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ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondents Number of respondents 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden per response 

(in hrs) 

Total burden 

(in hrs) 

Government researcher ................................................................................... 48 1 2 96 

University researcher ....................................................................................... 60 1 2 120 

Private industry researcher .............................................................................. 12 1 2 24 

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 240 

Dated: February 18, 2010. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3755 Filed 2–23–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30 Day–10–0479] 

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 or by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Automated Management Information 

System (MIS) for Diabetes Prevention 

and Control Programs (OMB No. 0920– 

0479, expiration date 5/31/2010)— 

Revision—National Center for Chronic 

Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Diabetes is the seventh leading cause 

of death in the United States. To reduce 

the burden of this disease, the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC) established the national Diabetes 

Control Program, which is administered 

through CDC’s Division of Diabetes 

Translation (DDT). The national 

program provides support for health 

departments in states and Territories to 

design, implement and evaluate 

diabetes prevention and control 

strategies through State-based Diabetes 

Prevention and Control Programs 

(DPCPs). 

CDC currently collects information 

from DCPCs through a Web-based 

Management Information System (MIS). 

The information collected supports 

DDT’s broader mission of reducing the 

burden of diabetes by enabling DDT 

staff to more effectively identify the 

strengths and weaknesses of individual 

DPCPs, and to disseminate information 

related to successful public health 

interventions. The information is used 

to monitor compliance with cooperative 

agreement requirements, evaluate 

progress in achieving program-specific 

goals, and identify needs for training 

and technical assistance. 

CDC plans to implement a number of 

changes. Some MIS data elements will 

be modified to reflect changes in the 

reporting requirements for DCPCs, and 

to harmonize the progress and 

performance indicators for DCPCs with 

indicators being implemented for other 

CDC-funded programs. In addition, the 

electronic MIS is being restructured to 

improve usability and to reduce burden 

to respondents through improved 

organization and increased use of 

existing data resources. CDC also 

requests OMB approval to incorporate 

the term ‘‘Prevention’’ into the title of 

the clearance, in recognition of the 

increased emphasis on diabetes 

prevention in the work plans of statebased DCPCs. 

Respondents will be 53 DCPCs in 

States, the District of Columbia, the 

Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. The 

information collection will no longer 

include the Pacific Islands jurisdictions, 

which in the future will be funded 

through a separate mechanism with 

different reporting requirements. 

Once per year, each DCPC will submit 

an Annual Report to CDC that includes 

information about its Program, 

Resources, Partners, Budget, and 

Planning activities. In addition, each 

DCPC will submit a Semi-Annual 

Report twice per year that includes 

information about the Objectives 

described in its Action Plan, and related 

Activities. 

Approval to collect information for 

three additional years is requested. 

There are no costs to respondents other 

than their time. The total estimated 

burden hours are 4,452. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of respondents 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs 

Annual Report ............................................... 53 1 51 

Semi-Annual Report ...................................... 53 2 16 .5 


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8366 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 36 / Wednesday, February 24, 2010 / Notices 

Dated: February 17, 2010. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3756 Filed 2–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[60 Day–10–0639] 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 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 or send 

comments to Maryam Daneshvar, 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 must be 

received within 60 days of this notice. 

Project Proposal 

EEOICPA Special Exposure Cohort 

Petitions (OMB No. 0920–0639 exp. 7/ 

31/2010)—Extension—National Institute 

for Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

On October 30, 2000, the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000 

(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384–7385 [1994, 

supp. 2001] was enacted. It established 

a compensation program to provide a 

lump sum payment of $150,000 and 

medical benefits as compensation to 

covered employees suffering from 

designated illnesses incurred as a result 

of their exposure to radiation, 

beryllium, or silica while in the 

performance of duty for the Department 

of Energy and certain of its vendors, 

contractors and subcontractors. This 

legislation also provided for payment of 

compensation for certain survivors of 

these covered employees. This program 

has been mandated to be in effect until 

Congress ends the funding. 

Among other duties, HHS was 

directed to establish and implement 

procedures for considering petitions by 

classes of nuclear weapons workers to 

be added to the ‘‘Special Exposure 

Cohort’’ (the ‘‘Cohort’’). In brief, 

EEOICPA authorizes HHS to designate 

such classes of employees for addition 

to the Cohort when NIOSH lacks 

sufficient information to estimate with 

sufficient accuracy the radiation doses 

of the employees, if HHS also finds that 

the health of members of the class may 

have been endangered by the radiation 

dose the class potentially incurred. HHS 

must also obtain the advice of the 

Advisory Board on Radiation and 

Worker Health (the ‘‘Board’’) in 

establishing such findings. On May 28, 

2004, HHS issued a rule that established 

procedures for adding such classes to 

the Cohort (42 CFR part 83). The rule 

was amended on July 10, 2007. 

The HHS rule authorizes a variety of 

respondents to submit petitions. 

Petitioners are required to provide the 

information specified in the rule to 

qualify their petitions for a complete 

evaluation by HHS and the Board. HHS 

has developed two forms to assist the 

petitioners in providing this required 

information efficiently and completely. 

Form A is a one-page form to be used 

by EEOICPA claimants for whom 

NIOSH has attempted to conduct dose 

reconstructions and has determined that 

available information is not sufficient to 

complete the dose reconstruction. Form 

B, accompanied by separate 

instructions, is intended for all other 

petitioners. Forms A and B can be 

submitted electronically as well as in 

hard copy. Respondent/petitioners 

should be aware that HHS is not 

requiring respondents to use the forms. 

Respondents can choose to submit 

petitions as letters or in other formats, 

but petitions must meet the 

informational requirements referenced 

above. NIOSH expects, however, that all 

petitioners for whom Form A would be 

appropriate will actually use the form, 

since NIOSH will provide it to them 

upon determining that their dose 

reconstruction cannot be completed and 

encourage them to submit the petition. 

NIOSH expects the large majority of 

petitioners for whom Form B would be 

appropriate will also use the form, since 

it provides a simple, organized format 

for addressing the informational 

requirements of a petition. 

NIOSH will use the information 

obtained through the petition for the 

following purposes: (a) Identify the 

petitioner(s), obtain their contact 

information, and establish that the 

petitioner(s) is qualified and intends to 

petition HHS; (b) establish an initial 

definition of the class of employees 

being proposed to be considered for 

addition to the Cohort; (c) determine 

whether there is justification to require 

HHS to evaluate whether or not to 

designate the proposed class as an 

addition to the Cohort (such an 

evaluation involves potentially 

extensive data collection, analysis, and 

related deliberations by NIOSH, the 

Board, and HHS); and, (d) target an 

evaluation by HHS to examine relevant 

potential limitations of radiation 

monitoring and/or dosimetry-relevant 

records and to examine the potential for 

related radiation exposures that might 

have endangered the health of members 

of the class. 

Finally, under the rule, petitioners 

may contest the proposed decision of 

the Secretary to add or deny adding 

classes of employees to the cohort by 

submitting evidence that the proposed 

decision relies on a record of either 

factual or procedural errors in the 

implementation of these procedures. 

NIOSH estimates that the time to 

prepare and submit such a challenge is 

45 minutes. Because of the uniqueness 

of this submission, NIOSH is not 

providing a form. The submission will 

typically be in the form of a letter to the 

Secretary. 

There are no costs to petitioners 

unless a petitioner chooses to purchase 

the services of an expert in dose 

reconstruction, an option provided for 

under the rule. 


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