50922 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 166 / Monday, August 28, 2006 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community Consumer Empowerment 

Workgroup Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

eighth meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Consumer 

Empowerment Workgroup in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 5 

U.S.C., App.) 

DATES: September 7, 2006, from 9 a.m. 

to 11 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building 

(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201), Conference Room 4090 (please 

bring photo ID for entry to a Federal 

building). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

bio_main.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting will be available via Web cast 

at http://www.envetcenterlive.com/ 

cfmx/ec/login/login1.cfm?BID=67. 

Dated: August 21, 2006. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–06–0670] 

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) 395–6974. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Evaluation of Efficacy of Household 

Water Filtration/Treatment Devices in 

Households with Private Wells—

Extension—National Center for 

Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Approximately 42.4 million people in 

the United States are served by private 

wells. Unlike community water systems, 

private wells are not regulated by the 

U.S Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA) Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). 

Under the SDWA, EPA sets maximum 

contaminant levels (MCLs) for 

contaminants in drinking water. A 1997 

U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) 

report on drinking water concluded that 

users of private wells may face higher 

exposure levels to groundwater 

contaminants than users of community 

water systems. Increasingly, the public 

is concerned about drinking water 

quality, and the public’s use of water 

treatment devices rose from 27% in 

1995 to 41% in 2001 (Water Quality 

Association, 2001 National Consumer 

Water Quality Survey). Studies 

evaluating the efficacy of water 

treatment devices on removal of 

pathogens and other contaminants have 

assessed the efficacy of different 

treatment technologies. 

The purpose of the proposed study is 

to evaluate how water treatment device 

efficacy is affected by user behaviors 

such as maintenance and selection of 

appropriate technologies. Working with 

public health authorities in Colorado, 

Maine, Missouri, Nebraska, North 

Carolina, and Wisconsin, NCEH will 

recruit 600 households to participate in 

a study to determine whether people 

using water treatment devices are 

protected from exposure to 

contaminants found in their well water. 

We plan to recruit households on 

private well water that use water 

filtration/treatment devices to treat tap 

water for drinking and cooking. Study 

participants will be selected from 

geographical areas of each state where 

groundwater is known or suspected to 

contain contaminants of public health 

concern. We will administer a 

questionnaire at each household to 

obtain information on selection of water 

treatment type, adherence to suggested 

maintenance, and reasons for use of 

treatment device. We will also obtain 

samples of treated water and untreated 

well water at each household to analyze 

for contaminants of public health 

concern. There is no cost to respondents 

other than their time. The total 

estimated annual burden hours are 300. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondents No. of 

respondents 

No. of responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(hour) 

Participant Solicitation Telephone Questionnaire ........................................................................ 1200 1 5/60 

Household Questionnaire ............................................................................................................ 600 1 20/60 

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