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Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–24197 Filed 10–6–09; 12:23 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–09–08BG] 

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 Maryam I. 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 should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Survey of Coal Mine Safety 

Interventions—NEW—National Institute 

for Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Since its establishment in 1970 by the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act, the 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH) has been at 

the forefront of research and innovation 

on methods to help eliminate workplace 

injuries, illnesses and exposures. At 

Mine Safety and Health Research 

laboratories in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

and Spokane, Washington, NIOSH 

employs engineers and scientists with 

experience and expertise in mine safety 

and health issues. These laboratories 

and their researchers have gained an 

international reputation for innovative 

solutions to many mining safety and 

health problems. 

Although the NIOSH Mining Program 

widely disseminates and publicizes 

research results, recommendations, 

techniques and products that emerge 

from the work of these laboratories, the 

agency has limited knowledge about the 

extent to which their innovations in 

mine safety and health have been 

implemented by individual mine 

operators. This is particularly true of 

methods and practices that are not 

mandated by formal regulations. The 

overarching goal of the proposed survey 

of NIOSH Recommended Safety and 

Health Practices for Coal Mines is to 

gather data from working coal mines on 

the adoption and implementation of 

NIOSH practices to mitigate safety and 

occupational hazards (e.g., explosions, 

falls of ground). The information from 

this survey will be used by NIOSH to 

evaluate the implementation of safety 

and health interventions (including best 

practices and barriers to 

implementation) in areas such as 

respirable coal dust control, explosion 

prevention, roof support, and 

emergency response planning and 

training. Survey results will provide 

NIOSH with knowledge about which 

recommended practices, tools and 

methods have been most widely 

embraced by the industry, which have 

not been adopted, and why. The survey 

results will provide needed insight from 

the perspective of mine operators on the 

practical barriers that may prevent 

wider adoption of NIOSH 

recommendations and practices 

designed to safeguard mine workers. 

In the spring of 2007, NIOSH 

conducted a pretest of the survey 

questionnaire with nine underground 

coal mine operators. The pretest 

instrument contained 81 questions, 

including five questions which 

measured the respondents’ impressions 

of the clarity, burden level and 

relevance of the survey. The pretest 

served several important functions, 

including gaining feedback on the flow 

of items and their relevance to the 

respondents’ experience, assessing the 

effectiveness of the questionnaire 

instructions, and obtaining 

recommendations for improving the 

questions. Data captured in the pretest 

were used to identify areas for 

questionnaire improvement and 

recommendations for maximizing the 

performance of the full survey. 

The proposed survey will be based 

upon a probability sample of 300 of the 

approximately 665 underground coal 

mines in the United States. A stratified 

random sample of mines will be drawn 


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to ensure representativeness on 

important dimensions such as mine size 

and region of the country. Sampling a 

large proportion of the underground 

coal mines will ensure low rates of 

sampling error and increase confidence 

in the resulting survey estimates. Oversampling some types of mines, such as 

those operating longwall sections, will 

be necessary to ensure enough cases are 

available to conduct meaningful 

analysis of these mine types. 

Allowing mine operators to complete 

the survey using the method they find 

convenient is expected to enhance the 

overall response rate. Therefore, both a 

Web-based and a print version of the 

questionnaire will be provided to 

sampled respondents. Using these 

multiple methods of administration, 

NIOSH expects to achieve an 80% rate 

of response to the survey. In order to 

further reduce the overall burden on 

respondents, certain types of 

supplementary information (e.g., the 

mine’s dates of operation, annual coal 

production) will be gathered from 

publicly-available data collected by the 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

(MSHA). 

Once the study is completed, NIOSH 

will provide a copy of the final report 

to each sampled mining operation, and 

use the survey data to improve the 

adoption of important safety and health 

practices throughout the coal mine 

industry. There is no cost to 

respondents other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of response Number of 

respondents 

Number 

responses per 

respondent 

Average burden per 

response (in 

hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Initial telephone contact with coal mines ......................................................... 300 1 5/60 25 

Respondents completing paper survey ........................................................... 144 1 30/60 72 

Respondents completing Web survey ............................................................. 96 1 25/60 40 

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 137 

Dated: September 30, 2009. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E9–24156 Filed 10–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–09–0021] 

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 Maryam I. 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 should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

National Coal Workers’ Autopsy 

Study (NCWAS)—Extension—(0920– 

0021 exp. 1/31/2010) National Institute 

for Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

Background and Brief Description 

Under the Federal Coal Mine Health 

and Safety Act of 1977, Public Law 91– 

173 (amended the Federal Coal Mine 

and Safety Act of 1969), the Public 

Health Service has developed a 

nationwide autopsy program (NCWAS) 

for underground coal miners. The 

Consent Release and History Form is 

primarily used to obtain written 

authorization from the next-of-kin to 

perform an autopsy on the deceased 

miner. Because a basic reason for the 

post-mortem examination is research 

(both epidemiological and clinical), a 

minimum of essential information is 

collected regarding the deceased miners, 

including occupational history and 

smoking history. The data collected will 

be used by the staff at NIOSH for 

research purposes in defining the 

diagnostic criteria for coal workers’ 

pneumoconiosis (black lung) and 

pathologic changes and will be 

correlated with x-ray findings. 

It is estimated that only 5 minutes is 

required for the pathologist to put a 

statement on the invoice affirming that 

no other compensation is received for 

the autopsy. From past experience, it is 

estimated that 15 minutes is required for 

the next-of-kin to complete the Consent 

Release and History Form. Since an 

autopsy report is routinely completed 

by a pathologist, the only additional 

burden is the specific request of abstract 

of terminal illness and final diagnosis 

relating to pneumoconiosis. Therefore, 

only 5 minutes of additional burden is 

estimated for the autopsy report. 

There are no costs to respondents 

other than their time. 


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