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Synopsis: The agreement would
authorize the parties to cooperate
through a combination of vessel sharing
and slot charter arrangements on routes
between ports in Italy, France, Spain
and Malta on the one hand, and the U.S.
East Coast on the other hand.
By Order of the Federal Maritime
Commission.
Dated: February 12, 2016.
Rachel E. Dickon,
Assistant Secretary.

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 this docket,
ATSDR is only accepting comments on
the proposed studies’ data collections
referenced in this notice.
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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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–16–16PJ; Docket No. ATSDR–2016–
0002]

Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:

Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 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 ‘‘Collections Related to
Synthetic Turf Fields with Crumb
Rubber Infill.’’ The purpose of the
proposed studies is to evaluate and
characterize the chemical composition
and use of synthetic turf with crumb
rubber infill and exposure potential to
constituents in crumb rubber infill.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before April 18, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. ATSDR–2016–
0002 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

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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
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

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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
Collections Related to Synthetic Turf
Fields with Crumb Rubber Infill—
New—Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR).
Background and Brief Description
Currently in the United States, there
are more than 12,000 synthetic turf
fields in use. While the Synthetic Turf
Council has set guidelines for the
content of crumb rubber used as infill in
synthetic turf fields, manufacturing
processes result in differences among
types of crumb rubber. Additionally, the
chemical composition may vary highly
between different processes and source
materials and may vary even within
granules from the same origin.
Due to the limited information, the
Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the
United States Environmental Protection
Agency (USEPA) propose to conduct
two studies to investigate the chemical
composition and use of crumb rubber
infill in synthetic turf and the potential
for exposure to environmental
constituents that may result from
contact with crumb rubber infill.
Prior to study initiation, outreach and
engagement efforts may be undertaken
among stakeholders, including but not
limited to industry representatives, state
or local partners, and sports coaches.
These efforts will inform the design and
implementation of the proposed studies
and will involve less than ten
respondents per stakeholder groups.
The outreach and engagement efforts
will allow us to better understand the
manufacturing process for synthetic turf
and crumb rubber infill and allow us to
obtain first-hand perspectives on
activities conducted on synthetic turf
leading to potential exposures.
Additionally, outreach efforts will
involve discussions and coordination
with state partners to identify their
current and future research studies on
synthetic turf.
The first study, titled ‘‘Determination
of Field Operating Procedures, Use
Conditions, and Chemical Composition
of Crumb Rubber Infill in Synthetic Turf

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Fields,’’ will characterize field use
procedures and conditions. The
respondents will include facility
representatives who are knowledgeable
about the standard operating procedures
for synthetic turf fields with crumb
rubber infill. We aim to enroll an
estimate of ten facilities in each of the
four US census regions. The
questionnaire will focus on key
questions to characterize activity use
patterns, field maintenance (e.g.,
redistribution of crumb rubber material),
and other procedures and facility
characteristics potentially affecting
exposure to any chemicals of potential
concern. Also, these facilities may be
asked to supply samples from their
synthetic turf fields with crumb rubber
infill. The samples will be used to
characterize the chemical constituents
of the crumb rubber infill, including
semi-volatile organic compounds
(SVOC), metal content, and
measurements of volatile organic
compounds (VOC) and SVOC emission
levels.
The second study, titled
‘‘Characterization of Exposure Potential
during Activities Conducted on

Synthetic Turf with Crumb Rubber
Infill,’’ will be the first assessment of
activities conducted on synthetic turf
for the purpose of characterizing
potential exposure patterns. The study
will include persons who use synthetic
turf with crumb rubber infill (e.g.,
facility users) and who routinely
perform activities that would result in a
high level of contact to crumb rubber.
This will allow for evaluation of
potential high-end exposures to
constituents in synthetic turf among this
group of users. The respondents will be
administered a detailed questionnaire
on activity patterns on synthetic turf
with crumb rubber infill. This
instrument, along with extant
videography of persons engaged in
activities of interest, will be used to
characterize exposure scenarios,
including the nature and duration of
potential exposures.
Furthermore, if time and resources
allow, we will conduct a full exposure
characterization sub-study among a
subset of the respondents. If possible,
we will use the facilities sampled in the
first study to conduct activities for the
full exposure characterization of facility
Number of
respondents

users. The exposure characterization
sub-study will likely include but is not
limited to field environment and
material sampling, personal air
monitoring, dermal sampling, and urine
collection. It is likely that some of the
collection items will not be analyzed in
the current project time frame but will
be archived for future analysis.
The burden hours for the research
study of crumb rubber infill
composition and field operating
procedures is 76 hours among 40
respondents; the burden hours
requested for the research study of
activity levels in persons playing on
synthetic turf with crumb rubber infill
is 216 hours among 60 respondents. The
total estimated annual time burden
requested for these studies equals 292
hours. There is no cost to the
respondents other than their time in the
study.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
‘‘Determination of Field Operating
Procedures, Use Conditions, and
Chemical Composition of Crumb Rubber
Infill in Synthetic Turf Fields’’
Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(in hrs.)

Total burden
(in hrs.)

Type of respondents

Form name

Facilities ............................................

Facility Eligibility Screening ..............
Synthetic Turf Fields Questionnaire
Field Sampling Collection Form .......

70
40
40

1
1
1

5/60
45/60
1

6
30
40

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

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

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

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

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

76

Number of
respondents

Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(in hrs.)

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‘‘Characterization of Exposure Potential
during Activities Conducted on
Synthetic Turf with Crumb Rubber
Infill’’
Total burden
(in hrs.)

Type of respondents

Form name

Facility Users ....................................

Facility User Eligibility Screening .....
Facility User Questionnaire ..............
Full
Exposure
Characterization
Form.

75
60
45

1
1
1

5/60
30/60
4

6
30
180

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

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

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

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

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216

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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