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submit comments by fax to: 202–395–
5806.
Dated: December 9, 2009.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E9–29768 Filed 12–14–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry
[30Day–10–09BK]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR) 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/ATSDR Reports
Clearance Officer at (404) 639–5960 or
send an e-mail to omb@cdc.gov. Send
written comments to CDC Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395–
5806. Written comments should be
received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Registration of Individuals Displaced
by the Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
(Pilot Project)—New—Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane
Katrina made landfall on the coast of the
Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans,
Louisiana, and became one of the most
deadly and destructive storms in U.S.
history. Also occurring in 2005,
Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most
intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded
and the most intense tropical cyclone
ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico.
Following the initial phase of the
response, the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) assumed
the primary role for housing displaced
persons over the intermediate term. To
support those needing temporary
housing, FEMA provided over 143,000
travel trailers, park homes, and mobile
homes for persons displaced by the
above mentioned storms. However,
some persons living in trailers
complained of an odor or of eye or
respiratory tract irritation.
FEMA entered into an Interagency
Agreement with the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)/ATSDR
on August 16, 2007 to conduct a
comprehensive public health
assessment, based on objective and
credible research, of air quality
conditions present in FEMA housing
units to guide FEMA policy makers and
inform the public as to the actual
conditions in the field and any actions
required to better promote a safe and
healthful environment for the disaster
victims FEMA housed in the units.
FEMA’s agreement with the CDC
includes an initial formaldehyde
exposure assessment as well as a
subsequent long-term study of the
health effects among resident children.
Formaldehyde testing conducted and
evaluated by the CDC pursuant to the
initial exposure assessment has
identified the need to evaluate the
feasibility of establishing a national
registry to identify and monitor the
health of disaster victims who occupied
FEMA-provided temporary housing
units. The establishment of such a
registry would complement the longterm health effects study set forth in the
FEMA-CDC Interagency Agreement.
The purpose of this study is to assess
the feasibility of contacting and
enrolling members of the targeted group
in a registry; to provide a basis for
budgeting and further planning for a
comprehensive registry; and to test the
acceptance of and response to a
questionnaire composed of standardized
health questions related to systemic and
respiratory symptoms.
A pre-registration dataset will be
created before enrollment. This dataset
will be populated with contact
information of the study population,
gathered from two main sources: FEMA
datasets (in the case of occupants of
temporary housing units) and data
provided by self-identified individuals
who were displaced by the hurricanes
but did not live in the FEMA temporary
trailers.
A computer-assisted telephone
interview (CATI) system based on a
paper questionnaire will be used during
all interviews to collect data for this
project. The first part will consist of
screening questions to determine
eligibility for enrollment. The second
part will contain contact information of
the registrant and other household
members, demographics, and health
status questions, focusing on respiratory
outcomes and cancer.
There will be two types of
respondents included the registry:
Temporary housing unit occupants and
Non-temporary housing unit occupants.
The three minute screening
questionnaire will be administered to a
total of 10,000 respondents (8,000
temporary housing unit occupants and
2,000 non-temporary housing unit
occupants). Annualized over a two year
period, 4,000 temporary housing unit
respondents and 1,000 non-temporary
housing unit respondents will be
screened. The 45 minute main
questionnaire will be administered to a
total of 5,000 respondents (4,000
temporary housing unit occupants and
1,000 non-temporary housing unit
occupants). Annualized over a two year
period, 2,000 temporary housing unit
occupants and 500 non-temporary
housing unit occupants will complete
the main questionnaire.
There are no costs to the respondents
other than their time. The total
estimated annual burden hours are
2,125.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
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Respondents
Form
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Screening .......................................................
questionnaire ..................................................
Main questionnaire .........................................
Screening questionnaire ................................
Main questionnaire .........................................
Non-Temporary housing unit occupant ..........
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responses per
respondent
Average
burden
per response
(in hours)
4,000
1
3/60
2,000
1,000
500
1
1
1
45/60
3/60
45/60
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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 239 / Tuesday, December 15, 2009 / Notices
Dated: December 8, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9–29754 Filed 12–14–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) will publish a summary of
information collection requests under
OMB review, in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). To request a copy of these
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports
Clearance Officer on (240) 276–1243.
Project: Survey of Revenues and
Expenditures (SRE)—NEW
The Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration’s
(SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health
Services (CMHS) will conduct the SRE.
This national survey represents a survey
of mental health and substance abuse
treatment facilities. These separate
service locations are called facilities, in
contrast to mental health and substance
abuse organizations, which may include
multiple facilities (service locations).
This survey will be a sample survey of
all known mental health and substance
abuse treatment facilities nationwide
with a particular focus on revenues and
expenditures. The survey will begin
with a stratified random sample of 1,500
facilities drawn from other SAMHSA
databases. In addition, a control
subsample of 100 facilities drawn from
the original 1,500 will be drawn and
pursued beyond the planned three
follow-up attempts with the entire
sample. The control sample will provide
estimates of non-response bias upon the
results of the data analyses.
The SRE will utilize one
questionnaire for all mental health and
substance abuse treatment facility types
including hospitals, residential
treatment centers and outpatient clinics.
The information collected will include
annual revenue and expenditures,
staffing, and active caseload size. All
treatment facilities will have the option
of completing the survey instrument
online via the internet, by telephone
with an interviewer, or using a paper
version of the questionnaire.
The resulting database will be used
for national estimates of facility types,
their revenues and expenditures, and
their patient caseloads. These findings
will be used to update SAMHSA’s
national spending on mental health and
substance abuse treatment estimates.
The survey results will be published by
CMHS in Data Highlights, in Mental
Health, United States, and in
professional journals such as Psychiatric
Services and the American Journal of
Psychiatry. The publication Mental
Health, United States is used by the
general public, State governments, the
U.S. Congress, university researchers,
and other health care professionals. The
following Table summarizes the
estimated response burden for the
survey.
Number of
respondents
Treatment Facilities .........................................................................................................
Written comments and
recommendations concerning the
proposed information collection should
be sent by January 14, 2010 to:
SAMHSA Desk Officer, Human
Resources and Housing Branch, Office
of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503; due to potential
delays in OMB’s receipt and processing
of mail sent through the U.S. Postal
Service, respondents are encouraged to
submit comments by fax to: 202–395–
5806.
Dated: December 9, 2009.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E9–29767 Filed 12–14–09; 8:45 am]
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per respondent
Average
hours per
response
Total hour
burden
1,500
1
2.5
3,750
National Library of Medicine; Notice of
Meeting
National Library of Medicine, including
consideration of personnel
qualifications and performance, and the
competence of individual investigators,
the disclosure of which would
constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
hereby given of a meeting of the Board
of Scientific Counselors, Lister Hill
National Center for Biomedical
Communications.
The meeting will be open to the
public as indicated below, with
attendance limited to space available.
Individuals who plan to attend and
need special assistance, such as sign
language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodations, should
notify the Contact Person listed below
in advance of the meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the
public as indicated below in accordance
with the provisions set forth in section
552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended
for the review, discussion, and
evaluation of individual intramural
programs and projects conducted by the
Name of Committee: Board of Scientific
Counselors, Lister Hill National Center
for Biomedical Communications.
Date: April 8–9, 2010.
Open: April 8, 2010, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Agenda: Review of research and
development programs and preparation of
reports of the Lister Hill Center for
Biomedical Communications.
Place: National Library of Medicine,
Building 38, 2nd Floor, Board Room, 8600
Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Closed: April 8, 2010, 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate personal
qualifications and performance, and
competence of individual investigators.
Place: National Library of Medicine,
Building 38, 2nd Floor, Board Room, 8600
Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Open: April 9, 2010, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Agenda: Review of research and
development programs and preparation of
reports of the Lister Hill Center for
Biomedical Communications.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[30Day-10-09BK]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) 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/ATSDR Reports
Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail to omb@cdc.gov.
Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments
should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Registration of Individuals Displaced by the Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita (Pilot Project)--New--Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry (ATSDR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the coast of
the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans, Louisiana, and became one of the
most deadly and destructive storms in U.S. history. Also occurring in
2005, Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane
ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in
the Gulf of Mexico. Following the initial phase of the response, the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assumed the primary role for
housing displaced persons over the intermediate term. To support those
needing temporary housing, FEMA provided over 143,000 travel trailers,
park homes, and mobile homes for persons displaced by the above
mentioned storms. However, some persons living in trailers complained
of an odor or of eye or respiratory tract irritation.
FEMA entered into an Interagency Agreement with the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/ATSDR on August 16, 2007 to
conduct a comprehensive public health assessment, based on objective
and credible research, of air quality conditions present in FEMA
housing units to guide FEMA policy makers and inform the public as to
the actual conditions in the field and any actions required to better
promote a safe and healthful environment for the disaster victims FEMA
housed in the units. FEMA's agreement with the CDC includes an initial
formaldehyde exposure assessment as well as a subsequent long-term
study of the health effects among resident children. Formaldehyde
testing conducted and evaluated by the CDC pursuant to the initial
exposure assessment has identified the need to evaluate the feasibility
of establishing a national registry to identify and monitor the health
of disaster victims who occupied FEMA-provided temporary housing units.
The establishment of such a registry would complement the long-term
health effects study set forth in the FEMA-CDC Interagency Agreement.
The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of
contacting and enrolling members of the targeted group in a registry;
to provide a basis for budgeting and further planning for a
comprehensive registry; and to test the acceptance of and response to a
questionnaire composed of standardized health questions related to
systemic and respiratory symptoms.
A pre-registration dataset will be created before enrollment. This
dataset will be populated with contact information of the study
population, gathered from two main sources: FEMA datasets (in the case
of occupants of temporary housing units) and data provided by self-
identified individuals who were displaced by the hurricanes but did not
live in the FEMA temporary trailers.
A computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) system based on a
paper questionnaire will be used during all interviews to collect data
for this project. The first part will consist of screening questions to
determine eligibility for enrollment. The second part will contain
contact information of the registrant and other household members,
demographics, and health status questions, focusing on respiratory
outcomes and cancer.
There will be two types of respondents included the registry:
Temporary housing unit occupants and Non-temporary housing unit
occupants. The three minute screening questionnaire will be
administered to a total of 10,000 respondents (8,000 temporary housing
unit occupants and 2,000 non-temporary housing unit occupants).
Annualized over a two year period, 4,000 temporary housing unit
respondents and 1,000 non-temporary housing unit respondents will be
screened. The 45 minute main questionnaire will be administered to a
total of 5,000 respondents (4,000 temporary housing unit occupants and
1,000 non-temporary housing unit occupants). Annualized over a two year
period, 2,000 temporary housing unit occupants and 500 non-temporary
housing unit occupants will complete the main questionnaire.
There are no costs to the respondents other than their time. The
total estimated annual burden hours are 2,125.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average
Number of Number of burden per
Respondents Form respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Temporary housing unit occupant....... Screening............... 4,000 1 3/60
questionnaire...........
Main questionnaire...... 2,000 1 45/60
Non-Temporary housing unit occupant... Screening questionnaire. 1,000 1 3/60
Main questionnaire...... 500 1 45/60
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Dated: December 8, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-29754 Filed 12-14-09; 8:45 am]
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