Notice2023-13569
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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June 27, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41630-41631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13569]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-23-1175]
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 ``Environmental Public Health Tracking
Network (Tracking Network)'' 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 December 20, 2022 to obtain comments from the public and
affected agencies. CDC received one comment 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
Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (Tracking Network)
(OMB Control No. 0920-1175, Exp. 7/31/2023)--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 Date 7/31/2023). This ICR 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
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funded 33 state and local public health programs (funded SLHD). 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 (No. CDC-RFA-EH17-1702). In spring of 2022, under the
new five-year NOFO (No. 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 that is 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.
Based on the above changes, CDC requests OMB approval for an
estimated 14,384 annualized 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 respondent Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hrs.)
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State and Local Health Department..... Birth defects prevalence 30 1 40
Childhood blood lead 37 1 40
levels.
Drinking water 37 1 50
monitoring.
Emergency department 37 1 40
visits.
Hospitalizations........ 37 1 40
Radon testing........... 25 1 50
Biomonitoring........... 25 1 40
Metadata records........ 37 2 20
Work Plan Template...... 37 1 21
Program Accomplishments 37 2 20
and Public Health
Actions Report.
Performance Measures 37 1 20
Report.
PHA Impact Follow Up 37 2 0.25
Form.
Communications plan..... 37 1 2
Web Stats Template...... 37 2 1
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2023-13569 Filed 6-26-23; 8:45 am]
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