81 FR 95998 - Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 250 (December 29, 2016)
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 250 (December 29, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-31554 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 250 (Thursday, December 29, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 95998-96000] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-31554] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry [30Day-17-16BEH] Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) 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 [[Page 95999]] 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, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice. Proposed Project ATSDR Communication Activities Survey (ACAS)--New--Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Background and Brief Description The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) serves the public through responsive public health actions to promote healthy and safe environments and to prevent harmful exposures. The agency aims to work effectively with communities in proximity to hazardous waste sites by listening to and understanding their health concerns and seeking their guidance on where, when, and how to take public health actions. Community members are key participants in the agency's public health assessment process and should be actively involved in decisions that impact their community. Thus, agency's goals for this new information collection request (ICR) titled the ``ATSDR Communication Activities Survey (ACAS)'' are to ascertain the effectiveness of, and to assess the differences and the consistency of, the delivery of ATSDR activities and respondent perceptions across sites and over time. ATSDR will use the ACAS to: (1) Determine how effectively it's site teams engage community members; (2) discover how well ATSDR provides effective, clear, and consistent communication and information on how to promote healthy and safe environments; (3) understand whether the agency's activities are helping the communities address environmental issues; and (4) improve ATSDR's activities to make a greater impact within the communities served. Recruitment will occur at communities where ATSDR and state or local agencies have implemented site activities to address environmental issues. For each engaged community, the ACAS will be used to assess a set of effectiveness indicators for ATSDR site-specific activities about the respondents' involvement, knowledge, satisfaction, observations, and opinions about ATSDR's community engagement and educational outreach efforts to inform communities. The indicators will measure ATSDR effectiveness in the following respondent areas: (1) Their involvement with the site activities; (2) how they received, and prefer to receive, ATSDR information; (3) their knowledge and understanding of ATSDR site activities and how to reduce hazardous exposures; (4) their observations and opinions of ATSDR's role in community preparedness; (5) their self-evaluation on their risk of exposure to possible environmental hazards; (6) their demographic profile; (7) their environmental concerns; and (8) any additional feedback. ATSDR is seeking a three-year Paperwork Reduction Act clearance for this new ICR. ATSDR anticipates that approximately six to seven sites will be engaged for feedback per year (or about 20 sites over the next three years). Each year, ATSDR will recruit approximately 167 individuals per year, aged 18 and older, to participate in the ACAS where ATSDR is holding public community meetings. Therefore, respondents will include approximately 24 to 28 community members and agency stakeholders per meeting (6 to 7 meetings per year). The community members may include, but are not limited to, the general public, community leaders, faith-based leaders, and business leaders. The agency stakeholders may include, but are not limited to, state and local environmental health department employees, such as environmental health assessors, toxicologists, and departmental officials. The mix of respondents will be approximately 75 percent community members (n=125 per year) and 25 percent agency stakeholders (n=42 per year). Trained ATSDR contractors will have a table set up at the entrance of the community meeting where community meeting attendees will pick up a fact sheet which explains what ATSDR does, and the purpose of ATSDR's site activities and the survey. At the end of ATSDR public community meetings, there will be an announcement to ask interested attendees to take the survey. All interested attendees will sign in and provide their contact information, their preferred mode for taking the survey (in-person, online or over the phone), and whether they are a community member or an agency stakeholder. The ACAS will preferably be self-administered right after the public community meetings. If this is not a convenient time for the respondent, the ACAS may be completed online or by phone. We estimate that approximately 80 percent of respondents will choose the self- administered ACAS, 15 percent will choose the online ACAS, and 5 percent will choose the telephone ACAS. There are no costs to the respondents other than their time. The total annual time burden requested is 94 hours per year. Estimated Annualized Burden Hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Avg. burden Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response respondents respondent (in hrs.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Community Members..................... Sign In Sheet........... 125 1 3/60 Hardcopy ACAS........... 100 1 30/60 Online ACAS............. 19 1 30/60 Telephone ACAS.......... 6 1 30/60 Agency Stakeholders................... Sign In Sheet........... 42 1 3/60 Hardcopy ACAS........... 34 1 30/60 Online ACAS............. 6 1 30/60 Telephone ACAS.......... 2 1 30/60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 96000]] Leroy A. 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information the requester chooses to extension are invited and must be clearance for a modified OGE Form 450
provide, the requested public financial received by January 30, 2017. Executive Branch Confidential Financial
disclosure reports will be either emailed ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Disclosure Report. See 81 FR 70113
or mailed to the requester. This change on this paperwork notice to the Office (October 11, 2016). OGE received no
will not affect the estimated time of of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk responses to that notice.
response to complete the form. Officer for OGE, via fax at 202–395– Request for Comments: Agency and
OGE also intends to update the 6974 or email at OIRA_Submission@ public comment is again invited
maximum civil monetary penalty for omb.eop.gov. (Include reference to specifically on the need for and
improperly obtaining or using a public ‘‘OGE Form 450 paperwork comment’’ practical utility of this information
financial disclosure report on both the in the subject line of the message.) collection, the accuracy of OGE’s
automated and nonautomated versions FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: burden estimate, the enhancement of
of the form, in accordance with 5 CFR Brandon Steele at the U.S. Office of quality, utility, and clarity of the
2634.703. Government Ethics; telephone: 202– information collected, and the
OGE published a first round notice of 482–9209; TTY: 800–877–8339; FAX: minimization of burden (including the
its intent to request paperwork 202–482–9237; Email: basteele@oge.gov. use of information technology).
clearance for a modified OGE Form 201. An electronic copy of the OGE Form 450 Comments received in response to this
See 81 FR 70112 (October 11, 2016). is available in the Forms Library section notice will be summarized for, and may
OGE received no responses to that of OGE’s Web site at http:// be included with, the OGE request for
notice. www.oge.gov. A paper copy may also be extension of OMB paperwork approval.
Request for Comments: Agency and obtained, without charge, by contacting The comments will also become a
public comment is again invited Mr. Steele. matter of public record.
specifically on the need for and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Approved: December 22, 2016.
practical utility of this information Title: Executive Branch Confidential Walter M. Shaub, Jr.,
collection, the accuracy of OGE’s Financial Disclosure Report. Director, Office of Government Ethics.
burden estimate, the enhancement of Agency Form Number: OGE Form
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quality, utility, and clarity of the 450.
OMB Control Number: 3209–0006. BILLING CODE 6345–03–P
information collected, and the
minimization of burden (including the Type of Information Collection:
use of information technology). Extension with modifications of a
Comments received in response to this currently approved collection. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
notice will be summarized for, and may Type of Review Request: Regular. HUMAN SERVICES
be included with, the OGE request for Respondents: Private citizens who are
potential (incoming) regular Federal Agency for Toxic Substances and
extension of OMB paperwork approval.
employees whose positions are Disease Registry
The comments will also become a
matter of public record. designated for confidential disclosure [30Day–17–16BEH]
filing, and special Government
Approved: December 22, 2016. employees whose agencies require that Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Walter M. Shaub, Jr., they file new entrant disclosure reports Reduction Act Review
Director, Office of Government Ethics. prior to assuming Government
[FR Doc. 2016–31451 Filed 12–28–16; 8:45 am] responsibilities. The Agency for Toxic Substances and
Estimated Annual Number of Disease Registry (ATSDR) has submitted
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Respondents: 24,640. the following information collection
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. request to the Office of Management and
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS Estimated Total Annual Burden: Budget (OMB) for review and approval
24,640 hours. in accordance with the Paperwork
Agency Information Collection Abstract: The OGE Form 450 collects Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for
Activities; Submission for OMB information from covered department the proposed information collection is
Review; Proposed Collection; and agency employees as required published to obtain comments from the
Comment Request for a Modified OGE under OGE’s executive branchwide public and affected agencies.
Form 450 Executive Branch regulatory provisions in subpart I of 5 Written comments and suggestions
Confidential Financial Disclosure CFR part 2634. The basis for the OGE from the public and affected agencies
Report reporting regulation is section 201(d) of concerning the proposed collection of
Executive Order 12674 of April 12, 1989 information are encouraged. Your
AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics (as modified by Executive Order 12731 comments should address any of the
(OGE). of October 17, 1990, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., following: (a) Evaluate whether the
ACTION: Notice of request for agency and pp. 306–311, at p. 308) and section proposed collection of information is
public comments. 107(a) of the Ethics in Government Act, necessary for the proper performance of
5 U.S.C. app. sec. 107(a). OGE proposes the functions of the agency, including
SUMMARY: After publication of this several modifications to the form. OGE whether the information will have
second round notice, OGE intends to proposes to clarify the instructions in practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
submit a modified OGE Form 450 two places to assist filers in completing accuracy of the agencies estimate of the
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Executive Branch Confidential Financial the form. OGE also proposes to revise burden of the proposed collection of
Disclosure Report to the Office of the Privacy Act Statement in accordance information, including the validity of
Management and Budget (OMB) for with the OGE/GOVT–2 Executive the methodology and assumptions used;
review and approval of a three-year Branch Confidential Financial (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
extension under the Paperwork Disclosure Reports Privacy Act system clarity of the information to be
Reduction Act of 1995. of records. collected; (d) Minimize the burden of
DATES: Written comments by the public OGE published a first round notice of the collection of information on those
and the agencies on this proposed its intent to request paperwork who are to respond, including through
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Leroy A. Richardson, Please note: All public comment data sources, to complete and review
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, should be submitted through the the collection of information; and to
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Federal eRulemaking portal transmit or otherwise disclose the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the information.
Director, Centers for Disease Control and address listed above.
Prevention. Proposed Project
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
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request more information on the Test Predictability of Falls Screening
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proposed project or to obtain a copy of Tools—New—National Center for Injury
the information collection plan and Prevention and Control (NCIPC),
instruments, contact the Information Centers for Disease Control and
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Prevention (CDC).
Collection Review Office, Centers for
HUMAN SERVICES
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Background and Brief Description
Centers for Disease Control and Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta, NCIPC seeks to request a two-year
Prevention Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570; OMB approval for the ‘‘Test
Email: omb@cdc.gov. Predictability of Falls Screening Tools’’
[60Day–17–17HO; Docket No. CDC–2016– SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
0118] information collection project. Falls are
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal
Proposed Data Collection Submitted (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies injuries among older adults in the U.S.
for Public Comment and must obtain approval from the Office of and represent a significant burden to the
Recommendations Management and Budget (OMB) for each healthcare system. Research
collection of information they conduct demonstrates that clinical interventions
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also can reduce fall risk, and the American
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health requires Federal agencies to provide a and British Geriatrics Societies (AGS/
and Human Services (HHS). 60-day notice in the Federal Register BGS) have developed a clinical practice
ACTION: Notice with comment period. concerning each proposed collection of guideline to manage fall risk among
information, including each new their older adult patients. Based on
SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease proposed collection, each proposed these guidelines, the CDC developed a
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of extension of existing collection of falls prevention initiative called
its continuing efforts to reduce public information, and each reinstatement of STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents,
burden and maximize the utility of previously approved information Deaths, and Injuries). STEADI includes
government information, invites the collection before submitting the a suite of materials (available at
general public and other Federal collection to OMB for approval. To www.cdc.gov/STEADI) that help health
agencies to take this opportunity to comply with this requirement, we are care practitioners implement these
comment on proposed and/or publishing this notice of a proposed clinical guidelines.
continuing information collections, as data collection as described below. The first step in clinical falls
required by the Paperwork Reduction Comments are invited on: (a) Whether prevention is for health care
Act of 1995. This notice invites the proposed collection of information practitioners to administer a fall risk
comment on a proposed information is necessary for the proper performance screening. The screening identifies
collection entitled ‘‘Test Predictability of the functions of the agency, including whether adults 65 and older are at
of Falls Screening Tools.’’ CDC will use whether the information shall have ‘‘increased risk’’ for a fall. The initial
the information collected to evaluate practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the screening step is critical because it
current screening tools and potentially agency’s estimate of the burden of the identifies who will receive the
design a new screening tool for health proposed collection of information; (c) assessments and follow-up care, which
care practitioners to identify ways to enhance the quality, utility, and has the potential to place a large burden
community-dwelling adults 65 and clarity of the information to be on health care practitioners and the
older at risk for falls. collected; (d) ways to minimize the healthcare system. While medical
DATES: Written comments must be burden of the collection of information organizations such as the American
received on or before February 27, 2017. on respondents, including through the Geriatrics Society recommend that
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, use of automated collection techniques adults 65 and older be screened
identified by Docket No. CDC–2016– or other forms of information annually for fall risk, and although there
0118 by any of the following methods: technology; and (e) estimates of capital are a number of tools used to screen
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: or start-up costs and costs of operation, older adults for fall risk, there is
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions maintenance, and purchase of services currently no standard for fall risk
for submitting comments. to provide information. Burden means screening across care settings.
• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, the total time, effort, or financial The CDC proposes to conduct a new
Information Collection Review Office, resources expended by persons to data collection in order to develop a set
Centers for Disease Control and generate, maintain, retain, disclose or of brief screening questions that are
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS– provide information to or for a Federal clinically-useful for quickly sorting
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. agency. This includes the time needed patients into risk levels for falls. The
Instructions: All submissions received to review instructions; to develop, goals of this study are to: (1) Test the
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must include the agency name and acquire, install and utilize technology ability of existing falls screening tools to
Docket Number. All relevant comments and systems for the purpose of predict falls in the subsequent year; (2)
received will be posted without change collecting, validating and verifying design an effective and parsimonious
to Regulations.gov, including any information, processing and screening tool for health care
personal information provided. For maintaining information, and disclosing practitioners to identify community-
access to the docket to read background and providing information; to train dwelling adults 65 and older at risk for
documents or comments received, go to personnel and to be able to respond to falls; and (3) assess how responses to
Regulations.gov. a collection of information, to search questions change over time and how
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