[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22289-22290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08659]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; NLM PEOPLE
LOCATOR[supreg] System
Summary: In compliance with the requirement of Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity
for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National
Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH), will
publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected
agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1)
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the function of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including the
use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
To Submit Comments and For Further Information: To obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and instruments, submit comments in writing,
or request more information on the proposed project, contact: David
Sharlip, NLM Project Clearance Liaison, Office of Administrative and
Management Analysis Services, OAMAS, NLM, NIH, Building 38A, Room
B2N12, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, or call non-toll-free
number (301) 496-5441, or Email your request, including your address
to: [email protected]. Formal requests for additional plans and
instruments must be requested in writing.
Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days
of the date of this publication.
Proposed Collection: NLM People Locator System 0925-0612,
Expiration Date: 07/31/2016, EXTENSION, National Library of Medicine
(NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Need and Use of Information Collection: This collection of data is
intended to assist in the reunification of family members and friends
who are separated during a disaster. Experience in operational drills
and during real-world disasters such as the January 2010 earthquakes in
Haiti demonstrates that family members and loved ones are often
separated during disasters and have significant difficulty determining
each other's safety, condition, and location. Reunification can not
only improve their emotional well-being during the recovery period, but
also improve the chances that injured victims will be cared for once
they are
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released from urgent medical care. Family and friends are also a
valuable source of medical information that may be important to the
care of injured victims (e.g., by providing family or personal medical
history, information about allergies). The National Library of Medicine
(NLM) aims to assist Federal, State and Local agencies in disaster
relief efforts and to serve its mission of supporting national efforts
to the response to disasters via the PEOPLE LOCATOR[supreg] system and
related mobile app (ReUniteTM) developed as part of the
intramural Lost Person Finder (LPF) R&D project. The information
collection would support efforts to reunite family and friends who are
separated during a disaster. Information about missing (``lost'')
people would be collected from family members or loved ones who are
searching for them. Information about recovered (``found'') people
could be provided by medical personnel, volunteers and other relief
workers assisting in the disaster recovery effort. Information
collected about missing and recovered persons would vary including any
one of the following and possibly all: A photograph, name (if available
for a found person), age group (child, adult) and/or range, gender,
status (alive and well, injured, deceased, unknown), and location. The
information collection would be voluntary. It would be activated only
during times of declared emergencies, training and demonstration
support activities, and would operate in declared emergencies until
relief efforts have ceased in response to a particular disaster. This
data collection is authorized pursuant to sections 301, 307, 465 and
478A of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 241, 242l, 286 and
286d]. NLM has in its mission the development and coordination of
communication technology to improve the delivery of health services.
OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized
burden hours are 7,500.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average time
Types of respondent Number of responses per per response Total annual
respondents respondent (in hours) burden hours
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Emergency Care First-Responders, Physicians, 500 100 3/60 2,500
Other Health Care Providers....................
Family members seeking a missing person......... 50,000 2 3/60 5,000
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Total....................................... 50,500 150,000 .............. 7,500
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Dated: April 7, 2016.
David Sharlip,
Project Clearance Liaison, NLM, NIH.
[FR Doc. 2016-08659 Filed 4-14-16; 8:45 am]
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