[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18238-18239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07670]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-15-0929]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; (d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be
directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written
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comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
World Trade Center Health Program Petition for the Addition of a
New WTC-Related Health Condition for Coverage under the World Trade
Center (WTC) Health Program (OMB No. 0920-0929, expiration 04/30/
2015)--Revision--Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
National Institutes for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Background and Brief Description
Title I of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of
2010 (Pub. L. 111-347), amended the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act)
to add Title XXXIII establishing the WTC Health Program within the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The WTC Health Program
provides medical monitoring and treatment benefits to eligible
firefighters and related personnel, law enforcement officers, and
rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers who responded to the September
11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, at the Pentagon, and in
Shanksville, Pennsylvania (responders), and to eligible persons who
were present in the dust or dust cloud on September 11, 2001 or who
worked, resided, or attended school, childcare, or adult daycare in the
New York City disaster area (survivors).
PHS Act Sec. 3312(a)(3) identifies a list of health conditions for
which individuals who are enrolled in the WTC Health Program may be
monitored or treated. PHS Act Sec. 3312(a)(6)(B) specifies that
interested parties may petition the Administrator of the WTC Health
Program to request that a new health condition be added to the List of
WTC-Related Health Conditions in 42 CFR 88.1. To aid the petitioner,
the WTC Health Program provides a petition form to be completed and
then sent to the Administrator for review. However, the petitioner is
not required to use the form, and may submit a petition in a different
format, provided it contains all of the data elements requested on the
form.
Data elements include the interested party's name, contact
information, signature, and a statement about the medical basis for the
relationship/association between the 9/11 exposure and the proposed
health condition, which the Administrator of the WTC Health Program
will use to determine whether to propose a rule to add the condition,
to not to add the condition, or to seek a recommendation from the
Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee (STAC).
The petition form is amended slightly to reflect a WTC Health
Program policy change. The current form asks respondents to offer
reference to ``a peer-reviewed, published, epidemiologic study.'' The
revised form will ask respondents to reference ``peer-reviewed,
published, epidemiologic and/or direct observational studies.''
The submission of a petition is purely voluntary, and is not
required or otherwise compelled by NIOSH or the WTC Health Program.
NIOSH expects to receive no more than 20 submissions annually.
Petitioners include prospective and enrolled WTC responders, screening-
eligible survivors, certified-eligible survivors, or members of groups
who advocate on behalf of responders or survivors, such as physicians.
It is estimated that an individual spends an average of 40 hours
gathering information to substantiate a request to add a health
condition and assembling the petition. The total estimated annualized
burden hours are 800.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (hours)
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Responder/Survivor/Advocate Petition for the 20 1 40
(physician). addition of health
conditions.
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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. 2015-07670 Filed 4-2-15; 8:45 am]
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