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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Health and Safety, Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

ACTION: Notification of proposed altered 

system of records. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) proposes to alter 

System of Records, 09–20–0147, 

‘‘Occupational Health Epidemiological 

Studies and EEOICPA Program Records, 

HHS/CDC/NIOSH’’ In accordance with 

the requirements of the Privacy Act, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) is publishing notice of 

the amendment of the categories of 

individuals covered by the system of 

records; the categories of records; the 

authorities; and the purposes for 

maintenance of the system of records. In 

addition, we are proposing to add new 

routine uses. The purpose of these 

modifications is to provide notice that 

the National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH) is complying 

with the Privacy Act in executing its 

responsibilities under the James 

Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation 

Act of 2010 found at Title XXXIII of the 

Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 

300mm—300mm-61 (Title XXXIII). To 

reflect these changes, NIOSH is also 

revising the name of the system of 

records to ‘‘Occupational Health 

Epidemiological Studies, EEOICPA 

Program Records and WTC Health 

Program Records, HHS/CDC/NIOSH.’’ 

The entire resulting system of records 

notice, as amended, appears below. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 27, 2011. In order to 

comply with the tight statutory deadline 

for implementation of the Zadroga Act, 

the changes in this system of records 

notice are effective immediately, except 

for the new routine uses, which will 

become effective 30 days from the date 

of publication unless CDC receives 

comments that require alterations to this 

notice. HHS has requested a waiver of 

the OMB review period in accordance 

with Appendix 1 of Circular A–130. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments, identified by the Privacy Act 

System of Records Number 09–20–0147, 

to the following address: HHS/CDC 

Senior Official for Privacy (SOP), Office 

of the Chief Information Security Officer 

(OCISO), 4770 Buford Highway—M/S: 

F–35, Atlanta, GA 30341. 

You may also submit written 

comments electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Comments must 

be identified by Docket No. CDC–2011– 

0006. Please follow directions at http:// 

www.regulations.gov to submit 

comments. 

All relevant comments received will 

be posted publicly to http:// 

www.regulations.gov without change, 

including any personal or proprietary 

information provided. An electronic 

version of the draft is available to 

download at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Written comments, identified by 

Docket No. CDC–2011–0006, and/or 

Privacy Act System of Records Number 

09–20–0147, will be available for public 

inspection Monday through Friday, 

except for legal holidays, from 9 a.m. 

until 3 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, at 

4770 Buford Highway—M/S: F–35, 

Atlanta, GA 30341. Please call ahead to 

(770) 488–8660, and ask for a 

representative from Office of the Chief 

Information Security Officer (OCISO) to 

schedule your visit. Comments may also 

be viewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Beverly E. Walker, Chief Privacy Officer, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway— 

M/S: F–35, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, 

(770) 488–8660. This is not a toll-free 

number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CDC 

proposes to alter an existing system of 

records: 09–20–0147, ‘‘Occupational 

Health Epidemiological Studies and 

EEOICPA Program Records, HHS/CDC/ 

NIOSH,’’ last published at 76 FR 4463, 

January 25, 2011, to address World 

Trade Center Health Program records 

needed to carry out the James Zadroga 

9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 

2010, Title XXXIII of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm—300mm61) (the Act). Under the WTC Health 

Program, the WTC Program 

Administrator is responsible for 

enrolling qualified individuals who 

responded to the New York City, 

Shanksville, PA, and Pentagon disaster 

sites and to qualified survivors of the 

New York City attacks; and to provide 

monitoring and treatment to eligible 

individuals for WTC related and WTC 

associated health conditions. 

Previously, a health screening program 

for responders began in 2002 and was 

extended funding by Congress and 

implemented as a screening and care 

program under cooperative agreements 

with certain multidisciplinary clinical 

centers experienced with the WTC 

responder population. The program was 

again expanded in 2008 to provide 

initial health evaluations, diagnostic 

and treatment services for residents, 

students, and others in the community 

affected by the September 11, 2001, 

terrorist attacks in New York City. The 

Zadroga Act establishes the WTC Health 

Program within HHS, and so the 

program will assume the functions and 

goals of the cooperative agreement 

programs. Individuals who are eligible 

and qualified as WTC responders or 

screening-eligible and certified-eligible 

WTC survivors may receive an initial 

health evaluation, medical monitoring 

and treatment under the new WTC 

Health Program. Under this new 

authority, NIOSH will, for the first time, 

be directly responsible for applications 

for eligibility and provide for medical 

care under contracts. The changes to the 

system of records will enable NIOSH’s 

WTC Health Program to fulfill its new 

responsibilities under Title XXXIII. 

The following amendments are made 

to this system of records: 

System Name is changed to the 

‘‘Occupational Health Epidemiological 

Studies, EEOICPA Program Records and 

WTC Health Program Records, HHS/ 

CDC/NIOSH.’’ 

The System Location is being changed 

to add a new location for the WTC 

Health Program Records. 

Categories of individuals covered by 

the system of records is expanded by 

including the individuals enrolled or 

claiming eligibility in the WTC Health 

program, and by deleting the term 

‘‘working’’ when describing the affected 

population, so as to include WTC 

survivors as well. Categories of records 

is amended by adding the a description 

of records relating to eligibility and 

qualification for enrollment in the WTC 

Health program and records related to 

provision of treatment of enrollees for 

WTC related and WTC associated health 

conditions under the WTC Health 

Program. 

The authority and purpose for 

maintenance of the system of records 

are amended to include the new 

authority in the James Zadroga Health 

and Compensation Act of 2010, Public 

Health Service Act, Title XXXIII, ‘‘World 

Trade Center Health Program’’ (42 U.S.C. 

300mm—300mm-61), and to explain 

this additional purpose. 

We have added one routine use of 

general applicability regarding 

litigation. We are taking the opportunity 

to use standard language recommended 

by OMB for use in litigation that applies 

to all records of this system of records. 

We are also adding one routine use of 

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general applicability regarding 

disclosure to contractors. 

Two new routine uses are added that 

apply only to the WTC Health Program 

records. The first permits disclosure of 

information to enable coordination of 

benefits with federal, state, local or 

other workers compensation programs, 

or with public or private health plans, 

for which the beneficiary might also be 

eligible. 

One of the provisions of the Zadroga 

Act is that individuals who received 

medical monitoring and treatment 

benefits from the existing medical 

monitoring and treatment program prior 

to July 1, 2011, continue to be qualified 

for the new program. However, such an 

individual is not qualified to enroll in 

the new WTC Health program if the 

individual’s name is on the terrorist 

watch list. In order to implement this 

provision, NIOSH is publishing a 

second new routine use that would 

permit disclosure of certain personal 

identifying information to the 

Department of Justice and its contractors 

to provide terrorist screening support in 

accordance with this statutory 

obligation. 

The routine uses of the original 

system of records notice continue to be 

in effect. We have reorganized the 

routine uses to make clear which ones 

apply to which programs, and which are 

of general applicability. 

The storage and retrieval section is 

amended to make clear that records are 

retrieved by individual health care 

identifier number. 

The Retention and disposal section is 

changed to add a new retention and 

disposal period for WTC Health 

Program records. 

The System manager(s) and address 

section is amended to add a new system 

manager and address for the WTC 

Health Program records. 

CDC filed a modified or altered 

system of records report with the Chair 

of the House Committee on Oversight 

and Government Reform and the Chair 

of the Senate Committee on Homeland 

Security & Governmental Affairs. CDC 

has also filed a report with the 

Administrator, Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), and 

has requested waiver of OMB’s usual 

review period in accordance with 

Appendix I of OMB Circular A–130. 

A forthcoming rulemaking 

implementing the provisions of the 

Zadroga Act will appear in the Federal 

Register. 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Occupational Health Epidemiological 

Studies and EEOICPA Program Records 

and WTC Health Program Records, 

HHS/CDC/NIOSH. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

None. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

WTC Health Program, NIOSH, 

Century Center Boulevard, Building 

2400, Mail Stop E–74, Atlanta, GA 

30329. 

Division of Surveillance, Hazard 

Evaluation, and Field Studies 

(DSHEFS), National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 

4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 

45226. 

Division of Respiratory Disease 

Studies (DRDS), National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), 1095 Willowdale Road, 

Morgantown, WV 20505–2888. 

Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, 

NIOSH, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, 

Pittsburgh, PA 15156. 

Spokane Research Laboratory, NIOSH, 

315 E. Montgomery Avenue, Spokane, 

WA 99207. 

Office of Compensation Analysis and 

Support (OCAS), NIOSH, Robert A. Taft 

Laboratories, 4676 Columbia Parkway, 

Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. 

and 

Federal Records Center, 3150 

Bertwynn Drive, Dayton, OH 45439. 

Data are also occasionally located at 

contractor sites as studies are 

developed, data collected, and reports 

written. A list of contractor sites where 

individually identifiable data are 

currently located is available upon 

request to the system manager. 

Also, occasionally data may be 

located at the facilities of collaborating 

researchers where analyses are 

performed, data collected and reports 

written. A list of these facilities is 

available upon request to the system 

manager. Data may be located only at 

those facilities that have an adequate 

data security program and the 

collaborating researcher must return the 

data to NIOSH or destroy individual 

identifiers at the conclusion of the 

project. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

That segment of the population 

exposed to physical and/or chemical 

agents or other workplace hazards that 

may damage the human body in any 

way. Some examples are: (1) Organic 

carcinogens; (2) inorganic carcinogens; 

(3) mucosal or dermal irritants; (4) 

fibrogenic materials; (5) acute toxic 

agents including sensitizing agents; (6) 

neurotoxic agents; (7) mutagenic (male 

and female) and teratogenic agents; (8) 

bio-accumulating non-carcinogen 

agents; (9) chronic vascular diseasecausing agents; and (10) ionizing 

radiation. Also included are those 

individuals in the general population 

who have been selected as control 

groups. Workers employed by the 

Department of Energy and its 

predecessor agencies and their 

contractors are also included, as are 

cancer–related claimants under the 

Energy Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000 

(EEOICPA). Individuals enrolled in or 

otherwise claiming eligibility and 

qualification for enrollment in the WTC 

Health Program created under Title 

XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Physical exams, sputum cytology 

results, questionnaires, urine test 

records, X-rays, medical history, 

pulmonary function test records, 

medical disability forms, blood test 

records, hearing test results, smoking 

history, occupational histories, previous 

and current employment records, union 

membership records, driver’s license 

data, demographic information, 

exposure history information and test 

results are examples of the records in 

this system. The specific types of 

records collected and maintained are 

determined by the needs of the 

individual study. Also included are 

records of cancer-related claimants 

under EEOICPA.’’ Also included are 

applications for enrollment in the WTC 

Health Program and, once enrolled, 

screening and medical records, and 

financial records related to payment and 

reimbursements for care under the WTC 

program. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

Public Health Service Act, Section 

301, ‘‘Research and Investigation’’ (42 

U.S.C. 241); Occupational Safety and 

Health Act, Section 20, ‘‘Research and 

Related Activities’’ (29 U.S.C. 669); the 

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 

1977, Section 501, ‘‘Research’’ (30 U.S.C. 

951) and the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) (42 

U.S.C.S. 7384, et seq.); and the Public 

Health Service Act, Title XXXIII, ‘‘World 

Trade Center Health Program’’ (42 U.S.C. 

300mm—300mm-61). 

PURPOSE(S): 

Studies carried out under this system 

are to evaluate mortality and morbidity 

of occupationally related diseases and 

injuries, to determine their causes, and 

to lead toward prevention of 

occupationally related diseases and 

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injuries in the future. EEOICPA records 

are maintained to enable NIOSH to 

fulfill its dose reconstruction 

responsibilities under the Act. WTC 

Health Program records in this system 

are maintained and used to enable 

NIOSH to fulfill WTC Program 

Administrator responsibilities make 

determinations about eligibility and 

qualification, provide for medical care, 

pay for that care, and coordinate with 

other health benefit programs under 

Title XXXIII of the Public Health 

Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300mm—300mm61. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In the event of litigation where the 

defendant is: (a) The Department, any 

component of the Department, or any 

employee of the Department in his or 

her official capacity; (b) the United 

States where the Department determines 

that the claim, if successful, is likely to 

directly affect the operations of the 

Department or any of its components; or 

(c) any Department employee in his or 

her individual capacity where the 

Department of Justice has agreed to 

represent such employee, for example, 

in defending a claim against the Public 

Health Service based upon an 

individual’s mental or physical 

condition and alleged to have arisen 

because of activities of the Public Health 

Service in connection with such 

individual, disclosure may be made to 

the Department of Justice to enable that 

Department to present an effective 

defense, provided that such disclosure 

is compatible with the purpose for 

which the records were collected. 

Records may be disclosed to the 

Department of Justice when (1) HHS, or 

any component thereof; or (2) any 

employee of HHS in his or her official 

capacity; or (3) any employee of HHS in 

his or her individual capacity where the 

Department of Justice or HHS has agreed 

to represent the employee; or (4) the 

United States, is a party to litigation or 

has an interest in such litigation, and 

the use of such records by the 

Department of Justice is deemed by HHS 

to be relevant and necessary to the 

litigation; provided, however, that in 

each case it has been determined that 

the disclosure is compatible with the 

purpose for which the records were 

collected. 

Records may be disclosed to a 

contractor performing or working on a 

contract for HHS and who has a need to 

have access to the information in the 

performance of its duties or activities for 

the HHS in accordance with law and 

with the contract. The contractor is 

required to comply with the applicable 

provisions of the Privacy Act. 

Records subject to the Privacy Act are 

disclosed to private firms for data entry, 

scientific support services, nosology 

coding, computer systems analysis and 

computer programming services. The 

contractors promptly return data entry 

records after the contracted work is 

completed. The contractors are required 

to maintain Privacy Act safeguards. 

Certain diseases or exposures may be 

reported to State and/or local health 

departments where the State has a 

legally constituted reporting program for 

communicable diseases and which 

provides for the confidentiality of the 

information. 

Disclosure of records or portions of 

records may be made to a Member of 

Congress or a Congressional staff 

member submitting a verified request 

involving an individual who is entitled 

to the information and has requested 

assistance from the Member or staff 

member. The Member of Congress or 

Congressional staff member must 

provide a copy of the individual’s 

written request for assistance. 

Disclosure may be made to NIOSH 

collaborating researchers (e.g., NIOSH 

contractors, grantees, cooperative 

agreement holders, or other Federal or 

State scientists) in order to accomplish 

the research purpose for which the 

records are collected. The collaborating 

researchers must agree in writing to 

comply with the confidentiality 

provisions of the Privacy Act and 

NIOSH must have determined that the 

researchers’ data security procedures 

will protect confidentiality. 

The Following Routine Uses Apply 

Only to Epidemiological Studies: 

In the event of litigation initiated at 

the request of NIOSH, the Institute may 

disclose such records as it deems 

desirable or necessary to the Department 

of Justice and to the Department of 

Labor, Office of the Solicitor, where 

appropriate, to enable the Departments 

to effectively represent the Institute, 

provided such disclosure is compatible 

with the purpose for which the records 

were collected. The only types of 

litigation proceedings that NIOSH is 

authorized to request are: (1) 

Enforcement of a subpoena issued to an 

employer to provide relevant 

information; and (2) administrative 

search warrants to obtain access to 

places of employment and relevant 

information therein and related 

contempt citations against an employer 

for failure to comply with a warrant 

obtained by the Institute; and (3) 

injunctive relief against employers or 

mine operators to obtain access to 

relevant information. 

Portions of records (name, Social 

Security number if known, date of birth, 

and last known address) may be 

disclosed to one or more of the sources 

selected from those listed in Appendix 

I, as applicable. This may be done for 

obtaining a determination regarding an 

individual’s health status and last 

known address. If the sources determine 

that the individual is dead, NIOSH may 

obtain death certificates, which state the 

cause of death, from the appropriate 

Federal, State or local agency. If the 

individual is alive, NIOSH may obtain 

information on health status from 

disease registries or on last known 

address in order to contact the 

individual for a health study or to 

inform him or her of health findings. 

This information on health status 

enables NIOSH to evaluate whether 

excess occupationally related mortality 

or morbidity is occurring. 

Disclosure of epidemiologic study 

records pertaining to uranium workers 

may be made to the Department of 

Justice to be used in determining 

eligibility for compensation payments to 

the uranium workers or their survivors. 

Records may be disclosed by CDC in 

connection with public health activities 

to the Social Security Administration 

for sources of locating information to 

accomplish the research or program 

purposes for which the records were 

collected. 

The Following Routine Uses Apply 

Only to EEOICPA Program Records: 

Disclosure of dose reconstructions, 

epidemiologic study records and 

employment and medical information 

pertaining to Department of Energy 

employees and other cancer-related 

claimants covered under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act may be 

made to the Department of Labor to be 

used in determining eligibility for 

compensation payments to such 

claimants and in defending its 

determinations under the Act. 

Disclosure of personal identifying 

information associated with cancerrelated claims under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act may be 

made to the Department of Energy, other 

federal agencies, other government or 

private entities and to private-sector 

employers to permit these entities to 

retrieve records required to reconstruct 

radiation doses and to enable NIOSH to 

evaluate petitions for inclusion in the 

Special Exposure Cohort. 

Completed dose reconstruction 

reports for cancer-related claims under 

the Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act may 

be released to the Department of Energy 

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and the Department of Labor to permit 

these entities to fulfill EEOICPA and 

HHS dose reconstruction regulation 

requirements to notify claimants of their 

dose reconstruction results. 

Disclosure of personal identifying 

information associated with cancerrelated claims under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act may be 

made to identified witnesses as 

designated by the Office of 

Compensation Analysis and Support to 

assist NIOSH in obtaining information 

required to complete the dose 

reconstruction process and to enable 

NIOSH to evaluate petitions for 

inclusion in the Special Exposure 

Cohort. 

Records may also be disclosed when 

deemed desirable or necessary, to the 

Department of Justice, and/or the 

Department of Labor, to enable those 

Departments to effectively represent the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services and/or the Department of Labor 

in litigation involving the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000 

(EEOICPA). 

The Following Routine Uses Apply 

Only to WTC Health Program Records: 

Disclosure to the Department of 

Justice and its contractors provide 

terrorist screening support in 

accordance with NIOSH’s statutory 

obligation to determine whether an 

individual is on the ‘‘terrorist watch list’’ 

as specified in Section 3311 and Section 

3321 of the Zadroga Act and is eligible 

and qualified to be enrolled or certified 

in the WTC Health Program as specified 

by statute. Disclosure will be limited to 

only the information that is necessary to 

determine eligibility and qualification 

under the statute. The Department of 

Justice and its contractors will only use 

the information for the purpose of 

determining eligibility and qualification 

for the WTC Health Program and will 

not retain the information for longer 

than is necessary to accomplish that 

purpose. Personal identifying 

information needed for this screening 

process will be destroyed or returned to 

NIOSH once it is determined that an 

individual is not on the ‘‘terrorist watch 

list.’’ 

Disclosure of personally identifying 

information to applicable entities for the 

purpose of reducing or recouping WTC 

Health Program payments made to 

individuals under a workers’ 

compensation law or plan of the United 

States, a State, or locality, or other workrelated injury or illness benefit plan of 

the employer of such worker or public 

or private health plan as required under 

Title XXXIII of the Public Health 

Service Act. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Manager files, card files, electronic 

computer tapes, disks, files and 

printouts, microfilm, microfiche, and 

other files as appropriate. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Name, assigned identification 

number, or social security number 

SAFEGUARDS: 

1. Authorized Users: A database 

software security package is utilized to 

control unauthorized access to the 

system. Access is granted to only a 

limited number of physicians, scientists, 

statisticians, and designated support 

staff or contractors, as authorized by the 

system manager to accomplish the 

stated purposes for which the data in 

this system have been collected. 

2. Physical Safeguards: Hard copy 

records are kept in locked cabinets in 

locked rooms. Guard service in 

buildings provides screening of visitors. 

The limited access, secured computer 

room contains fire extinguishers and an 

overhead sprinkler system. Computer 

workstations and automated records are 

located in secured areas. Electronic antiintrusion devices are in operation at the 

Federal Records Center. 

3. Procedural Safeguards: Data sets 

are password protected and/or 

encrypted. Protection for computerized 

records both on the mainframe and the 

NIOSH Local Area Network (LAN) 

includes programmed verification of 

valid user identification code and 

password prior to logging on to the 

system, mandatory password changes, 

limited log-ins, virus protection, and 

user rights/file attribute restrictions. 

Password protection imposes user name 

and password log-in requirements to 

prevent unauthorized access. Each user 

name is assigned limited access rights to 

files and directories at varying levels to 

control file sharing. There are routine 

daily backup procedures and secure offsite storage is available for backup tapes. 

Additional safeguards may be built into 

the program by the system analyst as 

warranted by the sensitivity of the data. 

Employees and contractor staff who 

maintain records are instructed to check 

with the system manager prior to 

making disclosures of data. When 

individually identified data are being 

used in a room, admittance at either 

government or contractor sites is 

restricted to specifically authorized 

personnel. Privacy Act provisions are 

included in contracts, and the Project 

Director, contract officers and project 

officers oversee compliance with these 

requirements. Upon completion of the 

contract, all data will be either returned 

to CDC or destroyed, as specified by the 

contract. 

4. Implementation Guidelines: The 

safeguards outlined above are in 

accordance with the HHS Information 

Security Program Policy and FIPS Pub 

200, ‘‘Minimum Security Requirements 

for Federal Information and Information 

Systems.’’ Data maintained on CDC’s 

Mainframe and the NIOSH LAN are in 

compliance with OMB Circular A–130, 

Appendix III. Security is provided for 

information collection, processing, 

transmission, storage, and 

dissemination in general support 

systems and major applications. 

Security is provided for information 

collection, processing, transmission, 

storage, and dissemination in general 

support systems and major applications. 

The CDC LAN currently operates under 

a Microsoft Windows Server and is in 

compliance with applicable security 

standards. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records are retained and disposed of 

according to the provisions of the CDC 

Electronic Records Control Schedule for 

NIOSH records. Research records are 

maintained in the agency for three years 

after the close of the study. Records 

transferred to the Federal Records 

Center when no longer needed for 

evaluation and analysis are destroyed 

after 75 years for epidemiologic studies, 

unless needed for further study. Records 

from health hazard evaluations will be 

retained at least 20 years. EEOICPA 

program records are transferred to the 

Federal Records Center 15 years after 

the case file becomes inactive and are 

destroyed after 75 years. WTC Health 

Program records are transferred to the 

Federal Records Center 15 years after 

the case file becomes inactive and are 

destroyed after 75 years. Any records 

provided to the Department of Justice 

for the purpose of screening individuals 

against the ‘‘terrorist watch list’’ will be 

destroyed (and not retained by the 

Department of Justice) once it is 

determined that an individual is not on 

the ‘‘terrorist watch list.’’ 

Paper files that have been scanned to 

create electronic copies are disposed of 

after the copies are verified. Disposal 

methods include erasing computer tapes 

and burning or shredding paper 

materials. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Director, WTC Health Program, 

NIOSH, Century Center Boulevard, 

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Building 2400, Mail Stop E–74, Atlanta, 

GA 30329. 

Program Management Officer, 

Division of Surveillance, Hazard 

valuations, and Field Studies (DSHEFS), 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), Robert A. 

Taft Laboratories, Rm. 40A, 4676 

Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 

45226. 

Director, Division of Respiratory 

Disease Studies (DRDS), National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH), Bldg. ALOSH, Rm. 

H2920, 1095 Willowdale Road, 

Morgantown, WV 26505–2888. 

Director, Pittsburgh Research 

Laboratory, NIOSH, 626 Cochrans Mill 

Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15156. 

Director, Spokane Research 

Laboratory, NIOSH, 315 E. Montgomery 

Avenue, Spokane, WA 99207. 

Director, Office of Compensation and 

Support (OCAS), NIOSH, Robert A. Taft 

Laboratories, 4676 Columbia Parkway, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226 

Policy coordination is provided by: 

Director, National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Bldg. HHH, Rm. 715H, 200 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20201. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

An individual may learn if a record 

exists about himself or herself by 

contacting the system manager at the 

above address. Requesters in person 

must provide driver’s license or other 

positive identification. Individuals who 

do not appear in person must either: (1) 

Submit a notarized request to verify 

their identity; or (2) certify that they are 

the individuals they claim to be and that 

they understand that the knowing and 

willful request for or acquisition of a 

record pertaining to an individual under 

false pretenses is a criminal offense 

under the Privacy Act subject to a 

$5,000 fine. 

An individual who requests 

notification of or access to medical 

records shall, at the time the request is 

made, designate in writing a responsible 

representative who is willing to review 

the record and inform the subject 

individual of its contents at the 

representative’s discretion. A subject 

individual will be granted direct access 

to a medical record if the system 

manager determines direct access is not 

likely to have adverse effect on the 

subject individual. 

The following information must be 

provided when requesting notification: 

(1) Full name; (2) the approximate date 

and place of the study, if known; and (3) 

nature of the questionnaire or study in 

which the requester participated. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Same as notification procedures. 

Requesters should also reasonably 

specify the record contents being 

sought. An accounting of disclosures 

that have been made of the record, if 

any, may be requested. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Contact the official at the address 

specified under System Manager above, 

reasonably identify the record and 

specify the information being contested, 

the corrective action sought, and the 

reasons for requesting the correction, 

along with supporting information to 

show how the record is inaccurate, 

incomplete, untimely, or irrelevant. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

For research studies, vital status 

information is obtained from Federal, 

State and local governments and other 

available sources selected from those 

listed in Appendix I, but information is 

obtained directly from the individual 

and employer records, whenever 

possible. EEOICPA records are obtained 

from the individual subject and the 

employer’s records. WTC Health 

Program Records are obtained from 

individual applicants and enrollees, 

from medical providers who have 

treated eligible individuals, and from 

data centers that are repositories of 

demographic and clinical information 

about WTC responders and survivors. 

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS

OF THE ACT: 

None. 

Appendix I—Potential Sources for 

Determination of Health Status, Vital 

Status and/or Last Known Address: 

Military records 

Appropriate State Motor Vehicle 

Registration Departments 

Appropriate State Driver’s License 

Departments 

Appropriate State Government 

Division of: 

Assistance Payments (Welfare), Social 

Services, Medical Services, Food Stamp 

Program, Child Support, Board of 

Corrections, Aging, Indian Affairs, 

Worker’s Compensation, Disability 

Insurance 

Retail Credit Association follow-up 

Veterans Administration files 

Appropriate employee union or 

association records 

Appropriate company pension or 

employment records 

Company group insurance records 

Appropriate State Vital Statistics 

Offices 

Life insurance companies 

Railroad Retirement Board 

Area nursing homes 

Area Indian Trading Posts 

Mailing List Correction Cards (U.S. 

Postal Service) 

Letters and telephone conversations 

with former employees of the same 

establishment as cohort member 

Appropriate local newspaper 

(obituaries) 

Social Security Administration 

Internal Revenue Service 

National Death Index 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

Pension Benefit Guarantee 

Corporation 

State Disease Registries 

Commercial Telephone Directories 

Dated: May 25, 2011. 

James D. Seligman, 

Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2011–13470 Filed 5–26–11; 11:15 am] 

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