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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 95 / Friday, May 16, 2014 / Notices
LeRoy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–14–0975]

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Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce public
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To
request more information on the below
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send
comments to LeRoy Richardson, 1600
Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an email to [email protected].
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval. 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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying

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information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Virtual Reality to Train and Assess
Emergency Responders (OMB No. 0920–
0975, expires 07/31/2016)—Revision—
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
NIOSH, under Public Law 91–173 as
amended by Public Law 95–164
(Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of
1977), and Public Law 109–236 (Mine
Improvement and New Emergency
Response Act of 2006) has the
responsibility to conduct research to
improve working conditions and to
prevent accidents and occupational
diseases in underground coal and metal/
nonmetal mines in the U.S.
The turn of the 21st century started
with much promise for the coal mining
industry. Because there was only one
underground disaster in the 1990s, it
seemed that emergency response in the
United States no longer needed to be a
top research priority. However, major
coal mine disasters between 2001 and
2010 have resulted in 65 fatalities.
These events highlighted the critical
need to balance investments to reduce
low probability/high severity events
with those that focus on frequent, but
less severe injuries and illnesses.
The present research project seeks to
determine optimal use of virtual reality
(VR) technologies for training and
assessing mine emergency responders
using the Mine Rescue and Escape
Training Laboratory (MRET Lab).
Responders include specially trained
individuals, such as mine rescue or fire
brigade team members, and also
managers and miners who may either be
called upon to respond to an emergency
situation or engage in self-protective
actions in response to an emergency.
This project is a step toward
determining how new immersive virtual
reality technologies should be used for
miner training and testing in the US.
The project objective will be achieved
through specific aims in two related
areas as illustrated below.
Training Assessment
1. Evaluate four training modules.

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2. Evaluate participant reactions.
3. Develop guidelines.
Training Development
4. Use 3D technologies to develop a
prototype for a mine rescue closedcircuit breathing apparatus (e.g., Dra¨ger
BG4).
To accomplish these goals over the
life of the project, researchers will
utilize a variety of data collection
strategies, including self-report pre- and
post-test instruments for assessing
trainee reaction and measuring learning.
Data collection will take place with
approximately 210 underground coal
miners over three years. The
respondents targeted for this study
include rank-and-file miners, mine
rescue team members, and mine safety
and health professionals. A sample of
210 individuals will be collected from
various mining operations and mine
rescue teams which have agreed to
participate. All participants will be
between the ages of 18 and 65, currently
employed, and living in the United
States. Findings will be used to improve
the safety and health of underground
coal miners by assessing the efficacy of
immersive VR environments for
teaching critical mine safety and health
skills.
To assess learning as a result of
training, each participant will complete
a pre-training questionnaire, a postsimulation questionnaire, and a posttraining questionnaire. Participants
evaluating the closed-circuit breathing
apparatus training will only complete a
version of the pre-training
questionnaire. There is no cost to
respondents other than their time.
As stated previously in the previously
approved information collection
request, research activities involving
rank-and-file underground coal miners
who participate in the mine escape
training may occur at either the MRET
Lab or in an off-site classroom or other
typical instructional setting either at an
above-ground mine safety training
facility, mine administration building,
or a university or academic environment
(hereinto referenced as the ‘‘classroom
setting’’). Having these two subsamples
allows us to better assess uses for VR
training applications, determine the
potential additive value of training
provided in the MRET Lab, and the
potential benefits of adapting
simulation-based mine emergency
training to a broader audience. To
accommodate an appropriate amount of
mine escape participants for both the
MRET Lab modules and classroom
settings, we are requesting a revision in
order to add 60 more participants to our
150 participant data collection cap,

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which would ideally leave us with 30
BG4 participants, 60 mine rescue
participants (MRET Lab), 60 mine

escape participants (MRET Lab), and 60
mine escape participants (classroom

setting), for a new grand total of 210
participants.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number
responses
per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
hours

Form name

Dra¨ger BG4 participants (i.e., closed
circuit breathing apparatus training
participants).
Mine Rescue participants .....................

Pre-Training Questionnaire ..................

30

1

3/60

2

Pre-Training Questionnaire ..................
Post-Simulation Questionnaire .............
Post-Training Questionnaire ................
Pre-Training Questionnaire ..................
Post-Simulation Questionnaire (MRET
Lab version).
Post-Simulation Questionnaire (Field
Test Version).
Post-Training Questionnaire ................
Pre/Post-Training Knowledge Test ......

60
60
60
120
60

1
1
1
1
1

3/60
3/60
3/60
3/60
3/60

3
3
3
6
3

60

1

3/60

3

120
60

1
1

3/60
6/60

6
6

Pre/Post-Training Knowledge Test ......

60

1

6/60

6

Pre/Post-Training Knowledge Test ......

30

1

6/60

3

Pre/Post-Training Knowledge Test ......

30

1

6/60

3

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

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

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

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

47

Mine Escape participants ......................

Mine Escape/Longwall Mining participants.
Mine Escape/Continuous Mining participants.
Mine Rescue/Longwall Mining participants.
Mine Rescue/Continuous Mining participants.
Total ...............................................

LeRoy A. Richardson
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review

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Number of
respondents

Type of respondent

The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) has submitted the
following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for
the proposed information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your
comments should address any of the

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following: (a) 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; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) 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 submission of
responses; and (e) Assess information
collection costs.
To request additional information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the information collection plan and
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
send an email to [email protected]. Written
comments and/or suggestions regarding
the items contained in this notice
should be directed to the Attention:
CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or
by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.

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Proposed Project
Statements in Support of Application
of Waiver of Inadmissibility (0920–
0006)—Extension—National Center for
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 212(a)(1) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act states that aliens
with specific health related conditions
are ineligible for admission into the
United States. The Attorney General
may waive application of this
inadmissibility on health-related
grounds if an application for waiver is
filed and approved by the consular
office considering the application for
visa. CDC uses this application
primarily to collect information to
establish and maintain records of waiver
applicants in order to notify the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services
when terms, conditions and controls
imposed by waiver are not met.
CDC is requesting approval from OMB
to collect this data for another 3 years.
There are no costs to respondents except
their time to complete the application.
The annualized burden for this data
collection is 100 hours.

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