[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23554-23555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09785]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-15-0792]
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
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-NET) Program (OMB No.
0920-0792, expired 1/31/2015)--Reinstatement--National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The CDC is requesting OMB approval for a reinstatement (with
changes) of this generic information collection plan. Due to the
uncertainty about whether the EHS-Net program would receive continued
funding, NCEH submitted a discontinuation request for this plan on
January 23, 2015. This reinstatement will provide clearance for EHS-Net
data collections conducted in the next three years to support a
research program focused on identifying the environmental causes of
foodborne illness.
This program is conducted by the Environmental Health Specialists
Network (EHS-Net), a collaborative project of CDC, the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), the United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA), and local and state sites. To date, EHS-Net has conducted four
studies under this generic information collection plan. The data from
these studies have yielded valuable findings and have been disseminated
to environmental public health/food safety regulatory programs and the
food industry in the form of presentations at conferences and meetings,
scientific journal publications, and Web site postings.
NCEH intends to conduct EHS-Net data collections from 2015 through
2018 (approximately one per year). The program is revising the generic
information collection request (ICR) to account for a likely change in
the participating sites, to reduce the estimated burden, and to
eliminate ineffective sample weighting analyses.
Reducing foodborne illness first requires identification and
understanding of the environmental factors that cause these illnesses.
We need to know how and why food becomes contaminated with foodborne
illness pathogens. This information can then be used to determine
effective food safety prevention methods. The purpose of this food
safety research program is to identify and understand
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environmental factors associated with foodborne illness and outbreaks.
Environmental factors associated with foodborne illness include
both food safety practices (e.g., inadequate cleaning practices) and
the factors in the environment associated with those practices (e.g.,
worker and retail food establishment characteristics). To understand
these factors, we need to continue to collect data from those who
prepare food (i.e., food workers) and on the environments in which the
food is prepared (i.e., retail food establishment kitchens). Thus, data
collection methods for this generic package include: (1) manager and
worker interviews/assessments, and (2) observation of kitchen
environments. Both methods allow data collection on food safety
practices and environmental factors associated with those practices.
For each data collection, we will collect data in approximately 47
retail food establishments per site. Thus, there will be approximately
376 establishments per data collection (an estimated 8 sites X 47
establishments). We expect a manager/establishment response rate of
approximately 60 percent; thus, we will need to attempt to recruit 627
managers/establishments via telephone in order to meet our goal of 376
establishments. Each manager will respond to the recruiting script only
once for approximately three minutes. Thus, the maximum burden for the
manager recruiting attempts will be 31 hours. We will collect
interview/assessment data from a manager in each establishment. Each
manager will respond only once for approximately 30 minutes. Thus, the
maximum burden for the manager interview/assessment will be 188. In
total, the average burden for managers will be 219 hours (31 hours for
recruiting plus 188 hours for the interview/assessment).
For each data collection, we will recruit a worker from each
participating establishment to provide interview/assessment data. Each
worker will respond to the recruiting script only once for
approximately three minutes. Thus, the maximum burden for the worker
recruiting attempts will be 19 hours. We expect a worker response rate
of 90 percent (339 workers). Each worker will respond only once for
approximately 10 minutes. Thus, the maximum burden for the worker
interview/assessment will be 57 hours. In total, the average burden per
worker response will be 88 hours (19 hours for recruiting plus 57 hours
for the interview/assessment).
There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The total
estimated annual burden for each data collection will be 295 hours.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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Retail managers....................... Manager Telephone 627 1 3/60
Recruiting Script.
Retail managers....................... Manager Interview/ 376 1 30/60
Assessment.
Retail food workers................... Worker Recruiting Script 376 1 3/60
Retail food workers................... Worker Interview/ 339 1 10/60
Assessment.
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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. 2015-09785 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am]
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