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Cincinnati, OH 45226. Phone (513) 533–
8166 (not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 8,
2018, NIOSH published a request for
public review in the Federal Register
[Federal Register Number 2018–12364]
[83 FR 26685] on the draft versions of
the documents IDLH Value Profile for
Bromine Trifluoride, IDLH Value Profile
for Chlorine Trifluoride, IDLH Value
Profile for Ethylene Dibromide.
All comments received were carefully
reviewed and addressed, where
appropriate. In response to comments
received, revisions were made to clarify
the data used by NIOSH in its support
of the development of the IDLH values
for these chemicals. NIOSH Responses
to Peer Review and Public Comments
can be found in the Supporting
Documents section on
www.regulations.gov for this docket.
John J. Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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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 ‘‘Pilot Implementation of the
Violence Against Children and Youth
Survey (VACS) in the United States.’’
This study is designed to conduct a
pilot implementation of the Violence
Against Children and Youth Survey
(VACS) in the United States, which CDC
has conducted in 24 countries globally.

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CDC must receive written
comments on or before September 28,
2020.

DATES:

You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2020–
0084 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.

ADDRESSES:

Please note: Submit all comments 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
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
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;
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3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including using
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
Pilot Implementation of the Violence
Against Children and Youth Survey
(VACS) in the United States—New—
National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control (NCIPC), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Violence against children is a global
human rights violation that spans every
country worldwide and affects a billion
children each year. In the U.S., many
youths are the victims of multiple forms
of violence and abuse. An estimated 10
million children in the U.S. have
experienced child abuse and neglect.
Each day, about a dozen youth are
victims of homicide and more than 100
times that number (∼1,400) are treated
annually in emergency rooms for
physical assault injuries. Youth are also
involved in high levels of peer violence,
which is one of the leading causes of
death for people ages 10–24. A body of
research has shown that the impact of
violence against children goes far
beyond the initial incident, and that
those who have experienced emotional,
physical, and sexual violence can
experience severe short to long-term
health and social consequences. Given
the serious and lasting impact on
children, it is critical to understand the
magnitude and nature of violence
against children in order to develop
effective prevention and response
strategies. Currently, data to guide state
and local violence prevention and
response efforts in the U.S. are quite
limited. While some studies have
provided information on the risks and
impact on violence against children,
they are mostly limited in scale and
cannot be generalized to the scope of
violence against youth across the U.S. or
for specific regions.
VACS is a methodology which CDC
has conducted in 24 countries globally
to measure the magnitude of physical,
sexual, and emotional violence against
children as well as associated risk and
protective factors. VACS have
contributed to research throughout the
world, demonstrating the high
prevalence of violence against children

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in a variety of countries and cultures,
and have proven to be critical tools that
can fill data gaps in ways that are vital
to informing strategic planning and
evidence-based public health efforts in
many countries. However, VACS have
not been implemented in the U.S., and
the existing representative datasets of
violence against youth in the U.S. have
significant limitations that prevent the
data from being actionable for
prevention planning by public health
departments at the local level. VACS in
the U.S. will help fill this gap with
rigorous probability-based estimates of
the problem of youth violence combined
with an internationally tested approach
to embed the VACS survey into the local
strategic planning process of local
public health partners.

analyzed using statistical software to
account for the complexity of the survey
design to compute weighted counts,
percentages, and confidence intervals
using probability-based survey data at
the local level. The findings from this
pilot study will be used primarily to
better understand the feasibility and
effectiveness of implementing VACS in
the U.S., which will ultimately
determine the magnitude of violence
against children and underlying risk
and protective factors in order to make
recommendations to national and
international agencies and nongovernmental organizations on
developing strategies to identify, treat
and prevent violence against children.
The total estimated annualized
burden hours are 800. There are no costs
to respondents other than their time.

The present project will implement a
pilot testing for the adapted VACS
survey and methodology in two
contexts: (1) A representative sample of
13–24 year old youth in Baltimore and
(2) a convenience sample of 13–24 year
old youth in rural Garrett County,
Maryland to test the VACS in-person
methodology in a rural location. The
proposed study will pilot test the
adaptation of the VACS for use in a
domestic context, using a representative
sample of youth in urban Baltimore and
a convenience sample of youth in rural
Garrett County, Maryland. Data will be
collected through in-person probabilitybased household surveys, which will be
conducted using a combination of
interviewer-administration and Audio
Computer-Assisted Self-Interview
Software on tablets. Data will be

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
(in hours)

Data collection

Head of Household ...........................

Invitation letter ..................................
Screener Questionnaire ...................
Head of Household Consent Form ..
Head of Household Questionnaire ...
Youth participant consent/assent .....

2983
2721
634
608
608

1
1
1
1
1

2/60
3/60
2/60
15/60
3/60

100
135
22
152
31

Core Youth Participant Questionnaire for male.
Core Youth Participant Questionnaire for female.

180

1

1

180

180

1

1

180

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

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

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

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

800

Youth ages 13–24 in Baltimore or
Garrett County, Maryland.

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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Number of
respondents

Type of respondents

In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
has submitted the information
collection request titled, National PostAcute and Long-Term Care Study
(NPALS) to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. CDC previously published a
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for Public Comment and
Recommendations’’ notice on October
25, 2019 to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. CDC did
not receive comments related to the
previous notice. This notice serves to
allow an additional 30 days for public
and affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this
proposed information collection project.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
that:
(a) 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;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agencies estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;

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(d) 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 submission of
responses; and
(e) Assess information collection
costs.
To request additional information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the information collection plan and
instruments, call (404) 639–7570.
Comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Direct written
comments and/or suggestions regarding
the items contained in this notice to the
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of

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