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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day-13–0639]

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 404–639–7570 or send
comments to Ron Otten, 1600 Clifton
Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or
send an email 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 should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.

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Proposed Project
EEOICPA Special Exposure Cohort
Petitions (OMB No. 0920–0639 exp. 9/
20/2013)—Extension—National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
On October 30, 2000, the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000
(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 7384–7385
[1994, supp. 2001] was enacted. The Act
established a compensation program to
provide a lump sum payment of
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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, the Department
of Health and Human Services (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, and 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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petitions as letters or in other formats,
but petitions must meet the
informational requirements stated in the
rule. 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 respondents
unless a respondent/petitioner chooses
to purchase the services of a expert in
dose reconstruction, an option provided
for under the rule.

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ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Avg. Burden
per response
(in hrs.)

Total burden
(in hrs.)

Form name

Petitioners .........................................

Form A—42 CFR 83.9 .....................
Form B—42 CFR 83.9 .....................
42 CFR 83.9 .....................................

5
8
1

1
1
1

3/60
5
6

1
40
6

42 CFR 83.18 ...................................

4

1

45/60

3

Authorization Form—42 CFR 83.7 ..

5

1

3/60

1

...........................................................

........................

........................

........................

51

Petitioners using a submission format other than Form B (as permitted by rule).
Petitioners Appealing final HHS decision (no specific form is required).
Claimant authorizing a party to submit petition on his/her behalf.
Total ...........................................

Dated: March 21, 2013.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI),
Office of the Associate Director for Science
(OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.

technology. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Preventive Health and Health Services
Block Grant (OMB No. 0920–0106, exp.
7/31/2013)—Revision—National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–13–0106)

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for Public Comment and
Recommendations

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Number of
responses per
respondent

Number of
respondents

Type of respondents

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 404–639–7570 or send
comments to Ron A. Otten, 1600 Clifton
Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or
send an email 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

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Background and Brief Description
The Preventive Health and Health
Services (PHHS) Block Grant program
was established to provide awardees
with a source of flexible funding for
health promotion and disease
prevention programs. Currently, 61
awardees (50 states, the District of
Columbia, two American Indian Tribes,
and eight U.S. territories) receive Block
Grants to address locally-defined public
health needs in innovative ways. Block
Grants allow awardees to prioritize the
use of funds and to fill funding gaps in
programs that deal with the leading
causes of death and disability. Block
Grant funding also provides awardees
with the ability to respond rapidly to
emerging health issues, including
outbreaks of diseases or pathogens. The
PHHS Block Grant program is
authorized by sections 1901–1907 of the
Public Health Service Act.
CDC currently collects information
from Block Grant awardees to monitor
their objectives and activities
(Preventive Health and Health Services
Block Grant, OMB No. 0920–0106, exp.
7/31/2013). Each awardee is required to
submit an annual application for
funding (Work Plan) that describes its
objectives and the populations to be
addressed, and an Annual Report that
describes activities, progress toward
objectives, and Success Stories which
highlight the improvements Block Grant
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submitted electronically through the
web-based Block Grant Information
Management System (BGMIS).
The Work Plan and Annual Report are
designed to help Block Grant awardees
attain their goals and to meet reporting
requirements specified in the program’s
authorizing legislation. Each Work Plan
objective is defined in SMART format
(Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Realistic and Time-based), and includes
a specified start date and end date.
Block Grant activities adhere to the
Healthy People (HP) framework
established by the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS). The current
version of the BGMIS associates each
awardee-defined activity with a specific
HP National Objective, and identifies
the location where funds are applied. In
this Revision request, the CDC Block
Grant program office has replaced the
Healthy People 2010 objectives with
Healthy People 2020 objectives and
updated the BGMIS to enhance the
number of objectives that grantees can
use to describe their funded activities.
At this time, the BGMIS does not collect
data related to performance measures,
but a future information collection
request may outline additional reporting
requirements related to performance
measures.
CDC requests OMB approval to
continue the Block Grant information
collection for three years (through 8/31/
2016). CDC will continue to use the
BGMIS to monitor awardee progress,
identify activities and personnel
supported with Block Grant funding,
conduct compliance reviews of Block
Grant awardees, and promote the use of
evidence-based guidelines and
interventions. There are no changes to
the number of respondents or the
estimated annual burden per
respondent. There are no changes to
BGMIS data elements other than
changes related to HP 2020 objectives
and enhancements. The Work Plan and
the Annual Report will be submitted

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