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jurisdictions throughout the United
States to implement wastewater
surveillance, and will continue to
support state, tribal, local, and territorial
(STLT) partners to collect wastewater
data. Data are input to the Data
Collation and Integration for Public
Health Event Response (DCIPHER)
platform for participants to view and
analyze their data in near real time.
Wastewater surveillance provides
aggregated, anonymized data at the
community level to indicate trends in
SARS–CoV–2 infections. These data can
be particularly useful in underserved
populations where clinical testing is
limited or health care seeking is
reduced. Wastewater data collection
could inform locations that require
greater resource allocation early in
outbreaks and provide health
departments with an additional,
clinical-testing agnostic surveillance
method to assess community-level
COVID–19 trends.
Wastewater data collection will be
coordinated by health department
jurisdictions through close collaboration
with wastewater utilities, testing
laboratories, and CDC. Wastewater
utilities will collect grab, time-weighted
composite, or flow-weighted composite
samples of wastewater from wastewater
influent lines at least once a week. The
wastewater samples will be shipped
along with their associated sampling
metadata to testing laboratories where
SARS–CoV–2 RNA will be quantified.
The testing laboratory will deliver
wastewater sample collection and
laboratory testing data to the
jurisdiction health department to
compile, review, and submit to CDC
using the comma separated value (CSV)
bulk upload template into the NWSS
DCIPHER platform.
In addition to wastewater data,
jurisdiction health departments will
work with participating utilities to
obtain spatial files of the utility service
areas, also called a sewershed. These
sewershed spatial files will be uploaded
by jurisdiction health departments into
the NWSS DCIPHER platform. Finally,
health department jurisdictions using
the sewershed spatial files will develop
a line list of COVID–19 cases who reside
within the participating wastewater
utility service areas. The health
department jurisdiction will submit to
CDC, the line list of COVID–19 cases
using a CSV bulk upload template into
the DCIPHER NWSS platform.
The proposed data collection will
occur over three years. The data
collection involves three data
components: (1) SARS–CoV–2
wastewater data, (2) spatial files of the
wastewater utility service area (referred
to as sewersheds), and (3) COVID–19
sewershed case data. Based on pilot data
collection, it is expected that 64,480
wastewater samples, 620 spatial files,
and 1,550,000 COVID–19 sewershed
cases will be collected and reported to
NWSS each year. This will lead to a
total annual burden of 238,089 hours
(107,682 hours for wastewater data,
1,240 hours for spatial files, and 129,167
hours for COVID–19 sewershed case
data). There is no cost to respondents
other than their time.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total burden
(in hours)
Form name
State, tribal, local, territorial health
department staff.
National Wastewater Surveillance
System: SARS–CoV–2 wastewater data collection.
No form; provision of sewershed
spatial files.
64,480
2,080
100/60
107,682
620
20
2
1,240
local, territorial health
staff.
National Wastewater Surveillance
System: COVID–19 sewershed
case data collection.
1,550,000
50,000
5/60
129,167
Total ...........................................
..........................................................
........................
........................
........................
238,089
State, tribal,
department
ity staff.
State, tribal,
department
local, territorial health
staff; Wastewater util-
Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–21–21HU; Docket No. CDC–2021–
0093]
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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:
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Average
burden
per response
(in hours)
Type of respondents
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
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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 HIV Prevention Capacity
Development Needs Assessments of
Federally funded Health Departments
and Community-Based Organizations.
This data collection seeks to understand
the training and technical assistance
needs of federally funded health
departments and community-based
organizations by improving the
performance of the HIV prevention
workforce.
CDC must receive written
comments on or before November 8,
2021.
DATES:
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You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2021–
0093 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS–
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone:
404–639–7118; 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,
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including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
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; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
HIV Prevention Capacity
Development Needs Assessments of
Federally funded Health Departments
and Community-Based Organizations—
New—National Center for HIV/AIDS,
Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
(NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In 2019, the President announced a
federal effort to end the HIV epidemic
in the U.S. by 2030. To achieve the
Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S.
(EHE) initiative’s goal, (i.e., reducing
new HIV infections by 90%), the HIV
workforce must have the skills and
knowledge to implement HIV
prevention programs and surveillance
activities as quickly and efficiently as
possible. As such, the trainings and
technical assistance (TA) activities that
build the skills and knowledge of the
HIV workforce will need to take place
in a timely and efficient manner. This
data collection request will improve
both timeliness and efficiency in
meeting directly funded agencies’
needs. The information collected from
the needs assessments proposed in this
study will be used by CDC staff to
determine the training and TA needs of
health departments and communitybased organizations funded by CDC to
conduct HIV prevention and
surveillance activities. One
representative from each funded agency
will be asked to voluntarily complete
the needs assessment on behalf of their
agency. Training and TA needs data will
be collected during a specific three- to
four-week period, and only one
response per agency is being requested.
The collection of this information will
be used to improve on past performance
whereby funded agencies needs were
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assessed, and addressed, agency by
agency, over an extended period of time,
resulting in needs being met
inefficiently.
The training and TA needs
assessment data will be collected
through an online survey. The survey
will be completed through an existing
system, the Capacity Building
Assistance (CBA) Tracking System
(CTS). CTS is the system through which
CDC funded agencies currently request
trainings and TA activities. As such,
directly funded agencies have been
trained, and are familiar with the system
in terms of how to access and navigate
the system, which should help reduce
their burden in providing CDC the
requested information, as they are
already familiar with CTS. In addition,
CTS will automate reporting of the data
collected. Automation of the data
reporting will allow the CDC to
aggregate responses across agencies
efficiently.
Training and TA needs assessment
data will be directly reported to the
CDC. CDC staff will combine agency
responses to determine how many
funded agencies need specific trainings
and specific TA activities. Combining
the agencies data will allow the CDC to
meet the reported needs in a more
timely and efficient manner.
Understanding how many agencies need
specific trainings and TA activities will
allow the CDC to host fewer trainings
and TA activities across agencies, given
the CDC will understand the needs at
the same time, and can coordinate
trainings and TA activities as a result of
this data collection. In addition, the
CDC will also be able to prioritize the
most requested trainings and TA
activities so they can offer the most
requested training and TA activity first,
moving from most requested to least
requested.
The data collected will be stored
behind the CDC’s firewall, and any
private information collected, such as
the name of the respondent, the name of
the agency they work for, and their
professional contact information will be
provided only to the agencies that
conduct training and TA on behalf of
the CDC, and in accordance with the
data privacy rules these agencies
operate. CDC requests OMB approval for
an estimated 51 annual burden hours.
There are no other costs to respondents
other than their time.
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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
burden
(in hours)
Form name
Community-based Organization Representatives-Adults.
Health Department RepresentativesAdults.
Community-based
Organization
Needs Assessment.
Health Department Needs Assessment.
130
1
15/60
33
70
1
15/60
18
Total ...........................................
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51
Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[Docket No. CDC–2021–0094; NIOSH 248–
H]
World Trade Center Health Program
Scientific/Technical Advisory
Committee (WTCHP STAC)
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 virtual
meeting for the World Trade Center
Health Program Scientific/Technical
Advisory Committee (WTCHP STAC). A
notice of this WTCHP STAC meeting
has also been posted on the committee
website at: https://www.cdc.gov/wtc/
stac_meeting.html.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
September 28, 2021 from 11:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m., EDT, and on September 29,
2021 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., EDT.
Written comments received by
September 21, 2021 will be provided to
the STAC prior to the meeting.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2021–
0094; NIOSH 248–H by mail. CDC does
not accept comments by email.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Docket number CDC–2021–
0094; NIOSH 248–H, c/o Sherri Diana,
NIOSH Docket Office, National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health,
1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C–34,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
SUMMARY:
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Instructions: All submissions received
must include the Agency name and
Docket Number. Written public
comments received by September 21,
2021, will be provided to the WTCHP
STAC prior to the meeting. Docket
number CDC–2021–0094; NIOSH 248–H
will close September 29, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tania Carreo´n-Valencia, Ph.D.,
Designated Federal Officer, World Trade
Center Health Program, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, MS
R–12, Atlanta, GA 30329–4027,
Telephone: (513) 841–4515; Email: wtcstac@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The WTCHP STAC was
established by Title I of the James
Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation
Act of 2010, Public Law 111–347
(January 2, 2011), amended by Public
Law 114–113 (Dec. 18, 2015) and Public
Law 116–59 (Sept. 27, 2019), adding
Title XXXIII to the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act (codified at 42 U.S.C.
300mm to 300mm-61).
Purpose: The purpose of the WTCHP
STAC is to review scientific and
medical evidence and to make
recommendations to the Administrator
of the World Trade Center (WTC) Health
Program regarding additional WTC
Health Program eligibility criteria,
potential additions to the List of WTCRelated Health Conditions, and research
regarding certain health conditions
related to the September 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks.
Title XXXIII of the PHS Act
established the WTC Health Program
within the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS). The WTC
Health Program provides medical
monitoring and treatment benefits to
eligible firefighters and related
personnel, law enforcement officers,
and rescue, recovery, and cleanup
workers who responded to the
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in
New York City, at the Pentagon, and in
Shanksville, Pennsylvania (responders),
and to eligible persons who were
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present in the dust or dust cloud on
September 11, 2001 or who worked,
resided, or attended school, childcare,
or adult daycare in the New York City
disaster area (survivors). Certain specific
activities of the Administrator of the
WTC Health Program are reserved to the
Secretary, HHS, to delegate at his
discretion; other duties not explicitly
reserved to the Secretary, HHS, are
assigned to the Director of the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH). The administration of
the WTCHP STAC is left to the Director
of NIOSH in his role as Administrator.
CDC and NIOSH provide funding,
staffing, and administrative support
services for the WTCHP STAC. The
charter was reissued on May 12, 2021
and will expire on May 12, 2023.
Matters to be Considered: The agenda
will include an overview of the
Program’s research activities in the past
10 years and discussion of the
Administrator’s request that the STAC
provide a recommendation regarding
whether to add uterine cancer to the List
of health conditions eligible for
coverage by the WTC Health Program. A
white paper on scientific considerations
developed to assist the Committee in
their deliberations is available on the
WTC Health Program website at https://
www.cdc.gov/wtc/stac_meeting.html.
An agenda is also posted on the WTC
Health Program website at https://
www.cdc.gov/wtc/stac_meeting.html.
Agenda items are subject to change as
priorities dictate. Meeting Information:
This is a virtual meeting conducted via
Zoom. The public is welcome to follow
the proceedings via live webcast on the
World Wide Web. No registration is
required. The webcast link for
September 28–29, 2021 is https://
www.ustream.tv/channel/
QyXBRzYjVCS. For additional
information please visit the WTC Health
Program website at https://
www.cdc.gov/wtc/stac_meeting.html.
Public Participation
Interested parties may participate in
this activity by submitting written
views, opinions, recommendations, and
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-21-21HU; Docket No. CDC-2021-0093]
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 HIV Prevention Capacity
Development Needs Assessments of Federally funded Health Departments
and Community-Based Organizations. This data collection seeks to
understand the training and technical assistance needs of federally
funded health departments and community-based organizations by
improving the performance of the HIV prevention workforce.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before November 8, 2021.
[[Page 50127]]
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0093 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7118; 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;
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; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
HIV Prevention Capacity Development Needs Assessments of Federally
funded Health Departments and Community-Based Organizations--New--
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
(NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In 2019, the President announced a federal effort to end the HIV
epidemic in the U.S. by 2030. To achieve the Ending the HIV Epidemic in
the U.S. (EHE) initiative's goal, (i.e., reducing new HIV infections by
90%), the HIV workforce must have the skills and knowledge to implement
HIV prevention programs and surveillance activities as quickly and
efficiently as possible. As such, the trainings and technical
assistance (TA) activities that build the skills and knowledge of the
HIV workforce will need to take place in a timely and efficient manner.
This data collection request will improve both timeliness and
efficiency in meeting directly funded agencies' needs. The information
collected from the needs assessments proposed in this study will be
used by CDC staff to determine the training and TA needs of health
departments and community-based organizations funded by CDC to conduct
HIV prevention and surveillance activities. One representative from
each funded agency will be asked to voluntarily complete the needs
assessment on behalf of their agency. Training and TA needs data will
be collected during a specific three- to four-week period, and only one
response per agency is being requested. The collection of this
information will be used to improve on past performance whereby funded
agencies needs were assessed, and addressed, agency by agency, over an
extended period of time, resulting in needs being met inefficiently.
The training and TA needs assessment data will be collected through
an online survey. The survey will be completed through an existing
system, the Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) Tracking System (CTS).
CTS is the system through which CDC funded agencies currently request
trainings and TA activities. As such, directly funded agencies have
been trained, and are familiar with the system in terms of how to
access and navigate the system, which should help reduce their burden
in providing CDC the requested information, as they are already
familiar with CTS. In addition, CTS will automate reporting of the data
collected. Automation of the data reporting will allow the CDC to
aggregate responses across agencies efficiently.
Training and TA needs assessment data will be directly reported to
the CDC. CDC staff will combine agency responses to determine how many
funded agencies need specific trainings and specific TA activities.
Combining the agencies data will allow the CDC to meet the reported
needs in a more timely and efficient manner. Understanding how many
agencies need specific trainings and TA activities will allow the CDC
to host fewer trainings and TA activities across agencies, given the
CDC will understand the needs at the same time, and can coordinate
trainings and TA activities as a result of this data collection. In
addition, the CDC will also be able to prioritize the most requested
trainings and TA activities so they can offer the most requested
training and TA activity first, moving from most requested to least
requested.
The data collected will be stored behind the CDC's firewall, and
any private information collected, such as the name of the respondent,
the name of the agency they work for, and their professional contact
information will be provided only to the agencies that conduct training
and TA on behalf of the CDC, and in accordance with the data privacy
rules these agencies operate. CDC requests OMB approval for an
estimated 51 annual burden hours. There are no other costs to
respondents other than their time.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Respondent type Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
participants participant (in hours) (in hours)
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Community-based Organization Community-based 130 1 15/60 33
Representatives-Adults. Organization
Needs
Assessment.
Health Department Health 70 1 15/60 18
Representatives-Adults. Department
Needs
Assessment.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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