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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 the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Sharon Arnold,
Deputy Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry
[Docket No. ATSDR–2015–0004]

Availability of Draft Toxicological
Profile; Perfluoroalkyls
Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of availability, and
request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR) located in the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS)
announces the availability of the
Toxicological Profile for Perfluoroalkyls
for review and comment. Comments can
include additional information or
reports on studies about the health
effects of perfluoroalkyls. Although
ATSDR considered key studies for this
substance during the profile
development process, this Federal
Register notice solicits any relevant,
additional studies, particularly
unpublished data. ATSDR will evaluate
the quality and relevance of such data
or studies for possible inclusion into the
profile. ATSDR remains committed to
providing a public comment period for
this document as a means to best serve
public health and our clients.
DATES: To be considered, comments on
the draft Toxicological Profile for
Perfluoroalkyls must be received not
later than December 1, 2015. Comments
received after close of the public
comment period will be considered
solely at the discretion of ATSDR, based
upon what is deemed to be in the best
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You may submit comments,
identified by the docket number
ATSDR–2015–0004, by any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov/#!home. Follow
the instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Division of Toxicology and
Human Health Sciences, 1600 Clifton
Rd. NE., F57, Atlanta, GA 30329–4027.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Delores Grant, Division of Toxicology
and Human Health Sciences, Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,
1600 Clifton Road NE., MS F–57,
Atlanta, GA 30329; telephone number
(800) 232–4636 or (770) 488–3351.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) (42
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) amended the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund) (42
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) by establishing
certain requirements for ATSDR and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(U.S. EPA) regarding hazardous
substances that are most commonly
found at facilities on the CERCLA
National Priorities List (NPL). Among
these statutory requirements is a
mandate for the Administrator of
ATSDR to prepare toxicological profiles
for each substance included on the
priority list of hazardous substances
(also called the Substance Priority List).
This list identifies 275 hazardous
substances that ATSDR (in cooperation
with EPA) has determined pose the
most significant potential threat to
human health. The availability of the
revised list of the 275 priority
substances was announced in the
Federal Register on May 28, 2014 (79
FR 30613) and is available at
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/spl.
In addition, ATSDR has the authority
to prepare toxicological profiles for
substances not found at sites on the
National Priorities List, in an effort to
‘‘establish and maintain inventory of
literature, research, and studies on the
health effects of toxic substances’’ under
CERCLA Section 104(i)(1)(B), to respond
to requests for consultation under
section 104(i)(4), and as otherwise
necessary to support the site-specific
response actions conducted by ATSDR.
On November 6, 2008, ATSDR
announced the availability of a draft
toxicological profile for Set 22
Toxicological Profiles for public
comment (73 FR 66047). The Set 22
Toxicological Profiles included
Perfluoroalkyls and ATSDR announced
that the Perfluoroalkyls profile was on
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a modified schedule pending additional
review.
On July 23, 2009 ATSDR published a
second notice of the availability of the
toxicological profile for Perfluoroalkyls
in draft form for public review and
comment (74 FR 36492). The 90-day
comment period ended October 30,
2009. Following the close of the
comment period, chemical-specific
comments were addressed, and, where
appropriate, changes were incorporated
into the profile. Given the plethora of
new data that have been published since
2009, and the resulting extensive
revision to the profile, the agency has
determined that it would be in the best
interest of public health to release the
perfluoroalkyls profile for another
public comment period. The public
comments and other data submitted in
response to the Federal Register notices
are available for inspection from
Monday through Friday, except for legal
holidays, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.,
Eastern Time, at 4770 Buford Hwy NE.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30341. Please call
ahead to 1–800–232–4636 and ask for a
representative in the Division of
Toxicology and Human Health Sciences
to schedule your visit.
Availability
The Toxicological Profile for
Perfluoroalkyls prepared by ATSDR will
be made available to the public on or
about August 31, 2015 at the ATSDR
Web site: www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
toxprofiles/index.asp and at the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov/#!home.
Sascha Chaney,
Director, Office of Policy, Planning and
Evaluation, National Center for
Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–15–0214; Docket No. CDC–2015–
0076]

Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:

The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of

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its continuing efforts to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, 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. This notice invites
comment on the proposed revision of
the National Health Interview Survey
(NHIS). The annual National Health
Interview Survey is a major source of
general statistics on the health of the
U.S. population.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before November 2, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2015–
0076 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS–
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. All relevant comments
received will be posted without change
to Regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. For
access to the docket to read background
documents or comments received, go to
Regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact the Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570;
Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
requires Federal agencies to provide a
60–day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed
extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of
previously approved information
collection before submitting the
collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
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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
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.
Proposed Project
National Health Interview Survey
(NHIS), (OMB No. 0920–0214, expires
12/31/2017)—Revision—National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as
amended, authorizes that the Secretary
of Health and Human Services (DHHS),
acting through NCHS, shall collect data
on the extent and nature of illness and
disability of the population of the
United States. The annual National
Health Interview Survey is a major
source of general statistics on the health
of the U.S. population and has been in
the field continuously since 1957.
Clearance is sought for three years, to
collect data from 2016 to 2018. This
voluntary and confidential householdbased survey collects demographic and
health-related information from a
nationally representative sample of
noninstitutionalized, civilian persons
and households throughout the country.
Personal identification information is
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facilitate linkage of survey data with
health-related administrative and other
records. In 2016 the NHIS will collect
information from approximately 45,000
households, which contain about
112,000 individuals.
Information is collected using
computer assisted personal interviews
(CAPI). A core set of data is collected
each year that remains largely
unchanged, whereas sponsored
supplements vary from year to year. The
core set includes socio-demographic
characteristics, health status, health care
services, and health behaviors. For
2016, supplemental questions will be
cycled in pertaining to balance, blood
donation, chronic pain, diabetes, and
vision. Supplemental topics that
continue or are enhanced from 2015
pertain to family food security, heart
disease and stroke, inflammatory bowel
disease, hepatitis B and C screening,
children’s mental health, disability and
functioning, smokeless tobacco and ecigarettes, and immunizations.
Questions from 2015 on cancer control,
epilepsy, and occupational health have
been removed. In addition to these core
and supplemental modules, a followback survey will be conducted on
previous NHIS respondents to collect
additional health related information
using alternative question wording and
data collection modes as a testbed for
the intended 2018 redesign of the NHIS
questionnaire. In addition, a subsample
of NHIS respondents may be identified
to participate in a pilot test to assess the
feasibility of integrating wearable
devices into the NHIS data collection
process. The aim is to directly track
health measurements, to compare those
measurements to the self-reported
health information provided by
respondents, and to assess the role of
devices in reducing respondent burden.
A new sampling strategy is being
implemented in 2016 and for the
foreseeable future. This new sampling
design is necessitated by the prior 2006–
2015 sample being exhausted, and will
take into account demographic shifts in
the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized
population. It will also be more flexible
allowing for additions and contractions
to reflect funding availability and to
meet estimation goals. As in previous
years, the base sample will remain at
approximately 35,000 completed
household interviews annually. To
balance the precision of national and
state-based estimates, most of the
sample (approximately 25,000
completed interviews) will be allocated
proportionally to the state population to
maximize the precision of national-level
estimates. A smaller portion of the
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completed interviews) will be shifted to
increase sample in the 10 least populous
states, enabling state-level estimates of
key variables to be produced for all 50
states and DC by pooling 3 years of data.
This flexibility embedded in the new
sampling plan reflects. Additional
funding to improve state-level estimates
will increase the sample by almost
10,000 completed interviews in midsize
states bringing the total expected sample
size in 2016 to 45,000 households.
Whereas the sampling frame for the
NHIS has traditionally used field listing
by the Census Bureau, in order to
contain costs, the new frame will use a
commercially available address list that
covers residential addresses within all
50 states and the District of Columbia.
Some field listing will be undertaken to
improve coverage in rural areas, in high
density areas, and of university housing
units. This represents a substantial
reduction in the number of listings
performed annually.
It is anticipated that this new
sampling plan will not affect estimates
generated using NHIS data. To monitor
the new design’s performance, NHIS
analysts will perform monthly checks in
line with the ones currently performed

as part of routine data review. NCHS
receives raw data files monthly from the
Census Bureau for processing and
quality review. Each year, results from
the January sample are compared to the
previous year to determine whether the
results consistent. In addition to
comparing the unweighted and
weighted frequencies, the input and
output specifications are reviewed, and
the flowcharts are compared to the skip
instructions and universes for each
question. If a difference is found, steps
are taken to determine whether the
change is legitimate or whether there is
a factor other than the programming of
the questionnaire such as the location or
context of the question in the
questionnaire. If a difference persists,
the paradata are reviewed to determine
whether there are changes in the mean
or median time spent on that question,
whether interviewers had a high rate of
backing up to return to that question,
and whether other questions in that
battery were similarly affected.
Persistent differences will be examined
to determine whether there is any other
interviewer effect such as results
comparing newly hired and experienced

interviewers and newly added primary
sampling units compared to continuing
primary sampling units. In addition,
national estimates on the key set of
indicators that are released in a
quarterly report as part of the Early
Release program will be monitored by
NHIS analysts.
In accordance with the 1995 initiative
to increase the integration of surveys
within the DHHS, respondents to the
NHIS serve as the sampling frame for
the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
conducted by the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality. The NHIS has
long been used by government,
academic, and private researchers to
evaluate both general health and
specific issues, such as smoking,
diabetes, health care coverage, and
access to health care. It is a leading
source of data for the Congressionallymandated ‘‘Health US’’ and related
publications, as well as the single most
important source of statistics to track
progress toward the National Health
Promotion and Disease Prevention
Objectives, ‘‘Healthy People 2020.’’
There is no cost to the respondents
other than their time.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total
burden
(in hours)

Form name

Adult Family Member ...............
Adult Family Member ...............
Sample Adult ............................
Adult Family Member ...............
Adult Family Member ...............
Adult Family Member ...............
Adult Family Member ...............

Screener Questionnaire ....................................
Family Core ......................................................
Adult Core .........................................................
Child Core .........................................................
Supplements .....................................................
Followback and other Special Projects ............
Reinterview Survey ...........................................

10,000
45,000
36,000
14,000
45,000
15,000
5,000

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

5/60
23/60
15/60
10/60
20/60
20/60
5/60

833
17,250
9,000
2,333
15,000
5,000
417

Total ..................................

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

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

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

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

49,833

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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Number of
respondents

Type of respondent

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: National Youth in Transition
Database and Youth Outcome Survey.
OMB No.: 0970–0340.
Description: The Foster Care
Independence Act of 1999 (42 U.S.C.
1305 et seq.) as amended by Public Law
106–169 requires State child welfare
agencies to collect and report to the
Administration on Children and
Families (ACF) data on the
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independent living services and
information regarding their outcomes.
The regulation implementing the
National Youth in Transition Database,
listed in 45 CFR 1356.80, contains
standard data collection and reporting
requirements for States to meet the law’s
requirements. ACF will use the
information collected under the
regulation to track independent living
services, assess the collective outcomes
of youth, and potentially to evaluate
State performance with regard to those
outcomes consistent with the law’s
mandate.
Respondents: State agencies that
administer the John H. Chafee Foster
Care Independence Program.

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