Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations, 5596-5598 [2010-2275]

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[FR Doc. 2010–2214 Filed 2–2–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–45–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day-10–09AL] 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. PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 Environmental Health Impacts on Women and Children in Low-income Multifamily Housing—NEW—National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description Green building principles and practices have been shown to reduce energy consumption, but their efficacy in reducing environmental agents such as pesticides, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), fungi, and indoor allergens is not clear. Furthermore, little research has been conducted on health impacts that might be related to green buildings, especially on a nationwide scale. Three main goals of this study are: (1) To compare levels of certain environmental chemical and biological agents in green vs. traditional, multifamily, low-income housing; (2) to ascertain differences in the health of the residents in these homes; and (3) to assess the economic impacts of the ‘‘greening’’ of housing—particularly those related to health. These goals will be accomplished in ongoing low-income multi-family building renovation programs sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In partnership with HUD, the CDC will leverage this opportunity to collect survey and biomarker data from residents and to collect environmental measurements in their homes in order to evaluate associations between green housing and health (notably childhood asthma morbidity and premature/low birth weight outcomes). This study directly supports the Healthy Homes’ health protection goal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This investigation is also consistent with CDC’s Health Protection Research Agenda, which E:\FR\FM\03FEN1.SGM 03FEN1 5597 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 22 / Wednesday, February 3, 2010 / Notices calls for research to identify the major environmental causes of disease and disability and related risk factors. Indoor allergens such as those from cockroaches, dust mites, mice, and fungi have been associated with childhood asthma. Also, VOCs and pesticides have been associated with adverse birth outcomes (e.g., low birth weight and prematurity). Given that green principles such as improvement of ventilation systems and elimination of spray pesticides can directly affect the concentrations of chemical and biological agents in air, residents in green housing should theoretically have better health outcomes (e.g., asthma and birth outcomes). Better health outcomes characteristics and respiratory symptoms will be administered at 3month intervals over a 1-year period. Environmental sampling of the air and dust in the participants’ homes will be conducted over a 1-year period (once in the home before rehabilitation (baseline 1), and then at three time points after rehabilitation has been completed: baseline 2, 6 months, and 12 months). Environmental sampling includes measurements of air exchange rate, pesticides, VOCs, indoor allergens, fungi, temperature, humidity, and particulate matter. There is no cost to respondents other than their time. will, in turn, lead to lower healthcare utilization resulting in overall costs to society. Participants will include pregnant women and children living in HUDsubsidized housing that has either been rehabilitated in a green (e.g., case) or a traditional manner (e.g., control) from study sites across the United States. Pregnant women and children with asthma (ages 7–12 years) will donate blood samples (for assessment of allergy) and urine samples (for assessment of pesticide and VOC exposures). The children with asthma (ages 7–12 years) will be also tested for lung function and lung inflammatory markers. Questionnaires regarding home ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Average burden per response (in hours) Total burden (in hours) Respondents Forms Mothers of enrolled children. Screening questionnaire ...................................... 800 1 10/60 133 Baseline Questionnaire (Home Characteristics) Baseline Questionnaire (for Mother) ................... Baseline Questionnaire (for Children with asthma 7–12 years). Baseline Questionnaire (for Children 0–6 years) 3- and 9-month Phone contact ............................ 6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire (for environment). 6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire (for women). 6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire (for Children with asthma 7–12 years). 6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire (for children 0–6). Time/Activity form (for Children with asthma 7– 12 years). Time/Activity form (for Children 0–6 years) ........ Time/Activity form (for Pregnant women or mothers). Screening questionnaire ...................................... Baseline Questionnaire (Home Characteristics) Baseline Questionnaire (for Pregnant woman) ... 3- and 9-month Phone contact ............................ 6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire (for environment). 6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire (for women). Post-delivery questionnaire ................................. Time/Activity form (for Pregnant women or mothers). 688 688 688 1 1 1 15/60 15/60 15/60 172 172 172 688 688 688 1 2 2 15/60 5/60 10/60 172 115 229 688 2 10/60 229 688 2 10/60 229 688 2 10/60 229 688 4 5/60 229 688 688 4 4 5/60 5/60 229 229 800 688 688 688 688 1 1 1 2 2 10/60 15/60 15/60 5/60 10/60 133 172 172 115 229 688 2 10/60 229 688 688 1 4 5/60 5/60 57 229 ........................ ........................ ........................ 3,875 Pregnant women ........... jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES Total ........................ VerDate Nov<24>2008 .............................................................................. 16:34 Feb 02, 2010 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\03FEN1.SGM 03FEN1 5598 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 22 / Wednesday, February 3, 2010 / Notices Dated: January 27, 2010. Maryam I. Daneshvar, Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 2010–2275 Filed 2–2–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 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: Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Mental Illness (PAIMI) Final Rule, 42 CFR Part 51 (OMB No. 0930–0172)—Extension These regulations meet the directive under 42 U.S.C. 10826(b) requiring the Secretary to promulgate final regulations to carry out the PAIMI Act. The regulations contain information collection requirements. The Act authorizes funds to support activities on behalf of individuals with significant (severe) mental illness (adults) or emotional impairment (children/youth) [42 U.S.C. 10802(4)]. Only entities that are designated by the governors of each State, the District of Columbia (Mayor), five (5) jurisdictions (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), and the American Indian Consortium (the Tribal Councils of the Hopi and Navajo Nations in the Southwest) to protect and advocate the rights of persons with developmental disabilities under Title I, Subtitle C— Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 [42 U.S.C. 150041 et seq.], are eligible to receive PAIMI Program grants [42 U.S.C. 10802 (2)]. These grants are based on a formula prescribed by the Secretary [42 U.S.C. at 10822(a)(1)(A)]. On January 1, each eligible State protection and advocacy (P&A) system is required to prepare a report that describes its activities, accomplishments, and expenditures to protect the rights of individuals with mental illness supported with payments from PAIMI Program allotments during the most recently completed fiscal year. The PAIMI Act at 42 U.S.C. 10824(a) requires that each P&A system transmit a copy of its annual report to the Secretary (via SAMHSA/CMHS) and to the State Mental Health Agency where the system is located. These annual PAIMI Program Performance Reports (PPR) to the Secretary must include the following information: • The number of (PAIMI-eligible) individuals with mental illness served; • A description of the types of activities undertaken; • A description of the types of facilities providing care or treatment to which such activities are undertaken; • A description of the manner in which the activities are initiated; • A description of the accomplishments resulting from such activities; Number of respondents 42 CFR citation • A description of systems to protect and advocate the rights of individuals with mental illness supported with payments from PAIMI Program allotments; • A description of activities conducted by States to protect and advocate such rights; • A description of mechanisms established by residential facilities for individuals with mental illness to protect such rights; • A description of the coordination among such systems, activities and mechanisms; • Specification of the number systems that are public and nonprofit systems established with PAIMI Program allotments; • Recommendations for activities and services to improve the protection and advocacy of the rights of individuals with mental illness and a description of the need for such activities and services that were not met by the State P&A systems established under the PAIMI Act due to resource or annual program priority limitations. ** [The PAIMI Rules [42 CFR 51.32(b)] state that P&A systems may place restrictions on case or client acceptance criteria developed as part of its annual PAIMI priorities. Each P&A system is required to inform prospective clients of any such restrictions when he/ she requests a service]. This PAIMI PPR summary must include a separate section, prepared by the PAIMI Advisory Council (PAC) that describes the council’s activities and its assessment of the operations of the State P&A system [42 U.S.C. 10805(7)]. The estimated annual burden under the PAIMI Final Rule is summarized below: Responses per respondent Burden/ response (hrs.) Total hour burden * 51.8(a)(2) Program Performance Report ....................................................... * 51.8(8)(a)(8) Advisory Council Report ........................................................... 51.10 Remedial Actions:. Corrective Action Plan .............................................................................. Implementation Status Reports ................................................................ 51.23(c) Reports, materials and fiscal data provided to the PAC ................... 51.25(b)(3) Grievance Procedure .................................................................... † 51.43 Written denial of access by P&A system ............................................ 57 57 1 1 26 10 (1482) (570) 7 7 57 57 ........................ 1 3 1 1 ........................ 8 2 1 0.5 ........................ 56 42 57 29 ........................ Total .......................................................................................................... 57 ........................ ........................ 184 jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES * Responses and burden hours associated with these reports were approved under OMB Control No. 0930–0169. Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed information collection should be sent by March 5, 2010 to: SAMHSA Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:34 Feb 02, 2010 Jkt 220001 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, PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 respondents are encouraged to submit comments by fax to: 202–395–5806. E:\FR\FM\03FEN1.SGM 03FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5596-5598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2275]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-10-09AL]

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

Environmental Health Impacts on Women and Children in Low-income
Multifamily Housing--NEW--National Center for Environmental Health
(NCEH) and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

Green building principles and practices have been shown to reduce
energy consumption, but their efficacy in reducing environmental agents
such as pesticides, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), fungi, and
indoor allergens is not clear. Furthermore, little research has been
conducted on health impacts that might be related to green buildings,
especially on a nationwide scale. Three main goals of this study are:
(1) To compare levels of certain environmental chemical and biological
agents in green vs. traditional, multi-family, low-income housing; (2)
to ascertain differences in the health of the residents in these homes;
and (3) to assess the economic impacts of the ``greening'' of housing--
particularly those related to health. These goals will be accomplished
in ongoing low-income multi-family building renovation programs
sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In
partnership with HUD, the CDC will leverage this opportunity to collect
survey and biomarker data from residents and to collect environmental
measurements in their homes in order to evaluate associations between
green housing and health (notably childhood asthma morbidity and
premature/low birth weight outcomes).
This study directly supports the Healthy Homes' health protection
goal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This
investigation is also consistent with CDC's Health Protection Research
Agenda, which

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calls for research to identify the major environmental causes of
disease and disability and related risk factors.
Indoor allergens such as those from cockroaches, dust mites, mice,
and fungi have been associated with childhood asthma. Also, VOCs and
pesticides have been associated with adverse birth outcomes (e.g., low
birth weight and prematurity). Given that green principles such as
improvement of ventilation systems and elimination of spray pesticides
can directly affect the concentrations of chemical and biological
agents in air, residents in green housing should theoretically have
better health outcomes (e.g., asthma and birth outcomes). Better health
outcomes will, in turn, lead to lower healthcare utilization resulting
in overall costs to society.
Participants will include pregnant women and children living in
HUD-subsidized housing that has either been rehabilitated in a green
(e.g., case) or a traditional manner (e.g., control) from study sites
across the United States. Pregnant women and children with asthma (ages
7-12 years) will donate blood samples (for assessment of allergy) and
urine samples (for assessment of pesticide and VOC exposures). The
children with asthma (ages 7-12 years) will be also tested for lung
function and lung inflammatory markers. Questionnaires regarding home
characteristics and respiratory symptoms will be administered at 3-
month intervals over a 1-year period. Environmental sampling of the air
and dust in the participants' homes will be conducted over a 1-year
period (once in the home before rehabilitation (baseline 1), and then
at three time points after rehabilitation has been completed: baseline
2, 6 months, and 12 months). Environmental sampling includes
measurements of air exchange rate, pesticides, VOCs, indoor allergens,
fungi, temperature, humidity, and particulate matter.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time.

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Forms Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Mothers of enrolled children................... Screening questionnaire................ 800 1 10/60 133
Baseline Questionnaire (Home 688 1 15/60 172
Characteristics).
Baseline Questionnaire (for Mother).... 688 1 15/60 172
Baseline Questionnaire (for Children 688 1 15/60 172
with asthma 7-12 years).
Baseline Questionnaire (for Children 0- 688 1 15/60 172
6 years).
3- and 9-month Phone contact........... 688 2 5/60 115
6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire 688 2 10/60 229
(for environment).
6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire 688 2 10/60 229
(for women).
6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire 688 2 10/60 229
(for Children with asthma 7-12 years).
6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire 688 2 10/60 229
(for children 0-6).
Time/Activity form (for Children with 688 4 5/60 229
asthma 7-12 years).
Time/Activity form (for Children 0-6 688 4 5/60 229
years).
Time/Activity form (for Pregnant women 688 4 5/60 229
or mothers).
Pregnant women................................. Screening questionnaire................ 800 1 10/60 133
Baseline Questionnaire (Home 688 1 15/60 172
Characteristics).
Baseline Questionnaire (for Pregnant 688 1 15/60 172
woman).
3- and 9-month Phone contact........... 688 2 5/60 115
6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire 688 2 10/60 229
(for environment).
6- and 12-month Follow-up Questionnaire 688 2 10/60 229
(for women).
Post-delivery questionnaire............ 688 1 5/60 57
Time/Activity form (for Pregnant women 688 4 5/60 229
or mothers).
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Total...................................... ....................................... .............. .............. .............. 3,875
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Dated: January 27, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-2275 Filed 2-2-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P

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