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Preferred Alternative. Build Alternative 

3 would have direct, indirect, and 

cumulative environmental impacts, but 

the impacts are reduced as compared 

with the 2012 build alternatives. 

Changes between the Supplemental 

Draft EIS and Final EIS include the 

results of consultation with the State 

Historic Preservation Officer as required 

by Section 106 of the NHPA, and 

updates on consultation with the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service pertaining to 

effects on northern long-eared bats 

under Section 7 of the Endangered 

Species Act. Section 7 consultation will 

be concluded prior to the Record of 

Decision. The Final EIS also updates the 

proposed action to support emerging 

advanced tactical training needs and a 

change in the availability of existing 

facilities. The proposed action includes 

limited use of helicopters in training to 

approximately one or two days per 

month and the addition of an 

Ammunition Supply Point on the 

proposed site. The Final EIS addresses 

and responds to agency and public 

comments on the Supplemental Draft 

EIS. 

The Final EIS has been distributed to 

various federal, state, and local 

agencies, and interested individuals. 

The Final EIS is available for review on 

the project Web site http://

www.state.gov/recovery/fastc. Printed 

copies are available for viewing at the 

following libraries: 

• Nottoway County Library—Louis 

Spencer Epes Memorial Library, 415 

South Main St., Blackstone, VA. 

• Amelia County—James L. Hamner 

Public Library, 16351 Dunn St., Amelia, 

VA. 

• Brunswick County—Brunswick 

County Library, 133 W. Hicks St., 

Lawrenceville, VA. 

• Dinwiddie County—Dinwiddie 

Library, 14103 Boydton Plank Road, 

Dinwiddie, VA. 

• Lunenburg County—Ripberger 

Library, 117 South Broad St., Kenbridge, 

VA. 

• Prince Edward County—Prince 

Edward Community Library, 1303 West 

3rd St., Farmville, VA. 

• Chesterfield County—Central 

Library, 9501 Lori Road, Chesterfield, 

VA. 

• Mecklenburg County—Southside 

Regional Library, 1294 Jefferson St., 

Boydton, VA. 

Dated: April 15, 2015. 

Toby Tobin, 

Director, Facilities Management & Services 

Programs Division, U.S. GSA, Mid-Atlantic 

Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–15–15ZI; Docket No. CDC–2015– 

0024] 

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 Metal and Nonmetal 

Miner Health Program (MNMHP). The 

MNMHP proposes to gather health data 

on metal and nonmetal miners to 

identify opportunities for reducing the 

incidence and severity of disease. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before June 23, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2015– 

0024 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 

Metal and Nonmetal Miner Health 

Program (MNMHP)—New—National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 


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Background and Brief Description 

This is a new information collection 

request seeks data collection approval 

for a public health surveillance project. 

The proposed information collection 

will provide much needed health data 

pertaining to an estimated 66,000 

workers in the metal and nonmetal 

(MNM) mining industry in the United 

States. Additionally, approximately 

81,000 contractors worked in the metal, 

nonmetal, and sand/stone/gravel mining 

sectors in 2013; this information 

collection will provide health data on 

those contractors working in the metal 

and nonmetal mining sectors. 

Metal and nonmetal (MNM) mining is 

an important industry throughout the 

United States, providing materials for 

the manufacture of many common 

items, such as electronics and 

medications, and employing 

approximately 25% of the total U.S. 

mining workforce. Work in this industry 

exposes miners to recognized hazards 

including noise, heat, repetitive stress, 

sleep deprivation, fumes, diesel 

exhaust, silica and other mine dusts, 

and radon gas, but the extent to which 

modern mining practices have mitigated 

these hazards is unknown. Little is 

known about the health status of this 

population of workers, in part because 

no comprehensive health surveillance 

system exists for the MNM mining 

sector. 

The Federal Mine Safety and Health 

Act of 1977 authorized NIOSH to 

‘‘conduct such studies, research, 

experiments, and demonstrations as 

may be appropriate to improve working 

conditions and practices in coal or other 

mines.’’ Surveillance of general 

occupational illnesses, injuries, and 

exposures is an important part of 

NIOSH responsibilities as authorized by 

the Occupational Safety and Health Act 

of 1970 (29 CFR 671). 

Comprehensive health surveillance 

data are critical in estimating and 

reducing prevalence of occupational 

illness. A National Academies review of 

NIOSH research programs in 2007 

emphasized that mining production is 

expected to increase and incorporate 

new technologies in the next decade, 

and that an informed assessment of 

health and safety issues is necessary to 

ensure that NIOSH research remains 

relevant. This program will address a 

number of high priority goals set by 

NIOSH to advance and coordinate 

research across the Institute. These goals 

include the following: Prevent and 

reduce work-related airways diseases; 

prevent and reduce work-related 

interstitial lung diseases; advance crosscutting issues that affect all work-related 

respiratory diseases, in particular 

surveillance, exposure assessment, and 

emerging issues; reduce the incidence of 

musculoskeletal disorders in mine 

workers; reduce the incidence and 

mortality of work-related cardiovascular 

disease; and improve the health and 

safety of working people through 

research and surveillance to better 

understand work organization 

characteristics and their associations 

with health and safety outcomes. 

NIOSH proposes to implement a 

health surveillance program to assess 

the health status and burden of disease 

among MNM mine workers. This 

program will provide current 

information on a sector of the mining 

workforce that is not available 

elsewhere, thereby closing a current 

knowledge gap. The information will 

enable NIOSH to develop targeted 

workplace interventions and health 

programs directed toward a high risk 

population of workers. Mining 

researchers will be able to prioritize 

research on occupational illnesses. The 

mining industry will be able to develop, 

adapt, and promote policies to reduce 

unhealthy exposures and improve 

overall miner health. 

Data collection will take place at 

selected mine sites and in mining 

communities in the United States, 

focusing initially on the western states 

of the United States where metal mining 

is concentrated. NIOSH will collaborate 

with health and safety leaders from 

western MNM mines, labor, academic 

researchers, and other NIOSH 

researchers to identify mines interested 

in participating in the health 

assessments. A mobile health clinic will 

visit each participating site for a number 

of days, during which NIOSH will 

solicit voluntary participation from 

mine employees and contractors. 

Program staff will collaborate with mine 

operators and labor representatives to 

determine the best method to recruit 

participants. 

Data collection from consenting 

individuals working, or having 

previously worked, in the MNM mining 

sectors will include: Completion of a 

questionnaire, measurements of height, 

weight and blood pressure, collection of 

a fingerstick blood sample for 

measurement of cholesterol and 

hemoglobin A1C levels, pulmonary 

function testing, and a chest radiograph. 

The purpose of the questionnaire is to 

determine prevalence of certain health 

conditions and risk factors for disease, 

and to characterize miners’ working 

conditions and workplace exposures. 

Information will be collected on 

demographics, occupation, work status, 

working conditions and occupational 

exposures, work stress, musculoskeletal 

disorders, hearing, sleep and fatigue, 

chronic disease and chronic disease risk 

factors, and respiratory health. 

Responding to any of the questions in 

the questionnaire will be optional; 

participants may choose to opt out of 

any portion of the questionnaire, or any 

of the individual biometric tests. In such 

cases, participants will still be eligible 

for remaining tests in which they choose 

to participate. 

All data collection activities will be 

conducted in full compliance with the 

CDC regulations to maintain the privacy 

of data obtained on persons and to 

protect the rights and welfare of human 

subjects, as contained in Title 28 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 22 

and 46. 

Overall, there are no direct costs to 

MNMHP participants. The total 

estimated annualized burden hours are 

5,213. This estimate is based on the 

following: 

• Consent form signature: Miners 

who elect to participate will be asked to 

read and sign a consent form describing 

the purpose of the research, risks and 

benefits of participation, what to expect 

for participants, data security, and 

voluntary participation. The consent has 

been modified to be readable at 

approximately an eighth grade level. 

The consent will take approximately 5 

minutes to read and sign. 

• Questionnaire completion: Miners 

who elect to participate in the MNMHP 

will complete an electronic 

questionnaire, which takes an average of 

approximately 23 minutes, with a range 

of 19–30 minutes. Up to 5% of miners 

may prefer to complete the 

questionnaire in hardcopy format, 

which is estimated to take up to 25% 

longer to complete. 

• Measurements of height, weight and 

blood pressure: Miners will be asked to 

sit quietly for approximately 5 minutes, 

after which their blood pressure will be 

measured. Afterward, their height and 

weight will be measured. In total, these 

measurements take approximately 10 

minutes. No forms are required. 

• Collection of a fingerstick blood 

sample for measurement of cholesterol 

and hemoglobin A1C levels: Miners will 

be asked to provide a fingerstick blood 

sample, which will be used to measure 

cholesterol and hemoglobin A1C (for 

diabetes). The sample collection will 

take approximately 5–10 minutes, and 

the results will be available in 

approximately 5–10 minutes. However, 

the miners will proceed to other testing 

stations (chest radiography and 

pulmonary function testing) while 

waiting for the results of their 

fingerstick blood tests, and therefore no 


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extra time is required beyond the blood 

sample collection. No forms are 

required. 

• Pulmonary function testing: This 

test requires approximately 15–20 

minutes to complete. No forms are 

required. 

• Chest radiograph: Chest 

radiography will take approximately 5 

minutes. No forms are required. 

• B Reader Physicians: Physicians 

provide classifications of chest 

radiographs by completing a standard 

NIOSH chest radiograph classification 

form, which uses the International 

Labour Office classification system for 

determination of pneumoconiosis. Each 

image requires two readings, and 

according to the Coal Workers’ Health 

Surveillance Program (CWHSP), 

approximately 7% of the images require 

at least one additional reading. The 

CWHSP estimates that it takes each B 

Reader approximately three minutes to 

complete each form. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden/ 

response 

(in hrs) 

Total burden 

(in hrs) 

Miners ............................................... Form # questionnaire ....................... 2,375 1 30/60 1,188 

Miners ............................................... Form # questionnaire (hardcopy) ..... 125 1 40/60 83 

Miners ............................................... Height, weight, blood pressure—No 

form required.

2,500 1 10/60 417 

Miners ............................................... Fingerstick—No form required ......... 2,500 1 10/60 417 

Miners ............................................... Spirometry Test—No form required 2,500 1 20/60 833 

Miners ............................................... Radiograph—No form required ........ 2,500 1 10/60 417 

Miners ............................................... Consent form .................................... 2,500 1 5/60 208 

B Reader Physician .......................... Form 2.8 ........................................... 10 550 3/60 275 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 3,838 

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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BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10539] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing 

an opportunity for the public to 

comment on CMS’ intention to collect 

information from the public. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the 

PRA), federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information (including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information) and to allow 

60 days for public comment on the 

proposed action. Interested persons are 

invited to send comments regarding our 

burden estimates or any other aspect of 

this collection of information, including 

any of the following subjects: (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. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

June 23, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: When commenting, please 

reference the document identifier or 

OMB control number. To be assured 

consideration, comments and 

recommendations must be submitted in 

any one of the following ways: 

1. Electronically. You may send your 

comments electronically to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ 

to find the information collection 

document(s) that are accepting 

comments. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address: CMS, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 

Division of Regulations Development, 

Attention: Document Identifier/OMB 

Control Number llll, Room C4–26– 

05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

To obtain copies of a supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed collection(s) summarized in 

this notice, you may make your request 

using one of following: 

1. Access CMS’ Web site address at 

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/

PaperworkReductionActof1995. 

2. Email your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov. 

3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at 

(410) 786–1326. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786– 

1326. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Contents 

This notice sets out a summary of the 

use and burden associated with the 

following information collections. More 

detailed information can be found in 

each collection’s supporting statement 

and associated materials (see 

ADDRESSES). 

CMS–10539 Medicare and Medicaid 

Programs: Conditions of Participation 

for Home Health Agencies (HHA) 

Under the 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. 

The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is 

defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) and includes agency requests 

or requirements that members of the 

public submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to a third party. 


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