Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 245 / Wednesday, December 22, 2010 / Notices 80505 

Seleda M. Perryman, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32057 Filed 12–21–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30 Day–11–10GQ] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of 

information collection requests under 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 

Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Written comments should be received 

within 30 days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

The Evaluation of Ordinances to 

Prevent Workplace Violence in 

Convenience Stores—NEW—National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention,(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Workplace violence (WPV) is a 

significant concern for employers and 

employees alike; every year in the U.S., 

WPV results in hundreds of deaths, 

nearly two million nonfatal injuries, and 

billions of dollars in costs. Historically, 

retail establishments have been the 

focus of WPV research. In 1997–2008, 

there were 1,800 homicides of retail 

workers of which 1,572 were due to 

robbery or assaults. 

Situational Crime Prevention 

programs to reduce robbery and violent 

crime have been proven to be successful 

in reducing robbery and robbery-related 

injury risk to both employees and 

customers in retail settings. These 

programs incorporate a criminological 

concept called Crime Prevention 

Through Environmental Design (CPTED) 

which theorizes that environments can 

be modified to make potential criminals 

feel they are being watched, i.e. under 

surveillance and thus vulnerable, 

resulting in avoidance of the target by 

increasing the robber’s perception that a 

robbery is not worth the risk. 

NIOSH is requesting approval to 

conduct an evaluation of the 

effectiveness of convenience store safety 

ordinances in Dallas and Houston, 

Texas. The goals of this research are to 

(1) determine if the ordinances 

effectively increase the frequency of 

implementation of CPTED components 

in stores and decrease robbery and 

assaults to workers and customers; (2) 

determine the benefits to stores from 

compliance to the city ordinance; (3) 

determine the process the cities used for 

ordinance development and their 

recommendations to other cities, and (4) 

develop evidence-based 

recommendations to provide to other 

cities and retail companies considering 

CPTED programs. Recommendations 

about the process used by Houston and 

Dallas may be helpful to other 

communities considering ordinances. 

Additionally, benefits to the stores with 

regard to return on investment, 

increased quality of customers, 

increased sales, and decreases in 

employee stress due to risk of workplace 

violence may be useful to other cities 

and their retailers considering 

ordinances. 

The proposed NIOSH study will be a 

population based follow-up study of 

convenience stores which are operating 

1-year after the effective date of their 

ordinance. A sample of 300 stores in 

Dallas and 300 stores in Houston will be 

selected. Each store will be visited by a 

survey interviewer who will evaluate 

the store environment and interview the 

store managers in person. Data will be 

collected on compliance with the safety 

ordinance, reasons for non-compliance, 

and benefits to the store from 

compliance including return on 

investment, increased sales, increased 

quality of customers, decreased crime, 

and decreased employee stress. 

The participation of the store manager 

will be voluntary. Data from the store 

evaluation will be recorded on a 

checklist form and will take 

approximately 15 minutes of the store 

interviewer’s time. The store evaluation 

will be conducted independently of the 

managers and will not require their time 

or assistance thus; they will not be 

incurring burden. The interview of the 

store manager will require 

approximately 30 minutes of the 

manager’s time. From previous studies 

of convenience stores, over a 90% 

response rate is expected. Prior to the 

survey NIOSH will contact those 

companies in the sample who own two 

or more stores that can be identified 

based on the company or store name, 

and obtain approval from the store 

owners/upper management for their 

store manager’s participation. 

Permission to participate will be 

obtained from the remainder of the store 

managers at the time of the survey. If a 

store manager refuses to participate, 

another store will be selected from the 

sampling frame to ensure a sample of 

600 stores. The survey interviewer will 

first visit the store and leave the 

questionnaire with the manager and 

then return 1–2 days later for the 

interview. This leaves time for the 

manager to obtain approval to 

participate from owners and upper 

management. The store manager’s 

participation will be voluntary and 

consent to participate will be obtained 

from the manager. 

A burden of 3 hours is estimated for 

each of approximately 35 owners/ 

managers to review the questionnaire 

and survey protocol, and to discuss 

their store managers’ participation with 

NIOSH project officers by conference 

call. 

Once the study is completed, NIOSH 

will provide a copy of the final report 

to each participating store, the 

participating city Mayor’s Task force for 

Convenience Store Safety, the police 

department, and the industry and 

community partners. 

Approximately 3 industry leaders in 

each city who participate on the 

Mayor’s Task Force for Convenience 

Store Safety will provide support and 

voluntarily contact approximately 90 

stores and recommend they participate. 

There is no cost to respondents other 

than their time. The total estimated 

annual burden hours are 495. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hrs) 

Store manager Screening/interviews ........................................................................................... 600 1 30/60 

Store owners/upper management approve manager interviews ................................................ 35 1 3 


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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued 

Respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hrs) 

Stakeholders ................................................................................................................................

Industry leader recommend stores .............................................................................................. 3 30 30/60 

Community leader recommend stores ........................................................................................ 3 30 30/60 

Shari Steinberg, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32077 Filed 12–21–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30 Day–11–10GX] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of 

information collection requests under 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 

Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Written comments should be received 

within 30 days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Persistence of Viable Influenza Virus 

in Aerosols—New—National Institute 

for Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) is authorized to conduct 

research to advance the health and 

safety of workers under Section 20(a) (1) 

of the 1970 Occupational Safety and 

Health Act. Influenza continues to be a 

major public health concern because of 

the substantial health burden from 

seasonal influenza and the potential for 

a severe pandemic. Although influenza 

is known to be transmitted by infectious 

secretions, these secretions can be 

transferred from person to person in 

many different ways, and the relative 

importance of the different pathways is 

not known. The likelihood of the 

transmission of influenza virus by small 

infectious airborne particles produced 

during coughing and breathing is 

particularly unclear. The question of 

airborne transmission is especially 

important in healthcare facilities, where 

influenza patients tend to congregate 

during influenza season, because it 

directly impacts the infection control 

and personal protective measures that 

should be taken by healthcare workers. 

The purpose of this study is to measure 

the amount of viable influenza virus in 

airborne particles that are produced by 

patients when they cough, and the size 

and quantity of the particles carrying 

the virus. A better understanding of the 

amount of potentially infectious 

material released by patients and the 

size of the particles carrying the virus 

will assist in determining the possible 

role of airborne transmission in the 

spread of influenza and in devising 

measures to prevent it. 

Volunteer participants will be 

recruited by a test coordinator using a 

flyer describing the study. Interested 

potential participants will be screened 

using a short health questionnaire to 

verify that they have influenza-like 

symptoms and that they do not have any 

medical conditions that would preclude 

their participation. Based on a previous 

study using similar forms, we estimate 

that the health questionnaire will 

require about 5 minutes to complete. 

Qualified participants who agree to 

participate in the study will be asked to 

read and sign an informed consent form. 

Based on the previous study, we 

estimate that the informed consent form 

will take about 10 minutes to read and 

sign. Once the informed consent form is 

signed, the participant will have their 

oral temperature measured, two 

nasopharyngeal swabs will be collected, 

and the participant will be asked to 

cough into an aerosol particle collection 

system. These steps will take about 25 

minutes. The airborne particles 

produced by the participant during 

coughing will be collected and tested. 

There are no costs to the respondents 

other than their time. The total 

estimated annual burden hours are 84. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Initial participants (phase 1) .............. Health questionnaire ........................ 44 1 5/60 4 

Qualified participants (phase 1) ........ Informed Consent form .................... 40 1 10/60 7 

No form; Time required for testing. .. 40 1 25/60 17 

Initial participants (phase 2) .............. Health questionnaire ........................ 44 1 5/60 4 

Qualified participants (phase 2) ........ Informed Consent form .................... 40 1 10/60 7 

No form; Time required for testing. .. 40 1 25/60 17 

Initial participants (phase 3) .............. Health questionnaire ........................ 44 1 5/60 4 

Qualified participants (phase 3) ........ Informed Consent form .................... 40 1 10/60 7 

No form; Time required for testing. .. 40 1 25/60 17 


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