[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12765-12766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05914]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-18-0931]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
collection request titled Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Surveillance
System (HHLPSS) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed Data Collection
Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' notice on [November
8, 2017] to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC
did not receive comments related to the previous notice. This notice
serves to allow an additional 30 days for public and affected agency
comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
(a) 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;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) 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, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Direct written comments
and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice to the
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Provide
written comments within 30 days of notice publication.
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 HHLPSS is to support healthy homes
surveillance activities at the state and national levels. CDC seeks to
request an OMB approval to extend the project for 18-months for 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 FY14 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA No. CDC-
RFA-14-1408) titled ``(PPHF) Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention.'' The
18-month extension will allow CDC to collect data for the third year
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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 HHLPSS 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 systematically track 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 that are related to common housing
deficiencies. Multiple hazards in housing (e.g., mold, vermin, radon
and the lack of safety devices) continue to adversely affect 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 hours is 640 hours. There are no changes to the
requested burden hours or the data collection.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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State, Local, and Territorial Health Healthy Homes and Lead 40 4 4
Departments. Poisoning Surveillance
System (HHLPSS)
Variables.
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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. 2018-05914 Filed 3-22-18; 8:45 am]
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