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EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED COST BURDEN OVER 3 YEARS
Number of
respondents
Type of information collection burden
Total burden
hours
Average hourly
wage rate *
Total cost
Mail/email .................................................................................
Telephone ................................................................................
Web-based ...............................................................................
Focus Groups ..........................................................................
In-person ..................................................................................
Automated ................................................................................
Cognitive Testing .....................................................................
6,000
600
3,000
1,500
600
1,500
600
2,000
400
500
3,000
600
1,500
900
$33.51
$33.51
$33.51
$33.51
$33.51
$33.51
$33.51
$67,020
$13,404
$16,755
$100,530
$20,106
$50,265
$30,159
Totals ................................................................................
13,800
8,900
na
$298,239
* Based upon the average wages for 29–000 (Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations), ‘‘National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2009,’’ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s
information collection are requested
with regard to any of the following: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of AHRQ healthcare
research and healthcare information
dissemination functions, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including
hours and costs) of the proposed
collection(s) 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 upon the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: August 20, 2014.
Richard Kronick,
Director.
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accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for
the proposed information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your
comments should address any of the
following: (a) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) Minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses; and (e) Assess information
collection costs.
To request additional information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the information collection plan and
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written
comments and/or suggestions regarding
the items contained in this notice
should be directed to the Attention:
CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or
by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Health Hazard Evaluations/Technical
Assistance and Emerging Problems
(0920–0260, Expiration 11/30/2014)—
Revision—National Institute for
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(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970 and the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Act of 1977, mandates the
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) respond to
requests for health hazard evaluations
(HHE) to identify chemical, biological or
physical hazards in workplaces
throughout the United States. Each year,
NIOSH receives approximately 300 such
requests. Most HHE requests come from
the following types of companies:
service, manufacturing, health and
social services, transportation,
construction, agriculture, mining,
skilled trade and construction.
A printed HHE request form is
available in English and in Spanish. The
form is also available on the Internet
and differs from the printed version
only in format and in the fact that it can
be submitted directly from the Web site.
The request form takes an estimated 12
minutes to complete. The form provides
the mechanism for employees,
employers, and other authorized
representatives to supply the
information required by the regulations
governing the NIOSH HHE program (42
CFR 85.3–1).
If employees are submitting the form,
it must contain the signatures of three
or more current employees. However,
regulations allow a single signature if
the requestor: is one of three (3) or fewer
employees in the process, operation, or
job of concern; or is any officer of a
labor union representing the employees
for collective bargaining purposes. An
individual management official may
request an evaluation on behalf of the
employer. The information provided is
used by NIOSH to determine whether
there is reasonable cause to justify
conducting an investigation and
provides a mechanism to respond to the
requestor.
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NIOSH reviews the HHE request to
determine if an on-site evaluation is
needed. The primary purpose of an onsite evaluation is to help employers and
employees identify and eliminate
occupational health hazards. For 40% of
the requests received NIOSH determines
an on-site evaluation is needed.
In about 70% of on-site evaluations,
employees are interviewed to help
further define concerns. Interviews may
take approximately 15 minutes per
respondent. The interview questions are
specific to each workplace and its
suspected diseases and hazards.
However, interviews are based on
standard medical practices.
In approximately 30% of on-site
evaluations (presently estimated to be
38 facilities), questionnaires are
distributed to the employees (averaging
about 100 employees per site).
Questionnaires may require
approximately 30 minutes to complete.
The survey questions are specific to
each workplace and its suspected
diseases and hazards, however, items in
the questionnaires are derived from
standardized or widely used medical
and epidemiologic data collection
instruments.
About 70% of the on-site evaluations
involve employee exposure monitoring
in the workplace. Employees
participating in on-site evaluations by
wearing a sampler or monitoring device
to measure personal workplace
exposures are offered the opportunity to
get a written notice of their exposure
results. To indicate their preference and,
if interested, provide mailing
information, employees complete a
contact information post card.
Completing the contact card may take 5
minutes or less. The number of
employees monitored for workplace
exposures per on-site evaluation is
estimated to be 25 per site.
NIOSH distributes interim and final
reports of health hazard evaluations,
excluding personal identifiers, to:
requesters, employers, employee
representatives; the Department of Labor
(Occupational Safety and Health
Administration or Mine Safety and
Health Administration, as appropriate);
state health departments; and, as
needed, other state and federal agencies.
NIOSH administers a follow-back
program to assess the effectiveness of its
HHE program in reducing workplace
hazards. This program entails the
mailing of follow-back questionnaires to
employer and employee representatives
at all the workplaces where NIOSH
conducted an on-site evaluation. In a
small number of instances, a followback on-site evaluation may be
completed. The first follow-back
questionnaire is sent shortly after the
first visit for an on-site evaluation and
takes about 10 minutes to complete. A
second follow-back questionnaire is sent
a year later and requires about 15
minutes to complete. At 24 months, a
third follow-back questionnaire is sent
which takes about 15 minutes to
complete.
For requests where NIOSH does not
conduct an on-site evaluation, the
requestor receives the first follow-back
questionnaire 12 months after our
response and a second one 24 months
after our response. The first
questionnaire takes about 10 minutes to
complete and the second questionnaire
takes about 15 minutes to complete.
Because of the number of
investigations conducted each year, the
need to respond quickly to requests for
assistance, the diverse and
unpredictable nature of these
investigations, and its follow-back
program to assess evaluation
effectiveness; NIOSH requests a
consolidated clearance for data
collections performed within the
domain of its HHE program. There is no
cost to respondents other than their
time. The total estimated annual burden
hours are 3,019.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses
per
respondent
Average
burden per
response in
hours
Type of respondent
Form
Employees and representatives/employers ....
Employees ......................................................
Health Hazard Evaluation Request Form ......
Health Hazard Evaluation specific interview
example.
Health Hazard Evaluation specific questionnaire example.
Contact information post card ........................
First follow-back questionnaire ......................
300
2,670
1
1
12/60
15/60
3,800
1
30/60
2,225
252
1
1
5/60
10/60
Second follow-back questionnaire .................
Third follow-back questionnaire .....................
252
252
1
1
15/60
15/60
First follow-back questionnaire ......................
90
1
10/60
Second follow-back questionnaire .................
90
1
15/60
Employees ......................................................
Employees ......................................................
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Employees and Representatives; Employers—Year 2.
(on-site evaluation) .........................................
Employees and Representatives; Employers—Year 1.
(without on-site evaluation) .............................
Employees and Representatives; Employers—Year 2.
(without on-site evaluation) .............................
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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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Announcement of Requirements and
Registration for the CultureIndependent Straintyping and
Characterization Challenge
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
Award Approving Official: Thomas R.
Frieden, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, and
Administrator, Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry.
SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) located
within the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) launches a
challenge competition for the
development of a method or process to
accurately and efficiently identify,
subtype, and characterize pathogenic
microorganisms directly from clinical or
environmental samples without the
need for culture or culture-based
enrichment.
Laboratory-based infectious disease
surveillance programs, such as
PulseNet, the National Tuberculosis
Surveillance System, and the Active
Bacterial Core Surveillance program,
rely on primary culture and
microbiologic testing in community
hospital and clinical laboratories. A new
generation of non-culture-based
diagnostic tests are now beginning to
enter the marketplace offering
physicians faster results and, in some
cases, more types of information than
were previously available.
Unfortunately, these new tests do not
typically result in isolates being
available for public health purposes,
and, as their use continues to grow, it
will likely become increasingly difficult
or impossible to detect and investigate
outbreaks or other important infectious
disease trends. New laboratory
approaches that do not depend on
isolates or culture for subtyping and
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to maintain and improve important
public health activities across a range of
pathogenic organisms.
The Culture-Independent Straintyping
and Characterization Challenge is an
opportunity to develop novel
approaches to identifying and
characterizing pathogens similar to
normal flora in a complex matrix in a
process that does not require any
culture, including pre-enrichment.
Straintyping and characterization of the
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
(STEC) from clinical stool samples
represents a significant challenge and
has been selected as the target organism
for this challenge. STEC are similar in
most respects to the commensal E. coli
that are carried in the intestinal tract of
nearly everyone. Consistent
identification, straintyping, and
characterization of pathogenic STEC
directly from a complex matrix, such as
stool, requires the consistent
identification of both a variable marker
that can be used for subtyping and a
second, more stable marker that can be
used for definitive identification.
(2) Reproducibility and stability:
Ability to return consistent,
unambiguous results from three or more
replicate specimens.
(3) Throughput parameters: Proposed
solutions should have a feasible sampleto-answer turnaround time of under 48
hours, and a per-sample reagent and
consumables cost of $100 per sample or
less. Methods should be scalable to
accommodate high-throughput testing.
(4) Portability: Data should be
objective, based on open or established
standards, and amenable for
computerized analysis and easily
disseminated between laboratories.
(5) Generalizability: While the subject
organism for this challenge is STEC,
special consideration will be given to
proposals that may be readily adapted to
a range of other pathogenic
microorganisms.
(6) Epidemiologic concordance:
Consistency of the resultant data with
the known epidemiologic context of the
specimen.
How To Enter
• Sign up for a Challenge.gov account
and become a follower of the CultureIndependent Straintyping and
Characterization Challenge at https://
www.cdc.gov/amd/cidtchallenge.
• Review the rules and guidelines of
this contest listed below and at https://
www.cdc.gov/amd/cidtchallenge.
DATES: Contestants can submit solutions
between September 2, 2014 and
November 30, 2014. Judging will take
place between December 1 and 10, 2014,
during which time additional
information, clarification or
documentation may be requested. The
winner will be notified and prize
awarded by December 15, 2014.
Contest Prizes: We will choose one
winning proposal and award $200,000
by electronic funds transfer. The winner
may need to pay Federal income taxes
on any prize money. We will follow
Internal Revenue Service withholding
and reporting requirements, where
applicable.
How Winners Will Be Selected: An
expert panel of CDC program staff with
expertise in diagnostic testing,
bioinformatics, and biotechnology who
meet the requirements of the America
COMPETES Act will evaluate all
entries. The judging panel will use the
following criteria to select a single
winning submission:
(1) Resolution and typeability: Ability
to accurately straintype and characterize
STEC at high resolution from a stool
sample matrix, without the need for
culture-based amplification.
Subject of Contest Competition: Your
entry for the Culture-Independent
Straintyping and Characterization
Challenge should describe a novel or
innovative method to straintype and
characterize pathogenic organisms, such
as STEC, directly from a complex
clinical sample, without the need for
culture or culture-based amplification.
Eligibility Rules for Participating in
the Competition: The contest is open to
everyone, with the exceptions noted
below. Participants may submit
individual proposals or work as teams.
To have a chance to win a prize in
this contest you must—
(1) Register for the contest at
CHALLENGE.GOV and follow posted
contest rules;
(2) Meet all of the requirements in this
section;
(3) Enter the contest as an individual
or as a team in which a you or all
members of the team are citizen(s) or
permanent resident(s) of the United
States; or as an entity where entities are
limited to those that are incorporated
and maintain a primary place of
business in the United States; and
(4) Federal employees may not
participate in this contest in their
official capacity. Federal employees
seeking to participate in this contest
should talk with their ethics official
before submitting a proposal.
(5) Federal grantees cannot use
Federal funds to develop COMPETES
Act challenge applications unless
consistent with the purpose of their
grant award.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-14-0260]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; (d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be
directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Health Hazard Evaluations/Technical Assistance and Emerging
Problems (0920-0260, Expiration 11/30/2014)--Revision--National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977, mandates the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) respond to requests for health
hazard evaluations (HHE) to identify chemical, biological or physical
hazards in workplaces throughout the United States. Each year, NIOSH
receives approximately 300 such requests. Most HHE requests come from
the following types of companies: service, manufacturing, health and
social services, transportation, construction, agriculture, mining,
skilled trade and construction.
A printed HHE request form is available in English and in Spanish.
The form is also available on the Internet and differs from the printed
version only in format and in the fact that it can be submitted
directly from the Web site. The request form takes an estimated 12
minutes to complete. The form provides the mechanism for employees,
employers, and other authorized representatives to supply the
information required by the regulations governing the NIOSH HHE program
(42 CFR 85.3-1).
If employees are submitting the form, it must contain the
signatures of three or more current employees. However, regulations
allow a single signature if the requestor: is one of three (3) or fewer
employees in the process, operation, or job of concern; or is any
officer of a labor union representing the employees for collective
bargaining purposes. An individual management official may request an
evaluation on behalf of the employer. The information provided is used
by NIOSH to determine whether there is reasonable cause to justify
conducting an investigation and provides a mechanism to respond to the
requestor.
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NIOSH reviews the HHE request to determine if an on-site evaluation
is needed. The primary purpose of an on-site evaluation is to help
employers and employees identify and eliminate occupational health
hazards. For 40% of the requests received NIOSH determines an on-site
evaluation is needed.
In about 70% of on-site evaluations, employees are interviewed to
help further define concerns. Interviews may take approximately 15
minutes per respondent. The interview questions are specific to each
workplace and its suspected diseases and hazards. However, interviews
are based on standard medical practices.
In approximately 30% of on-site evaluations (presently estimated to
be 38 facilities), questionnaires are distributed to the employees
(averaging about 100 employees per site). Questionnaires may require
approximately 30 minutes to complete.
The survey questions are specific to each workplace and its
suspected diseases and hazards, however, items in the questionnaires
are derived from standardized or widely used medical and epidemiologic
data collection instruments.
About 70% of the on-site evaluations involve employee exposure
monitoring in the workplace. Employees participating in on-site
evaluations by wearing a sampler or monitoring device to measure
personal workplace exposures are offered the opportunity to get a
written notice of their exposure results. To indicate their preference
and, if interested, provide mailing information, employees complete a
contact information post card. Completing the contact card may take 5
minutes or less. The number of employees monitored for workplace
exposures per on-site evaluation is estimated to be 25 per site.
NIOSH distributes interim and final reports of health hazard
evaluations, excluding personal identifiers, to: requesters, employers,
employee representatives; the Department of Labor (Occupational Safety
and Health Administration or Mine Safety and Health Administration, as
appropriate); state health departments; and, as needed, other state and
federal agencies.
NIOSH administers a follow-back program to assess the effectiveness
of its HHE program in reducing workplace hazards. This program entails
the mailing of follow-back questionnaires to employer and employee
representatives at all the workplaces where NIOSH conducted an on-site
evaluation. In a small number of instances, a follow-back on-site
evaluation may be completed. The first follow-back questionnaire is
sent shortly after the first visit for an on-site evaluation and takes
about 10 minutes to complete. A second follow-back questionnaire is
sent a year later and requires about 15 minutes to complete. At 24
months, a third follow-back questionnaire is sent which takes about 15
minutes to complete.
For requests where NIOSH does not conduct an on-site evaluation,
the requestor receives the first follow-back questionnaire 12 months
after our response and a second one 24 months after our response. The
first questionnaire takes about 10 minutes to complete and the second
questionnaire takes about 15 minutes to complete.
Because of the number of investigations conducted each year, the
need to respond quickly to requests for assistance, the diverse and
unpredictable nature of these investigations, and its follow-back
program to assess evaluation effectiveness; NIOSH requests a
consolidated clearance for data collections performed within the domain
of its HHE program. There is no cost to respondents other than their
time. The total estimated annual burden hours are 3,019.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondent Form respondents responses per response in
respondent hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Employees and representatives/ Health Hazard Evaluation 300 1 12/60
employers. Request Form.
Employees.......................... Health Hazard Evaluation 2,670 1 15/60
specific interview example.
Employees.......................... Health Hazard Evaluation 3,800 1 30/60
specific questionnaire
example.
Employees.......................... Contact information post 2,225 1 5/60
card.
Employees and Representatives; First follow-back 252 1 10/60
Employers--Year 1 (on-site questionnaire.
evaluation).
Second follow-back 252 1 15/60
questionnaire.
Employees and Representatives; Third follow-back 252 1 15/60
Employers--Year 2. questionnaire.
(on-site evaluation)...............
Employees and Representatives; First follow-back 90 1 10/60
Employers--Year 1. questionnaire.
(without on-site evaluation).......
Employees and Representatives; Second follow-back 90 1 15/60
Employers--Year 2. questionnaire.
(without on-site evaluation).......
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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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