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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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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 effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
a proposed and/or continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This notice invites comment on a
proposed information collection project
titled Evidence to Inform Standards that
Ensure Turnout Gear Remains
Protective Throughout Its Lifecycle that
will provide data that links turnout gear
use conditions to its resulting
performance characteristics.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before June 11, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2018–
0032 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. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all Federal
comments 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
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proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact Leroy A.
Richardson, 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 the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments that will help:
1. 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;
2. Evaluate 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. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. 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 submissions
of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Evidence to Inform Standards that
Ensure Turnout Gear Remains
Protective Throughout Its Lifecycle—
New—National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) has been tasked to assure safe
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and healthful working conditions for
men and women (Occupational Safety
and Health Act, 1970, Pub. L. 91–596
(Section 20[a][1])). The National
Personal Protective Technology
Laboratory focuses on improving
personal protective equipment across
many industries, including the fire
services. NIOSH seeks to request a
three-year Office of Management and
Budget approval to gather data about
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
use conditions.
Turnout gear is a type of PPE used by
the 1.1 million U.S. fire fighters to
shield the body from carcinogens,
flames, heat, and chemical/biological
agents. It serves as a barrier to external
hazards while simultaneously allowing
for the escape of metabolic heat to
prevent elevated core body
temperatures. To provide the necessary
performance characteristics, turnout
gear design is complex, consisting of
three major layers that work as a
composite—a thermal liner, a moisture
barrier, and an outer shell.
Consensus standards provide
performance requirements and
retirement criteria for turnout gear. The
retirement criteria is based on visual
inspections and a 10-year age cap with
visual inspection being less effective for
the moisture barrier and thermal liner
layers. Recent data of turnout gear
(2) surveying the fire fighters assigned
to each set of sampled gear to obtain
one-month of retrospective information
about the use conditions to which it was
likely exposed; and
(3) a 6-month prospective data
collection where the fire fighters
assigned to each set of sampled gear
provide information about their shiftspecific exposures.
The survey will provide details about
the use conditions (e.g., number and
type of launderings, repair history, and
exposure to fire-related calls) specific to
the fire fighters who used the sampled
turnout gear. The data produced by this
study will be used to improve
confidence that turnout gear will remain
protective throughout its lifecycle.
Samples of 300 individuals will be
collected from three fire departments.
The time required to complete a data
collection instrument will be about 30
minutes for the paper retrospective
study and 10 minutes for each
electronic prospective survey to be
completed at the end of each shift,
which is estimated to be 60 shifts over
a 6-month period.
The following table provides an
estimate of the annualized burden
hours. The estimated total hours for this
information collection is 3,150, over a
three-year timeframe, with a maximum
of 300 people.
donated from fire departments
demonstrates that turnout gear from 2 to
10 years old was unable to meet all
performance requirements. Thus, under
the current retirement criteria, turnout
gear that may not be protective against
all hazards is being used by fire fighters.
Intuitively, the use conditions to
which turnout gear would be exposed to
when used by a large or medium
metropolitan fire department would be
very different from those of a smaller
department. However, the absence of
scientific data to link performance to
use conditions (e.g., number and type of
washings, number of fire-related calls)
provides a barrier to transitioning to an
alternative approach to retirement.
This study will obtain a statistically
meaningful sample of turnout gear from
three fire departments. The use
conditions for the sampled turnout gear
will be determined, and the gear will be
subjected to established performance
requirements. For each set of gear, its
performance will be directly linked to
its use condition history. This combined
lab and field data will help determine
if there is a relationship between
turnout and gear use conditions. As well
as the ability for turnout, gear too
effectively protect the user.
The use conditions for each set of
sampled gear will be determined by:
(1) Reviewing fire department records,
practices, and policies;
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
(in hours)
Type of respondents
Form name
Individual Fire Fighter ....
Turnout Gear Safety Survey—Retrospective Exposures for past month.
Turnout Gear Safety Survey—Prospective Exposures for six months.
100
1
30/60
50
100
60
10/60
1,000
..............................................................................
........................
........................
........................
1,050
Total ........................
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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Prevention
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Proposed Data Collections 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
SUMMARY:
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its continuing effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
a proposed and/or continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This notice invites comment on a
proposed information collection project
titled ‘‘Coal Workers’ Health
Surveillance Program (CWHSP). The
CWHSP is a congressionally-mandated
medical examination program for
monitoring the health of coal miners
and was originally established under the
Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-18-18UF; Docket No. CDC-2018-0032]
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 effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection project titled Evidence to Inform Standards that
Ensure Turnout Gear Remains Protective Throughout Its Lifecycle that
will provide data that links turnout gear use conditions to its
resulting performance characteristics.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before June 11, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018-
0032 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. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all Federal comments 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 Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email:
[email protected].
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 the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. 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;
2. Evaluate 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. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
4. 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
submissions of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Evidence to Inform Standards that Ensure Turnout Gear Remains
Protective Throughout Its Lifecycle--New--National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
has been tasked to assure safe
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and healthful working conditions for men and women (Occupational Safety
and Health Act, 1970, Pub. L. 91-596 (Section 20[a][1])). The National
Personal Protective Technology Laboratory focuses on improving personal
protective equipment across many industries, including the fire
services. NIOSH seeks to request a three-year Office of Management and
Budget approval to gather data about Personal Protective Equipment
(PPE) use conditions.
Turnout gear is a type of PPE used by the 1.1 million U.S. fire
fighters to shield the body from carcinogens, flames, heat, and
chemical/biological agents. It serves as a barrier to external hazards
while simultaneously allowing for the escape of metabolic heat to
prevent elevated core body temperatures. To provide the necessary
performance characteristics, turnout gear design is complex, consisting
of three major layers that work as a composite--a thermal liner, a
moisture barrier, and an outer shell.
Consensus standards provide performance requirements and retirement
criteria for turnout gear. The retirement criteria is based on visual
inspections and a 10-year age cap with visual inspection being less
effective for the moisture barrier and thermal liner layers. Recent
data of turnout gear donated from fire departments demonstrates that
turnout gear from 2 to 10 years old was unable to meet all performance
requirements. Thus, under the current retirement criteria, turnout gear
that may not be protective against all hazards is being used by fire
fighters.
Intuitively, the use conditions to which turnout gear would be
exposed to when used by a large or medium metropolitan fire department
would be very different from those of a smaller department. However,
the absence of scientific data to link performance to use conditions
(e.g., number and type of washings, number of fire-related calls)
provides a barrier to transitioning to an alternative approach to
retirement.
This study will obtain a statistically meaningful sample of turnout
gear from three fire departments. The use conditions for the sampled
turnout gear will be determined, and the gear will be subjected to
established performance requirements. For each set of gear, its
performance will be directly linked to its use condition history. This
combined lab and field data will help determine if there is a
relationship between turnout and gear use conditions. As well as the
ability for turnout, gear too effectively protect the user.
The use conditions for each set of sampled gear will be determined
by:
(1) Reviewing fire department records, practices, and policies;
(2) surveying the fire fighters assigned to each set of sampled
gear to obtain one-month of retrospective information about the use
conditions to which it was likely exposed; and
(3) a 6-month prospective data collection where the fire fighters
assigned to each set of sampled gear provide information about their
shift-specific exposures.
The survey will provide details about the use conditions (e.g.,
number and type of launderings, repair history, and exposure to fire-
related calls) specific to the fire fighters who used the sampled
turnout gear. The data produced by this study will be used to improve
confidence that turnout gear will remain protective throughout its
lifecycle. Samples of 300 individuals will be collected from three fire
departments. The time required to complete a data collection instrument
will be about 30 minutes for the paper retrospective study and 10
minutes for each electronic prospective survey to be completed at the
end of each shift, which is estimated to be 60 shifts over a 6-month
period.
The following table provides an estimate of the annualized burden
hours. The estimated total hours for this information collection is
3,150, over a three-year timeframe, with a maximum of 300 people.
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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Individual Fire Fighter........................ Turnout Gear Safety Survey-- 100 1 30/60 50
Retrospective Exposures for past month.
Turnout Gear Safety Survey--Prospective 100 60 10/60 1,000
Exposures for six months.
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Total...................................... ....................................... .............. .............. .............. 1,050
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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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