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‘‘Information Collection 9000–0035, 

Claims and Appeals’’ on your attached 

document. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. 

Mandell/IC 9000–0035, Claims and 

Appeals. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

9000–0035, Claims and Appeals, in all 

correspondence related to this 

collection. Comments received generally 

will be posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. To confirm 

receipt of your comment(s), please 

check http://www.regulations.gov, 

approximately two to three days after 

submission to verify posting (except 

allow 30 days for posting of comments 

submitted by mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Charles Gray, Procurement Analyst, 

Federal Acquisition Policy Division, 

GSA, 703–795–6328 or via email at 

charles.gray@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

It is the Government’s policy to try to 

resolve all contractual issues by mutual 

agreement at the contracting officer’s 

level without litigation. Reasonable 

efforts should be made to resolve 

controversies prior to submission of a 

contractor’s claim. The Contract 

Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 7103) 

requires that claims exceeding $100,000 

must be accompanied by a certification 

that (1) the claim is made in good faith; 

(2) supporting data are accurate and 

complete; and (3) the amount requested 

accurately reflects the contract 

adjustment for which the contractor 

believes the Government is liable. The 

information, as required by FAR clause 

52.233–1, Disputes, is used by a 

contracting officer to decide or resolve 

the claim. Contractors may appeal the 

contracting officer’s decision by 

submitting written appeals to the 

appropriate officials. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 4,500. 

Responses per Respondent: 3. 

Annual Responses: 13,500. 

Hours per Response: 1. 

Total Burden Hours: 13,500. 

C. Public Comments 

A 60-day notice published in the 

Federal Register at 83 FR 22687, on 

May 16, 2018. No comments were 

received. Public comments are 

particularly invited on: Whether this 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of functions 

of the FAR, and whether it will have 

practical utility; whether our estimate of 

the public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

valid assumptions and methodology; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways in which we can 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, through the use of appropriate 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 

1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 

20405, telephone 202–501–4755. Please 

cite OMB Control No. 9000–0035, 

Claims and Appeals, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: August 22, 2018. 

William F. Clark, 

Director, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–18–0960; Docket No. CDC–2018– 

0074] 

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 Epidemiologic Study of Health 

Effects Associated With Low Pressure 

Events in Drinking Water Distribution 

Systems. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before October 29, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2018– 

0074 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 

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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 

Epidemiologic Study of Health Effects 

Associated With Low Pressure Events in 

Drinking Water Distribution Systems— 

Reinstatement With Change—National 

Center for Emerging and Zoonotic 

Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

In the United States (U.S.), drinking 

water distribution systems are designed 

to deliver safe, pressurized drinking 

water to our homes, hospitals, schools 

and businesses. However, the water 

distribution infrastructure is 50–100 

years old in much of the U.S. and an 

estimated 240,000 water main breaks 

occur each year. Failures in the 

distribution system such as water main 

breaks, cross-connections, back-flow, 

and pressure fluctuations can result in 

potential intrusion of microbes and 

other contaminants that can cause 

health effects, including acute 

gastrointestinal and respiratory illness. 

Approximately 200 million cases of 

acute gastrointestinal illness occur in 

the U.S. each year, but we lack reliable 

data to assess how many of these cases 

are associated with drinking water. 

Further, data are even more limited on 

the human health risks associated with 

exposure to drinking water during and 

after the occurrence of low pressure 

events (such as water main breaks) in 

drinking water distribution systems. 

Studies in both Norway and Sweden 

found that people exposed to low 

pressure events in the water distribution 

system had a higher risk for 

gastrointestinal illness. A similar study 

is needed in the United States. 

The purpose of this data collection is 

to conduct an epidemiologic study in 

the U.S. to assess whether individuals 

exposed to low pressure events in the 

water distribution system are at an 

increased risk for acute gastrointestinal 

or respiratory illness. This study would 

be, to our knowledge, the first U.S. 

study to systematically examine the 

association between low pressure events 

and acute gastrointestinal and 

respiratory illnesses. Study findings will 

inform the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA), CDC, and other drinking 

water stakeholders of the potential 

health risks associated with low 

pressure events in drinking water 

distribution systems and whether 

additional measures (e.g., new 

standards, additional research, or policy 

development) are needed to reduce the 

risk for health effects associated with 

low pressure events in the drinking 

water distribution system. 

We will conduct a cohort study 

among households that receive water 

from seven water utilities across the 

U.S. 

The water systems will be 

geographically diverse and will include 

both chlorinated and chloraminated 

systems. These water utilities will 

provide information about low pressure 

events that occur during the study 

period using a standardized form 

(approximately 13 events per utility). 

Utilities will provide address listings of 

households in areas exposed to the low 

pressure event and comparable 

households in an unexposed area to 

CDC staff, who will randomly select 

participants and send them an 

introductory letter and questionnaire. 

Consenting household respondents will 

be asked about symptoms and duration 

of any recent gastrointestinal or 

respiratory illness, tap water 

consumption, and other exposures 

including international travel, daycare 

attendance or employment, animal 

contacts, and recreational water 

exposures. Study participants may 

choose between two methods of survey 

response: A mail-in paper survey and a 

web-based survey. 

Participation in this study will be 

voluntary. No financial compensation 

will be provided to study participants. 

The study duration is anticipated to last 

78 months. An estimated 7,900 

individuals will be contacted and we 

anticipate 6,320 utility customers (18 

years of age or older) will consent to 

participate in this study. The total 

estimated annualized hours associated 

with this study reinstatement is 

expected to be 199 hours per year. There 

are no costs to respondents other than 

their time. 

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) 

Water Utility customer ....................................... Paper-based questionnaire ............................... 240 1 (12/60) 48 

Web-based questionnaire ................................. 160 1 (12/60) 32 

Water utility maintenance worker ...................... LPE form, ultrafilter and grab samples ............. 5 3 (145/60) 36 

LPE form, grab samples ................................... 5 2 (45/60) 8 

Water Utility Environmental Engineer ............... Line listings ....................................................... 5 5 2 50

Water Utility Billing clerk .................................... Line listings ....................................................... 5 5 1 25 

Total ............................................................ ........................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 199 

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. 

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