81 FR 66026 - Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 186 (September 26, 2016)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 186 (September 26, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-23074 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 186 (Monday, September 26, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 66026-66028] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-23074] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [30Day-16-16AMV] 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 [[Page 66027]] 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 Survey of Musculoskeletal Disorders Prevention Tools/Methods: 10- year Follow-Up--New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Background and Brief Description The mission of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is to promote safety and health at work for all people through research and prevention. Under Public Law 91- 596, sections 20 and 22 (Section 20-22, Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970), NIOSH has the responsibility to conduct research to advance the health and safety of workers. In this capacity, NIOSH proposes to administer a survey of ergonomics professionals as a 10-year follow-up to a survey conducted of U.S. Certified Professional Ergonomists (CPEs) by Dempsey et al. and published in 2005 (A survey of tools and methods used by certified professional ergonomists. Applied Ergonomics, 36, 489-503). The project is planned to extend the original survey in two ways: (1) The sample will be broadened to include international ergonomics practitioners (in Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia), and, (2) the queried tools and methods have been updated to reflect new and emerging technologies not included in the original survey. The purpose of the survey will be unchanged--to gather information on the types of basic tools, direct and observational measurement techniques, and software used in the field by ergonomics practitioners to assess workplace risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders and to evaluate workplace interventions. The motivation for the original 2005 survey was to better understand the types of tools and methods practitioners use, their opinions of these tools, and to potentially gain an understanding of the constraints or preferences that influence this selection. At the time of the 2005 survey there were many tools reported in the literature, but little information on the extent to which these different tools were used by practitioners. Similarly, there was little published information on users' experiences with these different tools. There has been considerable interest in the findings and the Dempsey et al. (2005) publication has been widely cited. The program anticipates that a follow-up effort will result in even greater interest as changes in the practice of ergonomics and prevention of soft tissue MSDs can be inferred from comparisons between the two surveys time points. Since publication of the initial survey findings there has been a proliferation of smart phone/smart device-embedded inertial and acceleration sensors and related ``apps'' for human motion and activity logging. Little is known about the extent to which ergonomics practitioners are using these newer technologies towards assessing workplace physical activity (and now, workplace inactivity and ``sedentarism'') and other job demands. Thus, the survey will provide a contemporary perspective on the scope of use of assessment tools and methods by these professionals. In summary, this study will update information collected and published in 2005 on the methods and tools used by practicing ergonomists. NIOSH expects to complete data collection in 2017. The professionals who will be surveyed are being asked to volunteer their time. Only certified ergonomics professionals from five countries with specific certification credentials will be eligible and invited to participate. The certification organizations are shown below with an approximation of eligible respondents: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Board of Certification in U.S....................... 853 Professional Ergonomics (BCPE) CPE designation. European CREE--Centre for United Kingdom............ 43 Registration of European Ergonomists. Australian Register of Australia................. 20 Certified Professional Ergonomists. New Zealand BCNZE--Board for New Zealand............... 15 Certification of New Zealand Ergonomists. Canadian College for the Canada.................... 241 Certification of Professional Ergonomists. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The program has assumed an optimistic 80% response rate to estimate the number of respondents at 938 in the estimation of annualized burden hours. This project will involve the collection of non-sensitive data via web-based survey questionnaire methods. Survey data relate only to respondents' professional practice within the OS&H discipline of ergonomics and prevention of musculoskeletal disorders. Nonetheless, safeguards will be taken to insure data confidentiality and the dissociation of personally identifying information (PII) from individual questionnaire responses submitted through the web-based survey service. Participants' web-submitted responses will not contain PII in association with their data. Basic demographic information collected over the web, including years' experience and certification in the ergonomics profession, current occupation, expertise specialization, highest academic degree attained, and field of study are non-sensitive information. The estimated annual burden is 469 hours. Estimated Annualized Burden Hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Average burden Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response respondents respondent (in hrs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Individual (Ergonomics Professional).. Survey of Tools and 938 1 0.5 Methods. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 66028]] Leroy A. 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Leroy A. Richardson, terms of points of view represented, and The Director, Management Analysis
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, the committee’s function. Appointments and Services Office, has been delegated
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the shall be made without discrimination the authority to sign Federal Register
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Director, Centers for Disease Control and gender, sexual orientation, gender meetings and other committee
Prevention.
identity, HIV status, disability, and management activities, for both the CDC
[FR Doc. 2016–23094 Filed 9–23–16; 8:45 am] cultural, religious, or socioeconomic and the Agency for Toxic Substances
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and cannot be full-time employees of
Elaine L. Baker,
the U.S. Government. Current
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND participation on federal workgroups or Director, Management Analysis and Services
HUMAN SERVICES prior experience serving on a federal Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
Centers for Disease Control and advisory committee does not disqualify
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Prevention a candidate; however, HHS policy is to
avoid excessive individual service on BILLING CODE 4163–18–P
Request for Nominations of advisory committees and multiple
Candidates To Serve on the Advisory committee memberships. Committee
members are Special Government DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
Council for the Elimination of HUMAN SERVICES
Tuberculosis (ACET) Employees, requiring the filing of
financial disclosure reports at the Centers for Disease Control and
The Centers for Disease Control and beginning and annually during their
Prevention (CDC) is soliciting Prevention
terms. CDC reviews potential candidates
nominations for membership on ACET. for ACET membership each year, and [30Day–16–16AMV]
The ACET consists of 10 experts in provides a slate of nominees for
fields associated with public Health, consideration to the Secretary of HHS Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
epidemiology, immunology, infectious for final selection. HHS notifies selected Reduction Act Review
diseases, pulmonary disease, pediatrics, candidates of their appointment near
tuberculosis, microbiology, or The Centers for Disease Control and
the start of the term in July 1, 2018, or Prevention (CDC) has submitted the
preventive health care delivery, who are as soon as the HHS selection process is
selected by the Secretary of the United following information collection request
completed. Note that the need for to the Office of Management and Budget
State Department of Health and Human different expertise varies from year to
Services (HHS). ACET provides advice (OMB) for review and approval in
year and a candidate who is not selected accordance with the Paperwork
and recommendations to the Secretary, in one year may be reconsidered in a
HHS; the Assistant Secretary of Health; Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for
subsequent year. the proposed information collection is
and the Director, CDC, regarding Candidates should submit the
program policies, strategies, objectives, published to obtain comments from the
following items. The deadline for
and priorities; address the development public and affected agencies.
receipt of materials for the 2017 term is
and application of new technologies; Written comments and suggestions
October 31, 2016:
provide guidance and review on CDC’s • Current curriculum vitae, including from the public and affected agencies
Tuberculosis prevention research complete contact information concerning the proposed collection of
portfolio and program priorities; and (telephone numbers, mailing address, information are encouraged. Your
review the extent to which progress has email address). comments should address any of the
been made toward eliminating • At least one letter of following: (a) Evaluate whether the
tuberculosis. recommendation from person(s) not proposed collection of information is
Nominations are being sought for employed by the U.S. Department of necessary for the proper performance of
individuals who have expertise and Health and Human Services (Candidates the functions of the agency, including
qualifications necessary to contribute to may submit letter(s) from current HHS whether the information will have
the accomplishments of the committee’s employees if they wish, but at least one practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
objectives. Nominees will be selected letter must be submitted by a person not accuracy of the agencies estimate of the
based on expertise in the field of employed by an HHS agency (e.g., CDC, burden of the proposed collection of
epidemiology, immunology, infectious NIH, FDA, etc.). information, including the validity of
diseases, pulmonary disease, pediatrics, The deadline for receipts of all the methodology and assumptions used;
tuberculosis, microbiology, preventive application materials for consideration (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
health care delivery, and experts in for term beginning July 1, 2018 is due clarity of the information to be
public health. Federal employees will October 31, 2016 electronically or in collected; (d) Minimize the burden of
not be considered for membership. writing, and must be postmarked by the collection of information on those
Members may be invited to serve for October 31, 2016. who are to respond, including through
four-year terms. Regular, Express or Overnight Mail to: the use of appropriate automated,
The next cycle of selection of Margie Scott-Cseh, Committee electronic, mechanical, or other
candidates will begin in the Fall of 2016 Management Specialist, NCHHSTP, technological collection techniques or
for selection of potential nominees to CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Mailstop: other forms of information technology,
replace members whose terms will end e.g., permitting electronic submission of
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on June 30, 2018. Selection of members Electronic submissions may be sent responses; and (e) Assess information
is based on candidates’ qualifications to to: zkr7@cdc.gov. collection costs.
contribute to the accomplishment of Telephone and facsimile submissions To request additional information on
ACET objectives. cannot be accepted. Nominations may the proposed project or to obtain a copy
The U. S. Department of Health and be submitted by the candidate or by the of the information collection plan and
Human Services policy stipulates that person/organization recommending the instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
committee membership be balanced in candidate. send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written
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Leroy A. Richardson, instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or sources, modes of transmission, or risk
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written factors so that effective prevention and
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the comments and/or suggestions regarding control measures can be implemented.
Associate Director for Science, Office of the the items contained in this notice During an unanticipated outbreak or
Director, Centers for Disease Control and should be directed to the Attention: event, immediate action by CDC is
Prevention.
CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management necessary to minimize or prevent public
[FR Doc. 2016–23074 Filed 9–23–16; 8:45 am]
and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or harm. The legal justification for EEIs are
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written found in the Public Health Service Act
comments should be received within 30 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 301[241](a).
days of this notice. Successful investigations are
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES Proposed Project dependent on rapid and flexible data
collection that evolves during the
Centers for Disease Control and Emergency Epidemic Investigation investigation and is customized to the
Prevention Data Collections (OMB Control Number unique circumstances of each outbreak
0920–1011, Expiration 03–31–2017)— or event. Data collection elements will
[30Day–16–1011] Extension — Division of Scientific be those necessary to identify the
Education and Professional agents, sources, mode of transmission,
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Development, Center for Surveillance,
Reduction Act Review or risk factors. Examples of potential
Education, and Laboratory Services, data collection methods include
The Centers for Disease Control and Centers for Disease Control and telephone or face-to-face interview;
Prevention (CDC) has submitted the Prevention (CDC). email, web or other type of electronic
following information collection request Background and Brief Description questionnaire; paper-and-pencil
to the Office of Management and Budget questionnaire; focus groups; medical
(OMB) for review and approval in CDC previously conducted Emergency
record review; laboratory record review;
accordance with the Paperwork Epidemic Investigations (EEIs) under
collection of clinical samples; and
Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for OMB Control Number 0920–0008. In
environmental assessment. Respondents
the proposed information collection is 2013, CDC received OMB approval
will vary depending on the nature of the
published to obtain comments from the (OMB Control Number 0920–1011) for a
outbreak or event; examples of potential
public and affected agencies. new OMB generic clearance for a three-
respondents include health care
Written comments and suggestions year period to collect vital information
professionals, patients, laboratorians,
from the public and affected agencies during EEIs in response to urgent
and the general public. Participation in
concerning the proposed collection of outbreaks or events (i.e., natural,
EEIs is voluntary and there are no
information are encouraged. Your biological, chemical, nuclear,
anticipated costs to respondents other
comments should address any of the radiological) characterized by
than their time. CDC will use the
following: (a) Evaluate whether the undetermined agents, undetermined
information gathered during EEIs to
proposed collection of information is sources, undetermined transmission, or
rapidly identify and effectively
necessary for the proper performance of undetermined risk factors. CDC seeks
implement measures to minimize or
the functions of the agency, including OMB approval for an extension of this
prevent public harm.
whether the information will have generic clearance (OMB control number
practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 0920–1011) for a three-year period. CDC projects 60 EEIs in response to
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the Supporting effective emergency outbreaks or events characterized by
burden of the proposed collection of epidemic investigations is one of the undetermined agents, undetermined
information, including the validity of most important ways that CDC protects sources, undetermined transmission, or
the methodology and assumptions used; the health of the public. CDC is undetermined risk factors annually. The
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and frequently called upon to conduct EEIs projected average number of
clarity of the information to be at the request of local, state, or respondents is 200 per EEI, for a total
collected; (d) Minimize the burden of international health authorities seeking of 12,000 respondents. CDC estimates
the collection of information on those support to respond to urgent outbreaks the average burden per response is 0.5
who are to respond, including through or urgent public health-related events. hours and each respondent will be
the use of appropriate automated, In response to external partner requests, asked to respond once. Therefore, the
electronic, mechanical, or other CDC provides necessary epidemiologic total estimated annual burden hours are
technological collection techniques or support to identify the agents, sources, 6,000. These estimates are based on the
other forms of information technology, modes of transmission, or risk factors to reported burden for EEIs that have been
e.g., permitting electronic submission of effectively implement rapid prevention performed during the previous two
responses; and (e) Assess information and control measures to protect the years.
collection costs. public’s health. Data collection is a OMB approval is requested for three
To request additional information on critical component of the epidemiologic years. Participation is based on previous
the proposed project or to obtain a copy support provided by CDC; data are Emergency Epidemic Investigations.
of the information collection plan and analyzed to determine the agents, There are no costs to respondents.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
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