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[60Day–16–16GK; Docket No. CDC–2015–
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Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing efforts to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, 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. This notice invites
comment on a proposed information
collection request entitled ‘‘Ingress/
Egress and Work Boot Outsole Wear
Investigation at Surface Mining
Facilities’’. The goal of this work is to
investigate how ingress/egress systems
on mobile equipment and personal
protective footwear (work boots) used
by miners may lead to slips, trips and
falls by interviewing and surveying
mine workers and examining work boot
outsole characteristics.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before February 12, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2015–
0111 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS–
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. All relevant comments
received will be posted without change
to Regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. For
access to the docket to read background
documents or comments received, go to
Regulations.gov.
SUMMARY:
Please note: All public comment should be
submitted through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
request more information on the
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proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact the Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570;
Email: omb@cdc.gov.
Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
requires Federal agencies to provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed
extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of
previously approved information
collection before submitting the
collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
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.
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Proposed Project
Ingress/Egress and Work Boot Outsole
Wear Investigation at Surface Mines—
New—National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The mission of the National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) is to promote safety & health at
work for all people through research
and prevention. NIOSH, under PL 91–
173 as amended by PL 95–164 (Federal
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977) has
the responsibility to conduct research to
improve working conditions and to
prevent accidents and occupational
diseases in the U.S. mining sector. The
goal of the proposed project is to
investigate how ingress/egress systems
on mobile equipment, and personal
protective footwear (boots) used by
miners may lead to slips, trips and falls
at stone, sand and gravel surface mining
facilities. NIOSH is requesting a 3-year
approval for this data collection.
The project objective will be achieved
through two studies. The first study
aims to: Identify elements of ingress/
egress systems on haulage trucks and
front end loaders that pose a risk of
slips, trips and falls (STFs) and could
lead to STF related injuries; to
determine worker behavior associated
with STF incidents; and to learn how
purchasing/maintenance decisions are
made for ingress/egress systems. In the
surface mining industry, it is still
unclear which component of the
ingress/egress system poses the greatest
risk for STF. Hence there is a need to
understand where, how and why STF
incidents occur during ingress/egress on
mobile equipment.
NIOSH will conduct semi-structured
interviews and focus groups with
mobile equipment operators, and
interviews with mine management to
explore the issues identified above.
Focus groups will be conducted in a
private setting with 4–6 participants
using a predefined list of questions to
help guide the discussion. Semistructured interviews will be conducted
to wear the supplied boots at work and
treat the boots as they would any pair
of boots they would wear at work.
NIOSH researchers will scan the boot
outsoles longitudinally, at 2 to 3 month
intervals for the length of the study. To
better understand wear patterns and
risks, participants will complete an ongoing survey that records hours worked,
locations commonly visited, and tasks
performed along with details of any near
miss or STF event. These self-reports
will be collected via survey on a biweekly basis. Participants will be
offered multiple modalities to respond
to the survey (in-person, on paper, over
the telephone, via email or using an
online survey) to increase response
rates. When a participant feels their
boots need to be replaced (or when the
end of the two-year tracking period has
been reached), they will complete a
final survey assessing why the boots
were at the end of their life and will
return their boots to NIOSH researchers
for further analysis.
For the cross-sectional study,
participants’ current work boots will be
scanned and participants will complete
the preliminary survey that includes
basic demographic information, details
of current work boots, and details of
STF events in the past three months.
The results of these research studies
will have very different applications,
but one goal: Reducing the risks of STF
accidents at surface mining facilities.
The results of the ingress/egress study
will help identify features of the
ingress/egress system that may lead to
STF accidents so that they can be made
safer by the manufacturers and to allow
mining companies to make better
purchasing decisions and encourage the
acquisition of systems with better slip
and fall protection. The results of the
boot outsole wear study will be used to
inform mine policy and practices by
providing miners and mine managers
with the knowledge to determine when
to replace footwear based on measurable
features of the boot outsoles.
The total estimated burden hours are
643. There is no cost to the respondents
other than their time.
either in person or over the telephone.
Two separate interview guides will be
used for mobile equipment operators
and mine management to guide the
discussion.
For the focus groups and semistructured interviews, NIOSH will
collect basic demographic information
including years of mining experience,
years of experience with haul trucks/
front end loaders, and models of haul
trucks/front end loaders operated most
often in the past year. The semistructured interviews and focus groups
will be audio recorded for further
analysis of the discussion. The semistructured interviews will last no longer
than 60 minutes and the focus groups
will last no longer than 90 minutes.
The second study aims to identify
changes in tread (wear) on the work
boot outsoles and other outsole
characteristics that will be used in
further analysis to develop guidelines
for work boot replacement based on
measureable features of boot outsoles.
This information will also be used in
further analysis to determine desirable
and undesirable features of work boots
based on mine characteristics or job
activities. Most mining companies
replace footwear at a pre-determined
interval or based on appearance and
comfort (Chiou, Bhattacharya, & Succop,
1996) with little knowledge of the actual
condition of the boot outsole and its
influence on the likelihood of a STF
incident. Although there have been
attempts to quantify shoe outsole wear
in industrial work when the shoe was
ready for disposal (Chiou et al., 1996),
there is a lack of knowledge in the
mining industry on how quickly the
outsoles of work boots wear, what sorts
of wear occur, and how wear patterns
influence the likelihood of a STF.
For the longitudinal study, NIOSH
will provide participants with a pair of
new work boots of their choice, in
accordance with mine requirements and
policies. Afterwards, participants will
complete a preliminary survey and
provide basic demographic information,
details of their current work boots, and
details of STF incidents in the past 3
months. Participants will be requested
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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Type of respondents
Form name
Mobile equipment Operators ............
Mobile equipment operators focus
group guide.
Mobile equipment operator interview
guide.
Mine Management Interview Guide
Screening Questionnaire ..................
Mobile equipment operators .............
Mine Management ............................
Mine Worker ......................................
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Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
(in hours)
25
1
1.25
31
10
1
45/60
8
15
50
1
1
45/60
6/60
11
5
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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
(in hours)
Type of respondents
Form name
Mine Worker ......................................
50
1
12/60
10
......................................
......................................
......................................
......................................
Informed consent form (Longitudinal
boot outsole study).
Preliminary survey ............................
On-going survey ...............................
Final Survey .....................................
Talent and consent waiver ...............
150
50
50
150
1
52
1
1
15/60
12/60
6/60
6/60
38
520
5
15
Total ...........................................
...........................................................
........................
........................
........................
643
Mine
Mine
Mine
Mine
Worker
Worker
Worker
Worker
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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[Docket No. CDC–2015–0112]
Proposed 2016 Guideline for
Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) in the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) announces the opening
of a docket to obtain public comment on
the draft CDC Guideline for Prescribing
Opioids for Chronic Pain (Guideline).
The Guideline provides
recommendations regarding initiation or
continuation of opioids for chronic
pain; opioid selection, dosage, duration,
follow-up, and discontinuation; and
assessment of risk and addressing harms
of opioid use. The Guideline is intended
to be used by primary care providers
(e.g., family physicians or internists)
who are treating patients with chronic
pain (i.e., pain lasting longer than 3
months or past the time of normal tissue
healing) in outpatient settings. The draft
Guideline is intended to apply to
patients aged 18 years of age or older
with chronic pain outside of palliative
and end-of-life care. The Guideline is
not intended to apply to patients in
treatment for active cancer. The
Guideline is not a federal regulation;
adherence to the Guideline will be
voluntary.
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Written comments must be
received on or before January 13, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2015–
0112 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 4770
Buford Highway NE., Mailstop F–63,
Atlanta, GA 30341, Attn: Docket CDC–
2015–0112.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. All relevant comments
received will be posted without change
to https://regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. For
access to the docket to read background
documents or comments received, go to
https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Arlene I. Greenspan, National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention,
4770 Buford Highway NE., Mailstop F–
63, Atlanta, GA 30341; Telephone: 770–
488–4696.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
Background
CDC developed the draft Guideline to
provide recommendations about opioid
prescribing for primary care providers
who are treating adult patients with
chronic pain in outpatient settings,
outside of active cancer treatment,
palliative care, and end-of-life care. The
draft Guideline summarizes scientific
knowledge about the effectiveness and
risks of long-term opioid therapy, and
provides recommendations for when to
initiate or continue opioids for chronic
pain; opioid selection, dosage, duration,
follow-up, and discontinuation; and
assessing risk and addressing harms of
opioid use. The draft Guideline
identifies important gaps in the
literature where further research is
needed.
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To develop the recommendations,
CDC conducted a systematic review on
benefits and harms of opioids and
developed the draft Guideline using the
Grading of Recommendations
Assessment, Development, and
Evaluation (GRADE) framework. CDC
drafted recommendations and consulted
with experts on the evidence to inform
the recommendations. CDC hosted
webinars in September 2015 and also
provided opportunities for stakeholder
and peer review of the draft Guideline.
The Guideline is not a federal
regulation; adherence to the Guideline
will be voluntary. For additional
information on prescription drug
overdose, please visit https://www.cdc.
gov/drugoverdose/prescribing/
guideline.html.
Supporting and Related Material in the
Docket
The docket contains the following
supporting and related materials to help
inform public comment: The Guideline;
the Clinical Evidence Review Appendix;
the Contextual Evidence Review
Appendix; and three documents that
comprise the Comment Summaries and
CDC Responses (Constituent Comment
Summary, Peer Review Summary, and
Stakeholder Review Group Summary).
The Clinical Evidence Review
Appendix and the Contextual Evidence
Review Appendix include primary
evidence, studies, and data tables that
were used by CDC to develop the
recommendations in the Guideline. The
Constituent Comment Summary reflects
input obtained in response to webinars
hosted on September 16 and September
17, 2015, during which CDC shared an
overview of the development process
and draft recommendation statements.
The Stakeholder Review Group
Summary also reflects input obtained
from stakeholders (comprised of
professional and community
organizations) following their review of
a prior draft of the Guideline. Finally,
the Peer Review Summary reflects input
obtained from three scientific peer
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-16-16GK; Docket No. CDC-2015-0111]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, 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. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection request entitled ``Ingress/Egress and Work Boot
Outsole Wear Investigation at Surface Mining Facilities''. The goal of
this work is to investigate how ingress/egress systems on mobile
equipment and personal protective footwear (work boots) used by miners
may lead to slips, trips and falls by interviewing and surveying mine
workers and examining work boot outsole characteristics.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 12,
2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2015-
0111 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
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.
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Proposed Project
Ingress/Egress and Work Boot Outsole Wear Investigation at Surface
Mines--New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The mission of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) is to promote safety & health at work for all people
through research and prevention. NIOSH, under PL 91-173 as amended by
PL 95-164 (Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977) has the
responsibility to conduct research to improve working conditions and to
prevent accidents and occupational diseases in the U.S. mining sector.
The goal of the proposed project is to investigate how ingress/egress
systems on mobile equipment, and personal protective footwear (boots)
used by miners may lead to slips, trips and falls at stone, sand and
gravel surface mining facilities. NIOSH is requesting a 3-year approval
for this data collection.
The project objective will be achieved through two studies. The
first study aims to: Identify elements of ingress/egress systems on
haulage trucks and front end loaders that pose a risk of slips, trips
and falls (STFs) and could lead to STF related injuries; to determine
worker behavior associated with STF incidents; and to learn how
purchasing/maintenance decisions are made for ingress/egress systems.
In the surface mining industry, it is still unclear which component of
the ingress/egress system poses the greatest risk for STF. Hence there
is a need to understand where, how and why STF incidents occur during
ingress/egress on mobile equipment.
NIOSH will conduct semi-structured interviews and focus groups with
mobile equipment operators, and interviews with mine management to
explore the issues identified above. Focus groups will be conducted in
a private setting with 4-6 participants using a predefined list of
questions to help guide the discussion. Semi-structured interviews will
be conducted either in person or over the telephone. Two separate
interview guides will be used for mobile equipment operators and mine
management to guide the discussion.
For the focus groups and semi-structured interviews, NIOSH will
collect basic demographic information including years of mining
experience, years of experience with haul trucks/front end loaders, and
models of haul trucks/front end loaders operated most often in the past
year. The semi-structured interviews and focus groups will be audio
recorded for further analysis of the discussion. The semi-structured
interviews will last no longer than 60 minutes and the focus groups
will last no longer than 90 minutes.
The second study aims to identify changes in tread (wear) on the
work boot outsoles and other outsole characteristics that will be used
in further analysis to develop guidelines for work boot replacement
based on measureable features of boot outsoles. This information will
also be used in further analysis to determine desirable and undesirable
features of work boots based on mine characteristics or job activities.
Most mining companies replace footwear at a pre-determined interval or
based on appearance and comfort (Chiou, Bhattacharya, & Succop, 1996)
with little knowledge of the actual condition of the boot outsole and
its influence on the likelihood of a STF incident. Although there have
been attempts to quantify shoe outsole wear in industrial work when the
shoe was ready for disposal (Chiou et al., 1996), there is a lack of
knowledge in the mining industry on how quickly the outsoles of work
boots wear, what sorts of wear occur, and how wear patterns influence
the likelihood of a STF.
For the longitudinal study, NIOSH will provide participants with a
pair of new work boots of their choice, in accordance with mine
requirements and policies. Afterwards, participants will complete a
preliminary survey and provide basic demographic information, details
of their current work boots, and details of STF incidents in the past 3
months. Participants will be requested to wear the supplied boots at
work and treat the boots as they would any pair of boots they would
wear at work.
NIOSH researchers will scan the boot outsoles longitudinally, at 2
to 3 month intervals for the length of the study. To better understand
wear patterns and risks, participants will complete an on-going survey
that records hours worked, locations commonly visited, and tasks
performed along with details of any near miss or STF event. These self-
reports will be collected via survey on a bi-weekly basis. Participants
will be offered multiple modalities to respond to the survey (in-
person, on paper, over the telephone, via email or using an online
survey) to increase response rates. When a participant feels their
boots need to be replaced (or when the end of the two-year tracking
period has been reached), they will complete a final survey assessing
why the boots were at the end of their life and will return their boots
to NIOSH researchers for further analysis.
For the cross-sectional study, participants' current work boots
will be scanned and participants will complete the preliminary survey
that includes basic demographic information, details of current work
boots, and details of STF events in the past three months.
The results of these research studies will have very different
applications, but one goal: Reducing the risks of STF accidents at
surface mining facilities. The results of the ingress/egress study will
help identify features of the ingress/egress system that may lead to
STF accidents so that they can be made safer by the manufacturers and
to allow mining companies to make better purchasing decisions and
encourage the acquisition of systems with better slip and fall
protection. The results of the boot outsole wear study will be used to
inform mine policy and practices by providing miners and mine managers
with the knowledge to determine when to replace footwear based on
measurable features of the boot outsoles.
The total estimated burden hours are 643. There is no cost to the
respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mobile equipment Operators.... Mobile equipment 25 1 1.25 31
operators focus
group guide.
Mobile equipment operators.... Mobile equipment 10 1 45/60 8
operator
interview guide.
Mine Management............... Mine Management 15 1 45/60 11
Interview Guide.
Mine Worker................... Screening 50 1 6/60 5
Questionnaire.
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Mine Worker................... Informed consent 50 1 12/60 10
form
(Longitudinal
boot outsole
study).
Mine Worker................... Preliminary 150 1 15/60 38
survey.
Mine Worker................... On-going survey. 50 52 12/60 520
Mine Worker................... Final Survey.... 50 1 6/60 5
Mine Worker................... Talent and 150 1 6/60 15
consent waiver.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 643
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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.
[FR Doc. 2015-31344 Filed 12-11-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P
