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ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average burden per response
(in hrs)

Number of respondents

Number of responses per
respondent

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University researcher .......................................................................................
Private industry researcher ..............................................................................

48
60
12

1
1
1

2
2
2

96
120
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240

Respondents

Dated: February 18, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30 Day–10–0479]

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of
information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). To request a copy of these
requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance
Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written
comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC or by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Automated Management Information
System (MIS) for Diabetes Prevention
and Control Programs (OMB No. 0920–
0479, expiration date 5/31/2010)—
Revision—National Center for Chronic

Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Diabetes is the seventh leading cause
of death in the United States. To reduce
the burden of this disease, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) established the national Diabetes
Control Program, which is administered
through CDC’s Division of Diabetes
Translation (DDT). The national
program provides support for health
departments in states and Territories to
design, implement and evaluate
diabetes prevention and control
strategies through State-based Diabetes
Prevention and Control Programs
(DPCPs).
CDC currently collects information
from DCPCs through a Web-based
Management Information System (MIS).
The information collected supports
DDT’s broader mission of reducing the
burden of diabetes by enabling DDT
staff to more effectively identify the
strengths and weaknesses of individual
DPCPs, and to disseminate information
related to successful public health
interventions. The information is used
to monitor compliance with cooperative
agreement requirements, evaluate
progress in achieving program-specific
goals, and identify needs for training
and technical assistance.
CDC plans to implement a number of
changes. Some MIS data elements will
be modified to reflect changes in the

Total burden
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reporting requirements for DCPCs, and
to harmonize the progress and
performance indicators for DCPCs with
indicators being implemented for other
CDC-funded programs. In addition, the
electronic MIS is being restructured to
improve usability and to reduce burden
to respondents through improved
organization and increased use of
existing data resources. CDC also
requests OMB approval to incorporate
the term ‘‘Prevention’’ into the title of
the clearance, in recognition of the
increased emphasis on diabetes
prevention in the work plans of statebased DCPCs.
Respondents will be 53 DCPCs in
States, the District of Columbia, the
Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. The
information collection will no longer
include the Pacific Islands jurisdictions,
which in the future will be funded
through a separate mechanism with
different reporting requirements.
Once per year, each DCPC will submit
an Annual Report to CDC that includes
information about its Program,
Resources, Partners, Budget, and
Planning activities. In addition, each
DCPC will submit a Semi-Annual
Report twice per year that includes
information about the Objectives
described in its Action Plan, and related
Activities.
Approval to collect information for
three additional years is requested.
There are no costs to respondents other
than their time. The total estimated
burden hours are 4,452.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of respondents

Form name

Number of respondents

Number of responses per
respondent

Average burden
per response
(in hours)

53
53

1
2

51
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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 36 / Wednesday, February 24, 2010 / Notices

Dated: February 17, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010–3756 Filed 2–23–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
[60 Day–10–0639]

Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention Proposed Data Collections
Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–5960 or send
comments to Maryam Daneshvar, CDC
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 1600
Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an e-mail to
[email protected].
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection 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
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology. Written comments must be
received within 60 days of this notice.
Project Proposal

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EEOICPA Special Exposure Cohort
Petitions (OMB No. 0920–0639 exp. 7/
31/2010)—Extension—National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
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Compensation Program Act of 2000
(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384–7385 [1994,
supp. 2001] was enacted. It established
a compensation program to provide a
lump sum payment of $150,000 and
medical benefits as compensation to
covered employees suffering from
designated illnesses incurred as a result
of their exposure to radiation,
beryllium, or silica while in the
performance of duty for the Department
of Energy and certain of its vendors,
contractors and subcontractors. This
legislation also provided for payment of
compensation for certain survivors of
these covered employees. This program
has been mandated to be in effect until
Congress ends the funding.
Among other duties, HHS was
directed to establish and implement
procedures for considering petitions by
classes of nuclear weapons workers to
be added to the ‘‘Special Exposure
Cohort’’ (the ‘‘Cohort’’). In brief,
EEOICPA authorizes HHS to designate
such classes of employees for addition
to the Cohort when NIOSH lacks
sufficient information to estimate with
sufficient accuracy the radiation doses
of the employees, if HHS also finds that
the health of members of the class may
have been endangered by the radiation
dose the class potentially incurred. HHS
must also obtain the advice of the
Advisory Board on Radiation and
Worker Health (the ‘‘Board’’) in
establishing such findings. On May 28,
2004, HHS issued a rule that established
procedures for adding such classes to
the Cohort (42 CFR part 83). The rule
was amended on July 10, 2007.
The HHS rule authorizes a variety of
respondents to submit petitions.
Petitioners are required to provide the
information specified in the rule to
qualify their petitions for a complete
evaluation by HHS and the Board. HHS
has developed two forms to assist the
petitioners in providing this required
information efficiently and completely.
Form A is a one-page form to be used
by EEOICPA claimants for whom
NIOSH has attempted to conduct dose
reconstructions and has determined that
available information is not sufficient to
complete the dose reconstruction. Form
B, accompanied by separate
instructions, is intended for all other
petitioners. Forms A and B can be
submitted electronically as well as in
hard copy. Respondent/petitioners
should be aware that HHS is not
requiring respondents to use the forms.

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Respondents can choose to submit
petitions as letters or in other formats,
but petitions must meet the
informational requirements referenced
above. NIOSH expects, however, that all
petitioners for whom Form A would be
appropriate will actually use the form,
since NIOSH will provide it to them
upon determining that their dose
reconstruction cannot be completed and
encourage them to submit the petition.
NIOSH expects the large majority of
petitioners for whom Form B would be
appropriate will also use the form, since
it provides a simple, organized format
for addressing the informational
requirements of a petition.
NIOSH will use the information
obtained through the petition for the
following purposes: (a) Identify the
petitioner(s), obtain their contact
information, and establish that the
petitioner(s) is qualified and intends to
petition HHS; (b) establish an initial
definition of the class of employees
being proposed to be considered for
addition to the Cohort; (c) determine
whether there is justification to require
HHS to evaluate whether or not to
designate the proposed class as an
addition to the Cohort (such an
evaluation involves potentially
extensive data collection, analysis, and
related deliberations by NIOSH, the
Board, and HHS); and, (d) target an
evaluation by HHS to examine relevant
potential limitations of radiation
monitoring and/or dosimetry-relevant
records and to examine the potential for
related radiation exposures that might
have endangered the health of members
of the class.
Finally, under the rule, petitioners
may contest the proposed decision of
the Secretary to add or deny adding
classes of employees to the cohort by
submitting evidence that the proposed
decision relies on a record of either
factual or procedural errors in the
implementation of these procedures.
NIOSH estimates that the time to
prepare and submit such a challenge is
45 minutes. Because of the uniqueness
of this submission, NIOSH is not
providing a form. The submission will
typically be in the form of a letter to the
Secretary.
There are no costs to petitioners
unless a petitioner chooses to purchase
the services of an expert in dose
reconstruction, an option provided for
under the rule.

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