Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations, 4885-4886 [2017-00833]

Download as PDF 4885 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 10 / Tuesday, January 17, 2017 / Notices describe and characterize the EH workforce to assess their needs, challenges, and opportunities. This is a one-time information collection designed to thoroughly describe the health department EH workforce on: (1) The current supply of EH professionals; (2) EH workforce demographics and professional roles; (3) gaps in current EH education and competencies and training needs; and (4) critical skills and resources needed to meet the evolving and emerging EH issues and challenges. This information will benefit the government and other entities by providing essential data to inform and support workforce development activities and initiatives and understand areas of practice and where gaps may exist in capacity to address current EH issues and future challenges. The survey will be offered to the estimated 20,000 EH professionals working within health departments. They will be enumerated and recruited by identifying a point of contact in each state, local, tribal, and territorial health department from whom a roster of EH professionals will be requested. A list of respondents and their business email addresses will be generated and used for recruitment and survey administration. Any contact information collected will be related to the respondents’ role in the organization. Participation will be voluntary. We expect approximately 80 percent of the estimated 20,000 EH professionals (16,000 respondents) to respond to the survey. Data will be collected one time from a census of members of the public health department EH workforce using a web-based survey instrument. The UNCOVER EH Survey will take approximately 30 minutes to complete per respondent. There will be no cost to respondents other than their time. The requested time burden is 8,269 hours. ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Number of respondents Type of respondents Form name Health Department EH Administrative Staff ... Health Department EH Professionals ............. Health Department Roster ............................. UNCOVER EH Survey ................................... 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. 2017–00815 Filed 1–13–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–18–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day-17–17KB; Docket No. CDC–2017– 0002] 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 titled ‘‘Assessment of the Market for Electronic Technology for sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:21 Jan 13, 2017 Jkt 241001 Underground Coal Mining Safety and Health Applications.’’ From this information collection project, NIOSH seeks to provide insight into what the most important barriers are from the perspective of the organizations that must purchase, use, approve, and manufacture these safety technologies. DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 20, 2017. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC–2017– 0002 by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.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. 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 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 3,231 16,000 Number of responses per respondent 1 1 Average burden per response (in hrs.) 5/60 30/60 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 E:\FR\FM\17JAN1.SGM 17JAN1 4886 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 10 / Tuesday, January 17, 2017 / Notices 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. Proposed Project Assessment of the Market for Electronic Technology for Underground Coal Mining Safety and Health Applications—New—National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description Underground coal mining in the U.S. is a relatively small industry (about 46,000 employees) that operates in a unique and hazardous work environment. The common presence of explosive gasses and other hazards creates special safety requirements for equipment, including safety and health protection technologies, used in collection of this data. A CDC contractor will collect the required data. NIOSH will identify 200 stakeholder organizations for structured interviews. Stakeholder organizations include those parties involved in the development, supply, use, and regulation of safety and health protection technologies relevant to underground coal mining. Because there is no nationally representative database of these stakeholder organizations, NIOSH will use web searches of supplier and mining company Web sites, online mining publications, trade association member directories, federal and state regulator Web sites, and university mining research and development programs to compile a list of 200 organizations. Representatives of NIOSH Office of Mining Safety and Health Research will also augment the search with their input. Of the 200 stakeholder organizations, we expect to elicit participation from 100 and conduct 150 interviews (up to 2 interviews per organization). A pre-call to each organization is expected to require 15 minutes to complete and the structured interview is expected to require 60 minutes to complete; including the time it may take respondents to look-up and retrieve needed information. In addition, the workshop will be held in-person and last for nine hours. An average of six hours of travel is estimated for participants in the workshop. The estimated annualized burden hours for the respondents’ time to participate in this information collection is 650 hours. underground coal mines. This request is for a 2-year approval period. The MINER Act of 2006 assigned the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) the responsibility to enhance development of new mine safety and health protection technology and technological applications and to expedite the commercial availability and implementation of such technology. As part of this study, NIOSH seeks to identify the barriers to commercial availability and implementation of such technology in U.S. mines. Experience to date has shown that there are many issues that the U.S. mining industry faces that create barriers to the availability and implementation of safety technologies, and we believe there are other more subtle reasons that we do not fully understand as a Government research agency. The data are intended to provide insight into what the most important barriers are from the perspective of the organizations that must purchase, use, approve, and manufacture these safety technologies. NIOSH has an understanding of some of these barriers, however NIOSH is not an end user of these products. Thus the goal of the study is to provide a complete perspective of the barriers from the point of view of the mine operators and technology innovators, in order to improve the efficacy of the contract and grant awards that NIOSH administers under the authority of the MINER Act. The Federal Mine Safety & Health Act of 1977, Section 501 authorizes the ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Average burden per response (in hours) Total burden (in hours) Form name Receptionists ................................................... General and Operational Managers ............... Industrial Production Managers ...................... Architecture and Engineering Occupations .... General and Operations Managers ................ Industrial Production Managers ...................... Architecture and Engineering Occupations .... Pre-Call .............................. Structured Interview ........... ............................................. ............................................. Workshop ........................... ............................................. ............................................. 200 75 38 37 15 8 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 15/60 60/60 60/60 60/60 15 15 15 50 75 38 37 225 120 105 Total ......................................................... sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Type of respondents ............................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ 650 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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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4885-4886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00833]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-17-17KB; Docket No. CDC-2017-0002]

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.

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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 titled ``Assessment of the Market for Electronic
Technology for Underground Coal Mining Safety and Health
Applications.'' From this information collection project, NIOSH seeks
to provide insight into what the most important barriers are from the
perspective of the organizations that must purchase, use, approve, and
manufacture these safety technologies.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 20, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0002 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.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

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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.

Proposed Project

Assessment of the Market for Electronic Technology for Underground
Coal Mining Safety and Health Applications--New--National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

Underground coal mining in the U.S. is a relatively small industry
(about 46,000 employees) that operates in a unique and hazardous work
environment. The common presence of explosive gasses and other hazards
creates special safety requirements for equipment, including safety and
health protection technologies, used in underground coal mines. This
request is for a 2-year approval period.
The MINER Act of 2006 assigned the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) the responsibility to enhance
development of new mine safety and health protection technology and
technological applications and to expedite the commercial availability
and implementation of such technology. As part of this study, NIOSH
seeks to identify the barriers to commercial availability and
implementation of such technology in U.S. mines.
Experience to date has shown that there are many issues that the
U.S. mining industry faces that create barriers to the availability and
implementation of safety technologies, and we believe there are other
more subtle reasons that we do not fully understand as a Government
research agency. The data are intended to provide insight into what the
most important barriers are from the perspective of the organizations
that must purchase, use, approve, and manufacture these safety
technologies.
NIOSH has an understanding of some of these barriers, however NIOSH
is not an end user of these products. Thus the goal of the study is to
provide a complete perspective of the barriers from the point of view
of the mine operators and technology innovators, in order to improve
the efficacy of the contract and grant awards that NIOSH administers
under the authority of the MINER Act.
The Federal Mine Safety & Health Act of 1977, Section 501
authorizes the collection of this data. A CDC contractor will collect
the required data.
NIOSH will identify 200 stakeholder organizations for structured
interviews. Stakeholder organizations include those parties involved in
the development, supply, use, and regulation of safety and health
protection technologies relevant to underground coal mining. Because
there is no nationally representative database of these stakeholder
organizations, NIOSH will use web searches of supplier and mining
company Web sites, online mining publications, trade association member
directories, federal and state regulator Web sites, and university
mining research and development programs to compile a list of 200
organizations. Representatives of NIOSH Office of Mining Safety and
Health Research will also augment the search with their input.
Of the 200 stakeholder organizations, we expect to elicit
participation from 100 and conduct 150 interviews (up to 2 interviews
per organization).
A pre-call to each organization is expected to require 15 minutes
to complete and the structured interview is expected to require 60
minutes to complete; including the time it may take respondents to
look-up and retrieve needed information.
In addition, the workshop will be held in-person and last for nine
hours. An average of six hours of travel is estimated for participants
in the workshop. The estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondents' time to participate in this information collection is 650
hours.

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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Receptionists............................ Pre-Call..................................... 200 1 15/60 50
General and Operational Managers......... Structured Interview......................... 75 1 60/60 75
Industrial Production Managers........... ............................................. 38 1 60/60 38
Architecture and Engineering Occupations. ............................................. 37 1 60/60 37
General and Operations Managers.......... Workshop..................................... 15 1 15 225
Industrial Production Managers........... ............................................. 8 1 15 120
Architecture and Engineering Occupations. ............................................. 7 1 15 105
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Total................................ ............................................. .............. .............. .............. 650
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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. 2017-00833 Filed 1-13-17; 8:45 am]
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