Notice2023-16760
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
August 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
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 information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Exposures, Health Effects, and Controls of Chemicals from Thermal Spray Coating. The purpose of the proposed data collection is to conduct a survey of thermal spray coating facilities to better understand work practices and controls related to metals, particles, and gases generated during thermal spray coating and to identify areas for potential intervention.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 150 (Monday, August 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52162-52163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16760]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-23-23HD; Docket No. CDC-2023-0067]
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 information
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project
titled Exposures, Health Effects, and Controls of Chemicals from
Thermal Spray Coating. The purpose of the proposed data collection is
to conduct a survey of thermal spray coating facilities to better
understand work practices and controls related to metals, particles,
and gases generated during thermal spray coating and to identify areas
for potential intervention.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before October 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2023-
0067 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#8de2e0efcdeee9eea3eae2fb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6906040b290a0d0a470e061f">[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;
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
Exposures, health effects, and controls of chemicals from thermal
spray coating--New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Thermal spray coating (TSC) is a surface treatment process that
enables
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different types of feedstock material to be deposited on to various
substrates--metals, metal alloys, ceramics, and plastics. The process
involves spraying a liquid or molten metal coating product under
pressure onto a surface where it solidifies and forms a solid coating.
The coating material can be pure metals, metal alloys, carbides,
oxides, ceramics, and ceramic metals in wire or powder form that will
not decompose when melted. Although TSC technology has been around for
decades, recently it has been refined and optimized to impart new
properties and functionalities to the coatings, applied through
numerous processes such as flame-, cold-, plasma-, and electric arc-
spraying, arising from the different combinations of sources of thermal
and kinetic energy, form and composition of the feedstock material and
other system configurations. TSC processes are relatively simple to
use, economical, and have been applied to almost all industrial sectors
such as automotive, aerospace, machine shops, electronics, medical,
shipyards, and printing. Important uses include coatings for wear
prevention, repair, restoration, thermal insulation/conduction,
corrosion/oxidation resistance, seals, and decoration.
TSC is a fast-growing and emerging industry, but generates
exposures that are known to be hazardous in other settings. However,
effects of TSC processes, quantitative exposures, and subsequent health
effects remain mostly unknown because of paucity of epidemiologic and
exposure studies. Limited data on exposures of workers engaged in TSC
and associated operations and personal communications with industrial
hygienists in this industry suggests exposures can greatly exceed the
current occupational exposure limits, but the prevalence of respiratory
abnormalities including occupational asthma and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease in this population remains unknown. In addition, many
workplaces conduct TSC work manually or semi-automatically, and some
TSC tasks may not be easily amenable to installation of ventilation
controls (e.g., during spray-coating of parts with wide surface area).
The purpose of the proposed data collection is to conduct a survey
of thermal spray coating facilities to: (1) better understand work
practices and controls related to metals, particles, and gases
generated during thermal spray coating; (2) identify areas for
potential intervention; and (3) identify thermal spray coating
facilities willing to participate in future NIOSH exposure and health
research.
The burden hours are estimated based on limited pilot testing
conducted internally using the survey instrument and previous pilot
testing done using a similar survey instrument. In these pilot tests,
the amount of time for instruction review, collection of mock
information, and the survey completion was between 10-30 minutes. The
median time of 20 minutes was used to estimate annual burden hours.
Currently, the total number of thermal spray coating businesses in the
United States is unknown. In 2004, the Air Resources Board (ARB) in
California Environmental Protection Agency conducted the Thermal
Spraying Facility Survey of facilities performing thermal spray coating
throughout California and reported 97 companies that potentially used
TSC. Based on the California ARB report, we estimated approximately
5,000 thermal spray coating businesses nationwide. CDC requests OMB
approval for an estimated 1,667 annual burden hours. There are no costs
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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Thermal spray coating facility Survey.......... 5,000 1 20/60 1,667
managers/owners.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 1,667
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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. 2023-16760 Filed 8-4-23; 8:45 am]
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