[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 27 (Friday, February 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10357-10359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02760]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-17-17OB: Docket No. ATSDR-2017-0002]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 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 a proposed
information collection project titled ``Characterization of Exposure
Potential during Activities Conducted on Synthetic Turf with Crumb
Rubber Infill.'' The purpose of the proposed study is to evaluate and
characterize human exposure potential to constituents in crumb rubber
infill.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 11, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. ATSDR-
2017-0002 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
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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
Characterization of Exposure Potential during Activities Conducted
on Synthetic Turf with Crumb Rubber Infill--New--Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
Background and Brief Description
Currently in the United States, there are more than 12,000
synthetic turf fields in use. While the Synthetic Turf Council has set
guidelines for the content of crumb rubber used as infill in synthetic
turf fields, manufacturing processes result in differences among types
of crumb rubber. Additionally, the chemical composition may vary highly
between different processes and source materials and may vary even
within granules from the same origin.
In July, 2016, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
were granted an emergency Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance for a
research study titled ``Collections Related to Synthetic Turf Fields
with Crumb Rubber Infill'' (OMB Control No. 0923-0054, expiration date
01/31/2017). The research goals for the three activities in the
protocol are pilot-level investigations to evaluate and characterize:
(1) The chemical composition and use of crumb rubber infill in
synthetic turf using a convenience sample of nine tire recycling
manufacturing plants and 40 facilities that use synthetic turf fields
(Activity 1); (2) the human exposure potential to constituents in crumb
rubber infill among a convenience sample of 60 field users (Activity
2); and (3) collection of biological specimens (blood and urine) from
45 participants from Activity 2 (Activity 3).
By December, 2016, ATSDR and USEPA completed Activity 1 which was
aimed at characterizing the chemical composition and use of synthetic
turf fields with tire crumb rubber infill. The agencies successfully
consented and sampled 40 synthetic turf fields with crumb rubber infill
across the United States. The activities are reported in the ``Status
Report on the Federal Research Action Plan on Recycled Tire Crumb Used
on Playing Fields and Playgrounds.'' The Status Report was released on
December 30, 2016.
During Activity 1, ATSDR and USEPA obtained permission to return to
participating fields to complete the human exposure characterization.
Due to the limited time constraints and field activity schedules, ATSDR
and USEPA chose to begin Activity 2 data collection and Activity 3
specimen collection in 2017.
The agencies are requesting a new information collection request
(ICR) for a two-year OMB clearance to complete Activity 2 and Activity
3, now subtitled ``Characterization of Exposure Potential during
Activities Conducted on Synthetic Turf with Crumb Rubber Infill.'' This
will be the first assessment of activities conducted on synthetic turf
for the purpose of characterizing potential exposure patterns. The
study will include persons who use synthetic turf with crumb rubber
infill (e.g., facility users) and who routinely perform activities that
would result in a high level of contact to crumb rubber. This will
allow for evaluation of potential high-end exposures to constituents in
synthetic turf among this group of users. The respondents will be
administered a detailed questionnaire on activity patterns on synthetic
turf with crumb rubber infill. This instrument, along with extant
videography of persons engaged in activities of interest (see below),
will be used to characterize exposure scenarios, including the nature
and duration of potential exposures.
Additionally, we will conduct an exposure characterization sub-
study among a subset of the respondents. We will use a subset of the
facilities sampled in the first study to conduct activities for the
exposure characterization of facility users. The exposure
characterization sub-study will include field environment sampling,
personal air monitoring, dermal sampling, and urine and blood
collection. Video data collection of facility user activities will be
performed for a subset of respondents. It is likely that some of the
collection items will not be analyzed in the current project time frame
but will be archived for future analysis.
The research study will screen a total of 75 participants for
eligibility. The sample size for the exposure characterization study is
60 respondents and 45 respondents for the exposure measurements sub-
study. The total burden hours for the research study is 174 hours among
all of the 75 respondents. There is no cost to the respondents other
than their time in the study.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Adult/Adolescent Field Users.. Eligibility 41 1 5/60 4
Screening
Script.
Adult and 36 1 30/60 18
Adolescent
Questionnaire.
Exposure 27 1 3 81
Measurement
Form.
Phlebotomist 27 1 2/60 1
Safety
Exclusion
Questions Form.
Parents/Guardians of Youth/ Eligibility 34 1 5/60 3
Child Field Users. Screening
Script.
Youth and Child 24 1 30/60 12
Questionnaire.
Phlebotomist 18 1 2/60 1
Safety
Exclusion
Questions Form.
Youth/Child Field Users....... Exposure 18 1 3 54
Measurement
Form.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 174
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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. 2017-02760 Filed 2-9-17; 8:45 am]
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