Notice2025-10867
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
June 16, 2025
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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: Part 2. The purpose of the proposed data collection is to assess exposures and respiratory health in workers using three thermal commonly used spray coating technologies and to investigate the association between exposures and respiratory health.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25296-25298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10867]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-25-0010; Docket No. CDC-2025-0009]
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: Part 2. The purpose of the proposed data
collection is to assess exposures and respiratory health in workers
using three thermal commonly used spray coating technologies and to
investigate the association between exposures and respiratory health.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before August 15, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2025-
0009 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#a2cdcfc0e2c1c6c18cc5cdd4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cca3a1ae8cafa8afe2aba3ba">[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
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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: Part 2--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 different types of feedstock material to be deposited on
various substrates--metals, metal alloys, ceramics, and plastics. 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.
The most commonly used metals in TSC include chromium, nickel,
cobalt, zinc, and aluminum. Occupational exposures to metals and
particles formed during TSC operations are potentially associated with
chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), allergic asthma,
pneumoconiosis, cancer, skin sensitization, metal fume fever, and
deaths from lung damage. In addition, toxic gases such as phosgene,
nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and ozone produced
from TSC processes can cause irritation, pulmonary edema, headache, and
drowsiness. Exposure assessment for TSC is lacking and can present a
significant challenge but is critical for informing intervention and
prevention strategies and for epidemiologic studies. In addition,
respiratory impairments in TSC and allied occupations remain unknown
because of the absence of health studies. There is thus a need for an
integrated exposure and respiratory health assessment study to explore
exposure-response relationships.
The purpose of the proposed data collection is to assess exposures
and respiratory health in workers using three TSC technologies and
investigate the association between exposures and respiratory health.
Among various TSC processes, we will focus on two commonly used
(electric arc- and flame-spraying) and one emerging (cold-spraying)
techniques. Comprehensive exposure assessment will be performed at
multiple worksites by measuring workers' exposure to particles and
metals in their breathing zone using a real-time instrument and area
air concentrations to particles, metals, and gases using real-time and
time-integrated instruments. Additionally, room air flows will be
measured where appropriate, and detailed contextual information on
workplace characteristics will be systematically collected on a
standardized form based on workplace observations. For the health
assessment, respiratory health will be assessed concurrently with
exposures using a combination of tests including: a standardized
investigator administered questionnaire; fractional exhaled nitric
oxide test, a non-invasive biomarker of inflammation; two non-invasive
lung function tests, spirometry and impulse oscillometry (both repeated
after bronchodilator administration among those with respiratory
impairments); and blood samples to measure biomarkers of inflammation
to assess lung damage.
The target number of total participants is 300, representing the
three selected TSC processes who complete the health or the exposure
assessment. Ideally, CDC wants a sample size of 200 workers that
complete both the health and exposure assessments. In reality, workers
might participate in the health assessment but not the exposure
assessment and vice-versa. If that is the case, CDC needs 200 workers
to complete the health assessments, regardless of whether they also
complete the exposure assessment, and at least 100 workers to complete
the exposure assessments regardless of whether they also complete the
health assessment. Therefore, the maximum sample size for this study
will be 300 (in the unlikely event that the 200 that complete the
health assessment are different from the 100 that complete the exposure
assessment).
The burden hour estimates for the exposure and health assessments
are presented below. For the exposure assessment, the expected duration
of worker contact would be approximately 15 minutes (10 minutes for
obtaining the informed consent document and 5 minutes for donning and
doffing vest with sampling equipment). The estimated times to
participate for the health assessment are approximately 40 minutes (10
minutes for the informed consent document and 30 minutes for the
questionnaire). CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 158 hours
(25 hours for the exposure assessment and 133 hours for the health
assessment). CDC is requesting OMB approval for two years. There is no
cost to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in hours)
respondent (in hours)
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Exposure Assessment.......... Informed Consent.... 100 1 10/60 17
Donning/Doffing vest 100 1 5/60 8
Health Assessment............ Informed Consent.... 200 1 10/60 33
Worker Questionnaire 200 1 30/60 100
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Total.................... .................... .............. .............. ........... 158
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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. 2025-10867 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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