Interview Questionnaire. 200 1 30/60
Immigrants from Burma and Descendants. Eligibility Screening 92 1 5/60
Survey.
Informed Consent........ 50 1 1/60
Interview Questionnaire. 50 1 1
Network Size Questions 50 1 5/60
for Respondent Driven
Sampling.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kimberly S. Lane,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-4947 Filed 2-29-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P