[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65218-65219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26032]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-14-0530]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the
below proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information
collection plan and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or send comments to
Leroy A. Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or
send an email to [email protected].
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval. 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;(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; and (e)
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
EEOICPA Dose Reconstruction Interviews and Forms (OMB No. 0920-
0530, expires 02/28/2015)--Extension--National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
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.
Executive Order 13179, issued on December 7, 2000, delegated
authorities assigned to ``the President'' under the Act to the
Departments of Labor (DOL), 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
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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 is
requesting a three year approval for these data collection activities.
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.
Approximately 4,200 claimants will be interviewed with an average
burden of one hour per response.
At the conclusion of the dose reconstruction process, the claimant
submits a conclusion 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 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. It is estimated that 8,400 claimants will
complete the conclusion form which takes approximately 5 minutes per
response.
The total estimated burden hours are 4,900. There is no cost to
respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) hours
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Claimant...................... Initial 4,200 1 1 4,200
interview.
Claimant...................... Conclusion form 8,400 1 5/60 700
OCAS-1.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 4,900
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-26032 Filed 10-31-14; 8:45 am]
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