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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Instrument/activity Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number 

of responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

Total burden 

hours per 

collection 

Pregnant Women (SBI) 

Baseline Assessment (Form A) ........................................... 9,273 1 9,273 .25 2,318 

Process Assessment for all Eligible women (Forms A and 

B) (26.6% of baseline) ..................................................... 2,468 2 4,936 .21 1,037 

Process Assessment for women actively drinking (Forms 

A and B) (16% of 2,468 eligible women) ......................... 395 1 395 .21 83 

End of Program Assessment (Forms A and C) (50% of eligible women) .................................................................... 1,234 1 1,234 .16 197 

SBI Sub Total ............................................................... 9,273 ........................ 15,838 ........................ 3,635 

Non-Pregnant Women (Project CHOICES) 

Baseline Assessment (Form A) ........................................... 1,220 1 1,220 .25 305 

End of program Assessment (Forms A and C) (50% of 

629 eligible women) ......................................................... 314 1 314 .25 79 

Follow-up Assessment (Form A) (50% of 629 eligible 

women) ............................................................................. 314 2 628 .25 157 

Project CHOICES Sub Total ........................................ 1,220 ........................ 2,162 ........................ 541 

Totals ............................................................................ 10,493 ........................ 18,000 ........................ 4,176 

Send comments to Summer King, 

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 

Room 2–1057, One Choke Cherry Road, 

Rockville, MD 20857 or email her a 

copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. 

Written comments should be received 

by September 23, 2013. 

Summer King, 

Statistician. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17878 Filed 7–24–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: BioWatch Filter Holder Log, 

Filter Holder Log DHS Form 9500 

AGENCY: Office of Health Affairs, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for 

comments; Extension without change of 

a currently approved collection. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security, Office of Health Affairs/OCMO 

Early Detection Division, will submit 

the following Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 

35). 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until September 23, 

2013. This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

questions about this Information 

Collection Request should be forwarded 

to Office of Health Affairs/OCMO Early 

Detection Division, DHS Attn.: Daniel 

Yereb, djy1@dhs.gov 703–647–8052. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following 

collection, the filter samples are 

transported to a local Laboratory 

Response Network (LRN) laboratory for 

analysis. Should laboratory analysis 

determine the presence of one or more 

of the organisms of concern, additional 

analysis, collection, and response 

activities are conducted to determine 

the risk to public health, and to take 

appropriate public health, emergency 

response, and law enforcement actions. 

The BioWatch Program provides 

funding to participating jurisdictions for 

the cost of collection and laboratory 

analysis activities, including the 

preparation and maintenance of 

required documentation. The filter 

holder log form is part of the 

documentation required by federal law 

enforcement for the BioWatch Program. 

The filter holder log is required to 

create a unique record of the filter 

installed plus give a written chain-ofcustody record tied to each collected 

filter sample. In the event of a positive 

laboratory result and subsequent 

determination of the presence of an 

organism of concern, a variety of law 

enforcement organizations may become 

engaged in the process of determining if 

any criminal activity has taken place. 

The Federal Bureau of Investigation 

(FBI) instructed the BioWatch Program 

to maintain a written record for each 

collected filter sample to support law 

enforcement activities, including 

criminal prosecution in the case of a 

deliberate release of a biological warfare 

agent. In addition, filter holder logs 

(chain-of-custody records) should be 

consistent nationwide for all BioWatch 

jurisdictions. 

Written records are required to meet 

FBI evidentiary standards for 

establishing the chain of custody for any 

filter samples used for criminal 

prosecution (chain of custody is the 

tracking and documentation of the 

physical control of evidence at all stages 

in the collection and analysis process). 

The memorandum from the FBI to DHS 

directing the creation of written records 

is included in Attachment 1. 

Collection of written records 

establishing chain of custody for 

samples containing biological agents 

and toxins for the purpose of evidence 

in a criminal proceeding is consistent 

with the ‘‘Best Evidence Rule’’, Section 

1002, of the federal Rules of Evidence 

(Attachment 2). 

The FBI requirement levied on the 

BioWatch Program is consistent with 

Section 7 of the FBI Quality Assurance 

Guidelines for Laboratories Performing 

Microbial Forensic Work, produced by 

the members of the Scientific Working 

Group on Microbial Genetics and 

Forensics (SWGMGF) Attachment 3. 

Such record keeping supports 

mandatory reporting requirements 

directed by The APHIS Interim Final 

Rule 7 CFR Part 331, repeated at 9 CFR 


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Part 121 Agricultural Bioterrorism 

Protection Act of 2002; Possession, Use, 

and Transfer of Biological Agents and 

Toxins; Interim Final Rule; FR citation: 

67 FR 76908 and the CDC Interim Final 

Rule 42 CFR Part 73 Possession, Use, 

and Transfer of Select Agents and 

Toxins; Interim Final Rule; FR citation: 

67 FR 76886, inter alia. 

Information is collected in writing by 

a representative of a local BioWatch 

jurisdiction (either an employee, or a 

contractor) assigned responsibility for 

filter installation, removal, and 

transportation using a standardized log 

developed by the BioWatch Systems 

Program Office (SPO) and supplied by 

the jurisdiction. 

A filter holder log is initiated for each 

new filter sample on installation in the 

aerosol collector device, and is 

completed (normally) 24 hours later 

when the filter sample is removed from 

the device for transportation to the 

analysis laboratory. The completed logs 

are archived by the local BioWatch 

jurisdiction for a period of one-year to 

support law enforcement activity. To 

date, no records have been provided to 

Federal government organizations to 

support operational events; however, 

local jurisdiction record keeping is 

audited as part of the BioWatch 

Evaluation Program (BWEP) to monitor 

for system-wide problems and to ensure 

that written records are being 

maintained in accordance with 

BioWatch Program requirements. 

A personal digital assistant (PDA) is 

used to collect many of the data 

elements captured by the filter holder 

logs. However due to mechanical 

failure, possibility of spooking there is 

a need for redundancy in the form of 

paper copies. 

A personal digital assistant (PDA) 

based data collection system—the 

BioWatch Sample Management System 

(SMS)—is used to collect electronic 

information related to sample 

management to support program 

operations and logistics. The SMS is a 

software system designed to track 

sample holders and other media from 

the time they are created, until they are 

delivered to the laboratory. The software 

monitors when the sample holder was 

assembled, deployed to the field, placed 

in the collector, removed from the 

collector, and delivered to the 

laboratory, along with who was 

responsible for each operation. The SMS 

software produces reports used by other 

software in the BioWatch system, such 

as the Centers for Disease Control 

Laboratory Results Messenger software. 

As directed by the FBI, a written record 

tied to each sample establishing chain of 

custody is to be created to support law 

enforcement activity; the FBI has 

informed the BioWatch Program of the 

determination that the electronic SMS 

cannot meet the FBI’s evidence 

recording requirements. 

There has been an increase in the 

annual burden associated with this 

collection. This increase is due to more 

locations using the holder filter log on 

a daily basis. Previously there were 522 

locations and now there are 605 

locations. This has increased the 

number responses annually by 30,817 

and the hours by 515. There is no 

change in the burden time per response. 

There is no change in the information 

being collection. However, there are 

proposed changes to DHS 9500, Filter 

Holder Log. These changes include: 

• Repositioning of Filter Installation 

and Filter Removal Tables. Currently 

the tables are viewed (top to bottom) 

Filter Installation then Filter Removal. 

These tables have been repositioned to 

align with the actual sequence of events 

at the work site * * * there is removal 

of the old filter first followed by 

installation of the new filter. 

• Site Name field changed to Number. 

This has been changed to comply with 

the BioWatch Standard Operation 

Procedure (SOP). 

• Within the Filter Installation table 

under Physical Security Check, On 

Arrival data elements have been 

removed. These elements no longer 

need to be collected because it is 

already covered in the Filter Removal 

portion of the procedure. 

• Within the Filter Removal and 

Filter Installation remove the word 

Collector and replace with PSU. This 

has been changed to reflect the type of 

collector, and its unique number. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

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. 

Analysis 

Agency: Office of Health Affairs/ 

OCMO Early Detection Division, DHS. 

Title: BioWatch Filter Holder Log. 

OMB Number: 1601–0006. 

Frequency: Daily. 

Affected Public: State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments. 

Number of Respondents: 605. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 

minute. 

Total Burden Hours: 3688 hours. 

Dated: July 18, 2013. 

Margaret H. Graves, 

Acting Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17909 Filed 7–24–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9B–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2013–0625] 

Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory 

Committee; Meeting 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Commercial Fishing 

Safety Advisory Committee (CFSAC) 

will meet in Washington, DC to discuss 

various issues relating to safety in the 

commercial fishing industry. This 

meeting will be open to the public. 

DATES: The Committee will meet on 

August 14 and 15, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., and on August 16, 2013, from 

8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This meeting 

may close early if all business is 

finished. Written material and requests 

to make oral presentations should reach 

the Coast Guard on or before August 2, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet at 

the Coast Guard Headquarters Building 

(Room 4613), 2100 2nd Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20593. Attendees will 

be required to provide a picture 

identification card and pass through a 

magnetometer in order to gain 

admittance to the U.S. Coast Guard 

Headquarters Building. Visitors should 

allow for at least 30 minutes to be 

processed through security and awaiting 

an escort, as may be required, to the 

meeting room. 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact the person listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section, as soon as possible. 


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