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the collection of information, and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. The total annual burden 

hours estimated for this ICR are 

summarized in the table below. 

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

100,000 1 1 100,000 

Total .......................................................................................................... 100,000 1 1 100,000 

Grants.gov specifically requests 

comments on (1) the necessity and 

utility of the proposed information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the agency’s functions, (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden, (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected, and 

(4) the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Darius Taylor, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02769 Filed 2–10–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; Public 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Electronic Government Office, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, Grants.gov 

(EGOV), Department of Health and 

Human Services, announces plans to 

submit an Information Collection 

Request (ICR), described below, to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). The ICR is for reinstatement of 

a previously-approved information 

collection assigned OMB control 

number 4040–0002—SF424–Mandatory, 

which expired on May 31, 2014. The 

ICR also requests categorizing the form 

as a common form, meaning HHS will 

only request approval for its own use of 

the form rather than aggregating the 

burden estimate across all Federal 

Agencies as was done for previous 

actions on this OMB control number. 

Prior to submitting that ICR to OMB, 

EGOV seeks comments from the public 

regarding the burden estimate, below, or 

any other aspect of the ICR. 

DATES: The 60-day Comment Period 

closed on January 5, 2015. No comments 

were received. Comments on the ICR 

must be received on or before April 13, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

Information.CollectionClearance@

hhs.gov or by calling (202) 690–6162. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information Collection Clearance staff, 

Information.CollectionClearance@

hhs.gov or (202) 690–6162. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Form is 

available upon request. 

Information Collection Request Title: 

SF–424 Mandatory Form. 

Abstract: The SF–424 Mandatory 

Form provides the Federal grant-making 

agencies an alternative to the Standard 

Form 424 data set and form. Agencies 

may use the SF–424 Mandatory Form 

for grant programs not required to 

collect all the data that is required on 

the SF–424 core data set and form. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: To obtain Federal grants 

funds, applicant organizations must 

apply to the Federal agency or 

organization responsible for 

administering the grant program. The 

SF–424 Mandatory Form will be used 

by applicants to apply for Federal grants 

and for Federal agencies to review 

submissions for Federal grants funds. 

Likely Respondents: Federal grant 

applicants. 

Burden Statement: Burden in this 

context means the time expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose or provide the information 

requested. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions, to 

develop, acquire, install and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information, to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information, and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. The total annual burden 

hours estimated for this ICR are 

summarized in the table below. 

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

8,388 1 1 8,388 

Total .......................................................................................................... 8,388 1 1 8,388 

Grants.gov specifically requests 

comments on (1) the necessity and 

utility of the proposed information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the agency’s functions, (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden, (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected, and 

(4) the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 


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technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Darius Taylor, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02760 Filed 2–10–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Decision To Evaluate a Petition To 

Designate a Class of Employees From 

the Carborundum Company in Niagara 

Falls, New York, To Be Included in the 

Special Exposure Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, Department of Health 

and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: NIOSH gives notice as 

required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a 

decision to evaluate a petition to 

designate a class of employees from the 

Carborundum Company in Niagara 

Falls, New York, to be included in the 

Special Exposure Cohort under the 

Energy Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000. The 

initial proposed definition for the class 

being evaluated, subject to revision as 

warranted by the evaluation, is as 

follows: 

Facility: Carborundum Company. 

Location: Niagara Falls, New York. 

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All 

employees who worked in any area. 

Period of Employment: January 1, 

1943 through December 31, 1976. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum 

Avenue, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 

45226–1938, Telephone 877–222–7570. 

Information requests can also be 

submitted by email to DCAS@CDC.GOV. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02803 Filed 2–10–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Meeting for Software Developers on 

the Common Formats for Patient 

Safety Data Collection and Event 

Reporting 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Patient Safety and 

Quality Improvement Act of 2005, 42 

U.S.C. 299b-21 to b-26, (Patient Safety 

Act) provides for the formation of 

Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs), 

which collect, aggregate, and analyze 

confidential information regarding the 

quality and safety of healthcare 

delivery. The Patient Safety Act (at 42 

U.S.C. 299b–23(b)) authorizes the 

collection of this information in a 

standardized manner, as explained in 

the related Patient Safety and Quality 

Improvement Final Rule, 42 CFR part 3 

(Patient Safety Rule), published in the 

Federal Register on November 21, 2008 

(73 FR 70731–70814). AHRQ 

coordinates the development of 

common definitions and reporting 

formats (Common Formats) that allow 

healthcare providers to voluntarily 

collect and submit standardized 

information regarding patient safety 

events. In order to support the Common 

Formats, AHRQ has provided technical 

specifications to promote 

standardization by ensuring that data 

collected by PSOs and other entities are 

clinically and electronically 

comparable. More information on the 

Common Formats, including the 

technical specifications, can be obtained 

through AHRQ’s PSO Web site: http:// 

www.PSO.AHRQ.GOV. 

The purpose of this notice is to 

announce a meeting to discuss the 

Common Formats. This meeting is 

designed as an interactive forum where 

software developers and PSOs can 

provide input on the formats. AHRQ 

especially requests participation by and 

input from those entities which have 

used AHRQ’s technical specifications 

and implemented, or plan to implement, 

the formats electronically. 

DATES: The meeting will be held from 

10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 

24, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the John M. Eisenberg Conference 

Center, Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, 540 Gaither Road, 

Rockville, MD 20850. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eileen Hogan, Center for Quality 

Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ, 

540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850; 

Telephone (toll free): (866) 403–3697; 

Telephone (local): (301) 427–1111; TTY 

(toll free): (866) 438–7231; TTY (local): 

(301) 427–1130; Email: PSO@

AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Patient Safety Act and Patient 

Safety Rule establish a framework by 

which doctors, hospitals, skilled 

nursing facilities, and other health care 

providers may voluntarily report 

information regarding patient safety 

events and quality of care. Information 

that is assembled and developed by 

providers for reporting to PSOs and the 

information received and analyzed by 

PSOs—called patient safety work 

product—is privileged and confidential. 

Patient safety work product is used to 

identify events, patterns of care, and 

unsafe conditions that increase risks 

and hazards to patients. Definitions and 

other details about PSOs and patient 

safety work product are included in the 

Patient Safety Rule. 

The Patient Safety Act and Patient 

Safety Rule require PSOs, to the extent 

practicable and appropriate, to collect 

patient safety work product from 

providers in a standardized manner in 

order to permit valid comparisons of 

similar cases among similar providers. 

The collection of patient safety work 

product allows the aggregation of 

sufficient data to identify and address 

underlying causal factors of patient 

safety problems. Both the Patient Safety 

Act and Patient Safety Rule, including 

any relevant guidance, can be accessed 

electronically at: http://

www.PSO.AHRQ.GOV/LEGISLATION. 

In collaboration with the interagency 

Federal Patient Safety Workgroup 

(PSWG), the National Quality Forum 

(NQF) and the public, AHRQ has 

developed Common Formats for two 

settings of care—acute care hospitals 

and skilled nursing facilities—in order 

to facilitate standardized data 

collection. AHRQ’s Common Formats 

include: 

• Event descriptions (descriptions of 

patient safety events and unsafe 

conditions to be reported), 

• Specifications for patient safety 

aggregate reports and individual event 

summaries, 

• Delineation of data elements to be 

collected for different types of events to 

populate the reports, 

• A user’s guide and quick guide, and 

• Technical specifications for 

electronic data collection and reporting. 


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