Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 140 / Friday, July 20, 2018 / Notices 34585 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Acting Chief, Information Collection Review 

Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office 

of the Associate Director for Science, Office 

of the Director, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15525 Filed 7–19–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–18–18AMQ; Docket No. CDC–2018– 

0061] 

Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 

its continuing effort to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

government information, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies the opportunity to comment on 

a proposed and/or continuing 

information collection, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

This notice invites comment on a 

proposed information collection project 

titled Assessing impact of the NIOSH 

research. The goal of the generic 

information collection request is to 

improve the ability of NIOSH to assess 

and demonstrate the extent to which its 

various research efforts are likely to or 

have led to improvements in workplace 

safety and health. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before September 18, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2018– 

0061 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information 

Collection Review Office, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. CDC will post, without 

change, all relevant comments to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: Submit all comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking portal 

(regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 

address listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Information Collection Review Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS– 

D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 

404–639–7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies 

must obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also 

requires Federal agencies to provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each new 

proposed collection, each proposed 

extension of existing collection of 

information, and each reinstatement of 

previously approved information 

collection before submitting the 

collection to the OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that will help: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

5. Assess information collection costs. 

Proposed Project 

Assessing impact of the NIOSH 

research—New—National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) is responsible for conducting 

research and making recommendations 

to prevent worker injury and illness, as 

authorized in Section 20(a)(1) of the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 

U.S.C. 669). NIOSH is strongly 

committed to program evaluation as a 

way to maximize its contributions to 

improved occupational safety and 

health. NIOSH is requesting a new 

generic information collection request 

for a three-year period that will support 

the timely information collection 

needed for upcoming program 

evaluation activities, such as external 

reviews of NIOSH research programs 

(which fulfill a Government 

Performance and Results Act (GPRA) 

requirement, studies to understand the 

economic value of NIOSH research, 

process evaluations of NIOSH programs, 

and evaluations of large research 

projects. NIOSH needs to collect 

information about research 

dissemination and achieved outcomes 

from key audiences (grantees, potential 

NIOSH research users and relevant 

safety and health experts) for 

accountability and program 

improvement purposes. NIOSH is 

specifically interested in assessing 

intermediate outcomes—the use of 

NIOSH research products and findings 

by external stakeholders and partners to 

improve safety and health—as evidence 

of research impact. Being able to collect 

information on intermediate outcomes 

from grantees, as well as past, present 

and potential future users of NIOSH 

research would allow us to provide 

more robust evidence of use or adoption 

of NIOSH research products or findings. 

The evaluation findings and 

recommendations from the various 

program evaluation activities described 

above will be used as an input for future 

direction of the programs and 

incorporated into analyses and reports 

to either investigate the value of 

NIOSH’s research, or improve program 

operations to maximize impact. Data 

will be collected through semistructured key informant interviews 

with grantees, potential or known users 

of NIOSH research and subject matter 

experts in safety and health. NIOSH 

estimates that 30 respondents will be 

involved in phone interviews, which 

would last between 30–60 minutes. 

However, participants might be 

burdened an additional hour reading the 

invitation email and providing relevant 

documents such as evidence of research 

impact. Therefore, the estimated burden 

for each participant is two hours. The 

total estimated burden is 60 hours. 

There is no cost to respondents other 

than their time. 


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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Natural science managers ................ Semi-Structured Interview Guide 

(Subject Matter Experts).

10 1 2 20 

Postsecondary Teachers .................. Semi-Structured Interview Guide 

(Grantees).

12 1 2 24 

Industrial production managers ........ Semi-Structured Interview Guide 

(Research users).

8 1 2 16 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 60 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Acting Chief, Information Collection Review 

Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office 

of the Associate Director for Science, Office 

of the Director, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15527 Filed 7–19–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–18–18ANU; Docket No. CDC–2018– 

0058] 

Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 

its continuing effort to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

government information, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies the opportunity to comment on 

a proposed and/or continuing 

information collection, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

This notice invites comment on a 

proposed information collection project 

titled Communities Organized to 

Prevent Arboviruses: Assessment of 

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Vector 

Control Practices and Sero-Prevalence 

and Incidence of Arboviral Infection in 

Ponce, Puerto Rico (COPA Study). The 

purpose of this study is to establish 

longitudinal follow-up of a community 

cohort and evaluate the impact of vector 

control interventions in 14 communities 

in southern Puerto Rico. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before September 18, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2018– 

0058 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information 

Collection Review Office, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. CDC will post, without 

change, all relevant comments to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: Submit all comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking portal 

(regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 

address listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Information Collection Review Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS– 

D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 

404–639–7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies 

must obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also 

requires Federal agencies to provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each new 

proposed collection, each proposed 

extension of existing collection of 

information, and each reinstatement of 

previously approved information 

collection before submitting the 

collection to the OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that will help: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

5. Assess information collection costs. 

Proposed Project 

Communities Organized To Prevent 

Arboviruses: Assessment of Knowledge, 

Attitudes, and Vector Control Practices 

and Sero-Prevalence and Incidence of 

Arboviral Infection in Ponce, Puerto 

Rico (COPA Study)—NEW—National 

Center for Emerging and Zoonotic 

Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Recent years have seen the emergence 

of two epidemic arthropod-borne 

viruses (arboviruses) that are 

transmitted by Aedes aegypti 

mosquitoes. Chikungunya virus was 

introduced into the Caribbean in late 

2013, and caused large epidemics of 

fever with severe joint pain throughout 

the Caribbean and Americas in 2014. 

Zika virus was first detected in the 

Americas in Brazil in 2014, spread 

throughout the Americas, has since been 

associated with devastating birth 

defects, Guillain-Barre syndrome, and is 

the first arbovirus that can also be 


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