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EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Online Survey ..................................................................................................
4,998
1
.28
1,416
Total ..........................................................................................................
4,998
na
na
1,416
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total burden
hours
Average
hourly wage
rate *
Total cost
burden
Online Survey ..................................................................................................
4,998
1,416
a $28.01
$39,662
Total ..........................................................................................................
4,998
1,416
Na
$39,662
* The May 2017 National Employment and Wage Estimates reported by the Bureau of Labor statistics indicate an average hourly wage of
$28.01 across the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The national average has been used to estimate the wages of survey respondents. The Knowledge Panel consists of a broad cross-section of the U.S. adult population, and thus a national average should be a reasonable
estimate of the wages of survey respondents. National Compensation Survey: Occupational wages in the United States May 2021, ‘‘U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.’’
a Based on the mean wages for all occupations, code 00–0000.
Request for Comments
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In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520,
comments on AHRQ’s information
collection are requested with regard to
any of the following: (a) whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
AHRQ’s health care research and health
care information dissemination
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of
burden (including hours and costs) of
the proposed collection(s) of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information upon the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: June 21, 2023.
Marquita Cullom,
Associate Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry
[60Day–23–0057; Docket No. ATSDR–2023–
0002]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:
The Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR), 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 continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice
invites comment on a proposed
information collection project titled
APPLETREE Performance Measures.
ATSDR will use this data collection to
manage the next five-year cooperative
agreement program under Notice of
Funding Opportunity (NOFO) No. CDC–
RFA–TS–23–0001.
DATES: ATSDR must receive written
comments on or before August 28, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. ATSDR–2023–
0002 by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
SUMMARY:
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• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE, MS H21–8, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. ATSDR will post,
without change, all relevant comments
to www.regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
(www.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
H21–8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329;
Telephone: 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
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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.
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Proposed Project
APPLETREE Performance Measures
(OMB Control No. 0923–0057, Exp. 09/
30/2023)—Revision—Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR).
Background and Brief Description
The Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR) seeks to build
and sustain the capacity to evaluate
exposures to hazardous waste across the
country. Releases from hazardous waste
sites are a major source of harmful
exposures in homes, schools,
workplaces, and communities. These
exposures are often complex and may be
difficult to identify and control.
Hazardous waste sites may involve
various toxic substances, exposure
pathways, and health impacts. ATSDR’s
primary goal is to keep communities
safe from harmful exposures and related
diseases. To accomplish this goal, the
agency works closely with partnering
agencies to evaluate exposures at
hazardous waste sites, educate
communities, and seek new ways to
better protect public health.
ATSDR’s Partnership to Promote
Local Efforts to Reduce Environmental
Exposure (APPLETREE) Program is
critical to ATSDR’s success in
accomplishing its mission in
communities nationwide. ATSDR’s
recipients will use APPLETREE funding
to advance ATSDR’s primary goal of
keeping communities safe from harmful
environmental exposures and related
diseases. APPLETREE gives recipients
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the resources to build their capacity to
assess and respond to site-specific
issues involving human exposure to
hazardous substances in the
environment. APPLETREE helps
recipients identify exposure pathways at
specific sites; educate affected
communities about site contamination
and potential health effects; make
recommendations to prevent exposure;
review health outcome data to evaluate
potential links between site
contaminants and community health
outcomes. APPLETREE facilitates the
implementation of state-level programs
to ensure that potential early care and
education facilities are in areas free
from harmful environmental exposures.
Additionally, it motivates the recipients
to innovate and implement progressive
public health interventions that can
prevent exposure to environmental
contamination. Due to the local
connections and partnerships of
APPLETREE recipients, there is an
enhancement in community engagement
and implementation of
recommendations. This program is
authorized under Sections 104(i)(15) of
the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended by
the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986 [42
U.S.C. 9604(i)(15)].
Under the next five-year APPLETREE
cooperative agreement NOFO No. CDC–
RFA–TS–23–0001), eligible applicants
include federally recognized American
Indian/Alaska Native tribal
governments; American Indian/Alaska
native tribally designated organizations;
political subdivisions of states (in
consultation with states); and state and
local governments or their bona fide
agents. ATSDR technical project officers
(TPOs) will assist approximately 30
APPLETREE recipients to address sitespecific issues involving human
exposure to hazardous substances. Key
capacities include identification of
human exposure pathways at ATSDR
sites, education of affected communities
and local health professionals about site
contamination and potential health
effects; making appropriate
recommendations to prevent exposure;
reviewing health outcome data to
evaluate potential links between site
contaminants and community health;
and documenting the effects of
environmental remediation on health.
This is a Revision Information
Collection Request (ICR) titled
‘‘APPLETREE Performance Measures,’’
previously approved under OMB
Control No. 0923–0057 (Expiration Date
9/30/2023). ATSDR will continue to
collect information related to recipient
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activities, and the process and outcome
performance measures outlined by the
cooperative agreement program.
Information will be used to monitor
progress toward program goals and
objectives, and for program quality
improvement. Nine forms have been
previously approved by OMB under
APPLETREE Performance Measures
under OMB Control No. 0923–0057. The
first three forms were migrated to the
new information technology (IT) system
called ATSDR’s Request Management
Service System (ARMSS).
1. ATSDR Health Education Activity
(HE) Form: For each environmental
health assessment and health education
activity conducted at ATSDR sites,
APPLETREE Recipients shall
quantitatively assess and report efforts
to educate community members about
site recommendations and health risks
using indicators to assess community
understanding of site findings about
health risks and community
understanding of agency
recommendations to reduce health risks.
This information will be entered into
ARMSS for each health education
activity at ATSDR sites.
2. ATSDR Technical Assistance
Activity (TA) Form: Throughout the
budget year, this form will be used to
record the routine requests made by the
recipients and their program responses.
These responses do not evaluate
environmental data and do not make
health calls but are monitored by
ATSDR as part of the recipients’
performance.
3. ATSDR Site Impact Assessment
(SIA) Form: For each environmental
health assessment and health education
activity conducted at ATSDR sites,
recipients shall estimate and report the
number of people protected from
exposure to toxic substances at each site
where implementation of agency
recommendations has taken place and at
each childcare center where safe siting
guidelines have been implemented. To
the extent possible, recipients shall
estimate and report the disease burden
prevented due to the implementation of
site recommendations and safe siting
guidelines.
The fourth form is currently being
migrated from SharePoint to ARMSS.
This transition is currently taking place.
4. ATSDR Success Story Form:
Recipients will provide one success
story per quarter (four success stories
total per year) that highlights the impact
of any of their programs. Recipients will
report a summary, background,
intervention/action taken, and
accomplishment/impact for each story.
Optionally, they may include a photo or
quote.
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Recipients will continue to submit the
following five forms to ATSDR via
email. In the future, these forms will be
moved to an electronic system (e.g.,
ARMSS or REDCap) to simplify data
collection.
5. APPLETREE Annual Performance
Report (APR) Template: Recipients will
continue to provide an APR each year
and at the end of the funding cycle,
which summarizes their annual and
funding cycle performances,
respectively. APRs will be due in
December of each year to coincide with
the CDC Grants Management annual
reports to reduce the overall reporting
burden, and the final report will be due
at the end of the funding cycle. The
purpose of the performance reports will
be to assess Partners based on
performance measures and evaluation
projects. The reports should include a
summary of performance measures,
results of any evaluation projects, an
accompanying narrative of progress and
interpretation of results, optional
successes, challenges, and an updated
work plan. These reports will be entered
into a Microsoft Word form.
6. Choose Safe Places for Early Care
and Education (CSPECE) Qualitative
Narrative Form: Recipients will
continue to provide a narrative report of
their CSPECE Programs to document
descriptive details of their state’s
landscape, program plan, program
implementation, and results that cannot
be captured through numbers.
Recipients will complete and submit the
narrative once a year as a supplement
will be submitted to ATSDR via email
within three weeks of the SoilSHOP
completion.
9. ATSDR Recommendation Followup Form: For each environmental health
assessment, recipients will provide an
update on the status of acceptance and
implementation of all recommendations
to understand whether and how
recommendations have been
implemented, and the subsequent
impact on communities. Recipients will
complete a Microsoft Excel reporting
form annually on the anniversary date
of the release of each health assessment.
As part of the Revision request, the
last form is new.
10. ATSDR Requests for Certified and
Non-certified Public Health
Assessments and Health Consultations
Form: For each environmental health
assessment, recipients will provide the
request, dates, and triage information
and can associate the request with a
hazardous waste site. Site scoping and
clearance information are completed for
about 15% of environmental health
assessments that complete ATSDR’s
clearance process (i.e., certified). This
information will be entered into
ARMSS.
ATSDR is seeking a three-year
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
clearance for this Revision ICR. ATSDR
will fund 30 recipients. Recipient
reporting is required to receive funding
under the APPLETREE cooperative
agreement. The total annual time
burden requested is 269 hours.
with their APRs in a Microsoft Word
form.
7. CSPECE Quantitative Form:
Recipients will continue to provide data
on their CSPECE Programs to quantify
aspects of their program such as
children reached, target audiences
educated, early care and education
programs referred and screened, and
recommendations implemented. To
supplement their APRs, recipients will
complete and submit a Microsoft Excel
form once a year as a supplement with
their APRs.
In addition to the required annual
reporting, at the end of the five-year
program, each recipient will report
cumulative five-year performance
measures for three forms: the APR, the
CSPECE Qualitative Narrative Form,
and the CSPECE Quantitative Form.
This will result in six total responses in
a five-year period for each form. The
estimated annualized number of
required responses is thus rounded to
once per year for these three forms, as
6 hours divided by three years equals
1.2 hours per year.
8. ATSDR SoilSHOP Form:
SoilSHOPs are not a required activity;
however, if conducted, a recipient will
need to complete the ATSDR SoilSHOP
Form. This form gathers data on the
inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes
of the event, such as the number of soil
samples screened, the number of
elevated soil samples, the number of
individuals receiving health
consultations, and the number of
individuals receiving referrals. The form
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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden
per response
(in hrs.)
Total burden
(in hours)
Type of respondents
Form name
APPLETREE Recipients ...................
ATSDR Health Education (HE) Activity Form.
ATSDR Technical Assistance (TA)
Activity Form.
ATSDR Site Impact Assessment
(SIA) Form.
ATSDR Success Story Form ...........
APPLETREE Annual Performance
Report (APR) Template.
Choose Safe Places for Early Care
and Education (CSPECE) Qualitative Narrative Form.
CSPECE Quantitative Form .............
ATSDR SoilSHOP Form ..................
ATSDR Recommendation Follow-up
ATSDR Requests .............................
30
17
4/60
34
30
17
4/60
34
30
3
7/60
11
30
30
4
1
30/60
2
60
60
30
1
1
30
30
10
30
30
1
1
4
3
15/60
7/60
10/60
7/60
8
1
20
11
...........................................................
........................
........................
........................
269
Total ...........................................
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Public Health Ethics and
Regulations, 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–23–22GA; Docket No. CDC–2023–
0053]
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 information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This notice invites
comment on a proposed information
collection project titled Expanding PrEP
in Communities of Color (EPICC). The
purpose of this study is to implement
and evaluate the effectiveness of a
clinic-based intervention that utilizes
evidence-based education and support
tools increase provider knowledge and
improve PrEP adherence.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before August 28, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2023–
0053 by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.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 H21–8, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
www.regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
(www.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 Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS
H21–8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329;
Telephone: 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,
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
Expanding PrEP in Communities of
Color (EPICC)—New—National Center
for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and
TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The National Center for HIV/AIDS,
Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention
(NCHHSTP) is requesting approval for
36 months of data collection titled
Expanding PrEP in Communities of
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Color (EPICC). The purpose of this study
is to implement and evaluate the
effectiveness of a clinic-based
intervention that utilizes evidencebased education and support tools to:
(1) increase provider knowledge of and
comfort with preexposure prophylaxis
(PrEP) modalities in clinical practice;
and (2) improve PrEP adherence among
young men who have sex with men
(YMSM).
This study has two aims: In Aim 1 the
study team will deliver training to
health providers that will focus on
implementation of evidence-based tools
to enhance the providers’ ability to
engage in PrEP screening, counseling,
initiation and to provide support for
adherence and persistence. For Aim 2a,
the study will initiate an effectivenessimplementation trial with 400 YMSM to
test the effectiveness of the EPICC+
intervention package in increasing PrEP
adherence and persistence among
YMSM. The intervention will also
utilize a mobile app-based platform,
HealthMPowerment (HMP) to support
ongoing participant engagement and
monitoring, as well as to provide
additional adherence support. In Aim
2b, the study team will conduct focus
groups with providers to gather
feedback on overall perceptions of the
barriers and facilitators to
implementation of evidence-based tools
(EBT) within their clinical site.
The information collected in this
study will be used to: (1) describe realworld PrEP use including factors
influencing selection and change of
PrEP regimens; (2) understand and
describe barriers and facilitators
impacting the implementation of new
PrEP modalities in clinical practice; (3)
evaluate the feasibility and acceptability
of the EPICC+ mobile app among YMSM
on PrEP; and (4) evaluate the feasibility
and acceptability of implementing a
provider training.
This study will be carried out in 10
clinics located in Chicago, IL; New York
City, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Charlotte,
NC; Raleigh, NC; Tuscaloosa, AL;
Montgomery, AL; Tampa, FL; Orlando,
FL; and Houston, TX. Aim 1 will
include 30 health care providers from
the 10 clinic sites, all involved in the
direct delivery of PrEP services.
Providers may include but are not
limited to medical doctors, nurses,
adherence counselors, pharmacists, and
social workers. Health providers will be
recruited via staff emails.
Aim 2a participants will include 400
YMSM ages 18–39, inclusive.
Participants will identify as a cisgender
male; report sex with a man in the past
12 month; have an active prescription
for PrEP; receive care at one of the ten
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[60Day-23-0057; Docket No. ATSDR-2023-0002]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
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 continuing
information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection
project titled APPLETREE Performance Measures. ATSDR will use this data
collection to manage the next five-year cooperative agreement program
under Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) No. CDC-RFA-TS-23-0001.
DATES: ATSDR must receive written comments on or before August 28,
2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. ATSDR-
2023-0002 by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.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 H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. ATSDR will post, without change, all relevant
comments to www.regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (www.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 H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 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
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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
APPLETREE Performance Measures (OMB Control No. 0923-0057, Exp. 09/
30/2023)--Revision--Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR).
Background and Brief Description
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) seeks
to build and sustain the capacity to evaluate exposures to hazardous
waste across the country. Releases from hazardous waste sites are a
major source of harmful exposures in homes, schools, workplaces, and
communities. These exposures are often complex and may be difficult to
identify and control. Hazardous waste sites may involve various toxic
substances, exposure pathways, and health impacts. ATSDR's primary goal
is to keep communities safe from harmful exposures and related
diseases. To accomplish this goal, the agency works closely with
partnering agencies to evaluate exposures at hazardous waste sites,
educate communities, and seek new ways to better protect public health.
ATSDR's Partnership to Promote Local Efforts to Reduce
Environmental Exposure (APPLETREE) Program is critical to ATSDR's
success in accomplishing its mission in communities nationwide. ATSDR's
recipients will use APPLETREE funding to advance ATSDR's primary goal
of keeping communities safe from harmful environmental exposures and
related diseases. APPLETREE gives recipients the resources to build
their capacity to assess and respond to site-specific issues involving
human exposure to hazardous substances in the environment. APPLETREE
helps recipients identify exposure pathways at specific sites; educate
affected communities about site contamination and potential health
effects; make recommendations to prevent exposure; review health
outcome data to evaluate potential links between site contaminants and
community health outcomes. APPLETREE facilitates the implementation of
state-level programs to ensure that potential early care and education
facilities are in areas free from harmful environmental exposures.
Additionally, it motivates the recipients to innovate and implement
progressive public health interventions that can prevent exposure to
environmental contamination. Due to the local connections and
partnerships of APPLETREE recipients, there is an enhancement in
community engagement and implementation of recommendations. This
program is authorized under Sections 104(i)(15) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of
1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
(SARA) of 1986 [42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(15)].
Under the next five-year APPLETREE cooperative agreement NOFO No.
CDC-RFA-TS-23-0001), eligible applicants include federally recognized
American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments; American Indian/
Alaska native tribally designated organizations; political subdivisions
of states (in consultation with states); and state and local
governments or their bona fide agents. ATSDR technical project officers
(TPOs) will assist approximately 30 APPLETREE recipients to address
site-specific issues involving human exposure to hazardous substances.
Key capacities include identification of human exposure pathways at
ATSDR sites, education of affected communities and local health
professionals about site contamination and potential health effects;
making appropriate recommendations to prevent exposure; reviewing
health outcome data to evaluate potential links between site
contaminants and community health; and documenting the effects of
environmental remediation on health.
This is a Revision Information Collection Request (ICR) titled
``APPLETREE Performance Measures,'' previously approved under OMB
Control No. 0923-0057 (Expiration Date 9/30/2023). ATSDR will continue
to collect information related to recipient activities, and the process
and outcome performance measures outlined by the cooperative agreement
program. Information will be used to monitor progress toward program
goals and objectives, and for program quality improvement. Nine forms
have been previously approved by OMB under APPLETREE Performance
Measures under OMB Control No. 0923-0057. The first three forms were
migrated to the new information technology (IT) system called ATSDR's
Request Management Service System (ARMSS).
1. ATSDR Health Education Activity (HE) Form: For each
environmental health assessment and health education activity conducted
at ATSDR sites, APPLETREE Recipients shall quantitatively assess and
report efforts to educate community members about site recommendations
and health risks using indicators to assess community understanding of
site findings about health risks and community understanding of agency
recommendations to reduce health risks. This information will be
entered into ARMSS for each health education activity at ATSDR sites.
2. ATSDR Technical Assistance Activity (TA) Form: Throughout the
budget year, this form will be used to record the routine requests made
by the recipients and their program responses. These responses do not
evaluate environmental data and do not make health calls but are
monitored by ATSDR as part of the recipients' performance.
3. ATSDR Site Impact Assessment (SIA) Form: For each environmental
health assessment and health education activity conducted at ATSDR
sites, recipients shall estimate and report the number of people
protected from exposure to toxic substances at each site where
implementation of agency recommendations has taken place and at each
childcare center where safe siting guidelines have been implemented. To
the extent possible, recipients shall estimate and report the disease
burden prevented due to the implementation of site recommendations and
safe siting guidelines.
The fourth form is currently being migrated from SharePoint to
ARMSS. This transition is currently taking place.
4. ATSDR Success Story Form: Recipients will provide one success
story per quarter (four success stories total per year) that highlights
the impact of any of their programs. Recipients will report a summary,
background, intervention/action taken, and accomplishment/impact for
each story. Optionally, they may include a photo or quote.
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Recipients will continue to submit the following five forms to
ATSDR via email. In the future, these forms will be moved to an
electronic system (e.g., ARMSS or REDCap) to simplify data collection.
5. APPLETREE Annual Performance Report (APR) Template: Recipients
will continue to provide an APR each year and at the end of the funding
cycle, which summarizes their annual and funding cycle performances,
respectively. APRs will be due in December of each year to coincide
with the CDC Grants Management annual reports to reduce the overall
reporting burden, and the final report will be due at the end of the
funding cycle. The purpose of the performance reports will be to assess
Partners based on performance measures and evaluation projects. The
reports should include a summary of performance measures, results of
any evaluation projects, an accompanying narrative of progress and
interpretation of results, optional successes, challenges, and an
updated work plan. These reports will be entered into a Microsoft Word
form.
6. Choose Safe Places for Early Care and Education (CSPECE)
Qualitative Narrative Form: Recipients will continue to provide a
narrative report of their CSPECE Programs to document descriptive
details of their state's landscape, program plan, program
implementation, and results that cannot be captured through numbers.
Recipients will complete and submit the narrative once a year as a
supplement with their APRs in a Microsoft Word form.
7. CSPECE Quantitative Form: Recipients will continue to provide
data on their CSPECE Programs to quantify aspects of their program such
as children reached, target audiences educated, early care and
education programs referred and screened, and recommendations
implemented. To supplement their APRs, recipients will complete and
submit a Microsoft Excel form once a year as a supplement with their
APRs.
In addition to the required annual reporting, at the end of the
five-year program, each recipient will report cumulative five-year
performance measures for three forms: the APR, the CSPECE Qualitative
Narrative Form, and the CSPECE Quantitative Form. This will result in
six total responses in a five-year period for each form. The estimated
annualized number of required responses is thus rounded to once per
year for these three forms, as 6 hours divided by three years equals
1.2 hours per year.
8. ATSDR SoilSHOP Form: SoilSHOPs are not a required activity;
however, if conducted, a recipient will need to complete the ATSDR
SoilSHOP Form. This form gathers data on the inputs, activities,
outputs, and outcomes of the event, such as the number of soil samples
screened, the number of elevated soil samples, the number of
individuals receiving health consultations, and the number of
individuals receiving referrals. The form will be submitted to ATSDR
via email within three weeks of the SoilSHOP completion.
9. ATSDR Recommendation Follow-up Form: For each environmental
health assessment, recipients will provide an update on the status of
acceptance and implementation of all recommendations to understand
whether and how recommendations have been implemented, and the
subsequent impact on communities. Recipients will complete a Microsoft
Excel reporting form annually on the anniversary date of the release of
each health assessment.
As part of the Revision request, the last form is new.
10. ATSDR Requests for Certified and Non-certified Public Health
Assessments and Health Consultations Form: For each environmental
health assessment, recipients will provide the request, dates, and
triage information and can associate the request with a hazardous waste
site. Site scoping and clearance information are completed for about
15% of environmental health assessments that complete ATSDR's clearance
process (i.e., certified). This information will be entered into ARMSS.
ATSDR is seeking a three-year Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
clearance for this Revision ICR. ATSDR will fund 30 recipients.
Recipient reporting is required to receive funding under the APPLETREE
cooperative agreement. The total annual time burden requested is 269
hours.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hrs.) (in hours)
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APPLETREE Recipients.......... ATSDR Health 30 17 4/60 34
Education (HE)
Activity Form.
ATSDR Technical 30 17 4/60 34
Assistance (TA)
Activity Form.
ATSDR Site 30 3 7/60 11
Impact
Assessment
(SIA) Form.
ATSDR Success 30 4 30/60 60
Story Form.
APPLETREE Annual 30 1 2 60
Performance
Report (APR)
Template.
Choose Safe 30 1 1 30
Places for
Early Care and
Education
(CSPECE)
Qualitative
Narrative Form.
CSPECE 30 1 15/60 8
Quantitative
Form.
ATSDR SoilSHOP 10 1 7/60 1
Form.
ATSDR 30 4 10/60 20
Recommendation
Follow-up.
ATSDR Requests.. 30 3 7/60 11
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 269
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2023-13571 Filed 6-26-23; 8:45 am]
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