[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20109-20110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07736]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-13-12QI]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 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
(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
National Voluntary Environmental Assessment Information System
(NVEAIS)--New--National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The CDC is requesting a three-year OMB approval for a National
Voluntary Environmental Assessment Information System (NVEAIS) to
collect data from foodborne illness outbreak environmental assessments
routinely conducted by local, state, territorial, or tribal food safety
programs during outbreak investigations. Environmental assessment data
are not currently collected at the national level. The data reported
through this information system will provide timely data on the causes
of outbreaks, including environmental factors associated with
outbreaks, and are essential to
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environmental public health regulators' efforts to respond more
effectively to outbreaks and prevent future, similar outbreaks.
The information system was developed by the Environmental Health
Specialists Network (EHS-Net), a collaborative project of federal and
state public health agencies. The EHS-Net has developed a standardized
instrument for reporting data relevant to foodborne illness outbreak
environmental assessments.
State, local, tribal, and territorial food safety programs are the
primary respondents for this data collection. Although it is not
possible to determine how many programs will choose to participate, as
NVEAIS is voluntary, the maximum potential number of program
respondents is approximately 3,000.
These programs will be reporting data on outbreaks and factors
related to outbreaks, not their programs or personnel. It is not
possible to determine exactly how many outbreaks will occur in the
future, nor where they will occur. However, we estimate, based on
existing data, that a maximum of 1,400 foodborne illness outbreaks will
occur annually. Only programs in the jurisdictions in which these
outbreaks occur would report to NVEAIS. Assuming each outbreak occurs
in a different jurisdiction, there will be one respondent per outbreak.
There are two data collection activities. The first is entering all
requested environmental assessment data into NVEAIS. This will be done
once for each outbreak by food safety program personnel. This will take
approximately 60 minutes per outbreak.
The second data collection activity is the manager interview that
will be conducted at each establishment associated with an outbreak by
the state food safety programs. Most outbreaks are associated with only
one establishment; however, some are associated with multiple
establishments. We estimate that a maximum average of 4 manager
interviews will be conducted per outbreak. Each interview will take
about 20 minutes.
Additionally, all food safety program personnel participating in
NVEAIS will be required to attend a LiveMeeting (i.e., webinar)
training session conducted by CDC staff. We estimate the burden of this
training to be a maximum of 2 hours. Respondents will only have to take
this training one time. Assuming a maximum number of outbreaks of
1,400, the estimated burden for this training is 2,800 hours.
The total estimated annual burden is 6,067 hours. There is no cost
to the respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number burden per
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hrs)
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Food safety program personnel......... NVEAIS Data Reporting 1,400 1 1
Instrument.
Retail food personnel................. NVEAIS Manager interview 5,600 1 20/60
Food safety program personnel......... NVEAIS Food safety 1,400 1 2
program personnel
training.
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Dated: March 20, 2013.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate
Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-07736 Filed 4-2-13; 8:45 am]
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