Notice2025-10624
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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Published
June 11, 2025
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Health and Human Services DepartmentAgency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24609-24610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10624]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[30Day-25-0048]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has submitted the
information collection request titled ``ATSDR Exposure Investigations
(EIs)'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. ATSDR previously published a ``Proposed Data Collection
Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' notice on November
4, 2024, to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
ATSDR did not receive comments related to the previous notice. This
notice serves to allow an additional 30 days for public and affected
agency comments.
ATSDR 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
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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
ATSDR Exposure Investigations (EIs) (OMB Control No. 0923-0048,
Exp. 06/30/2025)--Extension--Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry (ATSDR).
Background and Brief Description
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is
requesting a three-year extension of this Generic Clearance to allow
the agency to conduct exposure investigations (EIs), through methods
developed by ATSDR. After a chemical release or suspected release into
the environment, EIs are usually requested by officials of a state
health agency, county health departments, the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), the general public, and ATSDR staff.
EI results are used by public health professionals, environmental
risk managers, and other decision makers to determine if current
conditions warrant intervention strategies to minimize or eliminate
human exposure. During the past three years, one generic Exposure
Investigation information collection request was submitted. The EI
conducted under this clearance period was an EI in Jasper and Newton
Counties, Missouri to evaluate exposure to lead in a former mining
community. ATSDR collected blood samples from community members most
vulnerable to the impacts of lead exposure: children 5-years old and
younger, along with pregnant women and women of childbearing age. ATSDR
partnered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MDHSS) who collected
environmental samples, including soil, dust wipes, drinking water and
paint, to evaluate along with the results of the blood sampling.
Appropriate EI procedures, including use of appropriate consent forms
and questionnaires were used in the EI. The environmental sampling was
submitted under this OMB Control No. with a burden of 426 hours.
All of ATSDR's targeted biological assessments (e.g., urine, blood)
and some of the environmental investigations (e.g., air, water, soil,
or food sampling) involve participants to determine whether they are or
have been exposed to unusual levels of pollutants at specific locations
(e.g., where people live, spend leisure time, or anywhere they might
come into contact with contaminants under investigation).
Questionnaires, appropriate to the specific contaminant, are
generally needed in about half of the EIs (at most, approximately 12
per year) to assist in interpreting the biological or environmental
sampling results. ATSDR collects contact information (e.g., name,
address, phone number) to provide the participant with their individual
results. ATSDR also collects information on other possible confounding
sources of chemical(s) exposure such as medicines taken, foods eaten,
hobbies, jobs, etc. In addition, ATSDR asks questions on recreational
or occupational activities that could increase a participant's exposure
potential. That information represents an individual's exposure
history.
The number of questions can vary depending on the number of
chemicals being investigated, the route of exposure (e.g., breathing,
eating, touching), and number of other sources of the chemical(s)
(e.g., products used, jobs). We use approximately 12-20 questions about
the pertinent environmental exposures per investigation. Typically, the
number of participants in an individual EI ranges from 10 to 100.
Participation is completely voluntary, and there are no costs to
participants other than their time. Based on a maximum of 12 EIs per
year and 100 participants each, the total estimated annualized burden
hours are 600.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response (in
respondents respondent hours)
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Exposure Investigation Participants Chemical Exposure 1,200 1 30/60 min
Questions.
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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. 2025-10624 Filed 6-10-25; 8:45 am]
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