60156 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 194 / Thursday, October 7, 2004 / Notices 

Alvin Hall, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention.

[FR Doc. 04–22550 Filed 10–6–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–04–04KL] 

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 404–498–1210 or send 

comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC 

Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 

1600 Clifton Road, MS-E11, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov.

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 

or other forms of information 

technology. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Environmental Health Specialists 

Network (EHS-Net)—New—National 

Center for Environmental Health 

(NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

CDC is requesting OMB approval for 

a data collection system that will assist 

public health officials to better identify 

and assess environmental factors 

contributing to foodborne outbreaks and 

the prevention efforts needed to reduce 

or ameliorate these events. The 

Environmental Health Specialists 

Network (EHS-Net) Environmental 

Evaluation System data collection is a 

standardized survey instrument 

developed by CDC in collaboration with 

the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA) and the EHS-Net participating 

states—California, Colorado, 

Connecticut, Georgia, Minnesota, New 

York, Oregon, and Tennessee. The 

instrument is for use in non-regulatory 

environmental evaluations. It has been 

pilot tested in the EHS-Net states. 

The eight states in the pilot testing 

phase used the EHS-Net survey 

instrument to collect environmental 

information from two groups of 

restaurants: those associated with 

foodborne outbreaks and those that were 

not. The survey instrument collects 

information about the restaurant’s food 

safety policies and procedures and also 

includes direct observations of food 

preparation and handling practices, and 

food worker behaviors. 

CDC will evaluate the data collected 

in these eight pilot states to further 

refine and improve the EHS-Net data 

collection instrument and methodology. 

Once this evaluation is completed, the 

EHS-Net data collection instrument and 

methodology will be made available to 

all public health officials in the United 

States who wish to use the system to 

identify and assess environmental 

factors in food establishments that 

contribute to foodborne illness; and to 

evaluate the effectiveness of existing 

prevention measures including foodhandling practices, policies, and other 

control measures. There are no costs to 

respondents.

Respondents Number of

respondents 

Number of

responses per 

respondent 

Average burden per response

(in hours) 

Total annual 

burden

(in hours) 

One Public Health Official per State ................................................................ 50 56 6 16,800 

Total .......................................................................................................... 50 ........................ ........................ 16,800 

Dated: October 1, 2004. 

Alvin Hall, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention.

[FR Doc. 04–22551 Filed 10–6–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–04–0624] 

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) 498–1210 or 

send an e-mail to omb@cdc.gov.

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