82 FR 4885 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 10 (January 17, 2017)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 10 (January 17, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-00833 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 4885-4886] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-00833] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day-17-17KB; Docket No. CDC-2017-0002] 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 a proposed information collection titled ``Assessment of the Market for Electronic Technology for Underground Coal Mining Safety and Health Applications.'' From this information collection project, NIOSH seeks to provide insight into what the most important barriers are from the perspective of the organizations that must purchase, use, approve, and manufacture these safety technologies. DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 20, 2017. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017- 0002 by any of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.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: [email protected]. 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 [[Page 4886]] 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 Assessment of the Market for Electronic Technology for Underground Coal Mining Safety and Health Applications--New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description Underground coal mining in the U.S. is a relatively small industry (about 46,000 employees) that operates in a unique and hazardous work environment. The common presence of explosive gasses and other hazards creates special safety requirements for equipment, including safety and health protection technologies, used in underground coal mines. This request is for a 2-year approval period. The MINER Act of 2006 assigned the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) the responsibility to enhance development of new mine safety and health protection technology and technological applications and to expedite the commercial availability and implementation of such technology. As part of this study, NIOSH seeks to identify the barriers to commercial availability and implementation of such technology in U.S. mines. Experience to date has shown that there are many issues that the U.S. mining industry faces that create barriers to the availability and implementation of safety technologies, and we believe there are other more subtle reasons that we do not fully understand as a Government research agency. The data are intended to provide insight into what the most important barriers are from the perspective of the organizations that must purchase, use, approve, and manufacture these safety technologies. NIOSH has an understanding of some of these barriers, however NIOSH is not an end user of these products. Thus the goal of the study is to provide a complete perspective of the barriers from the point of view of the mine operators and technology innovators, in order to improve the efficacy of the contract and grant awards that NIOSH administers under the authority of the MINER Act. The Federal Mine Safety & Health Act of 1977, Section 501 authorizes the collection of this data. A CDC contractor will collect the required data. NIOSH will identify 200 stakeholder organizations for structured interviews. Stakeholder organizations include those parties involved in the development, supply, use, and regulation of safety and health protection technologies relevant to underground coal mining. Because there is no nationally representative database of these stakeholder organizations, NIOSH will use web searches of supplier and mining company Web sites, online mining publications, trade association member directories, federal and state regulator Web sites, and university mining research and development programs to compile a list of 200 organizations. Representatives of NIOSH Office of Mining Safety and Health Research will also augment the search with their input. Of the 200 stakeholder organizations, we expect to elicit participation from 100 and conduct 150 interviews (up to 2 interviews per organization). A pre-call to each organization is expected to require 15 minutes to complete and the structured interview is expected to require 60 minutes to complete; including the time it may take respondents to look-up and retrieve needed information. In addition, the workshop will be held in-person and last for nine hours. An average of six hours of travel is estimated for participants in the workshop. The estimated annualized burden hours for the respondents' time to participate in this information collection is 650 hours. Estimated Annualized Burden Hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Number of Number of burden per Total burden Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hours) respondent hours) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receptionists............................ Pre-Call..................................... 200 1 15/60 50 General and Operational Managers......... Structured Interview......................... 75 1 60/60 75 Industrial Production Managers........... ............................................. 38 1 60/60 38 Architecture and Engineering Occupations. ............................................. 37 1 60/60 37 General and Operations Managers.......... Workshop..................................... 15 1 15 225 Industrial Production Managers........... ............................................. 8 1 15 120 Architecture and Engineering Occupations. ............................................. 7 1 15 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total................................ ............................................. .............. .............. .............. 650 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [FR Doc. 2017-00833 Filed 1-13-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P
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describe and characterize the EH development activities and initiatives be related to the respondents’ role in the
workforce to assess their needs, and understand areas of practice and organization. Participation will be
challenges, and opportunities. where gaps may exist in capacity to voluntary. We expect approximately 80
This is a one-time information address current EH issues and future percent of the estimated 20,000 EH
collection designed to thoroughly challenges. professionals (16,000 respondents) to
describe the health department EH The survey will be offered to the respond to the survey.
workforce on: (1) The current supply of estimated 20,000 EH professionals
EH professionals; (2) EH workforce working within health departments. Data will be collected one time from
demographics and professional roles; (3) They will be enumerated and recruited a census of members of the public
gaps in current EH education and by identifying a point of contact in each health department EH workforce using a
competencies and training needs; and state, local, tribal, and territorial health web-based survey instrument. The
(4) critical skills and resources needed department from whom a roster of EH UNCOVER EH Survey will take
to meet the evolving and emerging EH professionals will be requested. A list of approximately 30 minutes to complete
issues and challenges. This information respondents and their business email per respondent. There will be no cost to
will benefit the government and other addresses will be generated and used for respondents other than their time. The
entities by providing essential data to recruitment and survey administration. requested time burden is 8,269 hours.
inform and support workforce Any contact information collected will
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
Number of
Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name responses per
respondents response
respondent (in hrs.)
Health Department EH Administrative Staff ... Health Department Roster ............................. 3,231 1 5/60
Health Department EH Professionals ............. UNCOVER EH Survey ................................... 16,000 1 30/60
Leroy A. Richardson, Underground Coal Mining Safety and Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Health Applications.’’ From this Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the information collection project, NIOSH Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570;
Associate Director for Science, Office of the seeks to provide insight into what the Email: omb@cdc.gov.
Director, Centers for Disease Control and most important barriers are from the
Prevention. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
perspective of the organizations that Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
[FR Doc. 2017–00815 Filed 1–13–17; 8:45 am] must purchase, use, approve, and (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P manufacture these safety technologies. must obtain approval from the Office of
DATES: Written comments must be Management and Budget (OMB) for each
received on or before March 20, 2017. collection of information they conduct
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
HUMAN SERVICES
identified by Docket No. CDC–2017– requires Federal agencies to provide a
Centers for Disease Control and 0002 by any of the following methods: 60-day notice in the Federal Register
Prevention • Federal eRulemaking Portal: concerning each proposed collection of
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions information, including each new
[60Day-17–17KB; Docket No. CDC–2017– for submitting comments. proposed collection, each proposed
0002] • Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, extension of existing collection of
Information Collection Review Office, information, and each reinstatement of
Proposed Data Collection Submitted Centers for Disease Control and previously approved information
for Public Comment and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS– collection before submitting the
Recommendations D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. collection to OMB for approval. To
Instructions: All submissions received comply with this requirement, we are
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and
must include the agency name and publishing this notice of a proposed
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
Docket Number. All relevant comments data collection as described below.
and Human Services (HHS).
received will be posted without change Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
ACTION: Notice with comment period. to Regulations.gov, including any the proposed collection of information
SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease personal information provided. For is necessary for the proper performance
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of access to the docket to read background of the functions of the agency, including
its continuing efforts to reduce public documents or comments received, go to whether the information shall have
burden and maximize the utility of Regulations.gov. practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
government information, invites the Please note: All public comment should be agency’s estimate of the burden of the
general public and other Federal submitted through the Federal eRulemaking proposed collection of information; (c)
agencies to take this opportunity to portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
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address listed above.
comment on proposed and/or clarity of the information to be
continuing information collections, as FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To collected; (d) ways to minimize the
required by the Paperwork Reduction request more information on the burden of the collection of information
Act of 1995. This notice invites proposed project or to obtain a copy of on respondents, including through the
comment on a proposed information the information collection plan and use of automated collection techniques
collection titled ‘‘Assessment of the instruments, contact the Information or other forms of information
Market for Electronic Technology for Collection Review Office, Centers for technology; and (e) estimates of capital
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or start-up costs and costs of operation, underground coal mines. This request is collection of this data. A CDC contractor
maintenance, and purchase of services for a 2-year approval period. will collect the required data.
to provide information. Burden means The MINER Act of 2006 assigned the NIOSH will identify 200 stakeholder
the total time, effort, or financial National Institute for Occupational organizations for structured interviews.
resources expended by persons to Safety and Health (NIOSH) the Stakeholder organizations include those
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or responsibility to enhance development parties involved in the development,
provide information to or for a Federal of new mine safety and health supply, use, and regulation of safety and
agency. This includes the time needed protection technology and technological health protection technologies relevant
to review instructions; to develop, applications and to expedite the to underground coal mining. Because
acquire, install and utilize technology commercial availability and there is no nationally representative
and systems for the purpose of implementation of such technology. As database of these stakeholder
collecting, validating and verifying part of this study, NIOSH seeks to organizations, NIOSH will use web
information, processing and identify the barriers to commercial searches of supplier and mining
maintaining information, and disclosing availability and implementation of such company Web sites, online mining
and providing information; to train technology in U.S. mines. publications, trade association member
personnel and to be able to respond to Experience to date has shown that directories, federal and state regulator
a collection of information, to search there are many issues that the U.S. Web sites, and university mining
data sources, to complete and review mining industry faces that create research and development programs to
the collection of information; and to barriers to the availability and compile a list of 200 organizations.
transmit or otherwise disclose the implementation of safety technologies, Representatives of NIOSH Office of
information. and we believe there are other more Mining Safety and Health Research will
subtle reasons that we do not fully also augment the search with their
Proposed Project understand as a Government research input.
agency. The data are intended to Of the 200 stakeholder organizations,
Assessment of the Market for provide insight into what the most we expect to elicit participation from
Electronic Technology for Underground important barriers are from the 100 and conduct 150 interviews (up to
Coal Mining Safety and Health perspective of the organizations that 2 interviews per organization).
Applications—New—National Institute must purchase, use, approve, and A pre-call to each organization is
for Occupational Safety and Health manufacture these safety technologies. expected to require 15 minutes to
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control NIOSH has an understanding of some complete and the structured interview is
and Prevention (CDC). of these barriers, however NIOSH is not expected to require 60 minutes to
Background and Brief Description an end user of these products. Thus the complete; including the time it may take
goal of the study is to provide a respondents to look-up and retrieve
Underground coal mining in the U.S. complete perspective of the barriers needed information.
is a relatively small industry (about from the point of view of the mine In addition, the workshop will be
46,000 employees) that operates in a operators and technology innovators, in held in-person and last for nine hours.
unique and hazardous work order to improve the efficacy of the An average of six hours of travel is
environment. The common presence of contract and grant awards that NIOSH estimated for participants in the
explosive gasses and other hazards administers under the authority of the workshop. The estimated annualized
creates special safety requirements for MINER Act. burden hours for the respondents’ time
equipment, including safety and health The Federal Mine Safety & Health Act to participate in this information
protection technologies, used in of 1977, Section 501 authorizes the collection is 650 hours.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
Number of
Number of burden Total burden
Type of respondents Form name responses per
respondents per response (in hours)
respondent (in hours)
Receptionists ................................................... Pre-Call .............................. 200 1 15/60 50
General and Operational Managers ............... Structured Interview ........... 75 1 60/60 75
Industrial Production Managers ...................... ............................................. 38 1 60/60 38
Architecture and Engineering Occupations .... ............................................. 37 1 60/60 37
General and Operations Managers ................ Workshop ........................... 15 1 15 225
Industrial Production Managers ...................... ............................................. 8 1 15 120
Architecture and Engineering Occupations .... ............................................. 7 1 15 105
Total ......................................................... ............................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ 650
Leroy A. Richardson,
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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.
[FR Doc. 2017–00833 Filed 1–13–17; 8:45 am]
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