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be collected; and (4) the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Eligibility Error
Rate Measurement in Medicaid and the
Children’s Health Insurance Program;
Use: The collection of information is
necessary for CMS to produce national
error rates for Medicaid and CHIP as
required by Public Law 107–300, the
IPIA of 2002. The collection of
information is also necessary to
implement provisions from the
Children’s Health Insurance Program
Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA)
(Pub. L. 111–3) with regard to the
Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control
(MEQC) and Payment Error Rate
Measurement (PERM) programs. The
information collected from the States
selected for review will be used by CMS
to ensure States use a statistically sound
sampling methodology, to ensure the
States complete reviews on all cases
sampled, and will be used by the federal
contractor to calculate State and
national Medicaid and CHIP eligibility
error rates. Form Number: CMS–10184
(OMB#: 0938–1012); Frequency:
Reporting—Occasionally; Affected
Public: State, Local, Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents:
34; Total Annual Responses: 53; Total
Annual Hours: 942,764. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Jessica Woodard at 410–786–
9249. For all other issues call 410–786–
1326.)
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS Web site
address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
PaperworkReductionActof1995, or
E-mail your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786–
1326.
To be assured consideration,
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must
be received by the OMB desk officer at
the address below, no later than 5 p.m.
on March 29, 2010:
OMB, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: CMS Desk Officer,
Fax Number: (202) 395–6974,
E-mail: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
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Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60 Day–10–10BR]
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
Evaluation and Development of
Hearing Loss Interventions—New—
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
NIOSH, under Public Law 91–596,
Sections 20 and 22 (Section 20–22,
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970) has the responsibility to conduct
research relating to innovative methods,
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techniques, and approaches dealing
with occupational safety and health
problems.
This research relates to reducing the
incidence of noise induced hearing loss
in the coal mining industry through
improved development and
dissemination of hearing loss
prevention products. The overall
objective of this project is to improve
the effectiveness of hearing loss
prevention research products through
development, refinement, promotion,
and long term evaluation. Research
products developed in previous projects
and new products developed in current
projects will be evaluated and promoted
for industry-wide adoption and impact.
Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is
the most common occupational illness
in the United States today, with 30
million workers exposed to excessive
noise levels. Mining has the highest
prevalence of hazardous noise exposure
of any major industry sector (Tak, Davis,
& Calvert, 2009) and is second only to
the railroad industry in prevalence of
workers reporting hearing difficulty
(Tak & Calvert, 2008). The Hearing Loss
Prevention Branch at NIOSH Office of
Mine Safety and Health Research
(OMSHR) has developed multiple
hearing loss prevention research
products with the intent of controlling
noise exposure and reducing the
occurrence of NIHL in mining.
However, many of the products are not
widely used in industry. The current
project has several goals related to
determining the effectiveness of our
products and developing additional
products; however it is also necessary to
determine why the products are not
receiving greater field utilization so that
we can amend the procedure for
dissemination and to assure that future
products are transferred to industry in a
more efficient manner.
The outcomes of this project will
include a culmination of various
physical measures such as noise
dosimetry, noise measures, and
audiometry. These are common industry
hygiene methods that typically do not
require special approval. However, it
will also be necessary to conduct semistructured interviews and
questionnaire-based assessments with
various mine personnel who are using
NIOSH-developed noise controls to gain
an understanding of the barriers to
acceptance. Employees will be asked
about their motivation to implement
noise controls, their attitude towards the
specific control being assessed, their
attitude toward safety, and the methods
they use to find and implement health
and safety information. These
interviews will take place with health
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and safety managers, mine foremen,
maintenance supervisors, production
coordinators and operators of
equipment with installed noise controls.
The proposed time schedule for
conducting these assessments is before
installation of a control and on a
predetermined schedule for the duration
the mining industry, slight deviation
may occur. No noise control will require
greater than 5 interviews per
respondent. The goal is to achieve 6
mines and 6 individuals per mine per
noise control.
of the life of the control. For example,
one noise control may have an expected
performance life of 6 months. In that
case the interviews will occur before
installation, 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 14
weeks, and 24 weeks post installation.
Although we plan to follow this
general time table, due to the nature of
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Type of respondent
Form name
Managers Foreman Supervisors Coordinators Operators.
Managers Foreman Supervisors Coordinators Operators.
Managers Foreman Supervisors Coordinators Operators.
Assessment of the Urethane-Coated
Chain for Continuous Mining Machines.
Assessment of the Roof Bolting Machine Noise Control Products.
Assessment for the Enclosure for
Vibrating Screen.
Total ...........................................
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Dated: February 22, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2009–N–0373]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for Office of
Management and Budget Review;
Comment Request; Mental Models
Study of Recruitment and Retention of
Pregnant Women Into An Asthma
Pregnancy Registry
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
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ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing
that a proposed collection of
information has been submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Fax written comments on the
collection of information by March 29,
2010.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on
the information collection are received,
OMB recommends that written
comments be faxed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX:
202–395–7285, or e-mailed to
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Total
burden
(in hours)
5
20/60
60
36
5
20/60
60
36
5
20/60
60
108
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180
Mental Models Study of Recruitment
and Retention of Pregnant Women Into
An Asthma Pregnancy Registry—(OMB
Control Number 0910)—NEW
The authority for FDA to collect the
information derives from the FDA
Commissioner’s authority, as specified
in section 903(d)(2) of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
393(d)(2)).
The proposed information collection
will help FDA advance public health by
identifying priorities, perceptions, and
communication needs about how
pregnant women and their health care
providers make decisions about
participation in a pregnancy registry.
Understanding these priorities,
perceptions, and communication needs
will foster more effective approaches to
recruitment of pregnant women into
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Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
36
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. All
comments should be identified with the
OMB control number 0910–NEW and
title Mental Models Study of
Recruitment and Retention of Pregnant
Women Into An Asthma Pregnancy
Registry. Also include the FDA docket
number found in brackets in the
heading of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Berbakos, Office of
Information Management, Food and
Drug Administration, 1350 Piccard Dr.,
PI50–400B, Rockville, MD 20850, 301–
796–3792,
Elizabeth.Berbakos@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA
has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
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Number of
responses per
respondent
pregnancy registries and full retention
of those women until the end of the
registry study period. Ultimately, early
enrollment and complete followup of
women in pregnancy registries will
strengthen the quality of safety data
about use of needed medications during
pregnancy.
Before a medication is approved by
FDA for sale in the United States,
pregnant women are rarely included in
experimental research studies of the
medication because of concerns that the
experimental treatment may harm the
developing fetus and/or the pregnant
woman. As a result, when a medication
is approved for marketing in the United
States, little systematically collected
human data are available to define the
chance of serious side effects in
pregnant women and/or their
developing fetuses from use of the
medication during pregnancy.
A pregnancy registry is a research
study conducted after a medication has
been approved, during which pregnant
women being treated with the
medication are observed to identify
possible harms to the woman and/or to
her developing fetus. Pregnant women
voluntarily enroll in a pregnancy
registry; data about the pregnancy,
labor, delivery, and newborn are
collected and analyzed to identify any
serious adverse outcomes and consider
whether use of the medication may be
linked to any observed harm. The
quality of pregnancy registry data is
enhanced by enrollment of women early
in their pregnancy and by complete
followup of all enrolled pregnancies to
the end of the registry study period.
Ultimately, high quality human
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-10-10BR]
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
Evaluation and Development of Hearing Loss Interventions--New--
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
NIOSH, under Public Law 91-596, Sections 20 and 22 (Section 20-22,
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970) has the responsibility to
conduct research relating to innovative methods, techniques, and
approaches dealing with occupational safety and health problems.
This research relates to reducing the incidence of noise induced
hearing loss in the coal mining industry through improved development
and dissemination of hearing loss prevention products. The overall
objective of this project is to improve the effectiveness of hearing
loss prevention research products through development, refinement,
promotion, and long term evaluation. Research products developed in
previous projects and new products developed in current projects will
be evaluated and promoted for industry-wide adoption and impact.
Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is the most common occupational
illness in the United States today, with 30 million workers exposed to
excessive noise levels. Mining has the highest prevalence of hazardous
noise exposure of any major industry sector (Tak, Davis, & Calvert,
2009) and is second only to the railroad industry in prevalence of
workers reporting hearing difficulty (Tak & Calvert, 2008). The Hearing
Loss Prevention Branch at NIOSH Office of Mine Safety and Health
Research (OMSHR) has developed multiple hearing loss prevention
research products with the intent of controlling noise exposure and
reducing the occurrence of NIHL in mining. However, many of the
products are not widely used in industry. The current project has
several goals related to determining the effectiveness of our products
and developing additional products; however it is also necessary to
determine why the products are not receiving greater field utilization
so that we can amend the procedure for dissemination and to assure that
future products are transferred to industry in a more efficient manner.
The outcomes of this project will include a culmination of various
physical measures such as noise dosimetry, noise measures, and
audiometry. These are common industry hygiene methods that typically do
not require special approval. However, it will also be necessary to
conduct semi-structured interviews and questionnaire-based assessments
with various mine personnel who are using NIOSH-developed noise
controls to gain an understanding of the barriers to acceptance.
Employees will be asked about their motivation to implement noise
controls, their attitude towards the specific control being assessed,
their attitude toward safety, and the methods they use to find and
implement health and safety information. These interviews will take
place with health
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and safety managers, mine foremen, maintenance supervisors, production
coordinators and operators of equipment with installed noise controls.
The proposed time schedule for conducting these assessments is before
installation of a control and on a predetermined schedule for the
duration of the life of the control. For example, one noise control may
have an expected performance life of 6 months. In that case the
interviews will occur before installation, 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 14 weeks,
and 24 weeks post installation.
Although we plan to follow this general time table, due to the
nature of the mining industry, slight deviation may occur. No noise
control will require greater than 5 interviews per respondent. The goal
is to achieve 6 mines and 6 individuals per mine per noise control.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Managers Foreman Supervisors Assessment of 36 5 20/60 60
Coordinators Operators. the Urethane-
Coated Chain
for Continuous
Mining Machines.
Managers Foreman Supervisors Assessment of 36 5 20/60 60
Coordinators Operators. the Roof
Bolting Machine
Noise Control
Products.
Managers Foreman Supervisors Assessment for 36 5 20/60 60
Coordinators Operators. the Enclosure
for Vibrating
Screen.
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Total..................... ................ 108 .............. .............. 180
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Dated: February 22, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-3999 Filed 2-25-10; 8:45 am]
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