Notice2022-21214
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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Published
September 30, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 189 (Friday, September 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59433-59434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21214]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-22-22ES]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
collection request titled ``Assessing Respirator Perceptions,
Experiences, and Maintenance'' to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed
Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations''
notice on May 6, 2022, 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;
(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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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 Management
and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202)
395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice
publication.
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 which operates within the CDC. 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 (RPP), 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
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exposure to contaminants and other hazards; (3) understand
organizations' maintenance of 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 requests OMB
approval for an estimated 643,626 total burden hours with an estimated
annual burden of 214,542 hours. There is no cost to respondents other
than their time to participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per Average hours
respondents respondent per response
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Individuals who wear respirators in Informed consent........ 110,000 1 5/60
any occupational setting or oversee/ Demographics 110,000 1 15/60
advise on respirator use. standardized survey
with decision logic
allowing some questions
to be omitted.
Qualitative fit testing 675 20 15/60
survey measurements.
Perceptions-based survey 105,000 2 15/60
instrument.
Knowledge-based survey 105,000 2 30/60
instrument.
Interview/Focus group... 4,000 2 1
Physiological 1,000 1 9
Monitoring: Heart rate,
blood pressure, blood
oxygen saturation,
breathing rate, etc.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific Integrity,
Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2022-21214 Filed 9-29-22; 8:45 am]
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