This ICR is approved for one year, as requested by ATSDR. This approval covers a one-time survey aimed at collecting information to better develop health education materials for those individuals exposed to I-131 as young children. The survey will be based on a sampling frame of 6000 people who have been traced and located from birth records. Results will therefore only be generalizable to these 6000 individuals identified in the National Exposure Registry, not to the total population born in Adams, Benton, and Franklin counties between 1940 and 1951, or to any other larger population beyond the 6000. OMB acknowledges ATSDR's intent to use the results from the survey for internal decision-making by the Agency and to target the educational materials to the exposed population. OMB also acknowledges ATSDR's assertion that the survey results may not be used to make general statements about the population surrounding the Hanford site. OMB calls special attention to the following paragraph in the supporting statement. "It is important to note that the survey is designed to assist in developing educational materials and interventions and will not be used to infer thyroid disease rates or prevalence in the larger Hanford population. Any publications or presentations based on this data will be accompanied by the following statements: 'The rate of thyroid disease or related health conditions generated through this survey are not generalizable to the population surrounding Hanford. Therefore, meaningful disease rates cannot be determined or inferred from the data provided." Before initiating any additional surveys related to the Hanford site or the health effects of I-131, ATSDR should consult with the National Cancer Institute to avoid any duplication of effort. Specifically, ATSDR should consider the eforts of NCI's Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure and the Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests and should review the NCI report "Exposure of the American People to IODINE-131 from Nevada Nuclear-Bomb Tests." ATSDR should also include, in the supporting statement of such an ICR, a list of the names, affiliations and contact information for any individuals consulted. For any additional Information Collection Requests related to collecting health, exposure, demographic, etc. data related to the Hanford site, the Agency should include a reference to this ICR package in its supporting statement.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2002
05/31/2002
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167
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The purpose of this assessment is to collect information on utilization of health care services, knowledge of and information needs relalted to radioactive iodine releases from Hanford, health risk and exposure awareness, use of and interest in thy- roid medical evaluations, and demographic information on the population who resided as children in the counties downwind of Hanford that were exposed to the highest levels of radioactive iodine release.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Hanford Community Health Project (HCHP)