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It will take state health department 

personnel 20 minutes to administer the 

questionnaire and 10 minutes to retrieve 

and record the diagnostic information 

from their state reportable disease 

database. 

Participation is voluntary. There are 

no costs to the respondents other than 

their time. The total burden hours are 73 

hours. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hrs.) 

Total burden 

(in hrs.) 

State Health Department Personnel Case Report Form for Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) Enhanced Surveillance.145 1 30/60 73 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 73 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–15–15GD] 

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. 

Proposed Project 

Emergency Self Escape for Coal 

Miners—New—National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention’s (CDC) mission is to 

promote health and quality of life by 

preventing and controlling disease, 

injury, and disability. The National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH) provides national and 

world leadership to prevent workrelated illness, injury, disability, and 

death by gathering information, 

conducting scientific research, and 

translating knowledge gained into 

products and services. NIOSH’s mission 

is critical to the health and safety of 

every American worker. The Office of 

Mine Safety and Health Research 

(OMSHR), one of the preeminent mining 

research laboratories in the world, is 

focused on occupational health and 

safety research for mine workers. 

Recent research by the National 

Academy of Sciences (NAS) has called 

for a detailed, formal task analysis of 

mine self-escape (National Research 

Council, 2013). Such an analysis should 

identify the knowledge, skills, abilities, 

and other attributes (KSAOs) needed by 

mine personnel in the event of a mine 

disaster to successfully complete an 

emergency self-escape. This analysis 

will identify gaps between worker 

demands and capabilities, and propose 

recommendations to either minimize 

those gaps or enhance existing systems 

(e.g., communications, training, 

technology). 

The purpose of the project is to 

enhance the ability of miners to escape 

from underground coal mines in the 

event of a fire, explosion, collapse of the 

mine structure, or flooding of the area 

by toxic gas or water. To escape, miners 

need to perform a set of tasks that apply 

specific knowledge and skills in moving 

through the mine, avoiding dangers, and 

using protective equipment. The project 

will identify the tasks, knowledge and 

skills, procedures, equipment, 

communications, and physical 

requirements of self-escape. The results 

are expected to lead to 

recommendations for improvements to 

task requirements and procedures, 

equipment, training and communication 

processes. 

NIOSH proposes this two-year study 

to better understand the requirements of 

emergency self-escape and to answer the 

following questions: 

• What tasks (and critical tasks) do 

miners perform during self-escape? 

• What knowledge beyond that 

needed to perform normal, routine 

mining tasks do miners require to 

facilitate successful self-escape? 

• What are the cognitive requirements 

(such as reasoning, or weighing and 

deciding among alternatives, 

recognizing when a course of action is 

not producing the intended results) 

beyond that needed to perform normal, 

routine mining tasks? 

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• What other cognitive abilities or 

other cognitive competencies are 

needed? 

• What gaps exist between what 

miners are required to do for self-escape 

and their capabilities? 

• How can self-escape be improved 

by redesigning, eliminating, or 

modifying tasks or training, or by 

altering or introducing specific 

technologies/tools? 

To answer these questions, we will 

use a task analysis study design that 

utilizes a multiple-method approach, to 

include (a) review of available research, 

(b) interviews and focus group meetings 

with participants, and (c) unobtrusive 

observation (e.g., of drills). During 

interviews and focus groups, targeted 

questions are asked to elicit the level 

and type of desired information. This 

system of collecting information is 

‘‘active’’ in that participants are 

presented stimuli (e.g., disaster 

scenarios, worker roles) and asked 

directly to provide their perceptions 

(e.g., of tasks or cognitive requirements 

needed to accomplish self-escape in that 

disaster). Observation checklists have 

been developed to capture relevant 

information during the unobtrusive 

naturalistic observations of self-escape 

drills. These data are then organized, 

collated, and re-presented to 

participants for confirmation of 

accuracy. Recommendations are 

generated based on study findings, 

related research and practices, and 

logical inference. 

Participants will be mining personnel 

drawn from two operating coal mines, 

one large and one smaller mine, to 

represent the variety within the 

industry. The data collection schedule 

(e.g., timing and duration of interviews 

and focus groups) will be modified as 

needed to minimize disruption to mine 

operations. Up to 30 miner volunteers 

will participate in the study. Minimal 

time (< 5 minutes each) will be spent in 

recruitment and obtaining informed 

consent. 

Semi-structured interviews with mine 

personnel will require 1.5–2 hours of 

their time depending on the interview. 

Each of the two focus groups (the Initial 

Focus Group and the HTA) will require 

approximately 12 hours of a 

participant’s time total. However, a 

given focus group will be executed in 

smaller blocks of time to reduce the 

burden on participants. Participants in 

the Initial Focus Group are not required 

to participate in the HTA Focus Group. 

Observation of drills will occur as 

part of normal mine operations and will 

not result in any additional burden on 

the respondents. 

The total estimated burden hours are 

207. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Underground coal miners ............................... Recruitment Script .......................................... 30 1 5/60 

Underground coal miners ............................... Informed Consent ........................................... 30 1 5/60 

Underground coal miners ............................... Initial Interviews .............................................. 6 1 1.5 

Underground coal miners ............................... CTA Interviews ............................................... 12 2 2 

Underground coal miners ............................... Initial focus group sessions ............................ 12 6 1 

Underground coal miners ............................... HTA focus group sessions ............................. 12 6 1 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Meeting of the President’s Council on 

Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office 

of the Assistant Secretary for Health, 

President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, 

and Nutrition, Department of Health 

and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice 

that the President’s Council on Fitness, 

Sports, and Nutrition (PCFSN) will hold 

its annual meeting. The meeting will be 

open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 

5, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Hubert H. Humphrey 

Building, 200 Independence Avenue 

SW., Great Hall, Washington, DC 20201. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Shellie Pfohl, Executive Director, Office 

of the President’s Council on Fitness, 

Sports, and Nutrition, Tower Building, 

1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 560, 

Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 276–9567. 

Information about PCFSN, including 

details about the upcoming meeting, can 

be obtained at www.fitness.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary functions of the PCFSN include 

(1) advising the President, through the 

Secretary, concerning progress made in 

carrying out the provisions of Executive 

Order 13545 and shall recommend to 

the President, through the Secretary, 

actions to accelerate progress; (2) 

advising the Secretary on ways to 

promote regular physical activity, 

fitness, sports participation, and good 

nutrition. Recommendations may 

address, but are not necessarily limited 

to, public awareness campaigns; federal, 

state, and local physical activity; fitness, 

sports participation, and nutrition 

initiatives; and partnership 

opportunities between public- and 

private-sector health promotion entities; 

(3) functioning as a liaison to relevant 

state, local, and private entities in order 

to advise the Secretary regarding 

opportunities to extend and improve 

physical activity, fitness, sports, and 

nutrition programs and services at the 

local, state, and national levels; and (4) 

monitoring the need to enhance 

programs and educational and 

promotional materials sponsored, 

overseen, or disseminated by the 

Council, and shall advise the Secretary, 

as necessary, concerning such need. In 

performing its functions, the Council 

shall take into account the Federal 

Dietary Guidelines for Americans and 

the Physical Activity Guidelines for 

Americans. 

The PCFSN will hold, at a minimum, 

one meeting per fiscal year. The meeting 

will be held to (1) assess ongoing 

Council activities; and, (2) discuss and 

plan future projects and programs. The 

agenda for the planned meeting is being 

developed and will be posted at 

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