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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 129 / Thursday, July 3, 2008 / Notices
Dated: June 27, 2008.
Maryam Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8–15180 Filed 7–2–08; 8:45 am]
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and laboratory tests, NHANES studies
the relationship between diet, nutrition
and health in a representative sample of
the United States. NHANES monitors
the prevalence of chronic conditions
and risk factors related to health such as
arthritis, asthma, osteoporosis,
infectious diseases, diabetes, high blood
pressure, high cholesterol, obesity,
smoking, drug and alcohol use, physical
activity, environmental exposures, and
diet. NHANES data are used to produce
national reference data on height,
weight, and nutrient levels in the blood.
Results from more recent NHANES can
be compared to findings reported from
previous surveys to monitor changes in
the health of the U.S. population over
time. NHANES continues to collect
genetic material on a national
probability sample for future genetic
research aimed at understanding disease
susceptibility in the U.S. population.
NHANES data users include the U.S.
Congress; the World Health
Organization; numerous Federal
agencies such as the National Institutes
of Health, the Environmental Protection
Agency, and the United States
Department of Agriculture; private
groups such as the American Heart
Association; schools of public health;
private businesses; individual
practitioners; and administrators.
NHANES data are used to establish,
monitor, and/or evaluate recommended
dietary allowances, food fortification
policies, environmental exposures,
immunization guidelines and health
education and disease prevention
programs. This submission requests
approval for three years.
There is no cost to respondents other
than their time.
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including 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
The National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (NHANES)—
(0920–0237)—Revision—National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–08–0237]
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 project or to obtain a copy of
data collection plans and instruments,
call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer
on 404–639–5960 or send comments to
CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D–74,
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
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as
amended, authorizes that the Secretary
of Health and Human Services (DHHS),
acting through NCHS, shall collect
statistics on the extent and nature of
illness and disability; environmental,
social and other health hazards; and
determinants of health of the population
of the United States. This three-year
clearance request includes the data
collection in 2009 and 2010 and data
planning and testing activities for 2011–
2012 data collection.
The National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (NHANES) was
conducted periodically between 1970
and 1994, and continuously since 1999
by the National Center for Health
Statistics, CDC. Almost 19,000 persons
are screened, with about 5,000
participants interviewed and examined
annually. Participation in NHANES is
completely voluntary and confidential.
NHANES programs produce
descriptive statistics which measure the
health and nutrition status of the
general population. Through the use of
questionnaires, physical examinations,
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Type of respondent
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
18,813
4,000
1
1
2
3
37,626
12,000
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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 129 / Thursday, July 3, 2008 / Notices
Dated: June 27, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Science Officer, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8–15183 Filed 7–2–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
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Study Team for the Los Alamos
Historical Document Retrieval and
Assessment (LAHDRA) Project
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR) announces the following
meeting.
Name: Public Meeting of the Study
Team for the Los Alamos Historical
Document Retrieval and Assessment
Project.
Time and Date: 5 p.m.–7 p.m.,
(Mountain Time), Wednesday, July 23,
2008.
Place: Cities of Gold Hotel, Nambe
Conference Room, Cities of Gold Road
exit in Pojoaque (15 miles north of Santa
Fe on U.S. 84/285), 10–A Cities of Gold
Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87506,
telephone (505) 455–0515, fax (505)
455–3060.
Status: Open to the public, limited
only by the space available. The meeting
room accommodates approximately 200
people.
Background: Under a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) signed in
December 1990 with the Department of
Energy (DOE) and replaced by MOUs
signed in 1996 and 2000, the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) was given the
responsibility and resources for
conducting analytic epidemiologic
investigations of residents of
communities in the vicinity of DOE
facilities, workers at DOE facilities, and
other persons potentially exposed to
radiation or to potential hazards from
non-nuclear energy production use.
HHS delegated program responsibility
to CDC.
In addition, a memo was signed in
October 1990 and renewed in November
1992, 1996, and in 2000, between the
Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR) and DOE. The
MOU delineates the responsibilities and
procedures for ATSDR’s public health
activities at DOE sites required under
sections 104, 105, 107, and 120 of the
Comprehensive Environmental
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Act (CERCLA or a Superfund). These
activities include health consultations
and public health assessments at DOE
sites listed on, or proposed for, the
Superfund National Priorities List and
at sites that are the subject of petitions
from the public; and other healthrelated activities such as epidemiologic
studies, health surveillance, exposure
and disease registries, health education,
substance-specific applied research,
emergency response, and preparation of
toxicological profiles.
Purpose: This study group is charged
with locating, evaluating, cataloguing,
and copying documents that contain
information about historical chemical or
radionuclide releases from facilities at
the Los Alamos National Laboratory
(LANL) since its inception. The purpose
of this meeting is to review the goals,
methods, and schedule of the project,
discuss progress to date, provide a
forum for community interaction, and
serve as a vehicle for members of the
public to express concerns and provide
advice to CDC.
Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda
items include a presentation from the
National Center for Environmental
Health (NCEH) and its contractor
regarding the status of project work and
a summary of recent activities, such as
reviews of documents held by LANL
groups and divisions and information
gathering that has targeted key
information gaps that remain. Activities
that will be undertaken to complete
work by the LAHDRA contractor team
within 2009 will be described. There
will also be a photographic display and
brief presentation by Peter Malmgren of
Chimayo, New Mexico, regarding his
‘‘Los Alamos Revisited’’ oral history
project. A representative of the
Radiation Exposure Screening and
Education Program (RESEP) has been
invited to review the goals and activities
of that program. Administered by the
Federal Health Resources and Services
Administration, RESEP helps
individuals who live (or lived) in areas
where U.S. nuclear weapons testing
occurred. There will be time for public
input, questions, and comments. All
agenda items are subject to change as
priorities dictate.
Contact Person for Additional
Information: Phillip R. Green, Public
Health Advisor, Radiation Studies
Branch, Division of Environmental
Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC,
4770 Buford Highway NE., (Mailstop F–
58), Atlanta, Georgia 30341–3717,
telephone (770) 488–3748, fax (770)
488–1539, e-mail address:
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Dated: June 26, 2008.
James D. Seligman,
Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[Docket Numbers as Follow]
Closed-Circuit Self-Contained
Breathing Apparatus—NIOSH Docket #
039; Supplied Air Respirators—NIOSH
Docket # 083; Reevaluation of NIOSH
Limitations on and Precaution for Safe
Use of Positive-Pressure ClosedCircuit Self-Contained Breathing
Apparatus—NIOSH Docket # 123;
CBRN APR Mechanical Connector
Design—NIOSH Docket # 139
The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
announces the availability of the
following public meeting to discuss
current respirator standards
development projects for Closed-Circuit
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus;
Supplied Air Respirators; Reevaluation
of NIOSH Limitations on and Precaution
for Safe Use of Positive-Pressure ClosedCircuit Self-Contained Breathing
Apparatus; and the Mechanical
Connector Design Used in the Chemical
Biological Radiological and Nuclear
(CBRN) Air-Purifying Respirator (APR).
Authority: Occupational Safety and Health
Act, 29 U.S.C. 651 et seq. There will be an
opportunity for discussion following
NIOSH’s presentations and an accompanying
poster session.
Public Meeting Time and Date: 8:30
a.m.–4:30 p.m. EDT, August 20, 2008.
On-site registration will be held from
7:45 a.m. until 8:30 a.m.
Place: Sheraton Station Square, 300
West Station Square Drive, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania 15219–1122. Interested
parties should make hotel reservations
directly with the Sheraton Station
Square, telephone (412) 803–3865,
before the cut-off date of July 22, 2008.
You must reference the NIOSH/NPPTL
public meeting to receive the special
group rate of $108.00 per night that has
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-08-0237]
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 project or to obtain a copy
of data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports
Clearance Officer on 404-639-5960 or send comments to CDC Assistant
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74, 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 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
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)--
(0920-0237)--Revision--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C.
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on the
extent and nature of illness and disability; environmental, social and
other health hazards; and determinants of health of the population of
the United States. This three-year clearance request includes the data
collection in 2009 and 2010 and data planning and testing activities
for 2011-2012 data collection.
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) was
conducted periodically between 1970 and 1994, and continuously since
1999 by the National Center for Health Statistics, CDC. Almost 19,000
persons are screened, with about 5,000 participants interviewed and
examined annually. Participation in NHANES is completely voluntary and
confidential.
NHANES programs produce descriptive statistics which measure the
health and nutrition status of the general population. Through the use
of questionnaires, physical examinations, and laboratory tests, NHANES
studies the relationship between diet, nutrition and health in a
representative sample of the United States. NHANES monitors the
prevalence of chronic conditions and risk factors related to health
such as arthritis, asthma, osteoporosis, infectious diseases, diabetes,
high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, smoking, drug and
alcohol use, physical activity, environmental exposures, and diet.
NHANES data are used to produce national reference data on height,
weight, and nutrient levels in the blood. Results from more recent
NHANES can be compared to findings reported from previous surveys to
monitor changes in the health of the U.S. population over time. NHANES
continues to collect genetic material on a national probability sample
for future genetic research aimed at understanding disease
susceptibility in the U.S. population.
NHANES data users include the U.S. Congress; the World Health
Organization; numerous Federal agencies such as the National Institutes
of Health, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the United States
Department of Agriculture; private groups such as the American Heart
Association; schools of public health; private businesses; individual
practitioners; and administrators. NHANES data are used to establish,
monitor, and/or evaluate recommended dietary allowances, food
fortification policies, environmental exposures, immunization
guidelines and health education and disease prevention programs. This
submission requests approval for three years.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondent respondents responses per response (in hours
respondent hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. NHANES respondents........................... 18,813 1 2 37,626
2. Special study/pretest participants........... 4,000 1 3 12,000
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Dated: June 27, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-15183 Filed 7-2-08; 8:45 am]
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