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FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above).
Dated: April 21, 2008.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Acting Director, National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences and National
Toxicology Program.
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Proposed Project
Testing of Sexual Violence Definitions
and Recommended Data Elements in
Three Different Racial/Ethnic Minority
Communities—New—National Center
for Injury Prevention and Control
(NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
This study examines the definitions of
sexual violence in three racial/ethnic
minority communities: AfricanAmerican, American Indian, and
Hispanic. The purpose of this project is
to develop an understanding of sexual
violence in these communities. The
developed survey will include the
following: projecting estimates of sexual
violence; describing the type of sexual
violence; and developing a strategy that
will increase awareness of sexual
violence in minority communities. In
addition, this project will establish the
groundwork for similar future research.
This research builds on findings from
the National Violence against Women
Survey, (NCJ 183781, November 2000),
a joint research effort funded by the
(CDC) and National Institute of Justice
(NIJ) that explored the occurrence of
violence against women through a
survey administered to a national
sample of adult females and males. The
proposed study will expand on this
work by clarifying definitions,
expanding the categories of sexual
violence, and examining the sexual
violence event.
This study will focus on women and
will occur in two phases: cognitive and
in-person interviews. In each of the
three communities, in-depth cognitive
interviews will be conducted with 12
adult women, for a total of 36 cognitive
interviews. However, a total of 66
individuals will be screened.
Respondents will be identified through
agencies working with victims of sexual
violence. Participants will be
interviewed (in either English or
Spanish) at the referral agency. The
primary purpose of this interview is to
assess the questions for the next phase
of the study.
In the next phase, researchers will
conduct face-to-face interviews with
approximately 200 women in each of
the three minority communities.
However, a total of 1,315 individuals
will be screened. Female respondents
who are 18 years old will be selected
randomly from the communities. Letters
will be mailed to each household in the
sample. These households will be
contacted at a later date in order to
collect eligibility information and to
randomly select an individual.
Participants will complete a 45 minute
interview.
There are no costs to respondents
except for their time to participate in the
interview. The total estimated
annualized burden hours are 646.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Respondents
Phase One:
Screening for Cognitive Interview ........................................................................................
Phase One:
Cognitive Interview ...............................................................................................................
Phase Two:
Screening for Main Survey ...................................................................................................
Phase Two:
Main Survey ..........................................................................................................................
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Dated: April 23, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) Advisory
Board on Radiation and Worker Health
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC)
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention announces the
following committee meeting:
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Name: Advisory Board on Radiation and
Worker Health (ABRWH).
Audio Conference Call Time and Date: 11
a.m.–4 p.m., EDT, Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
Place: Audio Conference Call via FTS
Conferencing. The USA toll free dial in
number is 1–866–659–0537 with a pass code
of 9933701.
Status: Open to the public, but without a
public comment period.
Background: The Advisory Board was
established under the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program
Act of 2000 to advise the President on a
variety of policy and technical functions
required to implement and effectively
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manage the new compensation program. Key
functions of the Advisory Board include
providing advice on the development of
probability of causation guidelines which
have been promulgated by the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) as a final
rule, advice on methods of dose
reconstruction which have also been
promulgated by HHS as a final rule, advice
on the scientific validity and quality of dose
estimation and reconstruction efforts being
performed for purposes of the compensation
program, and advice on petitions to add
classes of workers to the Special Exposure
Cohort (SEC).
In December 2000, the President delegated
responsibility for funding, staffing, and
operating the Advisory Board to HHS, which
subsequently delegated this authority to the
CDC. NIOSH implements this responsibility
for CDC. The charter was issued on August
3, 2001, renewed at appropriate intervals,
most recently, August 3, 2007, and will
expire on August 3, 2009.
Purpose: This Advisory Board is charged
with (a) providing advice to the Secretary,
HHS, on the development of guidelines
under Executive Order 13179; (b) providing
advice to the Secretary, HHS, on the
scientific validity and quality of dose
reconstruction efforts performed for this
program; and (c) upon request by the
Secretary, HHS, advising the Secretary on
whether there is a class of employees at any
Department of Energy facility who were
exposed to radiation but for whom it is not
feasible to estimate their radiation dose, and
on whether there is reasonable likelihood
that such radiation doses may have
endangered the health of members of this
class.
Matters to be Discussed: The agenda for the
conference call includes: Special Exposure
Cohort (SEC) Petition Status Updates; Work
Group Updates; Discussion of surrogate data
criteria from work group; Description of
streamlining report from Board’s contractor;
and Status of transcripts and minutes.
The agenda is subject to change as
priorities dictate.
Because there is not a public comment
period, written comments may be submitted.
Any written comments received will be
included in the official record of the meeting
and should be submitted to the contact
person below well in advance of the meeting.
Contact Person for More Information:
Christine M. Branche, PhD, Executive
Secretary, NIOSH, CDC, 395 E Street, SW.,
Suite 9200, Washington, DC 20201,
Telephone (513) 533–6800, Toll Free 1–800–
CDC–INFO, E-mail ocas@cdc.gov.
The Director, Management Analysis and
Services Office, has been delegated the
authority to sign Federal Register notices
pertaining to announcements of meetings and
other committee management activities, for
both CDC and the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: April 21, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services
Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2008–N–0249]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Submission for
Office of Management and Budget
Review; Health and Diet Survey; Pet
Food Labeling Survey
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain
information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the
PRA), Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information for public comment in
response to the notice. This notice
solicits comments on FDA’s Pet Food
Labeling Survey.
DATES: Submit written or electronic
comments on the collection of
information by [May 30, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit electronic
comments on the collection of
information to https://
www.regulations.gov. Submit written
comments on the collection of
information to the Division of Dockets
Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm.
1061, Rockville, MD 20852. All
comments should be identified with the
docket number found in brackets in the
heading of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonna Capezzuto, Office of the Chief
Information Officer (HFA–250), Food
and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301–827–
4659.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
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.
‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) and includes agency requests
or requirements that members of the
public submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to a third party.
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal
agencies to provide a notice in the
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before submitting the collection to OMB
for approval. To comply with this
requirement, FDA is publishing notice
of the proposed collection of
information set forth in this document.
With respect to the following
collection of information, FDA invites
comments on these topics: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of FDA’s functions, including whether
the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of FDA’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
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques,
when appropriate, and other forms of
information technology.
Health and Diet Survey; Pet Food
Labeling Survey—(OMB Control
Number 0910–0545)
On September 28, 2007, President
Bush signed into law the Food and Drug
Administration Amendments Act of
2007 (FDAAA). Section 1002(a) of
FDAAA requires, among other things,
that FDA establish ‘‘by regulation,’’
standards for labeling of pet food,
including nutritional and ingredient
information. The Center for Veterinary
Medicine (CVM), FDA, seeks to
establish baseline information about
consumer use and understanding of pet
food labels. The survey module would
be repeated after the new pet food label
regulations are implemented to estimate
changes in consumer beliefs and
behavior about pet food labels.
FDA is required to implement the pet
food labeling regulations by September
2009. Due to the short time frame, CVM
seeks to have adequate time to collect
the data to inform future research on
standardized pet food labels. The Center
for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition’s
(CFSAN) Health and Diet Survey (HDS)
(0910–0545) could serve as a vehicle for
accomplishing this goal. CVM and
CFSAN would like to modify the
existing information collection request,
currently at OMB for renewal, to
include a new module.
The proposed plan is to sample a
subset of those responding to the HDS
that are also pet owners. We estimate
that about 14 questions will be asked to
approximately 1,000 respondents. CVM
does not believe that there will be an
additional burden because consumers
would be asked the questions about pet
food labels in lieu of other questions
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention announces the following committee meeting:
Name: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH).
Audio Conference Call Time and Date: 11 a.m.-4 p.m., EDT,
Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
Place: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. The USA toll
free dial in number is 1-866-659-0537 with a pass code of 9933701.
Status: Open to the public, but without a public comment period.
Background: The Advisory Board was established under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to
advise the President on a variety of policy and technical functions
required to implement and effectively
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manage the new compensation program. Key functions of the Advisory
Board include providing advice on the development of probability of
causation guidelines which have been promulgated by the Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a final rule, advice on
methods of dose reconstruction which have also been promulgated by
HHS as a final rule, advice on the scientific validity and quality
of dose estimation and reconstruction efforts being performed for
purposes of the compensation program, and advice on petitions to add
classes of workers to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC).
In December 2000, the President delegated responsibility for
funding, staffing, and operating the Advisory Board to HHS, which
subsequently delegated this authority to the CDC. NIOSH implements
this responsibility for CDC. The charter was issued on August 3,
2001, renewed at appropriate intervals, most recently, August 3,
2007, and will expire on August 3, 2009.
Purpose: This Advisory Board is charged with (a) providing
advice to the Secretary, HHS, on the development of guidelines under
Executive Order 13179; (b) providing advice to the Secretary, HHS,
on the scientific validity and quality of dose reconstruction
efforts performed for this program; and (c) upon request by the
Secretary, HHS, advising the Secretary on whether there is a class
of employees at any Department of Energy facility who were exposed
to radiation but for whom it is not feasible to estimate their
radiation dose, and on whether there is reasonable likelihood that
such radiation doses may have endangered the health of members of
this class.
Matters to be Discussed: The agenda for the conference call
includes: Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition Status Updates;
Work Group Updates; Discussion of surrogate data criteria from work
group; Description of streamlining report from Board's contractor;
and Status of transcripts and minutes.
The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
Because there is not a public comment period, written comments
may be submitted. Any written comments received will be included in
the official record of the meeting and should be submitted to the
contact person below well in advance of the meeting.
Contact Person for More Information: Christine M. Branche, PhD,
Executive Secretary, NIOSH, CDC, 395 E Street, SW., Suite 9200,
Washington, DC 20201, Telephone (513) 533-6800, Toll Free 1-800-CDC-
INFO, E-mail ocas@cdc.gov.
The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining
to announcements of meetings and other committee management
activities, for both CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry.
Dated: April 21, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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