Notice2023-22779
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
October 16, 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 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 continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Aerosols from Harmful Algal Blooms: Exposures and Health Effects in Highly Exposed Populations. The goal of this study is to conduct exploratory analyses of the relationships between HAB-related biomonitoring data, environmental data, and symptom reporting.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 198 (Monday, October 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71364-71365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22779]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-24-1316; Docket No. CDC-2023-0084]
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 continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project
titled Aerosols from Harmful Algal Blooms: Exposures and Health Effects
in Highly Exposed Populations. The goal of this study is to conduct
exploratory analyses of the relationships between HAB-related
biomonitoring data, environmental data, and symptom reporting.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before December 15,
2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2023-
0084 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;
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Telephone: 404-639-7570; Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7c13111e3c1f181f521b130a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6d02000f2d0e090e430a021b">[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
Aerosols from Harmful Algal Blooms: Exposures and Health Effects in
Highly Exposed Populations (OMB Control No. 0920-1316, Exp. 1/31/
2024)--Extension--National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Human exposures to HAB toxins (harmful algal blooms, or HABS,
include marine microalgae; marine macroalgae, such as seaweeds; and
cyanobacteria, also called blue-green algae) have been reported to
produce a variety of health effects, including respiratory irritation
and liver and kidney damage. The goal of this study is to conduct
exploratory analyses of the relationships between biomonitoring data,
environmental data, and symptom reporting. CDC anticipates this
research to be hypothesis generating, and not necessarily generalizable
to participants with similar exposures in the same population or to the
public more generally.
HABs and associated environmental impacts (e.g., geographic and
temporal extent, composition, toxin production) are difficult, if not
impossible to predict and track. This project was developed in response
to community health concerns reported during a severe cyanobacterial
bloom in 2018. Since then, there have not been any significant blooms,
and CDC has been unable to implement the study. As such, during the
first three years of approval for this data collection, CDC was unable
to align the physical occurrence of a specific type of HAB, a
cyanobacterial bloom, of significant magnitude with government
approvals and resource commitments. The program requests an Extension
of OMB approval to allow us to implement the study during the next
substantial HAB that occurs in Florida whether it comprises
cyanobacteria, marine microalgae, or seaweed.
The total number of respondents is 486, which is unchanged from the
previously approved number of respondents. The total estimated
annualized time burden is 1,273 hours. Participation is voluntary and
there are no costs to respondents other than their time.
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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Interested community members.. Screening/ 84 1 15/60 21
baseline Survey.
Eligible study respondents.... Symptom Survey.. 67 10 15/60 167
Eligible study respondents.... Record of Time 67 5 10/60 56
Spent Outdoors.
Eligible study respondents.... Provide blood 67 3 15/60 51
specimen.
Eligible study respondents.... Provide 67 10 1 670
specimens
(urine, nasal
swabs, lung
function test).
Eligible study respondents.... Be outfitted 67 5 45/60 252
with personal
air sampler.
Eligible study respondents.... Provide fish (if 67 5 10/60 56
respondent went
fishing and
caught fish).
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 1,273
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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. 2023-22779 Filed 10-13-23; 8:45 am]
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