# Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A97-17128 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** July 1, 1997 - **Citation:** 62 FR 35498 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [INFO-97-15] Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques for other forms of information technology. Send comments to Wilma Johnson, CDC Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice. Proposed Projects 1. Information Collection Procedures for Evaluating Toxicological Profiles--New--The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) prepares toxicological profiles in accordance with guidelines developed with guidelines developed by ATSDR and EPA and each profile is revised and republished as necessary, but no less often than every three years. The principal audiences for the toxicological profiles are health professionals at the federal, state, and local levels, interested private sector organizations and groups, and members of the public. This is a request for approval to collect information in the profiles from users on: (a) Affiliation of users of the profiles, (b) clarity of discussion in the profiles, (c) consistency of information in the profiles, (d) completeness of information in the profiles, and (e) utility of information in the profile. The information will be used in an effort to maintain customer satisfaction concerning use of the profiles by these multi-disciplinary users. This will also ensure that we continue to provide a client- oriented product. This effort will be accomplished through enhancement of the built-in system used for updating existing toxicological profiles and improving the utility of newly developed profiles by use of these user surveys. The only cost to respondents will be the time to complete the form, which we estimate at less than 15 minutes per respondent. We expect respondents of the toxicological profile survey to come from a wide range of occupational and professional backgrounds and have an average hourly wage of $15. The cost to respondents to evaluate toxicological profiles would then be $3.75 per evaluation. Assuming a 50% response rate and a total of 12000 profiles (questionnaires) per year, the estimated annual cost to respondents is $22,500 [[Page 35499]] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Respondents Number of responses/ Avg. burden/ Total burden respondents respondent response (in hrs.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questionnaire............................... 6000 1 0.25 750 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Preventive Health and Health Services Block, Annual applications and reports--(0920-0106)--Extension--In 1994, OMB approved the collection of information provided in the grant applications and annual reports for the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant (OMB #0920-0106). This approval expires on September 30, 1997. CDC is requesting extension of OMB clearance for this legislatively mandated information collection. The information collected through the applications from the official State health agencies is required from section 1905 of the Public Health Service Act. This is no change in the proposed information collection from previous years. The information collected from the annual reports is required by section 1906, specifically the requirement for uniform data sets matching the uses of funds. Minor modifications to some individual uniform data sets for chronic diseases, as well as some other program areas, have been made to maintain consistency with performance measures developed as a result of the Government Performance and Results Act. Overall, this request reflects a 25% reduction in the collection burden to the grantees (States). The total cost to all respondents is $137,250, estimated at $25/burden hour. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Avg. burden/ Respondents Number of responses/ response (in Total burden respondents respondents hrs.) (in hrs.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Applications............................. 61 1 30 1830 Annual Reports.................................. 61 1 30 1830 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total..................................... .............. .............. .............. 5490 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated: June 25, 1997. Wilma G. Johnson, Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning And Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [FR Doc. 97-17128 Filed 6-30-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A97-17128. Public record. Not legal advice.