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trends to achieve best of practice quality 

standards and to provide qualitative 

assessments, quantitative data, and cost 

factors to drive improvement and 

reinforce operational objectives; (3) 

measure CDC–INFO contractor service 

performance to assist in determining 

whether performance incentives have 

been achieved; and (4) to collect data in 

order to address public concern and 

response to emergencies, outbreaks, and 

media events. 

Sample size, respondent burden, and 

intrusiveness have been minimized to 

be consistent with national evaluation 

objectives. Procedures will be employed 

to safeguard the privacy and 

confidentiality of participants. Pilot 

tests assisted in controlling burden and 

ensuring the user-relevance of 

questions. The following table shows 

the estimated annualized burden for 

data collection. There are no respondent 

costs other than the amount of time 

required to respond to the survey. 

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours: 

Data collection instrument Number of respondents 

Responses /respondent 

Average burden per response 

(in hrs) 

Average annual burden 

hours 

Satisfaction survey (callers) ............................................................................. 25,000 1 3/60 1,250 

Satisfaction survey (e-mail inquiries) ............................................................... 330 1 3/60 17 

Follow up survey .............................................................................................. 3,125 1 7/60 365 

Key informant survey ....................................................................................... 100 1 7/60 12 

Postcard survey for bulk mailing ..................................................................... 950 1 1/60 16 

Postcard survey for individual publications ..................................................... 2,100 1 1/60 35 

Web survey for e-mail publication orders ........................................................ 1,000 1 1/60 17 

Web survey for internet publications ............................................................... 950 1 1/60 16 

Special event/Outreach survey—General Public ............................................ 25,600 1 5/60 2,133 

Special event/Outreach survey—Professionals ............................................... 10,400 1 5/60 867 

Emergency response survey—Level 1 emergency—General Public ............. 31,151 1 5/60 2596 

Emergency response survey—Level 1 emergency—Professionals ................ 7,459 1 5/60 622 

Emergency response survey—Level 2 emergency—General Public ............. 57,579 1 5/60 4798 

Emergency response survey—Level 2 emergency—Professionals ................ 51,821 1 5/60 4318 

Emergency response survey—Level 3 emergency—General Public ............. 351,863 1 5/60 29,322 

Emergency response survey—Level 3 emergency—Professional ................. 316,678 1 5/60 26,390 

Emergency response survey—Level 4 emergency—General Public ............. 645,630 1 5/60 53,803 

Emergency response survey—Level 4 emergency—Professional ................. 596,504 1 5/60 49,709 

Total Burden Hours .................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ 176,286 

Dated: March 15, 2007. 

Deborah Holtzman, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[Docket Number NIOSH 101] 

A Public meeting to provide input 

regarding the draft document, ‘‘LongTerm Field Evaluation (LTFE) Program 

Concept’’

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

Meeting Date and Time: March 22, 

2007, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. 

Place: DoubleTree Pittsburgh Airport 

Hotel, 8402 University Blvd., Moon 

Township, PA 15108. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) announces the availability of 

opportunity for the public to provide 

input regarding the draft document, 

‘‘Long-Term Field Evaluation (LTFE) 

Program Concept.’’ The public meeting 

will be held on March 22, 2007 at the 

DoubleTree Pittsburgh Airport Hotel, 

8402 University Blvd., Moon Township, 

PA 15108. 

NIOSH is the Federal agency 

responsible for conducting research and 

making recommendations for the 

approval for self-contained, self-rescuer 

(SCSR) closed circuit escape respirators, 

Title 42, Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR), Part 84. The LTFE program for 

self-contained self-rescuers (SCSRs) for 

miners was initiated more than 20 years 

ago by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. The 

objective for the LTFE program is to 

obtain data to determine the expected 

performance characteristics of SCSRs 

used in the mining industry. LTFE 

program results based on scientific 

principles can provide useful 

information to monitor expected SCSR 

performance and assess possible 

degradation due to the physical stresses 

of in-mine use. Of utmost concern is the 

successful performance of any SCSR 

that passes its inspection criteria 

specified by the manufacturer. It is such 

an apparatus that must be relied upon 

in an emergency. 

A copy of the draft document can be 

found at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ 

review/public/NPPTL-LTFE/. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

submitted to the NIOSH Docket Office, 

Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 4676 

Columbia Parkway. M/S C–34, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226, telephone 513/ 

533–8450, fax 513/533–8285. Comments 

may also be submitted directly at http:// 

www.cdc.gov/niosh/review/public/ 

NPPTL-LTFE/. 

The document will remain available 

for comment until April 5, 2007. 

Comments should reference docket 

number NIOSH–101 in the subject 

heading. 

All information received in response 

to this notice will be available for public 

examination and copying at the NIOSH 

Docket Office, Room 111, 4676 

Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 

45226. 

Contact Person for Technical 

Information: Les Boord, NIOSH Director 

for National Personal Protective 

Technology Laboratory, 626 Cochrans 

Mill Road, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, 

PA 15236. 


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Dated: March 15, 2007. 

James D. Seligman, 

Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH); Advisory 

Board on Radiation and Worker Health 

(ABRWH or Advisory Board), 

Subcommittee for Dose 

Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR) 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention announces the 

following meeting of the 

aforementioned subcommittee: 

Subcommittee Meeting Time and Date: 10 

a.m.–5 p.m., April 11, 2007. 

Place: Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 2395 

Progress Drive, Hebron, KY 41018. Phone 

859.334.4611, Fax 859.334.4619. 

Conference Call Access: Phone 

866.643.6504, Participant Pass Code 

9448550. 

Status: Open to the public. 

Background: The Advisory Board was 

established under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation Program 

Act of 2000 to advise the President on a 

variety of policy and technical functions 

required to implement and effectively 

manage the new compensation program. Key 

functions of the Advisory Board include 

providing advice on the development of 

probability of causation guidelines that have 

been promulgated by the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) as a final 

rule, advice on methods of dose 

reconstruction which have also been 

promulgated by HHS as a final rule, advice 

on the scientific validity and quality of dose 

estimation and reconstruction efforts being 

performed for purposes of the compensation 

program, and advice on petitions to add 

classes of workers to the Special Exposure 

Cohort. 

In December 2000, the President delegated 

responsibility for funding, staffing, and 

operating the Advisory Board to HHS, which 

subsequently delegated this authority to CDC. 

NIOSH implements this responsibility for 

CDC. The charter was issued on August 3, 

2001, renewed at appropriate intervals, and 

will expire on August 3, 2007. 

Purpose: The Advisory Board is charged 

with (a) Providing advice to the Secretary, 

HHS, on the development of guidelines 

under Executive Order 13179; (b) providing 

advice to the Secretary, HHS, on the 

scientific validity and quality of dose 

reconstruction efforts performed for this 

program; and (c) upon request by the 

Secretary, HHS, providing advice to the 

Secretary on whether there is a class of 

employees at any Department of Energy 

facility who were exposed to radiation but for 

whom it is not feasible to estimate their 

radiation dose, and on whether there is 

reasonable likelihood that such radiation 

doses may have endangered the health of 

members of this class. 

Matters To Be Discussed: Need for Basic vs. 

Advanced Reviews; How to Conduct Blind 

Reviews; Status of Individual Dose 

Reconstruction Audits; Planning Future Dose 

Reconstruction Audits; and Assignment of 

Two Board Member Teams to Oversee Audit 

Process. 

The agenda is subject to change as 

priorities dictate. There is no public 

comment period, however, written comments 

may be submitted. Any written comments 

received will be provided at the meeting and 

should be submitted to the contact person 

below well in advance of the meeting. 

Contact Person for Further Information: Dr. 

Lewis V. Wade, Executive Secretary, NIOSH, 

CDC, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, 

OH 45226, Telephone 513.533.6825, Fax 

513.533.6826. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities, for 

both CDC and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Acting Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

The National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention Announces the Following: 

Implementation of New Record 

Schedule 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: NIOSH is implementing a 

new record schedule governing the 

retention of records transferred to the 

agency by employers pursuant to the 

regulations of the Occupational Safety 

and Health Administration (OSHA). 

Pursuant to this schedule, NIOSH will 

review these records to determine if 

they document exposures or medical 

conditions as required under the OSHA 

regulations and have research value. 

Those records that NIOSH determines 

meet the OSHA regulations and have a 

research value will be retained for 30 

years. 

Those records that do not document 

exposure or medical condition and 

treatment or have no research value will 

not be retained. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

hazard-specific standards of the 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA)(Title 29, Code 

of Federal Regulations [CFR], Parts 

1910.1001 through 1910.1450) contain 

requirements stating that when a 

company closes and leaves no successor 

employer, it must transfer (or in some 

instances, offer to transfer) its 

employee’s medical and exposure 

records to NIOSH. The OSHA 

carcinogens standards (29 CFR 

1910.1003–1910.1016) also require that 

such records be transferred to NIOSH 

when an employee resigns, retires, or 

dies. The transfer of these records to 

NIOSH is intended to preserve them for 

research purposes. 

NIOSH has amended its record 

schedule pertaining to these records, 

Employee Exposure and Medical 

Records (NIOSH), (NARA job Number 

N1–442–98–1, Item 2), Item 2–80 in the 

CDC Records Control Schedule (RCS) B–

321, to reduce the retention period of 

those records and permit the destruction 

of the records which do not serve any 

research purpose. Under the new 

schedule, those records that meet the 

requirements of the OSHA regulations 

and serve a research purpose will now 

be retained for 30 years, rather than 40 

years (as under the previous record 

schedule). However, if upon review 

NIOSH determines that the records are 

not medical records or exposure records 

required to be transferred to NIOSH or 

were not systematically collected and 

will not serve a research purpose, the 

records will not be retained and will be 

destroyed. 

On September 16, 2005, the National 

Archives and Records Administration 

(NARA) published in the Federal 

Register [70(179):54774–54776] a notice 

of availability of this proposed record 

schedule, Employee Exposure and 

Medical Records (NIOSH), (NARA job 

number N1–442–2005–1, Item 1) and 

request for comments. Following receipt 

and review of comments, NARA 

approved this revised record schedule 

on December 16, 2005. This notice 

announces adoption of the revised 

schedule by NIOSH. A copy of the 

revised record schedule can be obtained 

from NIOSH. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rodger Tatken, National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health, Robert 

A. Taft Laboratories, 4676 Columbia 


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