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A. Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis (Jacquelyn K. Brunmeier,
Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin
Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55480–0291:
1. Scott David Bormann, Douglas Lee
Bormann, both of Parkston, South
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Texas.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, May 13, 2014.
Michael J. Lewandowski,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Science Board (Previously Known as
the ‘‘National Biodefense Science
Board’’) Call for Nominees
Office of the Secretary,
Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Office of the Secretary is
accepting application submissions from
qualified individuals who wish to be
considered for membership on the
National Preparedness and Response
Science Board (NPRSB), previously
known as the National Biodefense
Science Board; seven members have
membership expiration dates of
December 31, 2014; therefore, seven
new voting members will be selected for
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the Board. Nominees are being accepted
in the following categories: Industry,
academia, practicing healthcare,
pediatrics, and organizations
representing other appropriate
stakeholders. Please visit the NPRSB
Web site at www.phe.gov/nprsb for all
application submission information and
instructions. All members of the public
are encouraged to apply.
DATES: The deadline for all application
submissions is June 15, 2014, at 11:59
p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please submit any inquiries to CAPT
Charlotte Spires, DVM, MPH, DACVPM,
Executive Director and Designated
Federal Official, National Preparedness
and Response Science Board, Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness
and Response, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Thomas P.
O’Neill Federal Building, Room number
14F18, 200 C St. SW., Washington, DC
20024; Office: 202–260–0627, Email
address: charlotte.spires@hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
NPRSB is authorized under Section
319M of the Public Health Service (PHS)
Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7f) as added by
Section 402 of the Pandemic and AllHazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) of
2006 and amended by Section 404 of the
Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness
Reauthorization Act and Section 222 of
the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 217a). The Board
provides expert advice and guidance to
the Secretary on scientific, technical,
and other matters of special interest to
the Department of Health and Human
Services regarding current and future
chemical, biological, nuclear, and
radiological agents, whether naturally
occurring, accidental, or deliberate. The
Board also provides advice and
guidance to the Secretary and/or the
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness
and Response (ASPR) on other matters
related to public health emergency
preparedness and response.
Description of Duties: The Board shall
advise the Secretary and/or ASPR on
current and future trends, challenges,
and opportunities presented by
advances in biological and life sciences,
biotechnology, and genetic engineering
with respect to threats posed by
naturally occurring infectious diseases
and chemical, biological, radiological,
and nuclear agents. At the request of the
Secretary and/or ASPR, the Board shall
review and consider any information
and findings received from the working
groups established under 42 U.S.C.
247d–7f(b). At the request of the
Secretary and/or ASPR, the Board shall
provide recommendations and findings
for expanded, intensified, and
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coordinated biodefense research and
development activities. The Board shall
also provide any recommendation,
finding, or report provided to the
Secretary on these matters to the
appropriate committees of Congress.
Additional advisory duties concerning
public health emergency preparedness
and response may be assigned at the
discretion of the Secretary and/or ASPR.
Structure: The Board shall consist of
13 voting members, including the
Chairperson; additionally, there may be
non-voting ex officio members. Pursuant
to 42 U.S.C. 247d–7f(a), members and
the Chairperson shall be appointed by
the Secretary from among the nation’s
preeminent scientific, public health,
and medical experts as follows: (a) Such
federal officials as the Secretary
determines are necessary to support the
functions of the Board; (b) four
individuals from the pharmaceutical,
biotechnology, and device industries; (c)
four individuals representing academia;
and (d) five other members as
determined appropriate by the
Secretary, one of whom must be a
practicing health care professional; one
of whom shall be an individual from an
organization representing health care
consumers; one of whom shall be an
individual with pediatric subject matter
expertise; and one of whom shall be a
state, tribal, territorial, or local public
health official. Nothing in the
membership requirements shall
preclude a member of the Board from
satisfying two or more of these
requirements described in item (d). A
member of the Board described in (b),
(c), and (d) shall serve for a term of three
years, and may serve not more than two
consecutive terms.
Members who are not full-time or
permanent part-time federal employees
shall be appointed by the Secretary as
Special Government Employees.
Dated: May 8, 2014.
Nicole Lurie,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response.
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[60Day–14–0879]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), as part of its
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continuing effort to reduce public
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To
request more information on the below
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send
comments to LeRoy Richardson, 1600
Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval. 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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
entities. HHS, specifically the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE), will be a new user
for this generic clearance.
The respondent universe is comprised
of STLT governmental staff or delegates
acting on behalf of a STLT agency
involved in the provision of essential
public health services in the United
States. Delegate is defined as a
governmental or non-governmental
agent (agency, function, office or
individual) acting for a principal or
submitted by another to represent or act
on their behalf. The STLT agency is
represented by a STLT entity or delegate
with a task to protect and/or improve
the public’s health.
Information will be used to assess
situational awareness of current public
health emergencies; make decisions that
affect planning, response and recovery
activities of subsequent emergencies; fill
CDC and HHS gaps in knowledge of
programs and/or STLT governments that
will strengthen surveillance,
epidemiology, and laboratory science;
improve CDC’s support and technical
assistance to states and communities.
CDC and HHS will conduct brief data
collections, across a range of public
health topics related to essential public
health services.
CDC estimates up to 30 data
collections with STLT governmental
staff or delegates, and 10 data
collections with local/county/city
governmental staff or delegates will be
conducted on an annual basis. It is also
estimated that HHS/ASPE may submit
up to three data collections with STLT
governmental or staff delegates
annually. Ninety-five percent of these
data collections will be Web-based and
five percent telephone, in-person, and
focus groups. The total annualized
burden of 54,000 hours is based on the
following estimates.
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Surveys of State, Tribal, Local, and
Territorial (STLT) Governmental
Agencies (OMB Control No. 0920–0879,
Exp. 4/30/2017)—Revision—Office of
the Director, Office for State, Tribal
Local and Territorial Support (OSTLTS),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The mission of the Department of
Health and Human Services is to help
provide the building blocks that
Americans need to live healthy,
successful lives. As part of HHS, CDC’s
mission is to create the expertise,
information, and tools that people and
communities need to protect their
health—through health promotion,
prevention of disease, injury and
disability, and preparedness for new
health threats. CDC and HHS seek to
accomplish its mission by collaborating
with partners throughout the nation and
the world to: Monitor health, detect and
investigate health problems, conduct
research to enhance prevention, develop
and advocate sound public health
policies, implement prevention
strategies, promote healthy behaviors,
foster safe and healthful environments,
and provide leadership and training.
CDC is requesting a three-year
approval for a generic clearance to
collect information related to domestic
public health issues and services that
affect and/or involve state, tribal, local
and territorial (STLT) government
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
type
Average
burden per
respondent
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Form name
State, Territorial, or Tribal government staff or delegate.
Local/County/City government staff
or delegate.
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Type of respondent
Web, telephone, in-person, focus
group.
Web, telephone, in-person, focus
group.
800
30
1
24,000
3,000
10
1
30,000
Total ...........................................
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LeRoy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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Centers for Disease Control and
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Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce public
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To
request more information on the below
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send
comments to LeRoy Richardson, 1600
Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval. 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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
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information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Virtual Reality to Train and Assess
Emergency Responders (OMB No. 0920–
0975, expires 07/31/2016)—Revision—
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
NIOSH, under Public Law 91–173 as
amended by Public Law 95–164
(Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of
1977), and Public Law 109–236 (Mine
Improvement and New Emergency
Response Act of 2006) has the
responsibility to conduct research to
improve working conditions and to
prevent accidents and occupational
diseases in underground coal and metal/
nonmetal mines in the U.S.
The turn of the 21st century started
with much promise for the coal mining
industry. Because there was only one
underground disaster in the 1990s, it
seemed that emergency response in the
United States no longer needed to be a
top research priority. However, major
coal mine disasters between 2001 and
2010 have resulted in 65 fatalities.
These events highlighted the critical
need to balance investments to reduce
low probability/high severity events
with those that focus on frequent, but
less severe injuries and illnesses.
The present research project seeks to
determine optimal use of virtual reality
(VR) technologies for training and
assessing mine emergency responders
using the Mine Rescue and Escape
Training Laboratory (MRET Lab).
Responders include specially trained
individuals, such as mine rescue or fire
brigade team members, and also
managers and miners who may either be
called upon to respond to an emergency
situation or engage in self-protective
actions in response to an emergency.
This project is a step toward
determining how new immersive virtual
reality technologies should be used for
miner training and testing in the US.
The project objective will be achieved
through specific aims in two related
areas as illustrated below.
Training Assessment
1. Evaluate four training modules.
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2. Evaluate participant reactions.
3. Develop guidelines.
Training Development
4. Use 3D technologies to develop a
prototype for a mine rescue closed¨
circuit breathing apparatus (e.g., Drager
BG4).
To accomplish these goals over the
life of the project, researchers will
utilize a variety of data collection
strategies, including self-report pre- and
post-test instruments for assessing
trainee reaction and measuring learning.
Data collection will take place with
approximately 210 underground coal
miners over three years. The
respondents targeted for this study
include rank-and-file miners, mine
rescue team members, and mine safety
and health professionals. A sample of
210 individuals will be collected from
various mining operations and mine
rescue teams which have agreed to
participate. All participants will be
between the ages of 18 and 65, currently
employed, and living in the United
States. Findings will be used to improve
the safety and health of underground
coal miners by assessing the efficacy of
immersive VR environments for
teaching critical mine safety and health
skills.
To assess learning as a result of
training, each participant will complete
a pre-training questionnaire, a postsimulation questionnaire, and a posttraining questionnaire. Participants
evaluating the closed-circuit breathing
apparatus training will only complete a
version of the pre-training
questionnaire. There is no cost to
respondents other than their time.
As stated previously in the previously
approved information collection
request, research activities involving
rank-and-file underground coal miners
who participate in the mine escape
training may occur at either the MRET
Lab or in an off-site classroom or other
typical instructional setting either at an
above-ground mine safety training
facility, mine administration building,
or a university or academic environment
(hereinto referenced as the ‘‘classroom
setting’’). Having these two subsamples
allows us to better assess uses for VR
training applications, determine the
potential additive value of training
provided in the MRET Lab, and the
potential benefits of adapting
simulation-based mine emergency
training to a broader audience. To
accommodate an appropriate amount of
mine escape participants for both the
MRET Lab modules and classroom
settings, we are requesting a revision in
order to add 60 more participants to our
150 participant data collection cap,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-14-0879]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its
[[Page 28514]]
continuing effort to reduce public burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the
below proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information
collection plan and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or send comments to
LeRoy Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send
an email to omb@cdc.gov.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval. 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; (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; and (e)
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Surveys of State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial (STLT)
Governmental Agencies (OMB Control No. 0920-0879, Exp. 4/30/2017)--
Revision--Office of the Director, Office for State, Tribal Local and
Territorial Support (OSTLTS), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The mission of the Department of Health and Human Services is to
help provide the building blocks that Americans need to live healthy,
successful lives. As part of HHS, CDC's mission is to create the
expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to
protect their health--through health promotion, prevention of disease,
injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats. CDC and
HHS seek to accomplish its mission by collaborating with partners
throughout the nation and the world to: Monitor health, detect and
investigate health problems, conduct research to enhance prevention,
develop and advocate sound public health policies, implement prevention
strategies, promote healthy behaviors, foster safe and healthful
environments, and provide leadership and training.
CDC is requesting a three-year approval for a generic clearance to
collect information related to domestic public health issues and
services that affect and/or involve state, tribal, local and
territorial (STLT) government entities. HHS, specifically the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), will be a
new user for this generic clearance.
The respondent universe is comprised of STLT governmental staff or
delegates acting on behalf of a STLT agency involved in the provision
of essential public health services in the United States. Delegate is
defined as a governmental or non-governmental agent (agency, function,
office or individual) acting for a principal or submitted by another to
represent or act on their behalf. The STLT agency is represented by a
STLT entity or delegate with a task to protect and/or improve the
public's health.
Information will be used to assess situational awareness of current
public health emergencies; make decisions that affect planning,
response and recovery activities of subsequent emergencies; fill CDC
and HHS gaps in knowledge of programs and/or STLT governments that will
strengthen surveillance, epidemiology, and laboratory science; improve
CDC's support and technical assistance to states and communities. CDC
and HHS will conduct brief data collections, across a range of public
health topics related to essential public health services.
CDC estimates up to 30 data collections with STLT governmental
staff or delegates, and 10 data collections with local/county/city
governmental staff or delegates will be conducted on an annual basis.
It is also estimated that HHS/ASPE may submit up to three data
collections with STLT governmental or staff delegates annually. Ninety-
five percent of these data collections will be Web-based and five
percent telephone, in-person, and focus groups. The total annualized
burden of 54,000 hours is based on the following estimates.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average
Number of responses per burden per Total burden
Type of respondent Form name respondents respondent respondent hours
type (in hours)
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State, Territorial, or Tribal Web, telephone, 800 30 1 24,000
government staff or delegate. in-person,
focus group.
Local/County/City government Web, telephone, 3,000 10 1 30,000
staff or delegate. in-person,
focus group.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 54,000
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LeRoy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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