Notice2022-09785
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
May 6, 2022
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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 generic information collection project titled Assessing Respirator Perceptions, Experiences, and Maintenance. NIOSH proposes using surveys, interviews, focus groups, and physiological monitoring to assess current perceptions in respirator use as well as gaps in respirator use, maintenance, and programs.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27152-27154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09785]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-22-22ES; Docket No. CDC-2022-0058]
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
generic information collection project titled Assessing Respirator
Perceptions, Experiences, and Maintenance. NIOSH proposes using
surveys, interviews, focus groups, and physiological monitoring to
assess current perceptions in respirator use as well as gaps in
respirator use, maintenance, and programs.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before July 5, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0058 by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.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 H21-8, 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://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>) 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 H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 404-639-7570;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4f20222d0f2c2b2c61282039"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e01030c2e0d0a0d40090118">[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
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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
Assessing Respirator Perceptions, Experiences, and Maintenance--
New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), is requesting
approval of a new Generic information collection for a period of three
years under the project titled ``Assessing Respirator Perceptions,
Experiences, and Maintenance.''
The National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) is a
division of NIOSH. NPPTL was established in 2001, at the request of
Congress, with the mission of preventing disease, injury, and death for
the millions of working men and women relying on personal protective
technology (PPT). As the nation's respirator approver for all
workplaces (42 CFR part 84), the development of NPPTL filled a need for
improved personal protective equipment (PPE) and focused research into
PPT. To this end, NPPTL conducts respiratory protection research to
examine exposures to inhalation hazards, dermal hazards, and any other
hazardous environmental threats within an occupational setting.
Federal regulations exist regarding the use of respirators in the
workplace. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
requires employers whose hazard management includes the use of
respirators to have a respiratory protection program, which has
specified components. Thus, the information collected from human
subjects about their use of respirators is generally consistent across
NPPTL studies with only the use conditions changing (e.g., respirator
type or management implementation practices related to cleaning/
decontamination, fit testing, and training). NPPTL requests a generic
information collection package for information collected from
individual workers and managers related to the perceptions,
maintenance, and evaluation of respirator use on the job.
Different types of data collection including surveys, focus groups,
interviews, and physiological monitoring will be used to: (1) Assess
workers' health and safety knowledge, attitudes, skills, and other
personal attributes as they relate to their respiratory protection use
and maintenance, (2) identify and overcome barriers that workers face
while using respiratory protection to prevent exposure to contaminants
and other hazards, (3) understand organizations' maintenance of
respiratory protection programs (RPP), directives, and guidelines that
support worker best practices, and (4) determine appropriate training,
interventions, and programs that support activities around respirator
use and maintenance. Data collection may focus on respirator types
ubiquitous to the industry being studied, new to the industry being
studied, or novel to any industry. These data collection efforts may
occur either electronically or in the field.
Respondents are expected to include a variety of employees from
occupations such as public safety and emergency response, healthcare,
and social assistance occupations who wear or manage respirator use on
the job. Expected respondent job roles include industrial hygienists,
occupational health professionals, infection control professionals,
physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, infection preventionists, fire
department chiefs, battalion chiefs, sheriffs, shift supervisors,
firefighters, police officers, and paramedics.
CDC request OMB approval for an estimated 13,071 burden hours.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time to participate.
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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Industry employees who wear Informed consent 10,150 1 5/60 846
respirators or oversee
respirator use.
Industry employees who wear Perceptions- 3,450 2 15/60 1,725
respirators or oversee based survey
respirator use. instrument.
Industry employees who wear Knowledge-based 2,000 1 30/60 1,000
respirators or oversee survey
respirator use. instrument.
Industry employees who wear Interview/Focus 250 2 1 500
respirators or oversee group.
respirator use.
Industry employees who wear a Physiological 1,000 1 9 9,000
respirator as a part of their Monitoring:
job. Heart rate,
blood pressure,
blood oxygen
saturation,
breathing rate.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 13,071
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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. 2022-09785 Filed 5-5-22; 8:45 am]
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