In 2009, the federal Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative (GLRI) was established under the stewardship
of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) to protect,
restore, and maintain the Great Lakes ecosystem in partnership with
15 other federal agencies. The task force of federal agencies
developed the GLRI Action Plan which covers fiscal years 2010 to
2014. In the first 2 years the U.S. EPA has received over three
quarters of a billion dollars through the Obama administration's
stimulus funding to make substantial progress towards restoring the
Great Lakes to ecological health. Under an interagency agreement
with the US EPA, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry (ATSDR) established the Great Lakes Biomonitoring Program
under its 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation
and Liability Act (CERCLA) authority. The ATSDR Great Lakes
Biomonitoring Program aims to provide a human exposure assessment
to Great Lakes contaminants among targeted subpopulations
concurrent with the onset of restoration activities. The Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announced a funding
opportunity called the "Biomonitoring of Great Lakes Populations
Program" (CDC-RFA-TS10-1001). From the applicants for this
cooperative agreement, ATSDR awarded funds to the Michigan
Department of Community Health (MDCH), the Minnesota Department of
Health (MDH), and the New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH)
to conduct non-research studies of human exposures and to advance
jurisdiction-specific public health actions. This public health
effort focuses on vulnerable or susceptible subpopulations with the
potential for increased risk of exposure to persistent contaminants
common to the Great Lakes watersheds and ecosystems.
US Code:
42
USC 9604 Name of Law: CERCLA
US Code: 42
USC 9626 Name of Law: Superfund Act of 1986
PL:
Pub.L. 111 - 88 1 Name of Law: Dept of Interior, Environment,
and Related Agencies Act of 2010
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.
Change Request Justification ICR 0923-0044 Biomonitoring of the Great Lakes Populations Program.docx
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