80_FR_26142 80 FR 26055 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

80 FR 26055 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

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

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 87 (May 6, 2015)

Page Range26055-26056
FR Document2015-10542

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 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 the proposed information collection entitled The Green Housing Pilot Study (New Orleans).

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-10542]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day 15-15AFJ; Docket No. CDC-2015-0027]


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 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 the proposed 
information collection entitled The Green Housing Pilot Study (New 
Orleans).

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2015-
0027 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.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 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: omb@cdc.gov.

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

    The Green Housing Pilot Study (New Orleans)--New--National Center 
for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking a 
new three-year regular OMB approval for a pilot study of additional 
components to be tested in a single study site (New Orleans) for the 
Green Housing Study (OMB No. 0920-0906, Expiration Date 10/31/2017). 
The goal of the Green Housing pilot study (New Orleans) is to apply 
environmental sample collection methods and novel approaches to study 
exposures to various indoor pollutants (both chemical and biological 
agents) in children (0-12 yrs.).
    The information collected will help scientists better understand 
time-activity patterns of young children (0-12 years) that affect 
exposures to

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chemical and biological agents in their residential environments. This 
knowledge will improve estimates of exposure for children. Results from 
this pilot study will also inform future Green Housing Study sites and 
will potentially reduce participant time burden by collecting some 
questionnaires electronically.
    This study directly supports the Healthy People 2020 Healthy Homes' 
health protection goal of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC). This investigation is also consistent with CDC's 
Health Protection Research Agenda, which calls for research to identify 
the major environmental causes of disease and disability and related 
risk factors.
    In 2011, CDC funded the first two study sites for the Green Housing 
Study; one location was in Boston and the other was in Cincinnati. In 
these two cities, renovations sponsored by the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development (HUD) had already been scheduled. By selecting 
sites in which renovations were already schedule to occur, the CDC 
leveraged the opportunity to collect survey and biomarker data from 
residents and to collect environmental measurements in homes in order 
to evaluate associations between green housing and health. The 
biomarker measurements of the children (such as those from urine, 
feces, toenails) reflects exposures that are in body, thus improving 
assessment of how environmental exposures can influence what enters the 
body.
    The third study is in New Orleans. With the New Orleans study site, 
CDC and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigators propose a 
pilot study of other sampling and analysis methodologies to improve 
exposure assessment for future study sites. Several objectives will be 
evaluated in the EPA pilot study add-on to the third study site:
    (1) Identify and characterize factors affecting children's 
exposures to chemical ingredients from consumer products found in their 
everyday environment in order to support the data and modeling needs of 
the exposure components of EPA's national research programs;
    (2) Evaluate the pilot study data metrics for incorporation in and 
enhancement of CDC's ability to understand the relationship between 
environmental exposures and asthma in green versus traditional low-
income housing;
    (3) Compare multimedia measurements and survey data between pre- 
and post-renovation time points in green and traditional low-income 
housing to assess exposure related changes in the residence and 
participants due to renovation activities.
    This pilot study of additional environmental exposure assessment 
methodologies is only for the New Orleans study site. Each study site 
only has 64 households (32 green renovated homes and 32 comparison 
homes) so this will be the maximum number of households in this pilot 
study. Like the previous study sites, participants for the New Orleans 
study site will continue to include children with asthma, their 
mothers/primary caregivers living in HUD-subsidized housing that has 
either received a green renovation or is a comparison home (i.e., no 
renovation). In addition, younger children (newborns through age 12 
years, with a focus on newborns to age 3 years) will be enrolled for 
the New Orleans study site. Having a larger age range of children in 
the pilot study will improve the estimate of how environmental 
exposures inside and outside of their homes can occur during different 
life stages of childhood, a critical period of life when the immune 
system and other organ systems are still developing.
    The Pilot study will be implemented by incorporating it into the 
Green Housing study schedule for approximately 12 months. Data 
collection methods proposed for the pilot include: (1) A questionnaire 
regarding time-activity patterns of their children which will be 
administered to mothers/primary caregivers (i.e., the respondents), (2) 
collection of air, soil, dust samples from the respondent's home; and 
(3) collection of blood, urine, toenails clippings, and feces from the 
respondent's eligible children. We hypothesize that a better estimation 
of exposure pathways will improve exposure modeling for the current 
Green Housing Study site (New Orleans), future Green Housing Study 
sites, and future research in environmental health. Although children 
are considered participants (by giving biological samples and providing 
some clinical measurements), the respondents to all questionnaires are 
the mothers/primary caregivers.
    The number and type of respondents that will complete the 
questionnaires are 64 mothers/primary caregivers of enrolled children. 
All health and environmental exposure information about children will 
be provided by their mothers/primary caregivers (i.e., no children will 
fill out questionnaires).
    There is no cost to the respondents other than their time to 
participate in the study. The total estimated annual burden hours for 
the pilot study in New Orleans study site of the Green Housing Study is 
171 hrs.

                                        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 hrs.)        (in hrs.)
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Mothers/Primary Caregivers    Time/Activity                64                4            40/60              171
 of Enrolled Children.         Questionnaire.
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    Total...................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............             171
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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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Richardson, Instructions: All submissions received collected; (d) ways to minimize the Chief, Information Collection Review Office, must include the agency name and burden of the collection of information Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Docket Number. All relevant comments on respondents, including through the Associate Director for Science, Office of the received will be posted without change use of automated collection techniques Director, Centers for Disease Control and to Regulations.gov, including any or other forms of information Prevention. personal information provided. For technology; and (e) estimates of capital [FR Doc. 2015–10541 Filed 5–5–15; 8:45 am] access to the docket to read background or start-up costs and costs of operation, BILLING CODE 4163–18–P documents or comments received, go to maintenance, and purchase of services Regulations.gov. to provide information. Burden means Please note: All public comment should be the total time, effort, or financial DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND resources expended by persons to submitted through the Federal eRulemaking HUMAN SERVICES portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the generate, maintain, retain, disclose or address listed above. provide information to or for a Federal Centers for Disease Control and agency. This includes the time needed Prevention FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To to review instructions; to develop, request more information on the [60-Day 15–15AFJ; Docket No. CDC–2015– acquire, install and utilize technology proposed project or to obtain a copy of 0027] and systems for the purpose of the information collection plan and collecting, validating and verifying Proposed Data Collection Submitted instruments, contact the Information information, processing and for Public Comment and Collection Review Office, Centers for maintaining information, and disclosing Recommendations Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 and providing information; to train Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta, AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and personnel and to be able to respond to Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570; Prevention (CDC), Department of Health a collection of information, to search Email: omb@cdc.gov. and Human Services (HHS). data sources, to complete and review SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the the collection of information; and to ACTION: Notice with comment period. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) transmit or otherwise disclose the (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies information. SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease must obtain approval from the Office of Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of Management and Budget (OMB) for each Proposed Project its continuing efforts to reduce public collection of information they conduct burden and maximize the utility of The Green Housing Pilot Study (New or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also Orleans)—New—National Center for government information, invites the requires Federal agencies to provide a Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers general public and other Federal 60-day notice in the Federal Register for Disease Control and Prevention agencies to take this opportunity to concerning each proposed collection of (CDC). comment on proposed and/or information, including each new continuing information collections, as proposed collection, each proposed Background and Brief Description required by the Paperwork Reduction extension of existing collection of The Centers for Disease Control and Act of 1995. This notice invites information, and each reinstatement of Prevention (CDC) is seeking a new comment on the proposed information previously approved information three-year regular OMB approval for a collection entitled The Green Housing collection before submitting the pilot study of additional components to Pilot Study (New Orleans). collection to OMB for approval. To be tested in a single study site (New DATES: Written comments must be comply with this requirement, we are Orleans) for the Green Housing Study received on or before July 6, 2015. publishing this notice of a proposed (OMB No. 0920–0906, Expiration Date ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, data collection as described below. 10/31/2017). The goal of the Green identified by Docket No. CDC–2015– Comments are invited on: (a) Whether Housing pilot study (New Orleans) is to 0027 by any of the following methods: the proposed collection of information apply environmental sample collection • Federal eRulemaking Portal: is necessary for the proper performance methods and novel approaches to study tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions of the functions of the agency, including exposures to various indoor pollutants for submitting comments. whether the information shall have (both chemical and biological agents) in • Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the children (0–12 yrs.). 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26056 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 87 / Wednesday, May 6, 2015 / Notices chemical and biological agents in their Several objectives will be evaluated in exposures inside and outside of their residential environments. This the EPA pilot study add-on to the third homes can occur during different life knowledge will improve estimates of study site: stages of childhood, a critical period of exposure for children. Results from this (1) Identify and characterize factors life when the immune system and other pilot study will also inform future Green affecting children’s exposures to organ systems are still developing. Housing Study sites and will potentially chemical ingredients from consumer The Pilot study will be implemented reduce participant time burden by products found in their everyday by incorporating it into the Green collecting some questionnaires environment in order to support the Housing study schedule for electronically. data and modeling needs of the approximately 12 months. Data This study directly supports the exposure components of EPA’s national Healthy People 2020 Healthy Homes’ research programs; collection methods proposed for the health protection goal of the Centers for (2) Evaluate the pilot study data pilot include: (1) A questionnaire Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). metrics for incorporation in and regarding time-activity patterns of their This investigation is also consistent enhancement of CDC’s ability to children which will be administered to with CDC’s Health Protection Research understand the relationship between mothers/primary caregivers (i.e., the Agenda, which calls for research to environmental exposures and asthma in respondents), (2) collection of air, soil, identify the major environmental causes green versus traditional low-income dust samples from the respondent’s of disease and disability and related risk housing; home; and (3) collection of blood, urine, factors. (3) Compare multimedia toenails clippings, and feces from the In 2011, CDC funded the first two measurements and survey data between respondent’s eligible children. We study sites for the Green Housing Study; pre- and post-renovation time points in hypothesize that a better estimation of one location was in Boston and the green and traditional low-income exposure pathways will improve other was in Cincinnati. In these two housing to assess exposure related exposure modeling for the current Green cities, renovations sponsored by the changes in the residence and Housing Study site (New Orleans), Department of Housing and Urban participants due to renovation activities. future Green Housing Study sites, and Development (HUD) had already been This pilot study of additional future research in environmental health. scheduled. By selecting sites in which environmental exposure assessment Although children are considered renovations were already schedule to methodologies is only for the New participants (by giving biological occur, the CDC leveraged the Orleans study site. Each study site only samples and providing some clinical opportunity to collect survey and has 64 households (32 green renovated measurements), the respondents to all biomarker data from residents and to homes and 32 comparison homes) so questionnaires are the mothers/primary collect environmental measurements in this will be the maximum number of caregivers. homes in order to evaluate associations households in this pilot study. Like the The number and type of respondents between green housing and health. The previous study sites, participants for the New Orleans study site will continue to that will complete the questionnaires biomarker measurements of the children are 64 mothers/primary caregivers of (such as those from urine, feces, include children with asthma, their mothers/primary caregivers living in enrolled children. All health and toenails) reflects exposures that are in HUD-subsidized housing that has either environmental exposure information body, thus improving assessment of received a green renovation or is a about children will be provided by their how environmental exposures can comparison home (i.e., no renovation). mothers/primary caregivers (i.e., no influence what enters the body. The third study is in New Orleans. In addition, younger children (newborns children will fill out questionnaires). With the New Orleans study site, CDC through age 12 years, with a focus on There is no cost to the respondents and Environmental Protection Agency newborns to age 3 years) will be other than their time to participate in (EPA) investigators propose a pilot enrolled for the New Orleans study site. the study. The total estimated annual study of other sampling and analysis Having a larger age range of children in burden hours for the pilot study in New methodologies to improve exposure the pilot study will improve the Orleans study site of the Green Housing assessment for future study sites. estimate of how environmental Study is 171 hrs. ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Average Number of Number of burden per Total burden Type of respondents Form name responses per respondents response (in hrs.) respondent (in hrs.) Mothers/Primary Caregivers of En- Time/Activity Questionnaire ............. 64 4 40/60 171 rolled Children. Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 171 Leroy A. Richardson, Chief, Information Collection Review Office, tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 2015–10542 Filed 5–5–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–18–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:43 May 05, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\06MYN1.SGM 06MYN1


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SectionNotices
ActionNotice with comment period.
DatesWritten comments must be received on or before July 6, 2015.
ContactTo request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of 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]
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