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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day-10–09AY] 

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 

Laboratory Response Network 

(LRN)—Existing Data Collection in use 

without an OMB Control Number— 

National Center for Preparedness, 

Detection, and Control of Infectious 

Diseases (NCPDCID), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Laboratory Response Network 

(LRN) was established by the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) in 

accordance with Presidential Decision 

Directive 39, which outlined national 

anti-terrorism policies and assigned 

specific missions to federal departments 

and agencies. The LRN’s mission is to 

maintain an integrated national and 

international network of laboratories 

that can respond to suspected acts of 

biological, chemical, or radiological 

terrorism and other public health 

emergencies. 

When Federal, state and local public 

health laboratories voluntarily join the 

LRN, they assume specific 

responsibilities and are required to 

provide information to the LRN Program 

Office at CDC. Each laboratory must 

submit and maintain complete 

information regarding the testing 

capabilities of the laboratory. 

Biannually, laboratories are required to 

review, verify and update their testing 

capability information. Complete testing 

capability information is required in 

order for the LRN Program Office to 

determine the ability of the Network to 

respond to a biological or chemical 

terrorism event. The sensitivity of all 

information associated with the LRN 

requires the LRN Program Office to 

obtain personal information about all 

individuals accessing the LRN Web site. 

In addition, the LRN Program Office 

must be able to contact all laboratory 

personnel during an event so each 

laboratory staff member that obtains 

access to the restricted LRN Web site 

must provide his or her contact 

information to the LRN Program Office. 

As a requirement of membership, LRN 

Laboratories must report all biological 

and chemical testing results to the LRN 

Program at CDC using a CDC developed 

software tool called the LRN Results 

Messenger. This information is essential 

for surveillance of anomalies, to support 

response to an event that may involve 

multiple agencies and to manage limited 

resources. LRN Laboratories must also 

participate in and report results for 

Proficiency Testing Challenges or 

Validation Studies. LRN Laboratories 

participate in multiple Proficiency 

Testing Challenges, Exercises and/or 

Validation Studies every year consisting 

of five to 500 simulated samples 

provided by the LRN Program Office. It 

is necessary to conduct such challenges 

in order to verify the testing capability 

of the LRN Laboratories. The rarity of 

biological or chemical agents perceived 

to be of bioterrorism concern prevents 

some LRN Laboratories from 

maintaining proficiency as a result of 

day-to-day testing. Simulated samples 

are therefore distributed to ensure 

proficiency across the LRN. The results 

obtained from testing these simulated 

samples must also be entered into 

Results Messenger for evaluation by the 

LRN Program Office. 

During a surge event resulting from a 

bioterrorism or chemical terrorism 

attack, LRN Laboratories are also 

required to submit all testing results 

using LRN Results Messenger. The LRN 

Program Office requires these results in 

order to track the progression of a 

bioterrorism event and respond in the 

most efficient and effective way possible 

and for data sharing with other Federal 

partners involved in the response. The 

number of samples tested during a 

response to a possible event could range 

from 10,000 to more than 500,000 

samples depending on the length and 

breadth of the event. Since there is 

potentially a large range in the number 

of samples for a surge event, CDC 

estimates the annualized burden for this 

event will be 3,000,000 hours or 625 

responses per respondent. 

Semiannually the LRN Program Office 

may conduct a Special Data Call to 

obtain additional information from LRN 

Member Laboratories in regards to 

biological or chemical terrorism 

preparedness. Special Data Calls are 

conducted using the LRN Web site. 

Respondents are public health 

laboratorians. There are no costs to 

respondents other than their time. The 

total estimated annualized burden for 

this information collection is 3,176,400 

hours. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Forms Respondents Number of 

respondents 

Average 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Biennial Requalification ........................................................... Public Health Laboratorians ... 100 1 2 

General Surveillance Testing Results ..................................... Public Health Laboratorians ... 200 25 24 

Proficiency Testing/Validation Testing Results ....................... Public Health Laboratorians ... 200 5 56 

Surge Event Testing Results .................................................. Public Health Laboratorians ... 200 625 24 

Special Data Call .................................................................... Public Health Laboratorians ... 200 2 30/60 

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Dated: February 26, 2010. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4510 Filed 3–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day-10–0736) 

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 I. Daneshvar, 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 

Human Smoking Behavior Study 

(OMB No. 0920–0736, exp. 3/31/2010)— 

Reinstatement with Change—National 

Center for Chronic Disease Prevention 

and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Cigarettes are currently ranked as fullflavor, light or ultralight on the basis of 

machine-measured levels of smoke 

toxins (yield categories). The machinebased methods approximate human 

smoking patterns under controlled 

conditions but may not accurately 

reflect conditions of actual use, 

moreover, public health data have not 

consistently shown differences in health 

outcomes among smokers of cigarettes 

of different machine-smoked yield 

categories. Comparison of cigarette 

smoke emissions using machinesmoking methods will continue until 

something superior is developed, 

therefore, machine-smoking must be 

adequately informed to yield results that 

better reflect human smoking behavior. 

In 2007, the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) received 

OMB approval for a study designed to 

elucidate patterns of human smoking 

behavior, quantify biomarkers of 

exposure to smoke toxins under 

conditions of actual use, and determine 

how smoking behavior modifies the 

relationship between cigarette yield 

category, biomarkers of exposure, and 

measures of cardiovascular reactivity. 

The study has been a collaborative 

endeavor involving the National Center 

for Chronic Disease Prevention and 

Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) and the 

National Center for Environmental 

Health (NCEH). Information has been 

collected from adult smokers of fullflavor, light and ultralight cigarettes, 

however, the target number of 

respondents was not achieved during 

the initial approval period. 

CDC requests OMB approval to 

reinstate the information collection after 

the expiration date (OMB No. 0920– 

0736, exp. 3/31/2010) in order to meet 

recruitment goals and complete the data 

analysis as outlined in the original 

approval. Respondents will be asked to 

participate in a laboratory-based 

descriptive study of smoking behavior 

and analysis of biomarkers of exposure. 

Respondents will make two visits to a 

laboratory for measurements and 

complete a brief smoking diary during 

the one-day interval between the two 

laboratory visits. Indicators of smoking 

behavior such as ventilation poreblocking behavior, puff volume, puff 

duration, puff velocity and inter-puff 

interval will be assessed. Measures of 

exposure to be assessed include 

expired-air carbon monoxide boost, 

carcinogens, nicotine and its 

metabolites in urine, cotinine in saliva 

and solanesol in cigarette butts as an 

indicator of total smoke exposure. 

The goals of this project are to 

characterize the range of human 

smoking behavior for a variety of 

cigarette categories and machinesmoked yields, and to estimate the 

levels of biomarkers of exposure with 

the various cigarette styles. 

CDC Requests OMB approval for two 

years. During this period there will be 

a reduction in total burden due to the 

limited number of respondents needed 

to complete the study. No changes to the 

data collection instruments or the 

estimated burden per response are 

proposed. Participation in the study is 

voluntary. There are no costs to 

respondents other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of 

respondent Form name Number of respondents 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Adult Smokers .................................. CATI Screener .................................. 150 1 5/60 13 

Visit 1 Screener ................................ 70 1 5/60 6 

Smoking Diary .................................. 61 1 10/60 10 

Laboratory Visit ................................ 61 2 1 122 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 151 

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