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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued 

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Telephone interview ............................................ 500 1 40/60 333 

Total ........................ .............................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ 22,728 

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. 2015–10543 Filed 5–5–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–15–15AEP; Docket No. CDC–2015– 

0029] 

Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 

its continuing efforts to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

government information, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This notice invites 

comment on two information 

collections titled ‘‘Persistence of Ebola 

Virus in Body Fluids of Ebola Virus 

Disease (EVD) Survivors in Sierra 

Leone’’ and ‘‘Assessment of Public 

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices 

(KAPs) Relating to EVD Prevention and 

Medical Care in Guinea.’’ The purpose 

of these information collections is to 

gather the necessary information for the 

CDC and the international community 

to begin the activities necessary to reach 

the goal of zero new EVD cases 

throughout West Africa. Once that goal 

is reached, the 42-day countdown to 

declare West Africa Ebola-free can 

begin. Similar requests for public 

comment will be published as new 

information collections are proposed in 

the effort to meet the international goal 

of zero new EVD cases. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before July 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2015– 

0029 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, 

Information Collection Review Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., 

MS–D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. All relevant comments 

received will be posted without change 

to Regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

access to the docket to read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: All public comment should be 

submitted through the Federal eRulemaking 

portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 

address listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, contact the Information 

Collection Review Office, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570; 

Email: omb@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies 

must obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also 

requires Federal agencies to provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each new 

proposed collection, each proposed 

extension of existing collection of 

information, and each reinstatement of 

previously approved information 

collection before submitting the 

collection to OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

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; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. 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. 

Proposed Projects 

A Study of Viral Persistence in Ebola 

Virus Disease (EVD) Survivors and an 

Assessment of Public Knowledge, 

Attitudes, and Practices Relating to EVD 

Prevention and Medical Care—New— 

National Center for Emerging and 

Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Much progress has been made in the 

year since the CDC first responded to 

the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, but 

the agency’s efforts must continue until 

there are zero new cases of Ebola virus 

disease (EVD). As the CDC’s 2014 Ebola 


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virus response draws closer to the 

international goal of zero new EVD 

cases in 2015, the agency must intensify 

its efforts to identify and prevent every 

potential route of human disease 

transmission and to understand the 

most current community barriers to 

reaching that final goal. 

The first study, titled ‘‘Persistence of 

Ebola Virus (EBOV) in Body Fluids of 

EVD Survivors in Sierra Leone,’’ will be 

the first systematic examination of the 

post-recovery persistence of EBOV and 

the risks of transmission from a cohort 

of convalescent Ebola survivors during 

close or intimate contact. It is important 

to fully understand how long the virus 

stays active in body fluids other than 

blood in order to target and refine 

public health interventions to arrest the 

ongoing spread of disease. 

The research study will be comprised 

of three modules based on the body 

fluids to be studied: A pilot module of 

adult males (semen) and two full 

modules: Module A of adult men and 

women repeating collections and 

questionnaires every two weeks (semen, 

vaginal secretions, and saliva, tears, 

sweat, urine, rectal swab), and Module 

B of lactating adult women repeating 

collections and questionnaires every 

three days (sweat and breast milk). 

Participants for each module will be 

recruited by trained study staff from 

Ebola treatment units (ETUs) and 

survivor registries. Participants will be 

followed up at study sites in 

government hospitals. 

Specimens will be tested for EBOV 

ribonucleic acid (RNA) by reverse 

transcription polymerase chain reaction 

test (RT–PCR) in Sierra Leone at the 

CDC laboratory facility in Bo. All 

positive RT–PCR samples will be sent to 

CDC Atlanta for virus isolation. Each 

body fluid will be collected until two 

negative RT–PCR results are obtained. 

Participants will be followed until all 

their studied body fluids are negative. 

They will receive tokens of appreciation 

for their participation at the initial visit 

and again at every subsequent follow-up 

visit [e.g., 120,000 Leones 

(approximately $28 US dollars) and a 

supply of condoms]. For Module A, men 

and women will be recruited in equal 

numbers for this study until more 

information on gender effects of viral 

persistence is available. A trained study 

data manager will collect test results for 

all participants in a laboratory results 

form. 

Results and analyses are needed to 

update relevant counseling messages 

and recommendations from the Sierra 

Leone Ministry of Health (MoH), WHO, 

and CDC. The study will provide the 

most current information that is critical 

to the development of public health 

measures, such as recommendations 

about sexual activity, breastfeeding, and 

other routine activities and approaches 

to evaluation of survivors to determine 

whether they can safely resume sexual 

activity. These approaches in turn are 

expected to reduce the risk of Ebola 

resurgence and mitigate stigma for 

thousands of survivors. The information 

is likewise critical to reducing the risk 

that Ebola would be introduced in a 

location that has not previously been 

affected. 

The second data collection, titled 

‘‘Assessment of Public Knowledge, 

Attitudes, and Practices (KAPs) Relating 

to EVD Prevention and Medical Care in 

Guinea,’’ is urgently needed to inform 

the rapid development of an up-to-date 

national, evidence-based strategy for 

health promotion and social 

mobilizations to assist the Guinea MoH 

achieve its goal of zero new cases. This 

will be a nationally representative 

assessment of community-specific KAPs 

designed to reduce prevailing barriers to 

EVD prevention and control efforts. 

Despite dissemination of basic EVD 

prevention messages through radio, 

billboards, community meetings, and 

other means, resistance to EVD 

prevention and control measures 

continues in many communities. Some 

believe that EVD is transmitted by 

witchcraft, ‘‘outsiders,’’ or health 

workers. Some lack understanding or 

confidence in control measures. Reports 

of potential resistance include hiding of 

ill and deceased persons, unsafe burial 

practices, and violence against health 

workers. 

For this effort, the CDC and the 

Guinea MoH will work with wellestablished African organizations that 

specialize in household health surveys 

and health promotion. They will collect 

information from representative samples 

of household members and community 

leaders living in villages and 

neighborhoods in eight Guinean regions 

(Conakry, Kindia, Boke ́, Mamou, Labe ́, 

Faranah, Kankan, N’ze ́re ́kore ́). No 

tokens of appreciation will be offered to 

participants in this assessment. 

Previously, a UNICEF-funded EVDrelated KAP assessment was conducted 

which did not address perceptions of 

health education activities; reasons for 

resistance to prevention and control 

efforts; or stigma and discrimination 

faced by EVD cases, survivors, or 

contacts. For this reason, the CDC 

Director stressed after his March 2015 

Guinea visit that this new CDC-funded 

community KAP assessment was critical 

to inform international efforts to get to 

zero cases in Guinea. 

Both information collections will be 

one-time efforts in these participating 

countries under the authority of Section 

301 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 241). 

The total burden hours requested for 

the research study in Sierra Leone is 

2,474 hours incurred by 530 

participants, and for the KAP 

assessment in Guinea, 5,184 hours 

incurred by 5,248 participants. There 

are no other costs to the respondent 

other than their time. 

Estimated Burden Hours 

STUDY OF THE ‘‘PERSISTENCE OF EBOLA VIRUS (EBOV) IN BODY FLUIDS OF EVD SURVIVORS IN SIERRA LEONE’’ 

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hrs.) 

Total burden 

(in hrs.) 

Pilot participants ................................ Survivor Questionnaire ..................... 80 1 30/60 40 

Pilot participants ................................ Survivor Follow-up Questionnaire .... 80 12 10/60 160 

Module A male participants .............. Survivor Questionnaire ..................... 175 1 30/60 88 

Module A male participants .............. Survivor Follow-up Questionnaire .... 175 12 10/60 350 

Module A female participants ........... Survivor Questionnaire ..................... 175 1 30/60 88 

Module A female participants ........... Survivor Follow-up Questionnaire .... 175 12 10/60 350 

Module B female participants ........... Survivor Questionnaire ..................... 100 1 30/60 50 

Module B female participants ........... Survivor Follow-up Questionnaire .... 100 12 10/60 200 

Data manager ................................... Laboratory Results Form ................. 1 6,890 10/60 1,148 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 2,474 


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IN GUINEA’’ 

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hrs.) 

Total burden 

(in hrs.) 

Household Members ......................... Information Collection Instrument— 

Household.

5,120 1 1 5,120 

Village or Neighborhood Leaders ..... Information Collection Instrument— 

Leader.

128 1 30/60 64 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 5,184 

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. 2015–10541 Filed 5–5–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60-Day 15–15AFJ; Docket No. CDC–2015– 

0027] 

Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 

its continuing efforts to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

government information, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This notice invites 

comment on the proposed information 

collection entitled The Green Housing 

Pilot Study (New Orleans). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before July 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2015– 

0027 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, 

Information Collection Review Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS– 

D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. All relevant comments 

received will be posted without change 

to Regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

access to the docket to read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: All public comment should be 

submitted through the Federal eRulemaking 

portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 

address listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, contact the Information 

Collection Review Office, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570; 

Email: omb@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies 

must obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also 

requires Federal agencies to provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each new 

proposed collection, each proposed 

extension of existing collection of 

information, and each reinstatement of 

previously approved information 

collection before submitting the 

collection to OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

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; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. 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. 

Proposed Project 

The Green Housing Pilot Study (New 

Orleans)—New—National Center for 

Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) is seeking a new 

three-year regular OMB approval for a 

pilot study of additional components to 

be tested in a single study site (New 

Orleans) for the Green Housing Study 

(OMB No. 0920–0906, Expiration Date 

10/31/2017). The goal of the Green 

Housing pilot study (New Orleans) is to 

apply environmental sample collection 

methods and novel approaches to study 

exposures to various indoor pollutants 

(both chemical and biological agents) in 

children (0–12 yrs.). 

The information collected will help 

scientists better understand timeactivity patterns of young children (0– 

12 years) that affect exposures to 


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