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There are no Capital Costs, Operating 

Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to 

report. 

Request for Comments: Your written 

comments and/or suggestions are 

invited on one or more of the following 

points: (a) Whether the information 

collection activity is necessary to carry 

out an agency function; (b) whether the 

IHS processes the information collected 

in a useful and timely fashion; (c) the 

accuracy of the public burden estimate 

(this is the amount of time needed for 

individual respondents to provide the 

requested information); (d) whether the 

methodology and assumptions used to 

determine the estimate are logical; (e) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information being 

collected; and (f) ways to minimize the 

public burden through the use of 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Send Comments and Requests for 

Further Information: Send your written 

comments and requests for more 

information on the proposed collection 

or requests to obtain a copy of the data 

collection instrument and instructions 

to: Ms. Betty Gould, Reports Clearance 

Officer, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP, 

Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852, call 

non-toll free (301) 443–7899, send via 

facsimile to (301) 443–9879, or send 

your e-mail requests, comments, and 

return address to: Betty.Gould@ihs.gov. 

Comment Due Date: Your comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having full effect if 

received within 60 days of the date of 

this publication. 

Dated: September 3, 2009. 

Yvette Roubideaux, 

Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–22271 Filed 9–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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HUMAN SERVICES 

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Prevention 

[30Day–09–0669] 

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) 639–4766 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 

Evaluation of State Nutrition and 

Physical Activity Programs to Prevent 

Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases 

[OMB# 0920–0669 exp. 6/30/2011]— 

Revision—National Center for Chronic 

Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion (NCCDHP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

In order to prevent and control 

obesity and other chronic diseases, CDC 

established state-based nutrition and 

physical activity programs to support 

the development and implementation of 

nutrition and physical activity 

interventions, particularly through 

population-based strategies such as 

policy-level changes, environmental 

supports and the social marketing 

process. The overall programmatic goal 

is to promote population-based behavior 

change, such as increased physical 

activity and better dietary habits, thus 

leading to a reduction in the prevalence 

of obesity, and ultimately to a reduction 

in the prevalence of chronic diseases. 

CDC funding for state nutrition and 

physical activity programs may be used 

for capacity building, collaboration, 

planning, monitoring the burden of 

obesity, intervention, and evaluation. 

CDC is currently approved to collect 

information from funded states as 

described in ‘‘Evaluation of State 

Nutrition and Physical Activity 

Programs to Prevent Obesity and Other 

Chronic Diseases’’ (OMB no. 0920–0669, 

exp. date 06/30/2011). The evaluation 

framework for the information 

collection was designed to focus on 

recipient activities as outlined in the 

original funding announcement. Since 

that time, CDC reissued the cooperative 

agreement with minor adjustments to 

program focus and reporting 

requirements. In the current Revision 

request, CDC proposes to implement 

changes to the information collection 

which reflect those adjustments. 

Planned modifications include: 

collection of additional data items 

pertaining to ‘‘success stories’’ and two 

new behavioral target areas 

(consumption of sugar-sweetened 

beverages and consumption of high 

energy-dense foods); deletion of 

questions that are no longer relevant; 

wording changes to improve clarity; and 

minor changes to the response 

categories for some questions. CDC also 

proposes a new, simplified title for the 

OMB Information Collection Request: 

‘‘Monitoring State Nutrition, Physical 

Activity and Obesity Programs.’’ 

CDC anticipates an overall reduction 

in burden based on a reduction in the 

number of respondents, reduction of the 

estimated burden per response, and 

reduction in the frequency of 

information (from a semi-annual 

schedule to an annual schedule). OMB 

approval is requested for three years. 

There are no costs to the respondents 

other than their time. The total 

estimated annualized burden hours are 

250. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

State Awardees ........................................................................................................................... 25 1 10 


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Date: September 9, 2009. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E9–22374 Filed 9–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–09–09BH] 

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 

Assessing the Safety Culture of 

Underground Coal Mining—New— 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, (NIOSH), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

NIOSH, under Public Law 91–596, 

(Section 20–22, Occupational Safety and 

Health Act of 1970) has the 

responsibility to conduct research 

relating to innovative methods, 

techniques, and approaches dealing 

with occupational safety and health 

problems. 

This research relates to occupational 

safety and health problems in the coal 

mining industry. In recent years, coal 

mining safety has attained national 

attention due to highly publicized 

disasters. Despite these threats to 

worker safety and health, the U.S. relies 

on coal mining to meet its electricity 

needs. For this reason, the coal mining 

industry must continue to find ways to 

protect its workers while maintaining 

productivity. One way to do so is 

through improving the safety culture at 

coal mines. In order to achieve this 

culture, operators, employees, the 

inspectorate, etc. must share a 

fundamental commitment to it as a 

value. This type of culture is known in 

other industries as a ‘‘safety culture.’’ 

Safety culture can be defined as the 

characteristics of the work environment, 

such as the norms, rules, and common 

understandings that influence 

employees’ perceptions of the 

importance that the organization places 

on safety. 

NIOSH proposes an assessment of the 

current safety culture of underground 

coal mining in order to identify 

recommendations for promoting and 

ensuring the existence of a positive 

safety culture across the industry. A 

total of 6 underground coal mines will 

be studied for this assessment in an 

attempt to study mines of different 

characteristics. It is hoped that a small, 

a medium and a large unionized as well 

as non-unionized mines will participate. 

Data will be collected one time at each 

mine; this is not a longitudinal study. 

The assessment includes the collection 

of data using several diagnostic tools: (a) 

Functional analysis, (b) structured 

interviews, (c) behavioral observations, 

and (d) surveys. 

It is estimated that across the 6 mines 

approximately 900 respondents will be 

surveyed. Similarly the number of 

interviews will be based upon the 

number of individuals in the mine 

population. An exact number of 

participants is unavailable at this time 

because not all mine sites have been 

selected. 

The use of multiple methods to assess 

safety culture is a key aspect to the 

methodology. After all of the 

information has been gathered, a variety 

of statistical and qualitative analyses are 

conducted on the data to obtain 

conclusions with respect to the mine’s 

safety culture. The results from these 

analyses will be presented in a report 

describing the status of the behaviors 

important to safety culture at that mine. 

This project will provide 

recommendations for the enactment of 

new safety practices or the enhancement 

of existing safety practices across the 

underground coal mining industry. This 

final report will present a generalized 

model of a positive safety culture for 

underground coal mines that can be 

applied at individual mines. In 

addition, all study measures and 

procedures will be available for mines 

to use in the future to evaluate their 

own safety cultures. There is no cost to 

respondents other than their time. The 

total estimated annualized burden hours 

are 480. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Phase Type of respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Year one Survey ............................................. Mine Employees ............................................. 500 1 20/60 

Year one Interviews ........................................ Mine Employees ............................................. 100 1 1 

Year two Survey ............................................. Mine Employees ............................................. 400 1 20/60 

Year two Interviews ........................................ Mine Employees ............................................. 80 1 1 


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