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hours incurred for annual data
reconciliation and submission, and
separate one-time burden hours

incurred for the addition of new
diseases and data elements. The

estimated annual burden is 18,354
hours.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Form name

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Territories ................................
Territories ................................
Territories ................................
Territories ................................
Territories ................................
Freely Associated States ........
Freely Associated States ........
Freely Associated States ........
Freely Associated States ........
Cities .......................................
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Weekly (Automated) ...............................................................
Weekly (Non- automated) ......................................................
Weekly (NMI Implementation) ................................................
Annual ....................................................................................
One-time Addition of Diseases and Data Elements ..............
Weekly (Automated) ...............................................................
Weekly, Quarterly (Non-automated) ......................................
Weekly (NMI Implementation) ................................................
Annual ....................................................................................
One-time Addition of Diseases and Data Elements ..............
Weekly (Automated) ...............................................................
Weekly, Quarterly (Non-automated) ......................................
Annual ....................................................................................
One-time Addition of Diseases and Data Elements ..............
Weekly (Automated) ...............................................................
Weekly (Non-automated) .......................................................
Weekly (NMI Implementation) ................................................
Annual ....................................................................................
One-time Addition of Diseases and Data Elements ..............

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–20–1175; Docket No. CDC–2020–
0006]

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 effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
a proposed and/or continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This notice invites comment on a
proposed information collection project
titled the Environmental Public Health
Tracking Network, an information
system which collects data from other

SUMMARY:

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Number of
respondents

Type of respondents

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CDC programs such as the National
Center for Health Statistics, other
federal agencies such as the
Environmental Protection Agency,
publicly accessible systems such as the
Census Bureau, and funded and
unfunded state and local health
departments (SLHD).
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before April 10, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2020–
0006 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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, without
change, all relevant comments to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
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 Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS–

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10
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Number of
responses per
respondent
52
52
52
1
1
52
56
52
1
1
52
56
1
1
52
52
52
1
1

Average
burden
per response
(in hours)
20/60
2
4
75
2
20/60
20/60
4
5
2
20/60
20/60
5
2
20/60
2
4
75
2

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 the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments that will help:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and

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4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Environmental Public Health
Tracking Network (OMB Control No.
0920–1175, Exp. 04/30/2020)—
Revision—National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).

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Background and Brief Description
In September 2000, the Pew
Environmental Health Commission
issued a report entitled ‘‘America’s
Environmental Health Gap: Why the
Country Needs a Nationwide Health
Tracking Network.’’ In this report, the
Commission documented that the
existing environmental health systems
were inadequate and fragmented, and
recommended a ‘‘Nationwide Health
Tracking Network for disease and
exposures.’’ In response to the report,
Congress appropriated funds in the
fiscal year 2002’s budget for the CDC to
establish the National Environmental
Public Health Tracking Network
(Tracking Network).
Continuously since 2008, and at the
national level, the program collects data
from (1) other CDC programs such as the
National Center for Health Statistics, (2)
other federal agencies such as the
Environmental Protection Agency, (3)
publicly accessible systems such as the
Census Bureau, and (4) funded and
unfunded state and local health
departments (SLHD). These data are
integrated into and disseminated from
the Tracking Network and used for
analyses which can inform national
programs, interventions, or policies;
guide further development and
activities within the Tracking Program;
or advance the practice and science of
environmental public health tracking.
The Tracking Program also collects
information from funded SLHD to
monitor their progress related to their
funding and for program evaluation.
This information collection request
(ICR) is focused on data and information
gathered by the Tracking Program from
SLHD. The CDC requests a three-year
approval to revise the ‘‘Environmental
Public Health Tracking Network
(Tracking Network)’’ (OMB Control No.
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2020). Specifically, CDC seeks to make
the following changes:
1. For Tracking Data, minor changes
are requested for the following
instruments:
a. (Attachment 4F) Radon testing—
removed 33 elements and added 4
elements.
2. For Program Data, minor changes
are requested for the following
instruments:
a. (Attachment 5A) EPHT Work
Plan—added ten keyword questions.
b. (Attachment 5B) Public Health
Action Report—added 4 questions.
c. (Attachment 5C) Performance
Measurement Strategy Report
(previously Attachment 5D)—removed 2
questions/elements and reduce
reporting to once a year.
d. Attachment 5D—Communication
Plan Template and Guide (previously
Attachment 5C)—streamlined template
for more efficient reporting.
e. Attachment 5E—Partnership Plan
Template and Guide—(previously
Attachment 5C)—partnership plan was
separated from communication plan for
clarity.
f. Attachment 5F—website Analytics
Template (previously Attachment 5E)—
created an excel reporting template with
one cell for each question.
The three-year approval will allow
CDC to continue collecting health,
exposure, and hazard data for
environmental health surveillance as
well as program monitoring information
from funded SLHD through the current
five-year cooperative agreement—
‘‘Enhancing Innovation and Capabilities
of the Environmental Public Health
Tracking Network’’ (CDC–RFA–EH17–
1720).
The Tracking Network provides the
United States with accurate and timely
standardized data from existing health,
exposure, and hazard surveillance
systems and supports ongoing efforts
within the public health and
environmental sectors. The goal of the
Tracking Network is to improve health
tracking, exposure and hazard
monitoring, and response capacity.
When such data are available, the
Tracking Program obtains data from
national or public sources in order to
reduce the burden on SLHD. When data
are not available nationally or publicly,
the Tracking Program relies on funded
SLHD to obtain and submit these data
to the Tracking Network. Data from
unfunded SLHD are accepted but not
requested or solicited.
Data submitted annually by SLHD to
the Tracking Program include: (1) Birth
defects prevalence, (2) childhood lead
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drinking water monitoring, (4)
emergency department visits, (5)
hospitalizations, and (6) radon testing.
The Tracking Program receives
childhood lead blood levels data from
CDC’s Childhood Lead Poisoning
Prevention Program (under the Healthy
Homes and Lead Poisoning Surveillance
System [HHLPSS—OMB Control No.
0920–0931, expiration date 5/31/2018]).
A metadata record, a file describing the
original source and collection
procedures for the data being submitted,
is also submitted with each dataset (1
per dataset for a total of 6 metadata
records per year) using the Tracking
Program’s metadata creation tool.
Standardized extraction, formatting,
and submission processes are developed
in collaboration between CDC and
SLHD for each dataset. Additions or
modifications to these standardized
datasets will also be developed
collaboratively in order to improve the
accuracy, completeness, efficiency, or
utility of data submitted to CDC. Such
changes will occur at most once a year.
Examples of changes to data processes
may include: (1) Addition of new
variables or outcomes, (2) updates to
case definitions, (3) modifications to
temporal or spatial aggregation, and (4)
changes in formatting for submission.
As required, the Tracking Network will
submit future additions and
modifications as nonsubstantive change
requests or revision ICRs.
Over the past three years, these data
have been
• Used to calculate standardized
measures for environmental health
surveillance
• Integrated into the Tracking
Network and disseminated to the public
via the Tracking Network’s National
Public Portal at http://
ephtracking.cdc.gov/showHome.action.
• Queried 577,058 times via the
Tracking Network’s National Public
Portal
• Conduct analyses such as
Æ A review of air and water quality
differences between rural and urban
counties
Æ The development of standardized
sub-county geographies for
disseminating health data.
Æ An analysis of the short-term
associations between air pollution and
respiratory emergency department visits
across all age groups.
The Tracking Program also collects
program monitoring information from
funded SLHD. In addition to standard
reporting required by CDC’s
Procurement and Grants Office, the
Tracking Program also collects
information from funded SLHD for the
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monitoring. This information includes
an Environmental Public Health
Tracking Workplan Template, a
Performance Measure Report, a
Communication Plan, a Partnership
Plan, and a website Analytics Template.
Each of these forms are collected
annually as documents emailed to the
Tracking Program. A public health
action (PHA) report is submitted at least
once and up to four times a year via
email to the Tracking Program as funded
SLHD have PHA to report.
Over the past three years, these data
were used to identify funded SLHD in

some cases, the data at the source are
centralized and easily extracted. In
other cases, like for radon data, the data
are not. In those cases, the number of
hours for extracting and standardizing
the data is much greater. Four
respondents have been added to the 26
SLHDs the program currently funds to
account for the data voluntarily received
from unfunded SLHDs and to allow for
potential program growth over the next
three years.

need of additional technical assistance,
identify common challenges and
successes, improve communication
between funded SLHD and CDC, and to
monitor funded SLHD compliance with
funding requirements.
There are no costs for the respondents
other than their time. The total
estimated time burden is 21,860 hours.
This estimate includes the time it takes
to extract the data from the original data
source(s), standardize and format the
data to match the corresponding
Tracking Network data form, and submit
the data to the Tracking Network. In

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent

Avg. burden
per response
(in hrs.)

Total burden
(in hrs.)

Form name

State and local health departments ..

Birth defects prevalence ..................
Childhood lead blood levels .............
Community drinking water monitoring.
Emergency department visits ...........
Hospitalizations ................................
Radon testing ...................................
Metadata records .............................
EPHT Work Plan ..............................
Public Health Action Report .............
Performance Measure Report ..........
Communications plan .......................
Partnership plan ...............................
Website analytics .............................

22
18
30

1
1
1

80
80
100

1760
1440
3000

30
30
18
30
30
30
30
30
30
30

1
1
1
6
1
4
1
1
1
2

80
80
100
20
40
20
20
20
20
1

2400
2400
1800
3600
1200
2400
600
600
600
60

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

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

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

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

21,860

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

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–20–0260; Docket No. CDC–2020–
0008]

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.
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Number of
respondents

Type of respondent

The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal

SUMMARY:

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agencies the opportunity to comment on
a proposed and/or continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This notice invites comment on a
proposed information collection project
titled Health Hazard Evaluations/
Technical Assistance and Emerging
Problems. This proposed collection, in
accordance with mandates under the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 and the Federal Mine Safety and
Health Act of 1977, allows the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) to respond to requests
for HHEs to identify chemical,
biological or physical hazards in
workplaces throughout the United
States.
CDC must receive written
comments on or before April 10, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2020–
0008 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
DATES:

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Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
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 Jeffrey M. Zirger,
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

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