[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 158 (Monday, August 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49236-49237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20191]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-15-15AFJ]
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.
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Proposed Project
The Green Housing Pilot Study (New Orleans)--New--National Center
for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeks a new
three-year OMB approval for the Green Housing Pilot Study (New Orleans)
or ``Pilot'' of additional components to be tested at the New Orleans
site for the main Green Housing Study (OMB No. 0920-0906, Expiration
10/31/2017). The goal of the Pilot is to apply novel approaches to
study exposures to various indoor pollutants in children ranging in age
from newborn-12 years. The information collected will help scientists
better understand time-activity patterns of children that affect
exposures to chemical and biological agents in their residential
environments, and improve estimates of exposure for children.
Results from this Pilot will inform future Green Housing Study
sites and will potentially reduce participant time burden by collecting
some questionnaires electronically. This study directly supports the
Healthy People 2020 Healthy Homes' health protection goal of the CDC.
This investigation is consistent with CDC's Health Protection Research
Agenda, which calls for research to identify the major environmental
causes of disease and disability and related risk factors.
In 2011, CDC funded the first two study sites for the Green Housing
Study, Boston and Cincinnati. In these two cities, renovations
sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) had
already been scheduled. By selecting sites in which renovations were
already scheduled to occur, CDC has leveraged the opportunity to
collect survey and biomarker data from residents, and to collect
environmental measurements in homes to evaluate associations between
green housing and health.
Several objectives will be evaluated during the Pilot:
(1) Identify and characterize factors affecting children's
exposures to chemical ingredients from consumer products found in their
everyday environment to support the data and modeling needs of the
exposure components of EPA's national research programs;
(2) Evaluate the Pilot data metrics for incorporation in and
enhancement of CDC's ability to understand the relationship between
environmental exposures and asthma;
(3) Compare multimedia measurements and survey data between pre-
and post-renovation time points in green and non-green low-income
housing to assess exposure related changes in the residence and
participants due to renovation activities.
Like the other Green Housing Study sites, data will be collected
from 64 households. Study participants are children with asthma and
their mothers/primary caregivers living in HUD-subsidized housing that
has either received a green renovation or is a non-green home. This
Pilot will also enroll younger children with a focus on newborns-3
years. Having a larger age range of children in the study will improve
the estimates of how environmental exposures inside and outside of
their homes can occur during different life stages of childhood, a
critical period of life when the immune system and other organ systems
are still developing.
The Pilot will be implemented by incorporating it into the Green
Housing study schedule. Data collection methods include: (1) Time-
activity pattern questionnaire of children, administered to mothers/
primary caregivers; (2) collection of air, soil, dust samples from the
respondent's home; and (3) collection of blood, urine, toenails
clippings, and feces from the respondent's eligible children.
We hypothesize that a better estimation of exposure pathways will
improve exposure modeling for the current and the future Green Housing
Study sites, and influence future research in environmental health.
Although children are considered participants, the respondents to all
questionnaires are the mothers/primary caregivers; no children will
fill out questionnaires.
The respondents are 64 mothers/primary caregivers of enrolled
children; or approximately 21 respondents each year. There is no cost
to the respondents other than their time to participate in the study.
The total estimated annual burden hours for the Pilot is 56 hours.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hrs.)
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Mothers/Primary Caregivers of Time/Activity 21 4 40/60
Enrolled Children. Questionnaire.
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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. 2015-20191 Filed 8-14-15; 8:45 am]
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