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the Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111–148. 

The Council is governed by provisions of 

Public Law 92–463, as amended, (5 U.S.C. 

App. 2), which sets forth standards for the 

formation and use of advisory committees. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services announces 

establishment of the Independence 

Advisory Council, as directed by section 

3207 of Public Law 111–148. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue 

McElheny, U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services; Tel (202) 357– 

3521, Fax (202) 357–3467, 

classprogram@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111– 

148, the President directed that the 

Council shall be established within the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). To comply with the 

authorizing directive and guidelines 

under the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (FACA), a charter has been filed 

with the Committee Management 

Secretariat in the General Services 

Administration (GSA), the appropriate 

committees in the Senate and U.S. 

House of Representatives, and the 

Library of Congress to establish the 

Council as a non-discretionary Federal 

advisory committee. The Secretary 

signed the charter on November 9, 2010. 

The charter was filed on November 9, 

2010. 

Objectives and Scope of Activities. 

The CLASS Independence Advisory 

Council is the Department’s statutory 

public advisory body on matters of 

general policy in the administration of 

the CLASS program in the Affordable 

Care Act. The Council will provide the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

with advice and guidance on the 

development of the CLASS 

Independence Benefit Plan, the 

determination of monthly premiums 

under such plan, and the financial 

solvency of the program. In these 

matters, the Council shall consult with 

all components of the Department, other 

federal entities, and non-federal 

organizations, as appropriate; and 

examine relevant data sources. 

Membership and Designation. The 

CLASS Independence Advisory Council 

shall consist of not more than 15 

individuals, not otherwise in the 

employ of the United States who shall 

be appointed by the President without 

regard to the civil service laws and 

regulations; and a majority of whom 

shall be representatives of individuals 

who participate or are likely to 

participate in the CLASS program, and 

shall include representatives of older 

and younger workers, individuals with 

disabilities, family caregivers of 

individuals who require services and 

supports to maintain their 

independence at home or in another 

residential setting of their choice in the 

community, individuals with expertise 

in long-term care or disability 

insurance, actuarial science, economics, 

and other relevant disciplines, as 

determined by the Secretary. 

The members of the CLASS 

Independence Advisory Council shall 

serve overlapping terms of 3 years 

(unless appointed to fill a vacancy 

occurring prior to the expiration of a 

term, in which case the individual shall 

serve for the remainder of the term). A 

member shall not be eligible to serve for 

more than 2 consecutive terms. The 

President shall, from time to time, 

appoint one of the members of the 

CLASS Independence Advisory Council 

to serve as the Chair. All members will 

serve as special government employees. 

All members, while so serving away 

from their homes or regular places of 

business, may be allowed travel 

expenses, including per diem in lieu of 

subsistence, in the same manner as such 

expenses are authorized by Section 

5703, Title 5, U.S. Code, for employees 

serving intermittently. 

Nominations shall be submitted to 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services, c/o Administration on Aging, 

Attn: Class Nominations, Washington, 

DC, 20201 (or) classprogram@hhs.gov 

(or) fax (202) 357–3467 no later than 

December 1, 2010. 

Administrative Management and 

Support. HHS will provide funding and 

administrative support for the Council 

to the extent permitted by law within 

existing appropriations. Staff will be 

assigned to a program office established 

to support the activities of the Council. 

Management and oversight for support 

services provided to the Council will be 

the responsibility of the CLASS Office. 

All executive departments and agencies 

and all entities within the Executive 

Office of the President shall provide 

information and assistance to the 

Council as the Chair may request for 

purposes of carrying out the Council’s 

functions, to the extent permitted by 

law. A copy of the Council charter can 

be obtained from the designated 

contacts or by accessing the FACA 

database that is maintained by the GSA 

Committee Management Secretariat. The 

Web site for the FACA database is 

http://fido.gov/facadatabase/. 

Dated: November 10, 2010. 

Kathy Greenlee, 

Assistant Secretary for Aging. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day-11–11AO] 

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 404–639–5960 and 

send comments to Carol E. Walker, CDC 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS–D74, 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 

Gulf Coast Children’s Health Study— 

NEW—National Center for 

Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Gulf Coast Children’s Health 

Study addresses an important public 

health need to assess the potential shortterm and long-term health effects among 

children who lived in Federal 

Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA)-provided temporary housing 

units (THU) deployed in the Gulf Coast 

region following hurricanes Katrina and 

Rita and who were potentially exposed 

to higher levels of indoor air pollutants 

such as formaldehyde and other volatile 

organic compounds compared to other 

types of housing. These health effects 

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may include adverse acute and chronic 

health conditions, primarily respiratory 

and dermal, that may be associated with 

their exposures. CDC plans to conduct 

a scientifically valid environmental 

epidemiologic study to assess the 

potential adverse health effects among 

children. 

Plans involve a two-year Feasibility 

Study to investigate the association 

between exposure to temporary housing 

units and health conditions and to 

assess the practicality of conducting a 

larger longitudinal study. If certain 

feasibility objectives are met, such as 

identifying a sufficient number of 

eligible participants, a 6-year Full Study 

will be conducted following the same 

study design as the Feasibility Study. 

The Feasibility Study will be 

conducted in the states of Louisiana and 

Mississippi. The study will assess the 

potential health impacts from exposures 

to various indoor pollutants (e.g., 

formaldehyde and other volatile organic 

compounds and plasticizers, including 

phthalates) commonly found in higher 

concentrations in the temporary housing 

units compared with other types of 

housing. 

In the study, a 1:1 ratio of exposed 

and unexposed children age 5–17 years 

will be recruited. Children who resided 

in temporary housing units will be 

categorized into the ‘‘exposed’’ group 

and children who did not reside in 

temporary housing units will be 

categorized into the ‘‘unexposed’’ group. 

A screening questionnaire will be used 

to assess eligibility and exposure to 

temporary housing units. The screening 

questionnaire will be conducted with 

one adult resident of each selected 

household. Based on responses to the 

screening questions, one eligible child 

will be selected for the study from each 

participating household. To obtain the 

desired sample size, we plan to screen 

2,500 households in order to identify 

700 eligible children. Of these, it is 

expected that 80%, or 560 children, will 

agree to participate in the study. 

The Feasibility Study will involve a 

baseline and a 6-month follow-up 

assessment for each participant. The 

baseline assessment will include a 

health questionnaire, clinical 

assessment including biological sample 

collection, and environmental exposure 

measurement. The environmental 

exposure assessment will be collecting 

biomarkers of exposure and measuring 

exposures to environmental pollutants 

using personal and indoor sampling 

devices over a 7-day period. In the 6- 

month follow-up assessment, a shorter 

version of the health questionnaire and 

the same clinical and environmental 

exposure assessments will be 

conducted. 

Accounting for a 10% loss to followup, the sample size for the 6-month 

follow-up assessment is projected to be 

504 children. If a determination is made 

to conduct the Full Study, these 504 

children will be part of the Full Study 

and continue to participate in the rest of 

five follow-up assessments occurring at 

9-month intervals. 

There is no cost to the participants 

except their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Type of 

instrument 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response (in 

hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Household member 18 years or older .......... Eligibility Screener ................ 2,500 1 10/60 417 

Children ages 5–17 ...................................... Baseline Assessment ........... 560 1 1.25 700 

Parents of children ages 5–17 ..................... Baseline Assessment ........... 560 1 1.5 840 

Children ages 5-–17 ..................................... 6-Month Follow-up Assessment.504 1 50/60 420 

Parents of children ages 5–17 ..................... 6–Month Follow-up Assessment.504 1 1.25 630 

Total ....................................................... 3,007 

Dated: November 9, 2010. 

Carol E. Walker, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60-Day–11–0338] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

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 404–639–5960 or send 

comments to Carol E. Walker, CDC 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS D–74, 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 

Annual Submission of the Ingredients 

Added to, and the Quantity of Nicotine 

Contained in, Smokeless Tobacco 

Manufactured, Imported, or Packaged in 

the U.S. (OMB No. 0920–0338, exp. 4/ 

30/2011)—Extension—National Center 

for Chronic Disease Prevention and 

Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The oral use of smokeless tobacco 

(SLT) products represents a significant 

health risk. Smokeless tobacco products 

contain carcinogens which can cause 

cancer and a number of non-cancerous 

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