82 FR 11051 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 32 (February 17, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 32 (Friday, February 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11051-11052]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03190]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 concerning the opportunity for public comment on proposed 
collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish periodic summaries of 
proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects 
or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the 
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer at (240) 276-1243.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of 
information

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are 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 or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug 
Testing Programs (OMB No. 0930-0158)--Revision

    SAMHSA will request OMB approval for the Federal Drug Testing 
Custody and Control Form (CCF) for federal agency and federally 
regulated drug testing programs which must comply with the HHS 
Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs using 
Urine (82 FR 7920) dated January 23, 2017, and OMB approval for 
information provided by test facilities (laboratories and Instrumented 
Initial Test Facilities, IITFs) for the National Laboratory 
Certification Program (NLCP).
    The CCF is used by all federal agencies and employers regulated by 
the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) to document the collection and chain of custody of 
urine specimens at the collection site, for HHS-certified test 
facilities to report results, and for Medical Review Officers (MROs) to 
document and report a verified result. SAMHSA allows the use of the CCF 
as a paper or electronic form.
    The current OMB-approved CCF has a May 31, 2017 expiration date. 
SAMHSA has resubmitted the CCF with minor content revisions to the form 
for OMB approval. These revisions are:
     Remove the checkbox, the letters ``DOT'', and hash line in 
front of Specify DOT Agency in Step 1: Completed by collector or 
employer Representative; Line D: Specify Testing Authority.
     Addition of four new analytes (oxycodone, oxymorphone, 
hydrocodone, and hydromorphone) in Step 5A: Primary Specimen Report--
Completed by Test Facility.
     Removal of the analyte methylenedioxyethylamphetamine 
(MDEA) in Step 5A: Primary Specimen Report--Completed by Test Facility.
    Based upon information from federal agencies and from DOT 
concerning their regulated industries, the number of respondents has 
been reduced from a total of 6.1 million in 2013 to 5.4 million, which 
reduces the total burden hours by 188,766.
    Laboratories and IITFs seeking HHS certification under the NLCP 
must complete and submit the NLCP application form. The NLCP 
application form has not been revised compared to the previous form.
    Prior to an inspection, an HHS-certified laboratory or IITF is 
required to submit specific information regarding its procedures. 
Collecting this information prior to an inspection allows the 
inspectors to thoroughly review and understand the testing procedures 
before arriving for the onsite inspection. The NLCP information 
checklist has not been revised compared to the previous form.
    The annual total burden estimates for the CCF, the NLCP 
application, the NLCP information checklist, and the NLCP recordkeeping 
requirements are shown in the following table.

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                                                                                    Burden per
         Form/respondent             Number of     Responses per   Total number      response      Annual burden
                                    respondents     respondent     of responses       (hours)         (hours)
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Custody and Control Form: \1\
    Donor.......................       5,400,000               1       5,400,000            0.08         450,000
    Collector...................       5,400,000               1       5,400,000            0.07         360,000
    Laboratory..................       5,400,000               1       5,400,000            0.05         270,000
    IITF........................               0               0               0               0               0
    Medical Review Officer......       5,400,000               1       5,400,000            0.05         270,000
NLCP Application Form: \2\
    Laboratory..................               1               1               1               3               3
    IITF........................               0               0               0               0               0
Sections B and C--NLCP
 Inspection Checklist: \3\
    Laboratory..................              30               1              30               1              30
    IITF........................               0               0               0               0               0
Record Keeping:
    Laboratory..................              30               1              30             250           7,500
    IITF........................               0               0               0               0               0
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        Total...................       5,400,061  ..............       5,400,061  ..............       1,357,533
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 15 E57B, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email a copy to 
[email protected]. Written comments should be received by 
April 18, 2017.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2017-03190 Filed 2-16-17; 8:45 am]
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