Notice2021-14753
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
July 12, 2021
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
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 Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) Dose Reconstruction Interviews and Forms. This data collection permits claimants under EEOICPA to provide information potentially useful in reconstructing radiation doses, and to confirm that they have no further information to submit.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 130 (Monday, July 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36552-36554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14753]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-21-0530; Docket No. CDC-2021-0064]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: 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 Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) Dose Reconstruction
Interviews and Forms. This data collection permits claimants under
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EEOICPA to provide information potentially useful in reconstructing
radiation doses, and to confirm that they have no further information
to submit.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before September 10,
2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0064 by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> 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 <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>.
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:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c8a7a5aa88abacabe6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bdd2d0dffdded9de93dad2cb">[email protected]</span></a>.
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;
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; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act
(EEOICPA) Dose Reconstruction Interviews and Forms (OMB Control No.
0920-0530, Exp. 1/31/2022)--Revision--National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
On October 30, 2000, the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384-7385) was enacted.
This Act established a federal compensation program for employees of
the Department of Energy (DOE) and certain of its contractors,
subcontractors and vendors, who have suffered cancers and other
designated illnesses as a result of exposures sustained in the
production and testing of nuclear weapons.
Executive Order 13179, issued on December 7, 2000, delegated
authorities assigned to ``the President'' under the Act to the
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Energy and Justice.
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was delegated the
responsibility of establishing methods for estimating radiation doses
received by eligible claimants with cancer applying for compensation.
NIOSH is applying the following methods to estimate the radiation doses
of individuals applying for compensation.
In performance of its dose reconstruction responsibilities, under
the Act, NIOSH is providing voluntary interview opportunities to
claimants (or their survivors) individually, and providing them with
the opportunity to assist NIOSH in documenting the work history of the
employee by characterizing the actual work tasks performed. In
addition, NIOSH and the claimant may identify incidents that may have
resulted in undocumented radiation exposures, characterize radiological
protection and monitoring practices, and identify co-workers and other
witnesses, as may be necessary, to confirm undocumented information. In
this process, NIOSH uses a computer assisted telephone interview (CATI)
system, which allows interviews to be conducted more efficiently and
quickly as opposed to a paper-based interview instrument. Both
interviews are voluntary, and failure to participate in either or both
interviews will not have a negative effect on the claim, although
voluntary participation may assist the claimant by adding important
information that may not be otherwise available.
NIOSH uses the data collected in this process to complete an
individual dose reconstruction that accounts, as fully as possible, for
the radiation dose incurred by the employee in the line of duty for DOE
nuclear weapons production programs. After dose reconstruction, NIOSH
also performs a brief, voluntary final interview with the claimant to
explain the results and to allow the claimant to confirm or question
the records NIOSH has compiled. This will also be the final opportunity
for the claimant to supplement the dose reconstruction record.
At the conclusion of the dose reconstruction process, the claimant
submits a form to confirm that the claimant has no further information
to provide to NIOSH about the claim at this time. The form notifies the
claimant that signing the form allows NIOSH to forward a dose
reconstruction report to DOL and to the claimant, and closes the record
on data used for the dose reconstruction. Signing this form does not
indicate that the claimant agrees with the outcome of the dose
reconstruction. The dose reconstruction results will be supplied to the
claimant and to the DOL, the agency that will utilize them as one part
of its determination of whether the claimant is eligible for
compensation under the Act.
CDC requests approval for an estimated 3,900 burden hours annually.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Claimant....................................... Initial Interview...................... 3,600 1 1 3,600
Claimant....................................... Conclusion Form OCAS-1................. 3,600 1 5/60 300
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Total...................................... ....................................... .............. .............. .............. 3,900
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2021-14753 Filed 7-9-21; 8:45 am]
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