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Restoration Component, along with
other activities the Council identified as
priorities for potential future funding.
Activities approved for funding in the
FPL are included in ‘‘Category 1;’’ the
priorities for potential future funding
are in ‘‘Category 2.’’ In the FPL the
Council approved approximately $156.6
million in Category 1 restoration and
planning activities, and prioritized
twelve Category 2 activities for possible
funding in the future, subject to
environmental compliance and further
Council and public review. The Council
included planning activities for
Robinson Preserve in Category 1 and
implementation activities for Robinson
Preserve in Category 2.
The Council reserved approximately
$26.6 million for implementing priority
activities in the future. These reserved
funds may be used to support some, all
or none of the activities included in
Category 2 of the FPL and/or to support
other activities not currently under
consideration by the Council. As
appropriate, the Council intends to
review each activity in Category 2 in
order to determine whether to: (1) Move
the activity to Category 1 and approve
it for funding, (2) remove it from
Category 2 and any further
consideration, or (3) continue to include
it in Category 2. A Council decision to
amend the FPL to move an activity from
Category 2 into Category 1 must be
approved by a Council vote after
consideration of public and Tribal
comments.
II. Environmental Compliance
Prior to approving an activity for
funding in FPL Category 1, the Council
must comply with NEPA and other
applicable Federal environmental laws.
At the time of approval of the FPL, the
Council had not addressed NEPA and
other laws applicable to implementation
of Robinson Preserve. The Council did,
however, recognize the potential
ecological value of Robinson Preserve,
based on the review conducted during
the FPL process. For this reason, the
Council approved $470,910 in planning
funds for Robinson Preserve, a portion
of which would be used to complete any
needed environmental compliance
activities. As noted above, the Council
placed the implementation portion of
Robinson Preserve into FPL Category 2,
pending the outcome of this
environmental compliance work and
further Council review. The estimated
cost of implementation of Robinson
Preserve was $1,319,636.
To comply with NEPA for Robinson
Preserve, the Council is proposing to
adopt the 2015 PEIS developed by
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addresses a range of restoration types
including those in the Robinson
Preserve implementation funding
proposal. NOAA has determined that
the specific implementation activities
for which funding is being sought are
fully covered by this PEIS, and therefore
no further NEPA review would be
needed.
On May 22, 2017, the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers issued a Clean Water
Act (CWA) Section 404 permit for the
Robinson Preserve project. NOAA has
confirmed that this permit addresses its
Magnuson-Stevens Act
recommendations pertaining to
Essential Fish Habitat. The permit also
contains conditions pertaining to
compliance with the Endangered
Species Act and the National Historic
Preservation Act. In addition, the
Florida State Historic Preservation
Officer and U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service have reviewed the overall
Robinson Preserve project. These
reviews were conducted as part of their
respective reviews of a smaller
Robinson Preserve restoration project
which is sponsored by the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
and is being funded separately under
the Council-Selected Restoration
Component.
The Council has reviewed the
aforementioned environmental
compliance documentation. Based on
this review, the Council is proposing to
adopt the PEIS to support the approval
of implementation funds for Robinson
Preserve, provided that the project is
implemented in accordance with the
terms and conditions of the CWA
Section 404 permit. This permit and the
associated documentation can be found
here: https://www.restorethegulf.gov/
funded-priorities-list. (See: Robinson
Preserve Wetlands Restoration—
Implementation.)
Robinson Preserve Project
If approved by the Council, the funds
to implement Robinson Preserve would
be used to create habitat and natural
flow regimes through hydrologic
connections, as well as complete exotic
and invasive vegetation removal, native
planting, monitoring, community
outreach, restoration practitioner
education, and an inventory of potential
Tampa Bay watershed hydrologic
restoration projects.
The Initial FPL describes Robinson
Preserve as a project to restore 140-acres
of upland and wetland habitat (85 acres
of upland habitat and 55 acres of created
wetland and sub-tidal habitats). The
actual acreage to be restored under this
proposed FPL amendment would be
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habitat and 60.6 acres of wetland, open
water sub-tidal, and open freshwater
habitats). This acreage adjustment is the
result of refinements in project design
(in response to public input) and
subtraction of acreage being restored
through the complementary EPA
restoration effort referenced above. The
project design was reduced by 7 acres to
balance public access interests, input
from nearby residents and habitat
suitability. The remainder of the acreage
adjustment for this Robinson Preserve
funding request is 14.8 acres, which is
the amount of adjoining acreage that
will be restored by the EPA.
While the acreage footprint of
NOAA’s Robinson Preserve project has
decreased, the complexity and per unit
cost of the project have increased. To
maintain the long-term viability of the
restoration design and protect existing
habitats, the scope of the hydrologic
restoration expanded to include more
complex connections. The expanded
scope also provides added benefits
outside of the restoration footprint by
integrating and hydrologically
interconnecting the entire 632-acre
preserve. NOAA has indicated that
these changes, make up more than one
third of the restoration implementation
budget, increasing the wetland and subtidal creation cost per acre for the
project. The total of $1,790,546 will be
needed to implement this project.
Additional information on Robinson
Preserve, including metrics of success,
response to science reviews and more is
available in an activity-specific
appendix to the FPL, which can be
found at https://www.restorethegulf.gov.
Please see the table on page 25 of the
FPL and click on: Robinson Preserve
Wetlands Restoration (Implementation).
Will D. Spoon,
Program Analyst, Gulf Coast Ecosystem
Restoration Council.
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for Public Comment and
Recommendations
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Notice with comment period.

The 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 the proposed
request to extend the information collect
project titled ‘‘Assessment of Chemical
Exposures (ACE) Investigations.’’ The
purpose of ACE Investigations is to
focus on performing rapid
epidemiological assessments to assist
state, regional, local, or tribal health
departments (the requesting agencies) to
respond to or prepare for acute chemical
releases.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before October 30, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. ATSDR–2017–
0004 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. CDC will post all
relevant comments, without change, to
Regulations.gov, to include 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.
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 Leroy A.
Richardson, 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
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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.
Proposed Project
Assessment of Chemical Exposures
(ACE) Investigations (OMB Control
Number 0923–0051; expiration 3/31/
2018)—Revision—Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR).
Background and Brief Description
The Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR) is requesting
to revise ‘‘Assessment of Chemical
Exposures (ACE) Investigations’’
information collection project and seek
a three-year OMB approval to assist
state and local health departments after
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incidents. The OMB Control number for
this information collection expires 3/31/
2018. We are renaming the form
previously titled the Rapid Response
Registry Form as the ACE Short Form.
This revision better describes that we
use the ACE Short Form in time-limited
investigations where longer surveys are
not possible. We do not use the form to
establish registries. In addition, we are
removing two insurance questions from
the ACE Short Form, as we do not ask
in the longer surveys and have never
been asked as part of an ACE
Investigation. There are no changes to
the requested burden hours.
ATSDR has successfully completed
three investigations to date. With the
uses of this valuable mechanism,
ATSDR would like to continue this
impactful information collection. See
below a brief summary of information
collections approved under this tool:
• During 2015, in U.S. Virgin Islands
there was a methyl bromide exposure at
a condominium resort. Under this ACE
investigation, awareness among pest
control companies that methyl bromide
currently prohibited in the homes and
other residential settings. Additionally,
awareness for clinicians about the
toxicologic syndrome caused by
exposure to methyl bromide and the
importance of notifying first responders
immediately when they have
encountered contaminated patients.
• During 2016, ACE team conducted
a rash investigation in Flint, Michigan.
Persons exposed to Flint municipal
water and had current or worsening
rashes surveyed and referred too free
dermatologist screening if desired.
Findings revealed that when the city
was using water from the Flint River,
there were large swings in chorine, pH,
and hardness, which could be one
possible explanation for the eczemarelated rashes.
• During 2016, ACE team also
conducted a follow-up investigation for
people whom been exposed to the Flint
municipal water and sought care from
the free dermatologists. Data analysis for
this project is in process and results are
pending. However, the follow-up
interviews resulted in improving the
exam and referral processes that were
still on going at the time.
The ACE investigations focus on
performing rapid epidemiological
assessments to assist state, regional,
local, or tribal health departments (the
requesting agencies) to respond to or
prepare for acute chemical releases.
The main objectives for performing
these rapid assessments are to:
1. Characterize exposure and acute
health effects of respondents exposed to
toxic substances from discrete, chemical

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releases and determine their health
statuses;
2. Identify needs (i.e., medical and
basic) of those exposed during the
releases to aid in planning interventions
in the community;
3. Assess the impact of the incidents
on health services use and share lessons
learned for use in hospital, local, and
state planning for chemical incidents;
and
4. Identify cohorts may be followed
and assessed for persistent health effects
resulting from acute releases.
Because each chemical incident is
different, it is not possible to predict in
advance exactly what type of and how
many respondents will be consented
and interviewed too effectively evaluate
the incident. Respondents typically
include, but are not limited to
emergency responders such as police,
fire, hazardous material technicians,
emergency medical services, and
personnel at hospitals where patients
from the incident were treated.

Incidents may occur at businesses or in
the community setting; therefore,
respondents may also include business
owners, managers, workers, customers,
community residents, pet owners, and
those passing through the affected area.
The multidisciplinary ACE team
consisting of staff from ATSDR, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), and the requesting
agencies that will be collecting data.
ATSDR has developed a quickly tailored
series of draft survey forms used in the
field to collect data that will meet the
goals of the investigation. ATSDR
collections will be administered based
on time permitted and urgency. For
example, it is preferable to administer
the general survey to as many
respondents as possible. However, if
there are time constraints, the shorter
household survey or the ACE Short
Form may be administered instead. The
individual surveys collect information
about exposure, acute health effects,
health services use, medical history,

needs resulting from the incident,
communication during the release,
health impact on children and pets, and
demographic data. Hospital personnel
are asked about the surge, response and
communication, decontamination, and
lessons learned.
Depending on the situation, data
collected by face-to-face interviews,
telephone interviews, written surveys,
mailed surveys, or on-line surveys can
be consider collected. Medical and
veterinary charts may also be consider
for review. In rare situations, an
investigation might involve collection of
clinical specimens.
ATSDR anticipates up to four ACE
investigations per year. The number of
participants has ranged from 30–715,
averaging about 300 per year. Therefore,
the total annualized estimated burden
will be 591 hours per year. Participation
in ACE investigations is voluntary and
there are no anticipated costs to
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

Residents, first responders, business
owners, employees, customers.
Residents ..........................................
Hospital staff .....................................
Staff from state, local, or tribal health
agencies.

General Survey ................................
ACE Short Form ...............................
Household Survey ............................
Hospital Survey ................................
Medical Chart Abstraction Form ......

800
50
120
40
250

1
1
1
1
1

30/60
7/60
15/60
30/60
30/60

400
6
30
20
125

Veterinary Chart Abstraction Form ..

30

1

20/60

10

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

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

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

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

591

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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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 project titled
‘‘ZEN Colombia Study: Zika in Pregnant
Women and Children in Colombia.’’

SUMMARY:

Written comments must be
received on or before October 30, 2017.
You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2017–
0073 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.

ADDRESSES:

Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).

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• 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.
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 Leroy A.
Richardson, Information Collection

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