Notice2024-27469
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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November 25, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92938-92939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27469]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-25-0792]
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 Health Specialists Network
(EHS-Net) Program'' 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
August 9, 2024, to obtain comments from the public and affected
agencies. CDC received three comments 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 Health Specialists (EHS-Net) Program (OMB Control
Number 0920-0792, Exp. 1/31/2025)--Revision--National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is requesting a three-year
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) approval for a Revision of this Generic
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Clearance for data collections to support research focused on
identifying and addressing environmental factors associated with
foodborne illness outbreaks and other food safety issues. These data
are essential to environmental public health regulators' efforts to
respond more effectively to and prevent future outbreaks and food
safety-associated events.
An estimated 47.8 million foodborne illnesses occur annually in the
United States, resulting in 127,839 hospitalizations, and 3,037 deaths
annually. These figures indicate that foodborne illness is a
significant problem in the U.S. Reducing foodborne illness requires
identification and understanding of the environmental factors that
cause these illnesses. CDC needs to know how and why food becomes
contaminated with foodborne illness pathogens. This information can
then be used to determine effective food safety prevention methods.
Ultimately, these actions can lead to increased regulatory program
effectiveness and decreased foodborne illness. The purpose of this food
safety research program is to identify and understand environmental
factors associated with foodborne illness and outbreaks. This program
is conducted by the Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net),
a collaborative project of CDC, FDA, USDA, and local and state sites.
Environmental factors associated with foodborne illness include
both food safety practices (e.g., inadequate cleaning practices) and
the factors in the environment associated with those practices (e.g.,
worker and retail food establishment characteristics). To understand
these factors, we need to collect data from those who prepare food
(i.e., food workers) and on the environments in which the food is
prepared (i.e., retail food establishment kitchens). Thus, data
collection methods for this generic package include: (1) manager and
worker interviews/information collection instruments; and (2)
observation of kitchen environments. Both methods allow data collection
on food safety practices and environmental factors associated with
those practices.
To date, EHS-Net has conducted six studies under this Generic
Clearance. The data from these studies have been disseminated to
environmental public health/food safety regulatory programs and the
food industry in the form of presentations at conferences and meetings,
scientific journal publications, and website postings. Data from these
studies have been presented in 13 articles in peer-reviewed scientific
journals, in multiple presentations at national food safety
conferences, and on CDC's website.
The current package is a Revision of the previous PRA clearance
from 2021. This package includes the potential for sites to offer
incentives to participants in EHS-Net data collection activities. This
will not result in an increased cost to the Federal Government because
the cost of incentives is included in the existing EHS-Net cooperative
agreement. The annual cost to the Federal Government has increased by a
maximum of $614 per year to cover the cost of Spanish translation of
the manager and worker interview forms by the CDC Multilingual Services
Team. CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 844 annual burden
hours. There is no change in the estimated annualized burden hours from
the previous PRA Clearance and 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 respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Retail managers....................... Manager Telephone 889 1 3/60
Recruiting Script.
Manager Interview/ 400 1 30/60
Assessment.
Observation............. 400 1 30/60
Retail food workers................... Worker Recruiting/ 2,000 1 2/60
Informed Consent Script.
Worker Interview/ 2,000 1 10/60
Assessment.
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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. 2024-27469 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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