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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 214 / Thursday, November 5, 2015 / 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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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–16–0850; Docket No. CDC–2015–
0093]

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
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 extension of
the Laboratory Response Network
information collection.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before January 4, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2015–
0093 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.

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SUMMARY:

Please note: All public comment should be
submitted through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.

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Proposed Project

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
data collection as described below.
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.

Background and Brief Description

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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].

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Laboratory Response Network—
Extension—(OMB Control No. 0920–
0850, expires April 30, 2016), National
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic
Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
The Laboratory Response Network
(LRN) was established by the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) in
accordance with Presidential Decision
Directive 39, which outlined national
anti-terrorism policies and assigned
specific missions to Federal
departments and agencies. The LRN’s
mission is to maintain an integrated
national and international network of
laboratories that can respond to
suspected acts of biological, chemical,
or radiological threats and other public
health emergencies.
When Federal, State and local public
health laboratories voluntarily join the
LRN, they assume specific
responsibilities and are required to
provide information to the LRN Program
Office at CDC. Each laboratory must
submit and maintain complete
information regarding the testing
capabilities of the laboratory.
Biennually, laboratories are required to
review, verify and update their testing
capability information. Complete testing
capability information is required in
order for the LRN Program Office to
determine the ability of the Network to
respond to a biological or chemical
threat event. The sensitivity of all
information associated with the LRN
requires the LRN Program Office to
obtain personal information about all
individuals accessing the LRN Web site.
In addition, the LRN Program Office
must be able to contact all laboratory
personnel during an event so each
laboratory staff member that obtains
access to the restricted LRN Web site
must provide his or her contact
information to the LRN Program Office.
As a requirement of membership, LRN
Laboratories must report all biological
and chemical testing results to the LRN
Program at CDC using a CDC developed
software tool called the LRN Results
Messenger. This information is essential
for surveillance of anomalies, to support
response to an event that may involve
multiple agencies and to manage limited
resources. LRN Laboratories must also
participate in and report results for
Proficiency Testing Challenges or
Validation Studies. LRN Laboratories
participate in multiple Proficiency

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Testing Challenges, Exercises and/or
Validation Studies every year consisting
of five to 500 simulated samples
provided by the LRN Program Office. It
is necessary to conduct such challenges
in order to verify the testing capability
of the LRN Laboratories. The rarity of
biological or chemical agents perceived
to be of bioterrorism concern prevents
some LRN Laboratories from
maintaining proficiency as a result of
day-to-day testing. Simulated samples
are therefore distributed to ensure
proficiency across the LRN. The results

obtained from testing these simulated
samples must also be entered into
Results Messenger for evaluation by the
LRN Program Office.
During a surge event resulting from a
bioterrorism or chemical terrorism
attack, LRN Laboratories are also
required to submit all testing results
using LRN Results Messenger. The LRN
Program Office requires these results in
order to track the progression of a
bioterrorism event and respond in the
most efficient and effective way possible
and for data sharing with other Federal
partners involved in the response. The

number of samples tested during a
response to a possible event could range
from 10,000 to more than 500,000
samples depending on the length and
breadth of the event. Since there is
potentially a large range in the number
of samples for a surge event, CDC
estimates the annualized burden for this
event will be 2,250,000 hours or 625
responses per respondent.
There is no cost to the respondents
other than their time. The total
estimated annualized burden is
2,382,300 hours.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
burden per
response
(hours)

Total burden
hours

Forms

Public Health Laboratories ................
Public Health Laboratories ................

150
150

1
25

2
24

300
90,000

150

5

56

42,000

Public Health Laboratories ................

Biennial Requalification ....................
General Surveillance Testing Results.
Proficiency Testing/Validation Testing Results.
Surge Event Testing Results ...........

150

625

24

2,250,000

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

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

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

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

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

2,382,300

Public Health Laboratories ................

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.
[FR Doc. 2015–28154 Filed 11–4–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

[60Day–16–16BX; Docket No. CDC–2015–
0092]

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
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

SUMMARY:

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comment on a proposed information
collection entitled ‘‘Monitoring and
Reporting for the Core State Violence
and Injury Prevention Program
Cooperative Agreement.’’ CDC will use
the information collected to monitor
cooperative agreement awardees and to
identify challenges to program
implementation and achievement of
outcomes.
Written comments must be
received on or before January 4, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2015–
0092 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.
DATES:

Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention

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Average
number of
responses per
respondent

Number of
respondents

Respondents

Please note: All public comment should be
submitted through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.

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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
data collection as described below.
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
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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