Notice2022-27507
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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December 20, 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 information collection project titled Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (Tracking Network). The Tracking Program is the ongoing collection, integration, analysis, and dissemination of health, exposure, and hazard data designed to drive public health actions that protect the population from harm resulting from exposure to environmental contaminants, and integrates these data from various sources including state and local health departments (SLHD) into the Tracking Network.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77840-77842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27507]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-23-1175; Docket No. CDC-2023-0140]
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 Environmental Public Health
Tracking Network (Tracking Network). The Tracking Program is the
ongoing collection, integration, analysis, and dissemination of health,
exposure, and hazard data designed to drive public health actions that
protect the population from harm resulting from exposure to
environmental contaminants, and integrates these data from various
sources including state and local health departments (SLHD) into the
Tracking Network.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before February 21,
2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0140 by any 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: 404-639-7118;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c1aeaca381a2a5a2efa6aeb7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="325d5f50725156511c555d44">[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;
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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; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (Tracking Network)
(OMB Control No. 0920-1175, Exp. 07/31/2023)--Revision--National Center
for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The CDC is submitting a three-year Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
revision information collection request (ICR) for Environmental Public
Health Tracking Network (Tracking Network) (OMB Control No. 0920-1175,
Expiration 07/31/2023). This information collection is sponsored by the
Environmental Public Health Tracking Section (Tracking Section),
Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice (DEHSP), National
Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) at CDC.
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. The Commission documented a
critical gap in knowledge that hinders our national efforts to reduce
or eliminate diseases that might be prevented by better managing
environmental factors due largely to the fact that existing
environmental health systems were inadequate and fragmented. They
described a lack of data for the leading causes of mortality and
morbidity, a lack of data on exposure to hazards, a lack of
environmental data with applicability to public health, and barriers to
integrating and linking existing data. To address this critical gap,
the Commission recommended a ``Nationwide Health Tracking Network'' for
disease and exposures. In response to the report and this critical gap,
Congress appropriated funds in the fiscal year 2002 budget for the CDC
to establish the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
(Tracking Program) and Network and has appropriated funds each year
thereafter to continue this effort.
The Tracking Program includes State and Local Health Departments
(SLHD) which collaborate to: (1) build and maintain the Tracking
Network; (2) advance the practice and science of environmental public
health tracking; (3) communicate information to guide environmental
health policies and actions; (4) enhance tracking workforce and
infrastructure; and (5) foster collaborations between health and
environmental programs. In spring of 2022, under Notice of Funding
Opportunity CDC-RFA-EH22-2202, the CDC's Tracking Program funded 33
state and local public health programs (funded SLHDs). These recipients
were selected through a competitive objective review process and are
managed as CDC cooperative agreements. Awards are for five years and
are renewed through an Annual Performance Report (APR)/Continuation
Application. The Tracking Program collects data from recipients about
their activities and progress for the purposes of program evaluation
and monitoring (hereafter referenced as program data).
Environmental public health tracking is the ongoing collection,
integration, analysis, and dissemination of health, exposure, and
hazard data (hereinafter referenced as Tracking Network data) to inform
public health actions that protect the population from harm resulting
from exposure to environmental contaminants. The Tracking Network
provides data from existing health, exposure, and hazard surveillance
systems and supports ongoing efforts within the public health and
environmental sectors to improve data collection, accessibility, and
dissemination as well as analytic and response capacity. Data that were
previously collected for different purposes and stored in separate
state and local systems are now available in a nationally standardized
format allowing programs to begin bridging the gap between health and
the environment.
CDC is requesting approval for an increase of seven additional
annual respondents from the 30 approved under the previous ICR and
five-year NOFO (CDC-RFA-EH17-1702). In spring of 2022, under the new
five-year NOFO (CDC-RFA-EH22-2202), the CDC's Tracking Program funded
33 state and local public health programs (funded SLHD). CDC is now
requesting approval for up to 37 annual respondents. This number
reflects the current 33 SLHD respondents plus four to allow for future
funding of new SLHD or to collect voluntary responses from unfunded
SLHD.
Data from recipients or other SLHD are submitted annually following
standardized procedures. Tracking network data submitted annually by
recipients and other SLHD to the Tracking Program include seven
datasets and the metadata form, specifically: (1) birth defects
prevalence; (2) childhood blood lead levels; (3) drinking water
monitoring; (4) emergency department visits; (5) hospitalizations; (6)
radon testing; (7) biomonitoring; and (8) metadata. The Tracking
Program will begin using Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) for
its Electronic Data Capture System (EDCS) needs, which is an easy-to-
use, free software tool useful for programmatic deliverable management
and data capture. Using an EDCS significantly reduces the burden by
optimizing the data capture method to eliminate the need for personnel
to complete manual data cleaning and organization before using data for
analysis and evaluation upon submission.
CDC is requesting OMB approval for a decrease in the annualized
number of responses from 628 to 599 and the annualized time burden from
21,860 to 14,041 hours. There are no costs to respondents other than
their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hrs.) (in hrs.)
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State and local health department.............. Birth Defects Prevalence Form.......... 30 1 40 1,200
Childhood Blood Lead Levels Form....... 37 1 40 1,480
Drinking Water Monitoring Form......... 37 1 50 1,850
Emergency Department Visits Form....... 37 1 40 1,480
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Hospitalizations Form.................. 37 1 40 1,480
Radon Testing Form..................... 25 1 50 1,250
Biomonitoring Form..................... 25 1 40 1,000
Metadata Records....................... 37 2 20 1,480
Environmental Public Health Tracking 33 1 21 693
Work Plan--REDCap.
Program Accomplishments and Public 33 2 20 1,320
Health Actions Report--REDCap.
Performance Measures Report--REDCap.... 33 1 20 660
PHA Impact Follow-up--REDCap........... 33 2 15/60 16
Communications Plan Template........... 33 1 2 66
Web Stats Template..................... 33 2 1 66
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Total...................................... ....................................... .............. .............. .............. 14,041
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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. 2022-27507 Filed 12-19-22; 8:45 am]
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