37564 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 116 / Thursday, June 15, 2000 / Notices

Respondents Number of respondents

Number of responses/respondent

Average burden per response

(in hours)

Laboratories ................................................................................................................................. 200 1 45/60

Dated: June 8, 2000.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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HUMAN SERVICES

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Prevention

[30DAY–46–00]

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) 639–7090. Send written

comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human

Resources and Housing Branch, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235;

Washington, DC 20503. Written

comments should be received within 30

days of this notice.

Proposed Projects

Possible Estuary-Associated

Syndrome (PEAS) Surveillance—

Extension—National Center for

Environmental Health (NCEH)—In 1997,

scientists found a newly identified

microorganism, the dinoflagellate

Pfiesteria piscicida, in water samples

taken from a bay tributary. The presence

of large numbers of this organism (a

bloom) was purportedly associated with

observations of thousands of dead fish

as well as with reports of a wide range

of adverse human health effects. Reports

of this purported association created

excessive public concern about

exposure to estuarine waters and a

general distrust in seafood that

prompted a flood of inquiries to public

health and environmental quality

agencies.

Since 1997, the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC) has been

working with the States of Delaware,

Florida, Maryland, North Carolina,

South Carolina, and Virginia in a series

of meetings, workshops, and conference

calls to design, implement, evaluate,

and revise surveillance activities to

provide a quantitative estimate of the

public health burden associated with

responding to Pfiesteria-related events,

including blooms, fish kills, and people

with health complaints. Cooperative

agreement funds were awarded to these

states to develop a multi-state

surveillance system to examine the

effects of Pfiesteria blooms upon

humans and to expand the scientific

knowledge of the human health effects

of Pfiesteria. Specifically, the states will

quantify the burden of PEAS on their

health agencies by enumerating the

number of contacts involving public and

professional requests for information as

well as symptoms involved in selfreporting. In collaboration with the state

health departments, NCEH has

developed a standardized data

collection instrument that the states

may use to collect and store the

surveillance data. NCEH has requested

that the states report specific data

elements back at regular intervals so

that NCEH can compile the data and

issue periodic aggregate reports. CDC/

NCEH is requesting a 3-year clearance.

The total annual burden hours are 99.

Type of burden Number of respondents

Number of responses

Average burden/response

(in hours)

Information only calls ................................................................................................................... 800 1 5/60

Symptomatic Reports—telephone interview ................................................................................ 80 1 25/60

Dated: June 8, 2000.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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[Announcement Number 00127]

Developing a Model System for the

Collection, Analysis, and

Dissemination of Data on Genetic

Tests, Notice of Availability of Funds;

Amendment

A notice announcing the availability

of Fiscal Year 2000 funds to fund a

cooperative agreement program for

Developing a Model System for the

Collection, Analysis, and Dissemination

of Data on Genetic Tests, which was

published in the Federal Register on

June 8, 2000, (Vol. 65, No. 111, Pages

36446–36448). The notice is amended as

follows:

On page 36447, First Column, under

Section D. Program Requirements, Item

1(c), change to read: Using experts,

identify six to ten DNA-based tests to

guide in the finding, collection, and

analysis of relevant data (published and

unpublished).

On page 36447, Third Column, under

Section G. Evaluation Criteria, Item 4(c),

change to read: Identify available data

for the DNA-based tests, identifying data

gaps, and developing common data

formats,