4924 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 19 / Thursday, January 29, 2015 / Notices 

selected to serve the interests of the 

blood, blood products, tissue and organ 

professional organizations or business 

sectors. The representative members are 

selected from the following groups: The 

AABB (formerly the American 

Association of Blood Banks); American 

Association of Tissue Banks; Eye Bank 

Association of America; Association of 

Organ Procurement Organizations; and 

one of either the American National Red 

Cross or America’s Blood Centers on a 

rotating basis. The Committee 

composition can include additional 

representation from either the plasma 

protein fraction community or a trade 

organization; a manufacturer of blood, 

plasma, or other tissue/organ test kits; a 

manufacturer of blood, plasma or other 

tissue/organ equipment; a major 

hospital organization; or a major 

hospital accreditation organization. 

Where more than one company 

produces a specified product or process, 

representatives from those companies 

shall rotate on the same schedule as 

public members. 

All ACBTSA members are authorized 

to receive the prescribed per diem 

allowance and reimbursement for travel 

expenses that are incurred to attend 

meetings and conduct Committeerelated business, in accordance with 

Standard Government Travel 

Regulations. Individuals who are 

appointed to serve as public members 

are authorized also to receive a stipend 

for attending Committee meetings and 

to carry out other Committee-related 

business. Individuals who are appointed 

to serve as representative members for a 

particular interest group or industry are 

not authorized to receive a stipend for 

the performance of these duties. 

This announcement is to solicit 

nominations of qualified candidates to 

fill nine public member positions that 

are scheduled to be vacated on the 

ACBTSA. 

Nominations 

In accordance with the charter, 

persons nominated for appointment as 

members of the ACBTSA should be 

among authorities knowledgeable in 

blood banking, tissue banking, 

transfusion medicine, organ or tissue 

transplantation, plasma therapies, 

transfusion and transplantation safety, 

bioethics, and/or related disciplines. 

Nominations should be typewritten. The 

following information should be 

included in the package of material 

submitted for each individual being 

nominated for consideration of 

appointment: (a) The name, return 

address, daytime telephone number and 

affiliation(s) of the individual being 

nominated, the basis for the individual’s 

nomination, the category for which the 

individual is being nominated, and a 

statement bearing an original signature 

of the nominated individual that, if 

appointed, he or she is willing to serve 

as a member of the Committee; (b) the 

name, return address, and daytime 

telephone number at which the 

nominator may be contacted. 

Organizational nominators must 

identify a principal contact person in 

addition to the contact; and (c) a copy 

of a current curriculum vitae or resume 

for the nominated individual. 

Individuals can nominate themselves 

for consideration of appointment to the 

Committee. All nominations must 

include the required information. 

Incomplete nominations will not be 

processed for consideration. The letter 

from the nominator and certification of 

the nominated individual must bear 

original signatures; reproduced copies 

of these signatures are not acceptable. 

The Department is legally required to 

ensure that the membership of HHS 

Federal advisory committees is fairly 

balanced in terms of points of view 

represented and the functions to be 

performed by the advisory committee. 

Every effort is made to ensure that the 

views of women, all ethnic and racial 

groups, and people with disabilities are 

represented on HHS Federal Advisory 

committees and, therefore, the 

Department encourages nominations of 

qualified candidates from these groups. 

The Department also encourages 

geographic diversity in the composition 

of the committee. Appointment to this 

Committee shall be made without 

discrimination on the basis of age, race, 

ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, 

disability, and cultural, religious, or 

socioeconomic status. 

The Standards of Ethical Conduct for 

Employees of the Executive Branch are 

applicable to individuals who are 

appointed as public members of Federal 

advisory committees. Individuals 

appointed to serve as public members of 

Federal advisory committees are 

classified as special government 

employees (SGEs). The federal conflict 

of interest laws are applicable to SGEs. 

Therefore, individuals appointed to 

serve as public members of the ACBTSA 

are subject to an ethics review. The 

ethics review is conducted to determine 

if the individual has any interests and/ 

or activities in the private sector that 

may conflict with performance of their 

official duties as a member of the 

Committee. Individuals appointed to 

serve as public members of the 

committee will be required to disclose 

information regarding financial 

holdings, consultancies, and research 

grants and/or contracts. 

Dated: January 22, 2015. 

James J. Berger, 

Senior Advisor for Blood and Tissue Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01682 Filed 1–28–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–41–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30-Day–15–0931] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) has submitted the 

following information collection request 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for 

the proposed information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information are encouraged. Your 

comments should address any of the 

following: (a) 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; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agencies estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) 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 submission of 

responses; and (e) Assess information 

collection costs. 

To request additional information on 

the proposed project or to obtain a copy 

of the information collection plan and 

instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or 

send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written 

comments and/or suggestions regarding 

the items contained in this notice 

should be directed to the Attention: 

CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management 

and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or 

by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 19 / Thursday, January 29, 2015 / Notices 4925 

Proposed Project 

Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning 

Prevention Surveillance System 

(HHLPPSS)(OMB Control No. 0920– 

0931, Expiration April 30, 2015)— 

Extension—National Center for 

Environmental Health (NCEH) and 

Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry (ATSDR), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The overarching goal of the Healthy 

Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention 

Surveillance System (HHLPPSS) is to 

support healthy homes surveillance 

activities at the state and national levels. 

HHLPSS is not a research study; rather 

it is a systematic assessment of 

programmatic activities under the 

healthy homes cooperative agreement. 

CDC is requesting a three-year extension 

of Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval for up to 40 local and 

state Healthy Homes Childhood Lead 

Poisoning Prevention Programs (CLPPP) 

and the state-based Adult Blood Lead 

Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES) 

programs. The programs will continue 

to report information (e.g., presence of 

lead paint, age of housing, occupation of 

adults and type of housing) via 

encrypted files and submit, 

electronically, to HHLPPB staff at CDC. 

The electronic files will be kept in 

accordance with CDC Records Control 

Schedules. 

Over the last three years, 7 states have 

adopted the HHLPPSS and 13 are in 

beta-testing. In October 2014, CDC 

began funding 40 state and local blood 

lead surveillance programs. Many of 

these programs and their subcontractors 

at the local level will come on line with 

HHLPPSS in the next year. 

The objectives for this surveillance 

system are two-fold. First, the HHLPPSS 

allows CDC to systematically track how 

the state and local programs conduct 

case management and follow-up of 

residents with housing-related health 

outcomes. Second, the system allows for 

identification and collection of 

information on other housing-related 

risk factors. Childhood and adult lead 

poisoning is just one of many adverse 

health conditions that are related to 

common housing deficiencies. Multiple 

hazards in housing (e.g., mold, vermin, 

radon and the lack of safety devices) 

continue to adversely affect the health 

of residents. HHLPPSS offers a 

coordinated, comprehensive, and 

systematic public health approach to 

eliminate multiple housing-related 

health hazards. 

HHLPPSS enables flexibility to 

evaluate housing where the risk for lead 

poisoning is high, regardless of whether 

children less than 6 years of age 

currently reside there. Thus, HHLPPSS 

supports CDC efforts for primary 

prevention of childhood and adult lead 

poisoning. Over the past several decades 

there has been a remarkable reduction 

in environmental sources of lead, 

improved protection from occupational 

lead exposure, and an overall decreasing 

trend in the prevalence of elevated 

blood lead levels (BLLs) in U.S. adults. 

As a result, the U.S. national BLL 

geometric mean among adults was 1.2 

mg/dL during 2009–2010. Nonetheless, 

lead exposures continue to occur at 

unacceptable levels. Current research 

continues to find that BLLs previously 

considered harmless can have harmful 

effects in adults, such as decreased renal 

function and increased risk for 

hypertension and essential tremor at 

BLLs <10 mg/dL. 

There is no cost to respondents other 

than their time. The total estimated 

annual burden hours are 640. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

State and Local Health Departments ............. Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Surveillance Variables (HHLPPSS).40 4 4 

Leroy A. Richardson, 

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. 2015–01652 Filed 1–28–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: Refugee Microenterprise and 

Refugee Home-Based Child Care 

Microenterprise Development Programs 

OMB No.: 0970 

Description: The Office of Refugee 

Resettlement (ORR) within the 

Administration for Children and 

families (ACF) is responsible for 

resettling thousands of refugees every 

year from all over the world. The main 

goal of the ORR (US) refugee domestic 

resettlement program is to assist the 

refugees in becoming self-reliant at the 

shortest time possible. ORR has many 

different discretionary grants that it 

employs to accomplish this goal. Two of 

the discretionary grants are the Refugee 

Microenterprise Development (MED) 

and the Refugee Home-Based Child Care 

Microenterprise Development (HBCC 

MED) Programs. The goals of the MED 

program are to assist refugees in 

becoming economically self-sufficient, 

assist refugee serving organizations 

galvanize resources to strengthen their 

capacities to expand and continue their 

microenterprise services at an expanded 

and sustainable level, and enhance the 

integration to the mainstream and 

realize the American Dream. The focus 

of the HBCC Program is on women that 

have limited opportunity to get 

employment at livable wages because of 

limited transferable skills and lack of 

knowledge of the English language. 

Through the program women refugees 

are provided basic training in child care 

and development, state and local legal 

requirements to get a license and to 

establish a home-based child care 

service. The ultimate goal of the 

program is to enable the women 

refugees establish a home-based child 

care service in their neighborhood. 

ORR works with nonprofit 

organizations in implementing these 

projects. Currently, there are 22 projects 

in the Refugee Microenterprise 

Development Program and 23 projects 

in the Refugee Home-Based Child Care 

Microenterprise Development Program. 

It is critical to collect data through a 

semi-annual report in order to 

determine whether or not the programs 

are achieving their intended goals, to 

address concerns, issues, and challenges 

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