[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40708-40709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14825]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; NLM PEOPLE
LOCATOR[supreg] System
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for
review and approval of the information collection listed below. This
proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal
Register on April 15, 2016, page 22289 and allowed 60 days for public
comment. There were no comments received. The purpose of this notice is
to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National Library
of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health, may not conduct or
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sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an
information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented
on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory
Affairs, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974,
Attention: NIH Desk Officer.
Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days
of the date of this publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and instruments or request more information on the
proposed project contact: David Sharlip, Office of Administrative and
Management Analysis Services, National Library of Medicine, Building
38A, Room B2N12, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, or call non-
toll-free number (301) 402-9680, or Email your request, including your
address to: [email protected]. Formal requests for additional plans
and instruments must be requested in writing.
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 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, 242, 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: June 16, 2016.
David Sharlip,
Project Clearance Liaison, NLM, NIH.
[FR Doc. 2016-14825 Filed 6-21-16; 8:45 am]
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