[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3133-3134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1323]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-98-09]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry (ATSDR) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC/ATSDR
Reports Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
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; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques for other
forms of information technology. Send comments to Wilma Johnson, CDC/
ATSDR Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA
30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Projects
1. Surveillance of Hazardous Substances Emergency Event--(0923-
0008)--Extension--The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR) is mandated pursuant to the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental
Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), and its 1986
Amendments, The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), to
prevent or mitigate adverse human health effects and diminished quality
of life resulting from the exposure to hazardous substances into the
environment. The primary purpose of this activity, which ATSDR has
supported since 1992, is to develop, implement, and maintain a state-
based surveillance system for hazardous substances emergency events
which can be used to: (1) Describe the distribution of the hazardous
substance releases; (2) describe the public health consequences
(morbidity, mortality, and evacuations) associated with the events; (3)
identify risk factors associated with the public health consequences;
and (4) propose strategies to reduce future public health consequences.
The study population will consist of all hazardous substance
nonpermitted acute releases within the 13 states (Alabama, Colorado,
Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina,
Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin) participating in
the surveillance system.
Until this system was developed and implemented, there was no
national public health-based surveillance system to coordinate the
collation, analysis, and distribution of health data to public health
practitioners. It was necessary to establish this national surveillance
system which describes the impact of hazardous substances emergencies
on the health of the population of the United States. The data
collection form will be completed by the state health department HSEES
coordinator using information provided by a variety of sources
including environmental protection agencies, police, firefighters,
emergency response personnel; or researched by the HSEES coordinator
including census data, material safety data sheets, and chemical
handbooks. There is no cost to respondents.
We are requesting a 3-year extension.
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Number of Avg burden/ Total
Respondents Number of respondents responses/ response burden (in
respondent (in hrs) hrs)
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State coordinator.................... 13 states......................... 332 1 4,316
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2. Long Term Health Effects of Methyl Parathion in Children--a
Follow-Up Study--New--The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry (ATSDR) is mandated pursuant to the 1980 Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), and its
1986 Amendments, The Superfund
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Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), to prevent or mitigate
adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life resulting
from the exposure to hazardous substances into the environment.
Children were exposed to Methyl Parathion (MP) via illegal indoor
residential spraying of MP for pest control in nine states. All of
these sprayed areas have been designated as CERCLA sites and placed on
the National Priorities List (NPL) for conducting remedial actions. The
MP sites consist of contaminated residences and businesses spread over
several counties and states, intermingled with other building
structures that were never sprayed with MP, making targeted remedial
actions more challenging.
This study of children exposed to MP and children not exposed, but
matched on age, sex, and race will provide critical public health
information for the gap in data regarding the effects of lower dose,
sub-acute exposure on neurobehavioral and respiratory development. The
study population will consist of children under 6 years of age at the
time of exposure (exposed group), whose residences in Ohio and
Mississippi were illegally sprayed with MP since 1994, and matched with
unexposed children (unexposed group). No data exist regarding low dose,
sub-acute exposure to MP in children. The goal of this study is to
examine the association between lower dose, sub-acute MP exposure in
children, specifically from indoor spraying, and the risk of adversely
affecting normal neurobehavioral and respiratory development.
The questionnaire will be administered in person by trained
interviewers to the mothers (fathers or other guardians, if the mother
is not available) of the exposed and unexposed children. The Pediatric
Environmental Neurobehavioral Test Battery (PENTB) will be administered
by personnel trained in the neurobehavioral assessment of children at
annual intervals for the three study years. Other than the time to
participate, there will be no cost to respondents.
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Total
Number of Avg burden/ annual
Respondent questionnaire Number of respondents responses/ response burden (in
respondent (in hrs) hrs)
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Parent/Child (general)............... 537............................... 1 1 537
(PENTB).............................. 537............................... 1 1.25 671
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Total............................ .................................. ........... ........... 1,208
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Dated: January 14, 1998.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning And Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-1323 Filed 1-20-98; 8:45 am]
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