Notice2023-00808
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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January 18, 2023
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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 efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a new proposed information collection project titled Pre-Shift Lighting Interventions to Improve Miner Safety and Well-Being. The purpose of this information collection is to examine the effect of human centric lighting (HCL) interventions on circadian disruption (CD) and well-being in underground mineworkers.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2921-2923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00808]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-23-23BX; Docket No. CDC-2022-0144]
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 efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a proposed
information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. This notice invites comment on a new proposed information
collection project titled Pre-Shift Lighting Interventions to Improve
Miner Safety and Well-Being. The purpose of this information collection
is to examine the effect of human centric lighting (HCL) interventions
on circadian disruption (CD) and well-being in underground mineworkers.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0144 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#127d7f70527176713c757d64"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e18e8c83a1828582cf868e97">[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;
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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
Pre-shift Lighting Interventions to Improve Miner Safety and Well-
being--New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
seeks a two-year approval from the Office of Management and Budget
(OBM) to collect information needed to develop strategies and guidance
to improve the safety, health, and well-being of underground shift
workers in the U.S. mining industry. Light has both visual and non-
visual impacts on the human body, enabling us to visually perceive the
world and non-visually experience circadian entrainment and acute
effects that include alertness, concentration, and performance on
cognitive tasks. Hence, light drives our fundamental physiological
functioning.
It is not surprising that underground miners have significant
reductions in exposure to daylight--especially those miners working
shifts. This lack of exposure to daylight can lead to fatigue and
circadian disruption (CD) that can result in sleep loss and reduced
alertness. These factors can increase risk of accidents and lead to
health problems that include obesity, diabetes, and cancer.
This study will evaluate the impacts of blue and red-light
treatment at the beginning of the work shift on reaction time task
performance, sleepiness and alertness, subjective well-being, sleep
efficiency and circadian rhythms in underground mine workers.
A 2 x 2 randomized crossover, mixed design will be used to test the
efficacy and acceptability a human centric lighting (HCL) intervention
using light-emitting eyewear delivered to shift workers at multiple
mines within a two-year study period. A cross-over design has a
significant advantage because the subjects serve as their own control,
which serves to minimize variations caused by circadian phase
differences, sleep patterns, etc. of the individual participants. The
other advantages include greater sample size efficiency with
randomization of treatment order and all subjects receive all the
treatments. Participants will be underground miners who regularly work
the 1st, 2nd or 3rd shifts.
NIOSH researchers will obtain informed consent from volunteer
mineworkers to conduct an intervention study and administer both
electronic and paper and pencil surveys. Before beginning the study,
the respondents will provide their informed consent to participate, be
given an overview of the demographic information that will be collected
and will be instructed how to properly wear the lighted eyewear, how to
use the actigraphy device, and how to use a wearable temperature sensor
device. During the course of the study, participants will be asked to
complete eight short surveys: (1) demographic information; (2) the
Checklist of Individual Strengths; (3) the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale
(KSS); (4) PROMIS Sleep Related Impairment Questionnaire (PSRIQ); (5)
PROMIS Sleep Disturbance Questionnaire (PSDQ); (6) Shiftwork Disorder
Screening Questionnaire; (7F) the Lighted Eyeglasses Intervention
Acceptability survey; and (8) Morning-Eveningness Questionnaire. They
will also be asked to take the NASA Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT),
log caffeine intake and sleep, wear an actigraphy wristband, and on
certain occasions wear a temperature sensing device.
Intervention lighting doses will be administered via commercially
available lightweight, light-emitting glasses during the nonworking
periods or pre-shift. Each participant will experience two lighting
interventions: Treatment A is dim red light (10 lx, 3000 K, the placebo
control), and Treatment B is blue-enriched, polychromatic lighting (the
treatment intervention). For each study group, half of the subjects
will first experience the blue-light exposure, and half will first
experience the red-light exposure during a three-week experimental
phase. After a two-week washout period designed to minimize carryover
or residual learning effects from the prior treatments, subjects will
experience the lighting treatment condition they did not yet experience
for another three-week period. While wearing lighted eyewear the
participants will evaluate comfort, glare and acceptability of the
eyewear, while the KSS, the PSRIQ, PSDQ, and the NASA PVT will be re-
administered at various intervals throughout the course of the study.
The total number of responses for each data collection instrument are
indicated in the estimated annualized burden hours table below.
Survey data will be collected during pre-shift periods and at home
on working days and at home on non-working days. Time for data
collection at the beginning of the shift will be no more than 25
minutes. NIOSH researchers will collect data at participating sites in
above ground facilities on working days. Participants will also
complete brief caffeine and sleep logs and wear an actigraphy wristband
that records activity and sleep patterns and light/dark exposure while
at home. At various intervals of the study, participants will wear a
temperature sensor device to derive core body temperature. It is
estimated that at-home data collection time will be no more than eight
minutes per instance per participant.
This data collection will occur within a two-year period beginning
after OMB approval and is designed to gather information not previously
available. Potential impacts of this project include improvement of the
health, safety, and well-being of underground mineworkers by reducing
fatigue and CD through new recommendations and HCL-interventions. This
project will also answer several research questions that will help
establish the efficacy of the new HCL interventions so that they could
be commercialized by mine lighting companies and used by underground
mining companies.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 1,007 annualized burden
hours. There are no costs to respondents other than their time to
participate.
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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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Underground Mineworkers....... Informed consent 90 1 30/60 45
Underground Mineworkers....... Participant 90 1 30/60 45
Training.
Underground Mineworkers....... Demographics.... 90 1 1/60 2
Underground Mineworkers....... Checklist of 90 1 2/60 3
Individual
Strengths.
Underground Mineworkers....... Karolinska 90 36 1/60 54
Sleepiness
Scale.
Underground Mineworkers....... Lighted Eyewear. 90 2 2/60 6
Underground Mineworkers....... Lighted 90 2 1/60 3
Eyeglasses
Intervention
Acceptability
Survey.
Underground Mineworkers....... PROMIS Sleep 90 4 10/60 60
Related
Impairment
Questionnaire.
Underground Mineworkers....... PROMIS Sleep 90 4 5/60 30
Disturbance
Questionnaire.
Underground Mineworkers....... Psychomotor 90 36 6/60 324
Vigilance Test.
Underground Mineworkers....... Shiftwork 90 1 8/60 12
Disorder
Screening.
Underground Mineworkers....... Actigraphy Don 90 49 3/60 221
and Remove.
Underground Mineworkers....... Caffeine log.... 90 49 1/60 74
Underground Mineworkers....... Temperature 90 12 3/60 54
Sensor Device
(on and remove).
Underground Mineworkers....... Sleep Log....... 90 49 1/60 74
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 1,007
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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. 2023-00808 Filed 1-17-23; 8:45 am]
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