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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 124 / Thursday, June 28, 2007 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
[60 Day–07–07BD]
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 Maryam I. Daneshvar,
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
Building Related Asthma Research in
Public Schools—New—National
The mission of the National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) is to promote safety and health
at work for all people through research
and prevention. The Occupational
Safety and Health Act, Public Law 91–
596 (section 20[a][1]) authorizes the
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) to conduct
research to advance the health and
safety of workers. NIOSH is conducting
a longitudinal study among teachers and
staff in public schools. The goals of this
study are (1) To document the time
course of changes in respiratory health,
sick leave, and quality of life in relation
to building remediation for water
incursion and dampness problems and
(2) to validate the reporting of buildingrelated lower respiratory symptoms in
school staff with bronchial hyperresponsiveness by the use of serial
spirometry to look for building-related
patterns of airflow variability.
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention sponsored the Institute of
Medicine to make an exhaustive review
of the published literature relating
exposures in damp buildings to health
consequences. The committee findings,
summarized in Damp Indoor Spaces and
Health (Institute of Medicine of the
National Academies of Science 2004),
concluded that sufficient evidence
exists for associating the presence of
mold or other agents in damp buildings
to nasal and throat symptoms, cough,
wheeze, asthma symptoms in sensitized
asthmatics, and hypersensitivity
pneumonitis in susceptible persons.
Identification of specific causal agents
for these health outcomes in damp
environments requires more
investigation, and more research and
demonstration projects are needed to
evaluate interventions in damp
buildings.
NIOSH is proposing to conduct an
initial cross-sectional respiratory health
survey in three schools. The study will
then continue with two additional years
of longitudinal follow-up, which will be
used to assess respiratory health and
environmental conditions in relation to
time and intervention status in the three
schools. NIOSH will study one school
with no history of building leaks and
good control of internal moisture
sources, one school with previous
building leaks and water damage but
with subsequent renovation before the
start of the study, and one school with
current building leaks and dampness
problems with renovation scheduled
during the study. The questionnaire will
be administered each year to
approximately 255 respondents by an
interviewer who will record the
responses directly into a computer. It
will include sections on the
participant’s medical history, work
history, and home environment. All
participants from the initial crosssectional survey meeting an
epidemiologic definition of asthma and
reporting that the symptoms improve
away from the school will be asked to
perform spirometry and a methacholine
challenge test, or if obstructed, a
bronchodilator test, both of which are
standard medical tests for asthma;
NIOSH anticipates about 45 respondents
for these tests. Of those 45, 20
participants who are positive for either
test will also be asked to participate in
the serial spirometry study, which will
cover three weeks during the school
term and an additional three weeks
during the summer break. Participation
in all surveys is completely voluntary.
There are no costs to the respondents
other than their time.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden
per response
(in hours)
Total Burden
(in hours)
255
25
20
1
1
1
1
2
39
255
50
780
Total ..................................................................................................
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Health questionnaire ................................................................................
Health questionnaire and lung function testing .......................................
Health questionnaire, lung function testing, serial spirometry ................
..........................
..........................
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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 124 / Thursday, June 28, 2007 / Notices
Dated: June 22, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7–12504 Filed 6–27–07; 8:45 am]
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gonorrhea in the CDC’s Sexually
Transmitted Diseases Treatment
Guidelines, 2006 and to release an
MMWR article stating the CDC no
longer recommended fluoroquinolones
for treatment of gonococcal infections
(CDC, MMWR, Vol. 56, No. 14, 332–
336).
Under the GISP protocol, clinics are
asked to provide 25 isolates per month.
However, due to low volume at some
sites, clinics submit an average of 20
isolates per clinic per month, providing
an average of 121 isolates per laboratory
per month. For Forms 1 and 2, a
‘‘response’’ is defined as the laboratory
processing and data collection/
processing associated with an
individual gonococcal isolate from an
individual patient. The estimated time
for clinical personnel to abstract data for
Form 1 is 11 minutes per response (20
isolates per clinic per month; the total
number of responses per 30 clinics is
240). Based on previous laboratory
experience in analyzing the gonococcal
isolates, the estimated burden for each
participating laboratory for Form 2 is 1
hour per response, which includes the
time required for laboratory processing
of the client’s isolate, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection
of information. We estimate 121
gonococcal isolates per laboratory each
month (total number of responses per 5
laboratories is 1,452). For Form 3, a
‘‘response’’ is defined as the laboratory
processing and recording of laboratory
data for a set of 7 control strains. It takes
approximately 12 minutes to process
and record the laboratory data on Form
3 for one set of 7 control strains, of
which there are 4 sets (total number of
responses per 5 laboratories is 48).
There is no cost to respondents other
than their time.
or other forms of information
technology. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
The Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance
Project (GISP) (OMB No. 0920–0307)—
Extension—National Center for HIV/
AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB
Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
[60 Day–07–0307]
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention; 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 or send
comments to Maryam Daneshvar, Acting
CDC Reports Clearance Officer, 1600
Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an email 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
Background and Brief Description
The objectives of GISP are: (1) To
monitor trends in antimicrobial
susceptibility of strains of Neisseria
gonorrhoeae in the United States and (2)
to characterize resistant isolates. GISP
provides critical surveillance for
antimicrobial resistance, allowing for
informed treatment recommendations.
GISP was established in 1986 as a
voluntary surveillance project and now
involves 5 regional laboratories and 30
publicly funded sexually transmitted
disease clinics around the country. The
STD clinics submit up to 25 gonococcal
isolates per month to the regional
laboratories, which measure
susceptibility to a panel of antibiotics.
Limited demographic and clinical
information corresponding to the
isolates are submitted directly by the
clinics to CDC.
During 1986–2006, GISP has
demonstrated the ability to effectively
achieve its objectives. The emergence of
resistance in the United States to
penicillin, tetracyclines, and now
fluoroquinolones was identified through
GISP and makes ongoing surveillance
critical. Increased prevalence of
fluoroquinolone-resistant N.
gonorrhoeae (QRNG) as seen in GISP
data has prompted the CDC to update
the treatment recommendations for
ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Clinic:
Form 1 ......................................................................................................
Laboratory:
Form 2 ......................................................................................................
Form 3 ......................................................................................................
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Number of
respondents
Types of forms
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Average
burden
per response
(in hours)
Total burden
(in hours)
30
240
11/60
1,320
5
5
1,452
48
1
12/60
7,260
48
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8,628
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-07-07BD]
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 Maryam I. Daneshvar, 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
Building Related Asthma Research in Public Schools--New--National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The mission of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) is to promote safety and health at work for all people
through research and prevention. The Occupational Safety and Health
Act, Public Law 91-596 (section 20[a][1]) authorizes the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to conduct
research to advance the health and safety of workers. NIOSH is
conducting a longitudinal study among teachers and staff in public
schools. The goals of this study are (1) To document the time course of
changes in respiratory health, sick leave, and quality of life in
relation to building remediation for water incursion and dampness
problems and (2) to validate the reporting of building-related lower
respiratory symptoms in school staff with bronchial hyper-
responsiveness by the use of serial spirometry to look for building-
related patterns of airflow variability.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sponsored the
Institute of Medicine to make an exhaustive review of the published
literature relating exposures in damp buildings to health consequences.
The committee findings, summarized in Damp Indoor Spaces and Health
(Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science 2004),
concluded that sufficient evidence exists for associating the presence
of mold or other agents in damp buildings to nasal and throat symptoms,
cough, wheeze, asthma symptoms in sensitized asthmatics, and
hypersensitivity pneumonitis in susceptible persons. Identification of
specific causal agents for these health outcomes in damp environments
requires more investigation, and more research and demonstration
projects are needed to evaluate interventions in damp buildings.
NIOSH is proposing to conduct an initial cross-sectional
respiratory health survey in three schools. The study will then
continue with two additional years of longitudinal follow-up, which
will be used to assess respiratory health and environmental conditions
in relation to time and intervention status in the three schools. NIOSH
will study one school with no history of building leaks and good
control of internal moisture sources, one school with previous building
leaks and water damage but with subsequent renovation before the start
of the study, and one school with current building leaks and dampness
problems with renovation scheduled during the study. The questionnaire
will be administered each year to approximately 255 respondents by an
interviewer who will record the responses directly into a computer. It
will include sections on the participant's medical history, work
history, and home environment. All participants from the initial cross-
sectional survey meeting an epidemiologic definition of asthma and
reporting that the symptoms improve away from the school will be asked
to perform spirometry and a methacholine challenge test, or if
obstructed, a bronchodilator test, both of which are standard medical
tests for asthma; NIOSH anticipates about 45 respondents for these
tests. Of those 45, 20 participants who are positive for either test
will also be asked to participate in the serial spirometry study, which
will cover three weeks during the school term and an additional three
weeks during the summer break. Participation in all surveys is
completely voluntary. There are no costs to the respondents other than
their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per per response Total Burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Health questionnaire........................ 255 1 1 255
Health questionnaire and lung function 25 1 2 50
testing....................................
Health questionnaire, lung function testing, 20 1 39 780
serial spirometry..........................
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Total................................... ............... ............... ............... 1,085
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Dated: June 22, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-12504 Filed 6-27-07; 8:45 am]
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