80 FR 24931 - Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 84 (May 1, 2015)

Page Range		24931-24932
FR Document		2015-10183

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 84 (Friday, May 1, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10183]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted 
the following information collection request to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed 
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public 
and affected agencies.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are 
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (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]. Written comments and/or 
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be 
directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) Alumni Assessment--New--
Office for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (OSTLTS)--
(proposed), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works to 
protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign 
and in the U.S. CDC strives to fulfill this mission, in part, through a 
competent and capable public health workforce. One mechanism to 
developing the public health workforce is through training programs 
like the Public Health Associate Program (PHAP).
    The mission of PHAP is to train and provide experiential learning 
to early career professionals who contribute to the public health 
workforce. PHAP targets recent graduates with bachelors or masters 
degrees who are beginning a career in public health. Each year, a new 
cohort of up to 200 associates is enrolled in the program. Associates 
are CDC employees who complete two-year assignments in a host site 
(i.e., a state, tribal, local, or territorial health department or non-
profit organization). Host sites design their associates' assignments 
to meet their agency's unique needs while also providing on-the-job 
experience that prepares associates for future careers in public 
health. Associates also receive CDC-based training in core public 
health concepts and topics to provide the knowledge, skills, and 
abilities necessary to succeed in their assignments and provide a 
foundation for a career in public health. PHAP hosts an initial in-
person orientation and annual public health training at CDC and offers 
long-distance learning opportunities throughout the program. It is the 
goal of PHAP that following participation in the two-year program, 
alumni will seek employment within the public health system (i.e., 
federal,

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state, tribal, local, or territorial health agencies, or non-
governmental organizations), focusing on public health or health/
healthcare.
    When PHAP originated in 2007, the program focused on increasing 
recruitment and enrollment; to date, there has been limited systematic 
assessment of the program. As a result, one current program priority is 
focused on documenting program outcomes to inform refinements to 
program processes and activities, demonstrate program impact, and 
inform decision making about future program direction. The purpose of 
this information collection request (ICR) is to gain approval to follow 
alumni career progression following participation in PHAP. The ICR will 
enable the program to demonstrate evidence of program outcomes, 
specifically to document how many alumni are retained as members of the 
public health workforce, where alumni are employed, what topical and 
functional public health areas alumni support (e.g., chronic disease, 
infectious disease, assessment, communications, etc.), to what extent 
alumni support the capabilities of public health agencies at the 
federal, state, territorial, local, tribal, and non-governmental 
organizational levels, and to what extent PHAP has influenced alumni 
career paths (if at all). Information will be used to answer key 
program assessment questions, specifically: ``Is PHAP a quality 
program?'', ``Is PHAP an effective program?'', and ``What is the impact 
of PHAP?''
    CDC will administer the PHAP Alumni Assessment at two different 
time points (1 year post-graduation, and 3 years post-graduation) to 
PHAP alumni. Assessment questions will remain consistent at each 
administration (i.e., 1 year, or 3 years post-PHAP graduation). The 
language, however, will be updated for each assessment administration 
to reflect the appropriate time period. It is estimated that there will 
be no more than 480 respondents (160 respondents annually) over the 
course of the three year approval period. Assessments will be 
administered electronically; each alumnus will receive an embedded link 
in an email invitation that is unique to that alumnus; each alumnus 
will only have access to his/her link to the assessment Web site. The 
total estimated burden is 8 minutes per respondent per assessment. The 
total annualized estimated burden is 21 hours.
    There are no costs to respondents except their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Number of     Average  burden
         Type of respondent                  Form name            Number of      responses per    per  response
                                                                 respondents       respondent       (in hours)
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PHAP Alumni.........................  PHAP Alumni Assessment.             160                1             8/60
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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.
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4. Demonstrate how scientifically effect, a point of departure (POD), or the responses; and (e) Assess information
credible IDLH values can be derived point on the dose–response curve from collection costs.
from available data resources which dose extrapolation is initiated To request additional information on
The IDLH methodology outlined in and for applying default uncertainty the proposed project or to obtain a copy
this CIB reflects the modern principles factors (UFs) to derive the IDLH value. of the information collection plan and
and understanding in the fields of risk Conceptually, the derivation process for instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
assessment, toxicology, and IDLH values is similar to that used in send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written
occupational health and provides the other risk assessment applications, comments and/or suggestions regarding
scientific rationale for the derivation of including these steps: the items contained in this notice
IDLH values based on contemporary risk 1. Hazard characterization. should be directed to the Attention:
assessment practices. According to this 2. Identification of critical adverse CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
protocol, IDLH values are based on effects. and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or
health effects considerations determined 3. Identification of a POD. by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written
through a critical assessment of the 4. Application of appropriate UFs, comments should be received within 30
toxicology and human health effects based on the study and POD. days of this notice.
data. This approach ensures that the Dated: April 24, 2015.
Proposed Project
IDLH values reflect an airborne John Howard,
concentration of a substance that Director, National Institute for Occupational
Public Health Associate Program
represents a high-risk situation that may Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control (PHAP) Alumni Assessment—New—
endanger workers’ lives or health. and Prevention. Office for State, Tribal, Local, and
Relevant airborne concentrations are [FR Doc. 2015–10295 Filed 4–30–15; 8:45 am] Territorial Support (OSTLTS)—
typically addressed through the BILLING CODE 4163–19–P
(proposed), Centers for Disease Control
characterization of inhalation and Prevention (CDC).
exposures; however, airborne chemicals Background and Brief Description
can also contribute to toxicity through DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
other exposure routes, such as the skin HUMAN SERVICES The Centers for Disease Control and
and eyes. In this document, airborne Prevention (CDC) works to protect
concentrations are referred to as acute Centers for Disease Control and America from health, safety and security
inhalation limits or guidelines to adhere Prevention threats, both foreign and in the U.S.
to commonly used nomenclature. CDC strives to fulfill this mission, in
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The emphasis on health effects is
consistent with both the traditional use public health workforce. One
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growing applications of IDLH values in The Centers for Disease Control and programs like the Public Health
Risk Management Plan (RMPs) for non- Prevention (CDC) has submitted the Associate Program (PHAP).
routine work practices governing following information collection request The mission of PHAP is to train and
operations in high-risk environments to the Office of Management and Budget provide experiential learning to early
(e.g., confined spaces) and the (OMB) for review and approval in career professionals who contribute to
development of Emergency accordance with the Paperwork the public health workforce. PHAP
Preparedness Plans (EPPs). Incorporated Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for targets recent graduates with bachelors
in the IDLH methodology are the the proposed information collection is or masters degrees who are beginning a
standing guidelines and procedures published to obtain comments from the career in public health. Each year, a new
used for the development of public and affected agencies. cohort of up to 200 associates is
community-based acute exposure limits Written comments and suggestions enrolled in the program. Associates are
called Acute Exposure Guideline Levels from the public and affected agencies CDC employees who complete two-year
(AEGLs). The inclusion of the AEGL concerning the proposed collection of assignments in a host site (i.e., a state,
methodology has helped ensure that the information are encouraged. Your tribal, local, or territorial health
health-based IDLH values derived with comments should address any of the department or non-profit organization).
use of the guidance provided in this following: (a) Evaluate whether the Host sites design their associates’
document are based on validated proposed collection of information is assignments to meet their agency’s
scientific rationale. necessary for the proper performance of unique needs while also providing on-
The IDLH methodology is based on a the functions of the agency, including the-job experience that prepares
weight-of-evidence approach that whether the information will have associates for future careers in public
applies scientific judgment for critical practical utility; (b) Evaluate the health. Associates also receive CDC-
evaluation of the quality and accuracy of the agencies estimate of the based training in core public health
consistency of scientific data and in burden of the proposed collection of concepts and topics to provide the
extrapolation from the available data to information, including the validity of knowledge, skills, and abilities
the IDLH value. The weight-of-evidence the methodology and assumptions used; necessary to succeed in their
approach refers to critical examination (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and assignments and provide a foundation
of all available data from diverse lines clarity of the information to be for a career in public health. PHAP
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of evidence and the derivation of a collected; (d) Minimize the burden of hosts an initial in-person orientation
scientific interpretation on the basis of the collection of information on those and annual public health training at
the collective body of data, including its who are to respond, including through CDC and offers long-distance learning
relevance, quality, and reported results. the use of appropriate automated, opportunities throughout the program. It
This is in contrast to a purely electronic, mechanical, or other is the goal of PHAP that following
hierarchical or strength-of-evidence technological collection techniques or participation in the two-year program,
approach, which relies on rigid decision other forms of information technology, alumni will seek employment within
criteria for selecting a critical adverse e.g., permitting electronic submission of the public health system (i.e., federal,

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80 FR 24931 - Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 84 (May 1, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention