[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51841-51842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24318]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-18-0931; Docket No. CDC-2017-0096]
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 effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection project titled ``Healthy Homes and Lead
Poisoning Surveillance System (HHLPSS)''. The overarching goal of the
Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Surveillance System (HHLPSS) is to
support healthy homes surveillance activities at the state and national
levels.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before January 8, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0096 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. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all Federal comments 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 Leroy A. Richardson, 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 the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. 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;
2. Evaluate 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. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
4. 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,
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e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Surveillance System (HHLPSS) (OMB
Control Number 0920-0931, expires 05/31/2018)--Extension--National
Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The overarching goal of the Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning
Surveillance System (HHLPSS) is to support healthy homes surveillance
activities at the state and national levels. CDC is requesting an 18-
month extension to collect data from up to 40 state and local Healthy
Homes Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs (CLPPP) and the
state-based Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES)
programs. The state programs will report information (e.g., presence of
lead paint, age of housing, occupation of adults and type of housing)
to the CDC under a one-year cost extension of the Fiscal Year 2014
Funding Opportunity Announcement (Funding Opportunity Announcement
Number CDC-RFA-14-1408) titled ``(PPHF) Childhood Lead Poisoning
Prevention.'' The 18-month extension will allow CDC to collect data for
the third-year supplement, which represents the fourth and final year
of awardee blood lead surveillance data under this program
announcement.
Over the last three years, seven states have adopted the HHLPPS and
13 are in beta-testing. Since October 2014, CDC has funded up to 40
state and local blood lead surveillance programs. All of these programs
or their subcontractors at the local level are submitting lead
surveillance data for an additional year.
The objectives for this surveillance system remain two-fold. First,
the HHLPSS allows CDC to track, systematically, how the state and local
programs conduct case management and follow-up of residents with
housing-related health outcomes. Second, the system allows for
identification and collection of information on other housing-related
risk factors. Childhood and adult lead poisoning is just one of many
adverse health conditions related to common housing deficiencies.
Multiple hazards in housing (e.g., mold, vermin, radon and the lack of
safety devices) continue to affect, adversely, the health of residents.
HHLPSS offers a coordinated, comprehensive, and systematic public
health approach to eliminate multiple housing-related health hazards.
HHLPSS enables flexibility to evaluate housing where the risk for
lead poisoning is high, regardless of whether children less than 6
years of age currently reside there. Thus, HHLPSS supports CDC efforts
for primary prevention of childhood and adult lead poisoning. Over the
past several decades, there has been a remarkable reduction in
environmental sources of lead, improved protection from occupational
lead exposure, and an overall decreasing trend in the prevalence of
elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) in U.S. adults. As a result, the U.S.
national BLL geometric mean among adults was 1.2 [micro]g/dL during
2009-2010. Nonetheless, lead exposures continue to occur at
unacceptable levels. Current research continues to find that BLLs
previously considered harmless can have harmful effects in adults, such
as decreased renal function and increased risk for hypertension and
essential tremor at BLLs <10 [micro]g/dL.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The total
estimated time burden is 640 hours. There are no changes to the
requested burden hours or the data collection.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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State, Local, and Territorial Healthy Homes 40 4 4 640
Health Departments. and Lead
Poisoning
Surveillance
System (HHLPSS)
Variables.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 640
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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. 2017-24318 Filed 11-7-17; 8:45 am]
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