Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 237 / Friday, December 8, 2000 / Notices 77033

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry (ATSDR), Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry (ATSDR) is mandated

pursuant to the 1980 Comprehensive

Environmental Response Compensation

and Liability Act (CERCLA) and its 1986

Amendments, the Superfund

Amendments and Re-authorization Act

(SARA), to establish and maintain a

national registry of persons who have

been exposed to hazardous substances

in the environment and a national

registry of persons with illnesses or

health problems resulting from such

exposure. ATSDR created the National

Exposure Registry (NER) as a result of

this legislation in an effort to provide

scientific information about potential

adverse health effects people develop as

a result of low-level, long-term exposure

to hazardous substances.

The National Exposure Registry is a

program that collects, maintains, and

analyzes information obtained from

participants (called registrants) whose

exposure to selected toxic substances at

specific geographic areas in the United

States was documented. Relevant health

data and demographic information are

also included in the NER database. The

NER databases furnish the information

needed to generate appropriate and

valid hypothesis for future activities

such as epidemiologic studies. The NER

also serves as a mechanism for

longitudinal health investigations that

follow registrants over time to ascertain

adverse health effects and latency

periods.

The NER is currently composed of

four sub-registries of persons known to

have been exposed to specific

chemicals: 1,1,1,-Trichloroethane

(TCA), Trichloroethylene (TCE), 2,3,7,8-

tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (dioxin),

and benzene. In 2001, the NER will

establish a new asbestos subregistry.

Participants in each subregistry are

interviewed initially with a baseline

questionnaire. An identical follow-up

telephone questionnaire is administered

to participants every three years until

the criteria for terminating a specific

subregistry have been met. The annual

number of participants varies greatly

from year to year. Two factors

influencing the number of respondents

per year are the number of subregistry

updates that are scheduled and whether

a new subregistry will be established.

The addition of the new asbestos

subregistry is expected to add

approximately 6,000 persons to the

NER. This increase is reflected in the

following estimated burden table.

The following table is annualized to

reflect one new subregistry (asbestos)

and five updates for the requested threeyear extension of OMB No. 0923–0006.

There is no cost to registrants.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Responses

per

respondent

Average

burden per

response (in

hrs.)

Total

annualized

burden

(in hrs.)

One New Subregistry ...................................................................................... 2,000 1 0.50 1,000

Five updates .................................................................................................... 4,927 1 0.42 2,069

Total ...................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 3,069

Dated: December 1, 2000.

John Moore,

Acting Associate Director for Policy,

Planning, and Evaluation, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[60Day–01–06]

Proposed Data Collections Submitted

for Public Comment and

Recommendations

In compliance with the requirement

of section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Center for Disease Control and

Prevention is providing opportunity for

public comment on proposed data

collection projects. To request more

information on the proposed projects or

to obtain a copy of the data collection

plans and instruments, call the CDC

Reports Clearance Officer on (404) 639–

7090.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

for other forms of information

technology. Send comments to Anne

O’Connor, CDC Assistant Reports

Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road,

MS-D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Proposed Project

NIOSH Research Study for the

Prevention of Work-related

Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs)—

New—National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC). The mission of

the National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health (NIOSH) is to

promote safety and health at work for all

people through research and prevention.

There is evidence of causal

relationships between physical job

stressors (e.g., repetitive or static

exertion, forcefulness, awkward

postures) and MSDs, and some

quantitative information is available on

how much rates of MSDs change at

varying levels of exposure to each

stressor and combination of stressors

(exposure-response relationships).

Additional information would foster the

further development of effective

strategies for prevention.

A research project is proposed to

conduct a prospective cohort study to

quantify the risk for upper limb and low

back MSDs at varying levels of exposure

to physical job stressors (repetitive,

forceful exertion, awkward postures,

vibration, manual handling, etc.). This

research will involve multiple work

sites from the service and

manufacturing industries with job tasks

that represent a range of exposures to

physical job stressors that can result in

musculoskeletal disorders of the upper

limb (e.g., carpal tunnel syndrome,

hand-wrist tendinitis, medial and lateral

epicondylitis, hand-arm vibration

syndrome (HAVS)) and low back

disorders. Because of the limitations of

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cross-sectional and retrospective

studies, it is widely agreed that a

prospective study design is the best

approach for the investigation of this

problem. Up to 2000 workers will be

enrolled into the study and will

participate in three annual data

collection surveys. The surveys will be

comprised of a self-administered

questionnaire and standard health tests

to identify MSDs, including HAVS. Job

tasks will be studied using uniform

exposure assessment methods to

quantify physical stressors. The study

data will be used to test and expand

existing guidelines for limiting exposure

to physical job stressors, and for

developing new guidelines where none

exist. The results from this research

study will provide practitioners in

occupational health critical data that

will facilitate their ability to quickly and

reliably discriminate job tasks that

represent low, moderate and high risk

for MSDs among workers employed

across different industries. In addition,

the results of this study will provide

guidance on effective job design to

reduce the burden of work-related

MSDs. The total estimated annual cost

to respondents is $33,190.

Data collection activity Number of

respondents

Number of

responses per

respondents

Response

per hour

Response

burden

(in hrs)

Questionnaire Administration:

Core Questionnaire .................................................................................. 2,000 3 45/60 4,500

Upper Limb Module .................................................................................. 1,000 3 9/60 450

Back Module ............................................................................................. 700 3 6/60 210

HAVS Module ........................................................................................... 300 3 15/60 225

Intervention Module .................................................................................. 225 4 6/60 90

Physical Examination:

Upper Limb MSDs .................................................................................... 1,000 3 45/60 2,250

Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome ................................................................. 300 3 2.00 1,800

Total Respondent Burden Hours: ......................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 9,525

Dated: December 1, 2000.

John Moore,

Acting Associate Director for Policy,

Planning, and Evaluation, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC).

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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) 639–7090. Send written

comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human

Resources and Housing Branch, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235;

Washington, DC 20503. Written

comments should be received within 30

days of this notice.

Proposed Project

National Sexually Transmitted

Disease Morbidity Surveillance

System—Extension—OMB No. 0920–

0011 National Center for HIV, STD, and

TB Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The reports used for this surveillance

system provide ongoing surveillance

data on national sexually transmitted

disease morbidity. The data are used by

health care planners at the national,

state, and local (including selected

metropolitan and territorial health

departments) levels to develop and

evaluate STD prevention and control

programs. In addition, there are many

other users of the data including

scientists, researchers, educators, and

the media. Sexually transmitted disease

(STD) data gathered in these reports are

used to produce national statistics

published in the annual STD

Surveillance Report, MMWR articles,

and serve as a progress report to meet

objectives in Healthy People 2000: Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions. It is

important to note that these reporting

forms are in the process of being phased

out and replaced by electronic, linelisted STD data collected in the National

Electronic Telecommunications System

for Surveillance (NETSS). The total

number of burden hours is 644.

Forms Number of

respondents

Number of

responses/

respondent

Average

burden

(in hours)

CDC 73.688* ................................................................................................................................ 20 4 1

CDC 73.688** .............................................................................................................................. 21 4 1

CDC 73.998 ................................................................................................................................. 30 12 35/60

CDC 73.2638 ............................................................................................................................... 30 3 3

* State-level reporting: Respondents for the state-specific CDC 73.688 forms now include 26 state health departments (originally, respondents

included 50 states, but 24 states have now discontinued hardcopy reporting and send all STD data as electronic line-listed records through

NETSS), seven large city health departments and three outlying areas.

** City-level reporting: The health departments for the 26 states and one of the outlying regions (Puerto Rico) also prepare and submit reports

for additional large cities within their jurisdictions.