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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–17–0138; Docket No. CDC–2017–
0026]

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.
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 information
collection request revision to the project
titled ‘‘Pulmonary Function Testing
Course Approval Program.’’ Potential
sponsors (university, hospital, and
private consulting firms) apply to this
program to receive NIOSH-approval to
conduct training courses that teach
technicians to perform spirometry as
specified under the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration’s Cotton
Dust Standard, 29 CFR 1020.1043.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before May 1, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2017–
0026 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To

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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].

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:

AGENCY:

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Pulmonary Function Testing Course
Approval Program, (OMB Control No.
0920–0138, Expiration 04/30/2017)—
Revision—The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
NIOSH has the responsibility under
the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration’s Cotton Dust Standard,
29 CFR 1920.1043, for approving
courses to train technicians to perform
pulmonary function testing in the cotton
industry. Successful completion of a
NIOSH-approved course is mandatory
under this Standard. In addition,
regulations at 42 CFR 37.95(a) specify
that persons administering spirometry
tests for the national Coal Workers’
Health Surveillance Program must
successfully complete a NIOSHapproved spirometry training course
and maintain a valid certificate by
periodically completing NIOSHapproved spirometry refresher training
courses. Also, 29 CFR
1910.1053(i)(2)(iv), 29 CFR
1910.1053(i)(3), 29 CFR
1926.1153(h)(2)(iv) and 29 CFR
1926.1153(h)(3) specify that pulmonary
function tests for initial and periodic
examinations in general industry and
construction performed under the
respirable crystalline silica standard
should be administered by a spirometry
technician with a current certificate
from a NIOSH-approved spirometry
course. NIOSH is requesting a three-year
approval.
To carry out its responsibility, NIOSH
maintains a Pulmonary Function
Testing Course Approval Program. The
program consists of an application
submitted by potential sponsors
(universities, hospitals, and private
consulting firms) who seek NIOSH
approval to conduct courses, and if
approved, notification to NIOSH of any
course or faculty changes during the
approval period, which is limited to five
years. The application form and added
materials, including an agenda,
curriculum vitae, and course materials
are reviewed by NIOSH to determine if
the applicant has developed a program
which adheres to the criteria required in
the Standard. Following approval, any
subsequent changes to the course are
submitted by course sponsors via letter
or email and reviewed by NIOSH staff
to assure that the changes in faculty or
course content continue to meet course
requirements. Course sponsors also
voluntarily submit an annual report to
inform NIOSH of their class activity

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level and any faculty changes. Sponsors
who elect to have their approval
renewed for an additional 5 year period
submit a renewal application and
supporting documentation for review by
NIOSH staff to ensure the course
curriculum meets all current standard
requirements.
Approved courses that elect to offer
NIOSH-Approved Spirometry Refresher
Courses must submit a separate
application and supporting documents
for review by NIOSH staff. Institutions

and organizations throughout the
country voluntarily submit applications
and materials to become course
sponsors and carry out training.
Submissions are required for NIOSH to
evaluate a course and determine
whether it meets the criteria in the
Standard and whether technicians will
be adequately trained as mandated
under the Standard. NIOSH will
disseminate a one-time customer
satisfaction survey to course directors
and sponsor representatives to evaluate

our service to courses, the effectiveness
of the program changes implemented
since 2005, and the usefulness of
potential Program enhancements.
The annualized figures slightly overestimate the actual burden, due to
rounding of the number of respondents
for even allocation over the three-year
clearance period. The estimated annual
burden to respondents is 159 hours.
There will be no cost to respondents.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Total burden
(in hours)

Form name

Potential Sponsors ............................

Initial Application ..............................
Annual Report ..................................
Report for course changes ..............
Renewal Application .........................
Refresher Course Application ..........
One-time Customer Satisfaction ......
Survey ..............................................

3
30
24
13
3
32

1
1
1
1
1
1

8
30/60
30/60
6
8
12/60

24
15
12
78
24
6

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

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

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

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

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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–17–17RT; Docket No. CDC–2017–
0013]

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 a proposed information

SUMMARY:

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Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Number of
responses per
respondent

Number of
respondents

Type of respondents

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collection project titled ‘‘Factors
Influencing the Transmission of
Influenza.’’ This data collection project
will help examine the amount of
influenza virus in airborne particles
produced by subjects with influenza
and it relationship to biomarkers in the
blood.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before May 1, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2017–
0013 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.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.
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.

To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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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

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