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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 204 / Monday, October 22, 2018 / Notices
Dated: October 17, 2018.
Sandra Cashman,
Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Mine Safety and Health Research
Advisory Committee (MSHRAC)
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
CDC announces the following meeting
for the Mine Safety and Health Research
Advisory Committee (MSHRAC). This
meeting is open to the public, limited
only by the space available. The meeting
room accommodates approximately 38
people. If you wish to attend in person
or by phone, please contact Marie
Chovanec by email at MChovanec@
cdc.gov or by phone at 412–386–5302 at
least 5 business days in advance of the
meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
November 29, 2018, 8 a.m.–4 p.m., MST
and on November 30, 2018, 8 a.m.–12
p.m. MST.
ADDRESSES: University of Arizona,
ENR2 Building, Room S215, 1064 E.
Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ 85721 United
States.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey H. Welsh, Designated Federal
Officer, MSHRAC, NIOSH, CDC, 626
Cochrans Mill Road, Pittsburgh, PA
15236, telephone 412–386–4040; email
juw5@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose: This committee is charged
with providing advice to the Secretary,
Department of Health and Human
Services; the Director, CDC; and the
Director, NIOSH, on priorities in mine
safety and health research, including
grants and contracts for such research,
30 U.S.C. 812(b)(2), Section 102(b)(2).
Matters to be Considered: The agenda
will include discussions on mining
safety and health research projects and
outcomes, including real-time DPM
monitor; industrial minerals sector
research priorities; MSHRAC metal
mine automation workgroup report;
cemented backfill research; recent
research in coal mine explosion and fire
prevention; engaging in the miner
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health program; stability evaluation of
active gas wells in longwall abutment
pillars; and durable support for western
US underground metal mines. The
meeting will also include updates from
the NIOSH Associate Director for
Mining, the Spokane Mining Research
Division, and the Pittsburgh Mining
Research Division. Agenda items are
subject to change as priorities dictate.
The Chief Operating Officer, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, has
been delegated the authority to sign
Federal Register notices pertaining to
announcements of meetings and other
committee management activities, for
both the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry.
Sherri Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
has submitted the information
collection request titled Assessment of
Evidence to Inform Standards that
Ensure Turnout Gear Remains
Protective Throughout Its Lifecycle to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. CDC
previously published a ‘‘Proposed Data
Collection Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations’’
notice on April 12, 2018 to obtain
comments from the public and affected
agencies. CDC received one comment
related to the previous notice. This
notice serves to allow an additional 30
days for public and affected agency
comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this
proposed information collection project.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
that:
(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
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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. Direct
written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the items contained in this
notice to the Attention: CDC Desk
Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202)
395–5806. Provide written comments
within 30 days of notice publication.
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
Turnout gear is a type of personal
protective equipment 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
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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 than 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 gear use conditions and the
ability for turnout gear to 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 shiftspecific exposures.
The estimated annualized Burden
Hours for this information collection is
1,050. There is no cost to respondents
other than their time.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
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.
Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting 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.
prompts to the desired center or product
area. Please call the Information Line for
up-to-date information on this meeting.
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Dated: October 16, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2018–N–3305]
[Docket No. FDA–2018–N–3728]
Allergenic Products Advisory
Committee; Cancellation
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The meeting of the Allergenic
Products Advisory Committee
scheduled for November 7, 2018, is
cancelled. This meeting was announced
in the Federal Register of September 26,
2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Serina Hunter-Thomas, Center for
Biologics Evaluation and Research,
Food and Drug Administration, 10903
New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm.
6338, Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002,
240–402–5771, serina.hunter-thomas@
fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory
Committee Information Line, 1–800–
741–8138 (301–443–0572 in the
Washington, DC area), and follow the
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Collection of
Conflict of Interest Information for
Participation in Food and Drug
Administration Non-Employee
Fellowship and Traineeship Programs
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
100
1
30/60
100
60
10/60
to allow 60 days for public comment in
response to the notice. This notice
solicits comments on the ‘‘Collection of
Conflict of Interest Information for
Participation in FDA Non-Employee
Fellowship and Traineeship Programs.’’
DATES: Submit either electronic or
written comments on the collection of
information by December 21, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
as follows. Please note that late,
untimely filed comments will not be
considered. Electronic comments must
be submitted on or before December 21,
2018]. The https://www.regulations.gov
electronic filing system will accept
comments until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time
at the end of December 21, 2018.
Comments received by mail/hand
delivery/courier (for written/paper
submissions) will be considered timely
if they are postmarked or the delivery
service acceptance receipt is on or
before that date.
Electronic Submissions
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA or Agency) is
announcing an opportunity for public
comment on the proposed collection of
certain information by the Agency.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are
required to publish notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information, and
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Submit electronic comments in the
following way:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Comments submitted electronically,
including attachments, to https://
www.regulations.gov will be posted to
the docket unchanged. Because your
comment will be made public, you are
solely responsible for ensuring that your
comment does not include any
confidential information that you or a
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-19-18UF]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
collection request titled Assessment of Evidence to Inform Standards
that Ensure Turnout Gear Remains Protective Throughout Its Lifecycle to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. CDC
previously published a ``Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations'' notice on April 12, 2018 to obtain
comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC received one
comment related to the previous notice. This notice serves to allow an
additional 30 days for public and affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
(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 [email protected]. Direct written comments
and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice to the
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Provide
written comments within 30 days of notice publication.
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
Turnout gear is a type of personal protective equipment 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
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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 than 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 gear use conditions and the ability for
turnout gear to 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 estimated annualized Burden Hours for this information
collection is 1,050. There is no cost to respondents other than their
time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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Individual Fire Fighter............ Turnout Gear Safety Survey-- 100 1 30/60
Retrospective Exposures
for past month.
Turnout Gear Safety Survey-- 100 60 10/60
Prospective Exposures for
six months.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting 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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