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Dated: April 17, 2007.
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Proposed Project
Vital Statistics Training Application,
OMB No. 0920–0217–ExtensionNational Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In the United States, legal authority
for the registration of vital events, i.e.,
births, deaths, marriages, divorces, fetal
deaths, and induced terminations of
pregnancy, resides individually with the
States (as well as cities in the case of
New York City and Washington, DC)
and Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands. These governmental entities are
the full legal proprietors of vital records
and the information contained therein.
As a result of this State authority, the
collection of registration-based vital
statistics at the national level, referred
to as the U.S. National Vital Statistics
System (NVSS), depends on a
cooperative relationship between the
States and the Federal government. This
data collection, authorized by 42 U.S.C.
242k, has been carried out by NCHS
since it was created in 1960.
NCHS assists in achieving the
comparability needed for combining
data from all States into national
statistics, by conducting a training
program for State and local vital
statistics staff to assist in developing
expertise in all aspects of vital
registration and vital statistics. The
training offered under this program
includes courses for registration staff,
statisticians, and coding specialists, all
designed to bring about a high degree of
uniformity and quality in the data
provided by the States. This training
program is authorized by 42 U.S.C.
242b, section 304(a). In order to offer the
types of training that would be most
useful to vital registration staff
members, NCHS requests information
from State and local vital registration
officials about their projected needs for
training. NCHS also asks individual
candidates for training to submit an
application form containing name,
address, occupation, work experience,
education, and previous training. These
data enable NCHS to determine those
individuals whose needs can best be
met through the available training
resources. NCHS is requesting 3 years of
OMB clearance for this project. There is
no cost to respondents in providing
these data other than their time. The
total estimated annualized burden hours
are 44.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Respondents
State, local, and Territory Registration Officials ..........................................................................
Training applicants .......................................................................................................................
Dated: April 17, 2007.
Maryam Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–5960 and
send comments to Joan Karr, CDC
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 1600
Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an e-mail to
omb@cdc.gov.
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
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Number of
responses per
respondent
57
100
1
1
Average
burden per
response (in
hours)
20/60
15/60
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. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Evaluation of an Occupational Safety
and Health Program for the Small
Business Wood Pallet Industry, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Background and Brief Description
The Federal Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970, section 501, enables
NIOSH to carry out research relevant to
the health and safety of workers. The
goal of this project is to determine
whether receipt of a NIOSH
informational manual about OSH
concerns specific to pallet
manufacturing and recycling will
motivate owners or managers to take
actions resulting in a safer workplace.
The theoretical basis of the study
follows the Transtheoretical Model
(TTM) of Prochaska and DiClemente
(1984). This model states that change is
defined by 5 stages: (1) Precontemplation—people are unaware of
problems and are not thinking seriously
about changing within the next 6
months (2) contemplation—the stage
where people become aware that a
problem exists and intend to take action
within the next 6 months (3)
preparation—investigating options and
intending to take action in the next 30
days (4) action—people institute
environmental changes and change their
overt behavior and (5) maintenance—
people continue the gains obtained
during the action stage for longer than
6 months.
Small business entrepreneurship is a
vital component of the U.S. economy.
Occupational safety and health
activities including research, regulation,
enforcement, and intervention
historically have not focused on small
businesses despite their predominance
and relatively large numbers of
employees overall. Few small business
establishments provide on-site
occupational health units, medical
screening tests, pre-placement
physicals, or employ, or use, industrial
hygiene or safety personnel/consultants.
As a consequence, prevention of
occupational injury and illness is often
difficult in small business
establishments because they generally
have few safety and health resources, do
not hire staff devoted to safety and
health activities, and often lack the
ability to identify occupational hazards
and conduct surveillance.
The pallet manufacturing industry has
higher injury rates than general
industry. The incidence rate for nonfatal injuries in the wood pallet and skid
(SIC 2448) manufacturing industry was
226% greater than that for general
industry. The type of injuries sustained
at wood pallet manufacturers and their
rates of increase (2002) compared to
general industry included amputations
(2220% higher), cuts and punctures
(378% higher), fractures (237% higher),
bruises (221% higher) sprains and
strains (133% higher) and back pain
(305% higher).
Through this study, NIOSH will
evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness
of providing carefully constructed OSH
information to one segment of small
business pallet makers. The
informational manual will be divided
into eight chapters targeting specific
hazards relevant to pallet work and will
provide the owners/managers with
suggestions for controlling those
hazards. Chapters were selected based
on prior NIOSH site visits to a sample
of pallet makers and in consultation
with the National Wood Pallet and
Container Association. The chapters
include: An introduction to OSH,
developing a site specific safety
program, controlling noise, improving
ventilation, saw safety, forklift safety,
preventing build up of carbon
monoxide, and prevention of
musculoskeletal injury through
ergonomics.
This project will utilize two groups, a
treatment group and a control group, in
a pre-post design. 180 pallet companies
will be randomly selected and assigned
to six groups from a list of small pallet
businesses in the United States that was
provided by a market research firm.
Both groups will participate in a
baseline survey conducted by
telephone. The treatment group will
then receive the NIOSH informational
manual by mail and the control group
will not receive the manual until the
conclusion of the study. Five months
after the mailing, both groups will
participate in a follow-up telephone
survey designed to assess whether
receipt and use of the material
encouraged owners/managers to
contemplate, plan, or initiate OSH
changes at their facility. The
questionnaire will determine whether
owners/managers have progressed from
baseline along the stage of change
continuum because of receipt and use of
the NIOSH material, or if some other
factor is influencing their safety and
health actions. It is possible that
improvements in OSH may occur due to
other influences and not from the
informational manual. For example, it is
possible that some event will occur that
will make the entire industry more
aware of occupational safety and health.
Use of a similar control group will help
in this determination.
While the entire NIOSH study,
including approvals, development and
review of the materials effectiveness
will occur over a three-year period, data
collection will occur within a one-year
period. There will be no cost to
respondents except their time to
participate in the telephone survey.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses
per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Initial Questionnaire (incomplete) .............
Initial Questionnaire (complete) ...............
Follow-up Questionnaire ..........................
Initial Questionnaire (incomplete) .............
Initial Questionnaire (complete) ...............
Follow-up Questionnaire* .........................
17
95
90
17
95
90
1
1
1
1
1
1
3/60
12/60
15/60
3/60
12/60
9/60
1
19
23
8
19
14
...................................................................
....................
....................
....................
84
Type of
respondents
Form name
Pallet company safety and health managers; Treatment Group.
Pallet company safety and health managers; Control Group.
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Dated: April 17, 2007.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7–7650 Filed 4–20–07; 8:45 am]
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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) 639–5960 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
Evaluation of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention’s Consumer
Response Services Center (CDC–INFO)
Evaluation-New-National Center for
collection mechanisms to support
performance management, gathering
insights and understandings for
improving service levels, and
implementing effective measures to
meet customer satisfaction goals; (2)
develop an ongoing understanding of
customer requirements and satisfaction
trends to achieve best of practice quality
standards and to provide qualitative
assessments, quantitative data, and cost
factors to drive improvement and
reinforce operational objectives; (3)
measure CDC–INFO contractor service
performance to assist in determining
whether performance incentives have
been achieved; and (4) to collect data in
order to address public concern and
response to emergencies, outbreaks, and
media events.
Sample size, respondent burden, and
intrusiveness have been minimized to
be consistent with national evaluation
objectives. Procedures will be employed
to safeguard the privacy and
confidentiality of participants. Pilot
tests assisted in controlling burden and
ensuring the user-relevance of
questions. The following table shows
the estimated annualized burden for
data collection. There is no cost to the
respondent, other than the amount of
time required to respond to the survey.
The total estimated annualized burden
hours are 176,578.
Health Marketing (NCHM), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC is launching an integrated ’’one
face to the public’’ approach across all
communication channels to handle
inquiries concerning a broad spectrum
of public health topics. The overall
objective is to ensure consistent, timely,
reliable health information for
dissemination to a variety of consumers
(public, health professionals,
researchers, etc.) and to address
variations in inquiry volumes related to
public health emergencies, news events,
and dynamic, shifting public health
priorities. The CDC has integrated over
40 hotlines into one Consumer
Response Services Center–CDC–INFO.
CDC–INFO has an exceptionally wide
scope because content currently divided
between over 40 hotlines handling
nearly 2,000,000 telephone contacts
annually will be consolidated under
CDC–INFO. All CDC hotlines were
consolidated in one center beginning in
February 2005, with all CDC program
areas transitioning into CDC–INFO
through a phased approach during the
next three years. CDC–INFO itself will
be operational for at least the next seven
years.
The primary objectives of the national
evaluation are to (1) Proactively
evaluate customer interactions and
service effectiveness by employing
assessment measures and data
Note: This is a corrected 30-day FRN
replacing the previous one published
February 15, 2007.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Data collection instrument
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Satisfaction survey (callers) .............................................................................
Satisfaction survey (e-mail inquiries) ...............................................................
Follow up survey ..............................................................................................
Key informant survey .......................................................................................
Postcard survey for bulk mailing .....................................................................
Postcard survey for individual publications .....................................................
Web survey for e-mail publication orders ........................................................
Web survey for internet publications ...............................................................
Special event/Outreach survey—General Public ............................................
Special event/Outreach survey—Professionals ...............................................
Emergency response survey—Level 1 emergency—General Public .............
Emergency response survey—Level 1 emergency—Professionals ................
Emergency response survey—Level 2 emergency—General Public .............
Emergency response survey—Level 2 emergency—Professionals ................
Emergency response survey—Level 3 emergency—General Public .............
Emergency response survey—Level 3 emergency—Professional .................
Emergency response survey—Level 4 emergency—General Public .............
Emergency response survey—Level 4 emergency—Professional .................
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Average
burden/response
(in hrs)
Number of
responses /
respondent
25,000
330
3,125
100
950
2,100
1,000
950
25,600
10,400
31,151
7,459
57,579
51,821
351,863
316,678
645,630
596,504
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1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
23APN1
3/60
3/60
7/60
7/60
1/60
1/60
1/60
1/60
5/60
5/60
5/60
5/60
5/60
5/60
5/60
5/60
5/60
5/60
Total burden
(in hours)
1,250
17
365
140
16
35
17
16
2,133
867
2,763
622
4798
4318
29,322
26,390
53,803
49,709
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: E7-7650]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-07-06AO]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-5960
and send comments to Joan Karr, CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer,
1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to
omb@cdc.gov.
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; 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. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Evaluation of an Occupational Safety and Health Program for the
Small Business Wood Pallet Industry, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
[[Page 20129]]
Background and Brief Description
The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, section
501, enables NIOSH to carry out research relevant to the health and
safety of workers. The goal of this project is to determine whether
receipt of a NIOSH informational manual about OSH concerns specific to
pallet manufacturing and recycling will motivate owners or managers to
take actions resulting in a safer workplace. The theoretical basis of
the study follows the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) of Prochaska and
DiClemente (1984). This model states that change is defined by 5
stages: (1) Pre-contemplation--people are unaware of problems and are
not thinking seriously about changing within the next 6 months (2)
contemplation--the stage where people become aware that a problem
exists and intend to take action within the next 6 months (3)
preparation--investigating options and intending to take action in the
next 30 days (4) action--people institute environmental changes and
change their overt behavior and (5) maintenance--people continue the
gains obtained during the action stage for longer than 6 months.
Small business entrepreneurship is a vital component of the U.S.
economy. Occupational safety and health activities including research,
regulation, enforcement, and intervention historically have not focused
on small businesses despite their predominance and relatively large
numbers of employees overall. Few small business establishments provide
on-site occupational health units, medical screening tests, pre-
placement physicals, or employ, or use, industrial hygiene or safety
personnel/consultants. As a consequence, prevention of occupational
injury and illness is often difficult in small business establishments
because they generally have few safety and health resources, do not
hire staff devoted to safety and health activities, and often lack the
ability to identify occupational hazards and conduct surveillance.
The pallet manufacturing industry has higher injury rates than
general industry. The incidence rate for non-fatal injuries in the wood
pallet and skid (SIC 2448) manufacturing industry was 226% greater than
that for general industry. The type of injuries sustained at wood
pallet manufacturers and their rates of increase (2002) compared to
general industry included amputations (2220% higher), cuts and
punctures (378% higher), fractures (237% higher), bruises (221% higher)
sprains and strains (133% higher) and back pain (305% higher).
Through this study, NIOSH will evaluate the feasibility and
effectiveness of providing carefully constructed OSH information to one
segment of small business pallet makers. The informational manual will
be divided into eight chapters targeting specific hazards relevant to
pallet work and will provide the owners/managers with suggestions for
controlling those hazards. Chapters were selected based on prior NIOSH
site visits to a sample of pallet makers and in consultation with the
National Wood Pallet and Container Association. The chapters include:
An introduction to OSH, developing a site specific safety program,
controlling noise, improving ventilation, saw safety, forklift safety,
preventing build up of carbon monoxide, and prevention of
musculoskeletal injury through ergonomics.
This project will utilize two groups, a treatment group and a
control group, in a pre-post design. 180 pallet companies will be
randomly selected and assigned to six groups from a list of small
pallet businesses in the United States that was provided by a market
research firm. Both groups will participate in a baseline survey
conducted by telephone. The treatment group will then receive the NIOSH
informational manual by mail and the control group will not receive the
manual until the conclusion of the study. Five months after the
mailing, both groups will participate in a follow-up telephone survey
designed to assess whether receipt and use of the material encouraged
owners/managers to contemplate, plan, or initiate OSH changes at their
facility. The questionnaire will determine whether owners/managers have
progressed from baseline along the stage of change continuum because of
receipt and use of the NIOSH material, or if some other factor is
influencing their safety and health actions. It is possible that
improvements in OSH may occur due to other influences and not from the
informational manual. For example, it is possible that some event will
occur that will make the entire industry more aware of occupational
safety and health. Use of a similar control group will help in this
determination.
While the entire NIOSH study, including approvals, development and
review of the materials effectiveness will occur over a three-year
period, data collection will occur within a one-year period. There will
be no cost to respondents except their time to participate in the
telephone survey.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average
Number of responses burden per Total
Type of respondents Form name respondents per response burden (in
respondent (in hours) hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pallet company safety and health Initial Questionnaire 17 1 3/60 1
managers; Treatment Group. (incomplete). 95 1 12/60 19
Initial Questionnaire 90 1 15/60 23
(complete).
Follow-up
Questionnaire.
Pallet company safety and health Initial Questionnaire 17 1 3/60 8
managers; Control Group. (incomplete). 95 1 12/60 19
Initial Questionnaire 90 1 9/60 14
(complete).
Follow-up
Questionnaire*.
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Dated: April 17, 2007.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-7650 Filed 4-20-07; 8:45 am]
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