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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
NCEH/ATSDR Exposure
Investigations (EIs) [OMB NO: 0923–
0040]—Extension—The National Center
for Environmental Health (NCEH), and
the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR), and the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
This is a brief summary of a joint
clearance between the NCEH and
ATSDR, (hereafter ATSDR will
represent both ATSDR and NCEH).
ATSDR is mandated pursuant to the
1980 Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA) and its 1986
Amendments, the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act
(SARA) to prevent or mitigate adverse
human health effects and diminished
quality of life resulting from the
exposure to hazardous substances in the
environment. EIs are an approach
developed by ATSDR that employs
targeted biologic (e.g., urine, blood, hair
samples) and environmental (e.g., air,
water, soil, or food) sampling to
determine whether people are or have
been exposed to unusual levels of
pollutants at specific locations (e.g.,
where people live, spend leisure time,
or anywhere they might come into
ATSDR also collects information on
other possible confounding sources of
chemical(s) exposure such as medicines
taken, foods eaten, hobbies, jobs, etc. In
addition, ATSDR asks questions on
recreational or occupational activities
that could increase a participant’s
exposure potential. That information
represents an individual’s exposure
history. To cover those broad categories,
ATSDR is seeking an extension to our
approved sets of topical questions. Of
these, we use approximately 12–15
questions about the pertinent
environmental exposures per
investigation. This number can vary
depending on the number of chemicals
being investigated, the route of exposure
(e.g., breathing, eating, touching), and
number of other sources of the
chemical(s) (e.g., products used, jobs).
Typically, the number of participants
in an individual EI ranges from 10 to 50.
Questionnaires are generally needed in
less than half of the EIs (approximately
10–15 per year).
The subject matter for the complete
set of topical questions includes the
following: (1) Media specific which
includes: Air (indoor/outdoor); water
(water source and plumbing); soil, and
food (gardening, fish, game, domestic
animals (e.g., chickens)). (2) Other
sources such as: Occupations; hobbies;
household chemical uses and house
construction characteristics; lifestyle
(e.g., smoking); medicines and/or health
conditions, and foods.
There are no costs to respondents
other than their time.
contact with contaminants under
investigation). After a chemical release
or suspected release into the
environment, ATSDR’s EIs are used by
public health professionals,
environmental risk managers, and other
decision makers to determine if current
conditions warrant intervention
strategies to minimize or eliminate
human exposure. EIs are usually
requested by officials of a state health
agency, county health departments, the
Environmental Protection Agency, the
general public, and ATSDR staff.
ATSDR has been conducting EIs since
1995 throughout the United States. All
of ATSDR’s biomedical assessments and
some of the environmental
investigations involve participants.
Participation is completely voluntary.
To assist in interpreting the sampling
results, a survey questionnaire
appropriate to the specific contaminant
is administered to participants. ATSDR
collects contact information (e.g., name,
address, phone number) to provide the
participant with their individual results.
Name and address information are
broken into nine separate questions
(data fields) for computer entry. General
information, which includes height,
weight, age, race, gender, etc., is also
collected primarily on biomedical
investigations to assist with results
interpretation. General information can
account for approximately 28 questions
per investigation. Some of this
information is investigation-specific; not
all of this data is collected for every
investigation. ATSDR is seeking an
extension of our approved set of 61
general information questions.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Respondents
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
(in hours)
Exposure Investigation Participants ................................................................
750
1
30/60
375
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Maryam I. Daneshvar,
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Disease Control and Prevention.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
Health Resources and Services
Administration
In compliance with the requirement
for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects
(section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 44, United
States Code, as amended by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.
L. 104–13), the Health Resources and
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Services Administration (HRSA)
publishes periodic summaries of
proposed projects being developed for
submission to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project or
to obtain a copy of the data collection
plans and draft instruments, e-mail
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA
Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443–
1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) The
proposed collection of information for
the proper performance of the functions
of the agency; (b) the accuracy of the
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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.
Proposed Project: The Health Education
Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program:
Forms (OMB No. 0915–0034)—
Extension
The HEAL program provided
federally insured loans to assure the
availability of funds for loans to eligible
students to pay for their education costs.
In order to administer and monitor the
HEAL program the following forms are
utilized: the Lender’s Application for
Contract of Federal Loan Insurance form
(used by lenders to make application to
the HEAL insurance program); the
Number of
respondents
HRSA form
Responses
per
respondent
Borrower’s Deferment Request form
(used by borrowers to request
deferments on HEAL loans and used by
lenders to determine borrower’s
eligibility for deferment); the Borrower
Loan Status update electronic
submission (submitted monthly by
lenders to the Secretary on the status of
each loan); and the Loan Purchase/
Consolidation electronic submission
(submitted by lenders to the Secretary to
report sales, and purchases of HEAL
loans).
The estimates of burden for the forms
are as follows:
Total
responses
Hours per
responses
Total burden
hours
Lender’s Application for Contract of Federal Loan Insurance ..................................................................................
Borrower’s Deferment Request:
Borrowers ......................................................................
Employers .....................................................................
Borrower Loan Status Update .............................................
Loan Purchase/Consolidation ..............................................
13
1
13
0.13
2
58
43
8
1
1
1.34
13
1
58
58
104
1
0.17
0.08
0.17
0.07
10
5
18
.07
Total ...................................................................
123
........................
234
........................
35
E-mail comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10–33,
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments
should be received within 60 days of
this notice.
Dated: April 8, 2009.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and
Coordination.
[FR Doc. E9–8608 Filed 4–14–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request; A Process Evaluation of the
NIH Director’s Pioneer Award (NDPA)
Program
Summary: 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
Office of the Director, the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), will publish
periodic summaries of proposed
projects to be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval.
An Outcome Evaluation of the NIH
Director’s Pioneer Award (NDPA)
Program. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection. Need and Use
of Information Collection: This study
will assess the NDPA Program outputs
and outcomes. The primary objectives of
the study are to assess: (1) Whether the
NDPA awardees are conducting
pioneering research, and (2) whether
there are spillover effects on the
awardees, their lab members, NIH, and
the scientific community. The findings
will provide valuable information
concerning the success of the awardees
(pioneers) and whether the
characteristics of the NDPA program are
adopted by other NIH programs.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Affected Public: none. Type of
Respondents: Applicants, Interviewees
(finalist), Pioneer Lab Members, Focus
Group Panelists. There are no Capital
Costs to report. Estimated Number of
Respondents: 83; Estimated Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1; Average
Burden Hours per Response: 2.14 (60
minutes for awardees, 10 minutes for
finalists, 30 minutes for pioneer lab
members, and 10 hours for focus group
panelists).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours Requested: 177.83 and the
annualized cost to respondents is
estimated at $11,308.21. Table 1 and
Table 2, respectively, present data
concerning the burden hours and cost
burdens for this data collection.
TABLE 1—ANNUALIZED ESTIMATE OF HOUR BURDEN
Number of
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Type of respondents
Awardees (Pioneers) ...................................................................................
Finalists ........................................................................................................
Pioneer Lab Members .................................................................................
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and draft instruments, e-mail paperwork@hrsa.gov or
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (b) the
accuracy of the
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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.
Proposed Project: The Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program:
Forms (OMB No. 0915-0034)--Extension
The HEAL program provided federally insured loans to assure the
availability of funds for loans to eligible students to pay for their
education costs. In order to administer and monitor the HEAL program
the following forms are utilized: the Lender's Application for Contract
of Federal Loan Insurance form (used by lenders to make application to
the HEAL insurance program); the Borrower's Deferment Request form
(used by borrowers to request deferments on HEAL loans and used by
lenders to determine borrower's eligibility for deferment); the
Borrower Loan Status update electronic submission (submitted monthly by
lenders to the Secretary on the status of each loan); and the Loan
Purchase/Consolidation electronic submission (submitted by lenders to
the Secretary to report sales, and purchases of HEAL loans).
The estimates of burden for the forms are as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
HRSA form respondents respondent responses responses hours
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Lender's Application for 13 1 13 0.13 2
Contract of Federal Loan
Insurance......................
Borrower's Deferment Request:
Borrowers................... 58 1 58 0.17 10
Employers................... 43 1.34 58 0.08 5
Borrower Loan Status Update..... 8 13 104 0.17 18
Loan Purchase/Consolidation..... 1 1 1 0.07 .07
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E-mail comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA Reports
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Dated: April 8, 2009.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E9-8608 Filed 4-14-09; 8:45 am]
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