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requirements should be sent to Neil
Blickman, Attorney, Division of
Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer
Protection, Federal Trade Commission,
600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326–3038.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44
U.S.C. 3501–3520, Federal agencies
must obtain approval from OMB for
each collection of information they
conduct or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of
information’’ means agency requests or
requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide
information to a third party. 44 U.S.C.
3502(3); 5 CFR 1320.3(c). As required by
section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the
FTC is providing this opportunity for
public comment before requesting that
OMB extend the existing paperwork
clearance for the regulations noted
herein.
The FTC invites comments on: (1)
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;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to 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. All comments
should be filed as prescribed in the
ADDRESSES section above, and must be
received on or before October 24, 2005.
The Fuel Rating Rule, 16 CFR part 306
(OMB Control Number: 3084–0068),
establishes standard procedures for
determining, certifying, and disclosing
the octane rating of automotive gasoline
and the automotive fuel rating of
alternative liquid automotive fuels, as
required by the Petroleum Marketing
Practices Act. 15 U.S.C. 2822(a)–(c). The
Rule also requires refiners, producers,
importers, distributors, and retailers to
retain records showing how the ratings
were determined, including delivery
tickets or letters of certification.
Estimated annual hours burden: 2
40,000 total burden hours (16,000
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recordkeeping hours + 24,000 disclosure
hours).
Recordkeeping: Based on industry
sources, staff estimates that 195,000 fuel
industry members each incur an average
annual burden of approximately five
minutes to ensure retention of relevant
business records for the period required
by the Rule, resulting in a total of 16,000
hours.
Disclosure: Staff estimates that
affected industry members incur an
average burden of approximately one
hour to produce, distribute, and post
octane rating labels. Because the labels
are durable, only about one of every
eight industry members (i.e.,
approximately 24,000 of 195,000
industry members) incur this burden
each year, resulting in a total annual
burden of 24,000 hours.
Estimated annual cost burden:
$804,000 ($720,000 in labor costs and
$84,000 in non-labor costs).
Labor costs: Staff estimates that the
work associated with the Rule’s
recordkeeping and disclosure
requirements is performed by skilled
information and record clerks at an
average rate of $18.00 per hour. Thus,
the annual labor cost to respondents of
complying with the recordkeeping and
disclosure requirements of the Rule is
estimated to be $720,000 ((16,000 hours
+ 24,000 hours) × $18.00 per hour).
Capital or other non-labor costs:
$84,000.
Staff believes that there are no current
start-up costs associated with the Rule.
Because the Rule has been effective
since 1979 for gasoline, and since 1993
for liquid alternative automotive fuels,
industry members already have in place
the capital equipment and other means
necessary to comply with the Rule.
Retailers (approximately 170,000
industry members), however, do incur
the cost of procuring (and replacing)
fuel dispenser labels to comply with the
Rule. According to industry input, the
price per label is about fifty cents. Based
on ranging industry estimates of a 6–10
year useful life per dispenser label, staff
will conservatively factor into its
calculation of labeling cost the shortest
assumed useful life, i.e., 6 years. Staff
believes that the average retailer has six
dispensers, with all of them being
obtained either simultaneously or
otherwise within the same year.
Assuming that, in any given year, 1⁄6th
of all retailers (28,000 retailers) will
replace their dispenser labels, staff
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estimates total labeling cost to be
$84,000 (28,333 × 6 × .50 ).
Christian S. White,
Acting General Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30Day–05–05CK]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of
information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). To request a copy of these
requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance
Officer at (404) 371–5974 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written
comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Collection of Assessment Information
about the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention Publications—NEW—
National Center for Health Marketing
(NCHM), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
As part of CDC’s Future’s Initiative,
the National Center for Health
Marketing was created to ensure that
health information, interventions, and
programs at CDC are based on sound
science.
Numerous CDC-operated
communication platforms targeting
scientific, professional, and technical
audiences have been developed in the
past twenty years. The reach of many of
these platforms has increased
significantly in the past five years. In
order to ensure future growth, it is
critical to obtain feedback from
subscribers of these platforms to
understand who uses them, how they
use them, how satisfied they are with
the platforms, and solicit suggestions on
ways to improve each platform to
bolster satisfaction. The data collected
from this effort will allow us to answer
critical operating questions, including:
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• Which audiences (e.g., doctors,
local health officials, researchers, etc.)
receive their information from which
CDC platforms?
• How often and with what purpose
do they access CDC platforms?
• How satisfied are subscribers of the
platforms with the content and delivery
of information?
• Are there ways to enhance the
platforms for the subscriber through
improvements to current offerings or
through new products / services?
• Who are our most critical target
audiences, i.e., what are our publication
and dissemination priorities in service
to our health impact goals?
The purpose of this project is to
evaluate the content, processes, and
channels through which CDC
communicates scientific information to
partners and customers to ensure that
health impact is maximized through the
delivery of timely, effective, and
credible information, which will result
in optimal benefit for public health. The
evaluation will help to ensure that these
platforms meet subscriber and partner
priorities, build CDC’s brand, and
contribute to health impact goals.
Feedback from the subscriber base is
necessary to fully evaluate the
performance of CDC’s platforms.
At this time, the scope of this project
is limited to five communication
platforms owned and managed by CDC
which transmits information primarily
intended for scientific and professional
audiences. However, future plans
include adding additional publications
as needed. The initial five
communications platforms are:
Emerging Infections Journal, MMWR,
Epi-X, Preventing Chronic Diseases
Journal, and Health Alert Network. We
want to ensure that the timeliness,
effectiveness, and credibility of this
communication maximizes the health
impact of that information, resulting in
optimum benefit for public health.
These channels include both print and
electronic versions of the five platforms.
There is no cost to respondents other
than their time. The total estimated
burden hours are 18,970.
ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Form
Respondents
MMWR .........................................................................................................................................
EID ...............................................................................................................................................
PCD .............................................................................................................................................
Epi-X ............................................................................................................................................
HAN .............................................................................................................................................
Dated: August 18, 2005.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30Day–05–05AF]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of
information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). To request a copy of these
requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance
Officer at (404) 371–5983 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written
comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
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How Miners Modify Their Behavior In
Response To Personal Dust Monitor
Information—New—National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
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HUMAN SERVICES
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Proposed Project
The Federal Mine Safety & Health Act
of 1977, Section 501, and the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970, Public Law 91–256 enables CDC/
NIOSH to carry out research relevant to
the health and safety of workers in the
mining industry. The objective of this
project is to document how coal miners
can use real-time information from their
personal dust monitors (PDM) to reduce
their exposure to respirable dust. The
specific aims are to (1) identify several
specific examples of how miners use
PDM information to discover which
parts of their jobs and/or which aspects
of their work environment may be
causing them to be overexposed to
respirable dust, and (2) identify the
types of changes that miners could make
in order to try to reduce their exposure.
Although the most recent data on the
prevalence of Coal Workers’
Pneumoconiosis (CWP) in the United
States indicates that it is declining,
substantial numbers of CWP cases
continue to be diagnosed. In recent
years, CWP has contributed to the
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30,000
12,750
10,500
1,650
2,000
Responses
per
respondent
Hrs/response
(in hrs)
1
1
1
1
1
20/60
20/60
20/60
20/60
20/60
deaths of approximately 1,000 people in
the U.S. each year.
A personal dust monitor (PDM) has
recently been developed through a
collaboration involving NIOSH, the
Bituminous Coal Operators’
Association, the United Mine Workers
of America, the National Mining
Association, and Rupprecht &
Patashnick Co., Inc. This new device
represents a major advance in the tools
available for assessing coal miners’
exposure to respirable dust levels. It
will soon be field tested with coal
miners throughout the U.S. As with the
introduction of any new technology, it
is very important to systematically
document how workers react to it and
make use of it. If miners know how to
properly use the information PDMs are
capable of providing, they should be
able to make adjustments to their work
place or work procedures that will
reduce their exposure to respirable coal
dust.
Various parties have speculated about
the processes by which miners will use
the information to reduce their exposure
to respirable dust. There appears to be
great potential. However, no one knows
precisely how miners performing a wide
variety of tasks and jobs are actually
going to use this new information to
reduce their exposure to dust. It is
assumed that, once PDMs are
introduced, miners will eventually find
new ways to reduce their exposure to
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-05-05CK]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 371-5974 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Collection of Assessment Information about the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention Publications--NEW--National Center for Health
Marketing (NCHM), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
As part of CDC's Future's Initiative, the National Center for
Health Marketing was created to ensure that health information,
interventions, and programs at CDC are based on sound science.
Numerous CDC-operated communication platforms targeting scientific,
professional, and technical audiences have been developed in the past
twenty years. The reach of many of these platforms has increased
significantly in the past five years. In order to ensure future growth,
it is critical to obtain feedback from subscribers of these platforms
to understand who uses them, how they use them, how satisfied they are
with the platforms, and solicit suggestions on ways to improve each
platform to bolster satisfaction. The data collected from this effort
will allow us to answer critical operating questions, including:
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Which audiences (e.g., doctors, local health officials,
researchers, etc.) receive their information from which CDC platforms?
How often and with what purpose do they access CDC
platforms?
How satisfied are subscribers of the platforms with the
content and delivery of information?
Are there ways to enhance the platforms for the subscriber
through improvements to current offerings or through new products /
services?
Who are our most critical target audiences, i.e., what are
our publication and dissemination priorities in service to our health
impact goals?
The purpose of this project is to evaluate the content, processes,
and channels through which CDC communicates scientific information to
partners and customers to ensure that health impact is maximized
through the delivery of timely, effective, and credible information,
which will result in optimal benefit for public health. The evaluation
will help to ensure that these platforms meet subscriber and partner
priorities, build CDC's brand, and contribute to health impact goals.
Feedback from the subscriber base is necessary to fully evaluate the
performance of CDC's platforms.
At this time, the scope of this project is limited to five
communication platforms owned and managed by CDC which transmits
information primarily intended for scientific and professional
audiences. However, future plans include adding additional publications
as needed. The initial five communications platforms are: Emerging
Infections Journal, MMWR, Epi-X, Preventing Chronic Diseases Journal,
and Health Alert Network. We want to ensure that the timeliness,
effectiveness, and credibility of this communication maximizes the
health impact of that information, resulting in optimum benefit for
public health. These channels include both print and electronic
versions of the five platforms. There is no cost to respondents other
than their time. The total estimated burden hours are 18,970.
Estimates of Annualized Burden Hours
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Responses per Hrs/response
Form Respondents respondent (in hrs)
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MMWR............................................................ 30,000 1 20/60
EID............................................................. 12,750 1 20/60
PCD............................................................. 10,500 1 20/60
Epi-X........................................................... 1,650 1 20/60
HAN............................................................. 2,000 1 20/60
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Dated: August 18, 2005.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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