Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; NLM PEOPLE LOCATOR® System, 22289-22290 [2016-08659]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• National Institutes of Health

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22289-22290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08659]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; NLM PEOPLE 
LOCATOR[supreg] System

    Summary: 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 National 
Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH), will 
publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
    Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1) 
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the function of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including the 
use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    To Submit Comments and For Further Information: To obtain a copy of 
the data collection plans and instruments, submit comments in writing, 
or request more information on the proposed project, contact: David 
Sharlip, NLM Project Clearance Liaison, Office of Administrative and 
Management Analysis Services, OAMAS, NLM, NIH, Building 38A, Room 
B2N12, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, or call non-toll-free 
number (301) 496-5441, or Email your request, including your address 
to: sharlipd@mail.nih.gov. Formal requests for additional plans and 
instruments must be requested in writing.
    Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days 
of the date of this publication.
    Proposed Collection: NLM People Locator System 0925-0612, 
Expiration Date: 07/31/2016, EXTENSION, National Library of Medicine 
(NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: This collection of data is 
intended to assist in the reunification of family members and friends 
who are separated during a disaster. Experience in operational drills 
and during real-world disasters such as the January 2010 earthquakes in 
Haiti demonstrates that family members and loved ones are often 
separated during disasters and have significant difficulty determining 
each other's safety, condition, and location. Reunification can not 
only improve their emotional well-being during the recovery period, but 
also improve the chances that injured victims will be cared for once 
they are

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released from urgent medical care. Family and friends are also a 
valuable source of medical information that may be important to the 
care of injured victims (e.g., by providing family or personal medical 
history, information about allergies). The National Library of Medicine 
(NLM) aims to assist Federal, State and Local agencies in disaster 
relief efforts and to serve its mission of supporting national efforts 
to the response to disasters via the PEOPLE LOCATOR[supreg] system and 
related mobile app (ReUniteTM) developed as part of the 
intramural Lost Person Finder (LPF) R&D project. The information 
collection would support efforts to reunite family and friends who are 
separated during a disaster. Information about missing (``lost'') 
people would be collected from family members or loved ones who are 
searching for them. Information about recovered (``found'') people 
could be provided by medical personnel, volunteers and other relief 
workers assisting in the disaster recovery effort. Information 
collected about missing and recovered persons would vary including any 
one of the following and possibly all: A photograph, name (if available 
for a found person), age group (child, adult) and/or range, gender, 
status (alive and well, injured, deceased, unknown), and location. The 
information collection would be voluntary. It would be activated only 
during times of declared emergencies, training and demonstration 
support activities, and would operate in declared emergencies until 
relief efforts have ceased in response to a particular disaster. This 
data collection is authorized pursuant to sections 301, 307, 465 and 
478A of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 241, 242l, 286 and 
286d]. NLM has in its mission the development and coordination of 
communication technology to improve the delivery of health services.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 7,500.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of     Average time
               Types of respondent                   Number of     responses per   per response    Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)     burden hours
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Emergency Care First-Responders, Physicians,                 500             100            3/60           2,500
 Other Health Care Providers....................
Family members seeking a missing person.........          50,000               2            3/60           5,000
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    Total.......................................          50,500         150,000  ..............           7,500
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    Dated: April 7, 2016.
David Sharlip,
Project Clearance Liaison, NLM, NIH.
[FR Doc. 2016-08659 Filed 4-14-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4140-01-P