[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40698-40700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14726]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-16-16ARH; Docket No. CDC-2016-0053]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, 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. This notice invites comment on the proposed
information collection entitled ``Poison Center Collaborations for
Public Health Emergencies.'' The goal for this new information
collection is to create a timely generic clearance mechanism to allow a
network of U.S. poison centers, in collaboration with CDC, to obtain
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critical exposure and health information during public health
emergencies. CDC will collect follow-up information not captured during
poison center callers' initial calls.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 22, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0053 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
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.
Proposed Project
Poison Center Collaborations for Public Health Emergencies--NEW--
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is requesting a
three-year Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance for a new generic
clearance information collection request (Generic ICR) titled ``Poison
Center Collaborations for Public Health Emergencies.''
CDC's key partner, the American Association of Poison Control
Centers (AAPCC), is a national network of 55 poison centers working to
prevent and treat poison exposures. The goal for this new Generic ICR
is to create a timely mechanism to allow poison centers, in
collaboration with CDC, to obtain critical exposure and health
information during public health emergencies. This information is not
captured during initial poison center calls about triage and treatment
of potential poison exposures. Additional data collections are needed
quickly to further characterize exposures, risk factors, and illnesses.
When a public health emergency of interest to CDC and AAPCC occurs,
the CDC and AAPCC hold a meeting to mutually decide whether the
incident needs further investigation. For a public health emergency to
be selected for call-back, adverse health effects must have occurred
and a response is needed to prevent further morbidity and mortality.
The event must meet the criteria below:
(1) The event is a public health emergency causing adverse health
effects.
(2) Timely data are urgently needed to inform rapid public health
action to prevent or reduce injury, disease, or death.
(3) The event is characterized by a natural or man-made disaster,
contaminated food or water, a new or existing consumer product, or an
emerging public health threat.
(4) The event has resulted in calls to a poison center, and the
poison center agrees to conduct the call-back data collection.
(5) The event is domestic.
(6) Data collection will be completed in 60 days or less.
Trained poison center staff will conduct the call-back telephone
survey, after administering consent. Respondents will include
individuals who call poison centers about exposures related to the
select public health emergencies. These respondents include adults, 18
years and older; adolescents, 15 to less than 18 years; and parents or
guardians on behalf of their children less than 15 years of age.
The total estimate of 300 annual respondents is based on poison
center experience which assumes two incidents per year with
approximately 150 respondents per event. The average burden per
respondent is approximately 40 minutes for the call-back questionnaire.
We anticipate a total annualized burden of 200 hours.
There is no cost to the respondents other than their time.
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Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
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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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Adult Poison Center Callers... Call-back 210 1 40/60 140
Questionnaire
for Self.
Adolescent Poison Center Call-back 30 1 40/60 20
Callers. Questionnaire
for Self.
Parent or Guardian Poison Call-back 60 1 40/60 40
Center Callers. Questionnaire
for Proxy.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 200
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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. 2016-14726 Filed 6-21-16; 8:45 am]
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