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DASH will continue to use a webbased system to collect data on the 

strategies that LEAs are using to meet 

their goals. Strategies include helping 

LEAs and priority schools deliver SHE 

emphasizing HIV and other STD 

prevention; increasing adolescent access 

to key SHS; and establishing SSE for 

students and staff. To track funded LEA 

progress and evaluate the effectiveness 

of program activities, DASH will collect 

a mix of process and outcome measure 

data. LEAs will complete process 

measures that will assess the extent to 

which planned program activities have 

been implemented and lead to feasible 

and sustainable programmatic 

outcomes. Process measures include 

items on school health policy and 

practice assessment and training and 

technical assistance received from nongovernmental partner organizations. 

Outcome measures assess whether 

funded activities at each site are leading 

to intended outcomes including public 

health impact of systemic change in 

schools. The measures tailored to each 

PS18–1807 strategy (i.e., SHE, SHS, 

SSE) drove the development of 

questionnaires. 

Respondents are the same 25 LEAs 

funded under PS18–1807. LEAs will 

continue to complete the questionnaires 

semi-annually using the Program 

Evaluation and Reporting System 

(PERS), an electronic web-based 

interface specifically designed for this 

data collection. Each LEA has a unique 

login to the system and has access to 

technical assistance to ensure they can 

use the system easily. To provide timely 

feedback to LEAs and DASH staff for 

accountability and optimal use of funds, 

the requested dates for data reflect the 

Office of Financial Resources deadlines. 

DASH anticipates that semi-annual 

information collection will continue 

after the current OMB approval time 

frame ends on November 30, 2022. With 

this extension, additional data 

collection will be conducted at two time 

points, November 1, 2022–March 1, 

2023 and May 1, 2023–September 1, 

2023. 

The estimated burden per response is 

approximately 2–26 hours. This 

estimate includes time for LEAs to 

gather information at the district and 

priority school-levels. Annualizing this 

collection over five years of this project 

results in an estimated annualized 

burden of 1,750 hours per year and a 

total of 3,500 hours for the requested 

two-year extension across all funded 

LEAs. 

Funded LEAs are required to allocate 

at least 6% of their NOFO award to 

support evaluation activities ranging 

from $15,000 to $21,000. Use of these 

funds is discretionary, including for 

collection of process and outcome 

measures. Funded LEAs are required to 

spend at least 6% of their award to 

support evaluation activities, including 

time to gather and enter data into the 

online performance and evaluation 

reporting system. 

CDC requests OMB approval for an 

estimated 1,750 annual burden hours. 

There are no costs to respondents other 

than their time to participate. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

LEA ................................................... Funded District Questionnaire ......... 25 2 2 100 

Priority School Questionnaire .......... 25 2 26 1,300 

District Assistance Questionnaire .... 25 2 7 350 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,750 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Lead, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07522 Filed 4–7–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60-Day–22–0980; Docket No. CDC–2022– 

0045] 

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 effort to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

government information, invites the 

general public and other federal 

agencies the opportunity to comment on 

a continuing information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This notice invites 

comment on a proposed information 

collection project titled National 

Environmental Assessment Reporting 

System (NEARS). This project is 

designed to collect data from foodborne 

illness outbreak environmental 

assessments routinely conducted by 

local, state, territorial, or tribal food 

safety programs during outbreak 

investigations. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before June 7, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2022– 

0045, by either of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information 

Collection Review Office, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road NE, MS H21–8, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. CDC will post, without 

change, all relevant comments to 

regulations.gov. 

Please note: Submit all comments 

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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Information Collection Review Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS 

H21–8, 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 


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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 the OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that will help: 

1. 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; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

4. 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 submissions 

of responses; and 

5. Assess information collection costs. 

Proposed Project 

National Environmental Assessment 

Reporting System (NEARS) (OMB 

Control No. 0920–0980, Exp. 8/31/ 

2022)—Revision—National Center for 

Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

CDC is requesting OMB approval for 

the National Environmental Assessment 

Reporting System (NEARS) to collect 

data from foodborne illness outbreak 

environmental assessments routinely 

conducted by local, state, territorial, or 

tribal food safety programs during 

outbreak investigations. Prior to the 

development of NEARS, environmental 

assessment data were not collected at 

the national level. The data reported 

through this surveillance system 

provides timely information on the 

causes of outbreaks, including 

environmental factors associated with 

outbreaks, and are essential to 

environmental public health regulators’ 

efforts to respond more effectively to 

outbreaks and prevent future, similar 

outbreaks. This surveillance system was 

specifically designed to link to CDC’s 

National Outbreak Reporting System 

(NORS). NORS is a disease (e.g., enteric 

diseases transmitted by food) outbreak 

surveillance system. NEARS was 

developed by the Environmental Health 

Specialists Network (EHS–Net), a 

collaborative network of CDC, the U.S. 

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA), and nine state food safety 

programs (California, Connecticut, 

Georgia, Iowa, New York, Minnesota, 

Oregon, Rhode Island, and Tennessee). 

The network consists of environmental 

health specialists (EHS), 

epidemiologists, and laboratorians. 

EHS-Net developed a standardized 

protocol for identifying, reporting, and 

analyzing data relevant to foodborne 

illness outbreak environmental 

assessments. 

While conducting environmental 

assessments during outbreak 

investigations is routine for food safety 

program officials, reporting information 

from the environmental assessments to 

CDC is not routine. Local, state, federal, 

territorial, and tribal food safety 

programs are the primary respondents 

for this data collection. One official 

from each participating program will 

report environmental assessment data 

on outbreaks. These programs are 

typically located in public health or 

agriculture agencies. In the U.S., there 

are approximately 3,000 such agencies. 

Currently, 63 state and local health 

departments are registered to report data 

on outbreaks to NEARS. Based on our 

experience over the past five years, we 

expect up to 10 additional local and 

state public health departments to 

register to report outbreak data to 

NEARS over the next three years. 

It is not possible to determine exactly 

how many outbreaks will occur in the 

future, nor where they will occur. Based 

on past trends, it is likely that up to 300 

foodborne illness outbreaks may be 

reported annually to NEARS from up to 

63 entities for the duration of the next 

PRA clearance. Only programs in the 

jurisdictions in which these outbreaks 

occur would report to NEARS. Thus, not 

every program of the approximate 3,000 

programs will respond every year. 

Assuming each outbreak occurs in a 

different jurisdiction, there will be one 

respondent per outbreak. 

The activities associated with NEARS 

that require a burden estimate consist of 

training, observing, data recording, and 

data reporting events. The first activity 

is the training for the food safety 

program personnel participating in 

NEARS. These staff will be encouraged 

to attend a Zoom/Microsoft Teams 

Meeting (i.e., webinar) training session 

conducted by CDC staff. Training 

burden is based on the maximum 

expected participation from the 

reporting entities which could be up to 

10 additional local and state health 

departments. We estimate the burden of 

this training to be a maximum of two 

hours. Respondents will only be 

required to take this training one time. 

Assuming a maximum participation of 

up to 10 programs and about five staff 

being trained at each participating 

program, the total estimated burden 

associated with this training is 100 

hours. 

Food safety program personnel 

participating in NEARS will also be 

encouraged to complete CDC’s 

Environmental Assessment Training 

Series (EATS). This eCourse provides 

training to staff on how to use a systems 

approach in foodborne illness outbreak 

environmental assessments. We 

estimate the burden of this training to be 

a maximum of 10 hours. Respondents 

will only have to take this training one 

time. Assuming a maximum 

participation of up to 10 programs and 

approximately five staff being trained at 

each program, the estimated burden 

associated with this training is 500 

hours. 

Data reporting activities for NEARS 

will be done once for each 

establishment involved in the outbreak. 

Information collection activities for 

NEARS consist of the following: NEARS 

data reporting and NEARS manager 

interview. For each outbreak, the 

respondent (one official from each 

participating program) will spend 

around 30 minutes recording 

environmental assessment data on pen 

and paper. Assuming a maximum of 300 

outbreaks, the estimated annual burden 

is 150 hours for recording observations. 

The manager interview will be 

conducted at each establishment 

associated with an outbreak and data is 

initially recorded using pen and paper. 

The respondents for this activity are the 

retail food managers of the outbreak 

establishments. Most outbreaks are 

associated with only one establishment; 

however, some are associated with 

multiple establishments. We estimate 

that a maximum of four manager 

interviews will be conducted per 

outbreak. Each interview and data 

reporting will take about 20 minutes. 

Assuming a maximum of 300 outbreaks, 

the estimated annual burden is 400 

hours. Web-based data entry for both 

data recording and the manager 


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interview will be combined. Data entry 

into the NEARS system is expected to 

take approximately 40 minutes for the 

combined activities, for a total of 200 

burden hours. The total estimated 

annual burden requested for this 

information collection is 1,350 hours. 

There is no cost to respondents other 

than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Food safety program personnel ........ NEARS Food Safety Program Training.50 1 2 100 

NEARS e-Learning (screenshots) .... 50 1 10 500 

NEARS Data Recording (paper 

form).

300 1 30/60 150 

NEARS Data reporting and manager’s interview (web entry).300 1 40/60 200 

Retail food personnel ........................ NEARS Manager Interview .............. 1,200 1 20/60 400 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,350 

Jeffery M. Zirger, 

Lead, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; National and Tribal Evaluation 

of the 2nd Generation of the Health 

Profession Opportunity Grants (OMB 

#0970–0462) 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Health Profession 

Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Program 

provides healthcare occupational 

training for Temporary Assistance for 

Needy Families recipients and other 

individuals with low incomes. The 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) has approved various data 

collection activities for the National and 

Tribal Evaluation of the 2nd Generation 

of HPOG (HPOG 2.0 National and Tribal 

Evaluation) under OMB #0970–0462. 

The Administration for Children and 

Families’ (ACF) Office of Planning, 

Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is now 

preparing to conduct the HPOG 2.0 

Long-Term Follow-Up Study of HPOG 

2.0 participants 51⁄2 years after study 

enrollment, using a long-term survey 

(LTS) and administrative data. This 

notice provides a summary for public 

review and comment of the use and 

burden associated with the LTS 

instrument. 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting 

public comment on the specific aspects 

of the information collection described 

above. 

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the 

proposed collection of information and 

submit comments by emailing 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

Identify all requests by the title of the 

information collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: The HPOG 2.0 evaluation 

of non-tribal programs is assessing the 

implementation and impacts of HPOG 

in non-tribal HPOG programs and will 

include a cost-benefit analysis. Key 

participant outcomes of interest include 

(but are not limited to) educational 

progress, employment, and earnings. 

The HPOG 2.0 Long-Term Follow-Up 

Study will use survey and 

administrative data to estimate longerterm (approximately 51⁄2 years after 

random assignment) program impacts at 

the local and national level and to 

explore characteristics of local programs 

that are associated with more favorable 

outcomes. By extending data collection 

to include an LTS, OPRE can address 

important unanswered questions for 

policymakers and practitioners. The 

HPOG 2.0 LTS specifically will provide 

insights into the long-term impacts of 

HPOG 2.0 for outcomes that are not 

captured in administrative records, such 

as details about educational 

experiences, characteristics of 

employment, self-employment, and 

earnings from jobs not covered in 

administrative data, receipt of public 

assistance, physical and mental wellbeing, and child outcomes. There are 

two versions of the HPOG 2.0 LTS, the 

full version (Instrument 21) and a 

shorter version with critical items of 

interest only (Instrument 21a). 

Instrument 21a will be offered to 

reluctant participants who would 

otherwise not complete the survey to 

help maximize response rates and 

reduce item non-response for the most 

critical outcomes in the study. 

Respondents: HPOG impact study 

participants from the 27 non-tribal 

HPOG 2.0 grantees (treatment and 

control group members) who enrolled 

between September 2017 and January 

2018. 

Annual Burden Estimates: This 

request is specific to the HPOG 2.0 

Long-Term Follow-Up Survey (LTS) 

(both the full and critical items only 

versions). Currently approved materials 

and associated burden, which we plan 

to continue to use can be found at: 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAICList?ref_nbr=201904-0970-006. 

Instrument 

Number of 

respondents 

(total over 

request period) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(total over 

request period) 

Avg. burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Annual burden 

(in hours) 

Instrument 21a: HPOG 2.0 Long-Term Survey ........... 3,064 1 1 3,064 1,021 


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