[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3133-3134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1323]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-98-09]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry (ATSDR) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC/ATSDR 
Reports Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
    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; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques for other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Wilma Johnson, CDC/
ATSDR Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA 
30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

Proposed Projects

    1. Surveillance of Hazardous Substances Emergency Event--(0923-
0008)--Extension--The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 
(ATSDR) is mandated pursuant to the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental 
Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), and its 1986 
Amendments, The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), to 
prevent or mitigate adverse human health effects and diminished quality 
of life resulting from the exposure to hazardous substances into the 
environment. The primary purpose of this activity, which ATSDR has 
supported since 1992, is to develop, implement, and maintain a state-
based surveillance system for hazardous substances emergency events 
which can be used to: (1) Describe the distribution of the hazardous 
substance releases; (2) describe the public health consequences 
(morbidity, mortality, and evacuations) associated with the events; (3) 
identify risk factors associated with the public health consequences; 
and (4) propose strategies to reduce future public health consequences. 
The study population will consist of all hazardous substance 
nonpermitted acute releases within the 13 states (Alabama, Colorado, 
Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, 
Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin) participating in 
the surveillance system.
    Until this system was developed and implemented, there was no 
national public health-based surveillance system to coordinate the 
collation, analysis, and distribution of health data to public health 
practitioners. It was necessary to establish this national surveillance 
system which describes the impact of hazardous substances emergencies 
on the health of the population of the United States. The data 
collection form will be completed by the state health department HSEES 
coordinator using information provided by a variety of sources 
including environmental protection agencies, police, firefighters, 
emergency response personnel; or researched by the HSEES coordinator 
including census data, material safety data sheets, and chemical 
handbooks. There is no cost to respondents.
    We are requesting a 3-year extension.

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                                                                            Number of   Avg burden/     Total   
             Respondents                      Number of respondents         responses/    response    burden (in
                                                                            respondent    (in hrs)       hrs)   
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State coordinator....................  13 states.........................          332            1        4,316
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    2. Long Term Health Effects of Methyl Parathion in Children--a 
Follow-Up Study--New--The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry (ATSDR) is mandated pursuant to the 1980 Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), and its 
1986 Amendments, The Superfund

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Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), to prevent or mitigate 
adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life resulting 
from the exposure to hazardous substances into the environment. 
Children were exposed to Methyl Parathion (MP) via illegal indoor 
residential spraying of MP for pest control in nine states. All of 
these sprayed areas have been designated as CERCLA sites and placed on 
the National Priorities List (NPL) for conducting remedial actions. The 
MP sites consist of contaminated residences and businesses spread over 
several counties and states, intermingled with other building 
structures that were never sprayed with MP, making targeted remedial 
actions more challenging.
    This study of children exposed to MP and children not exposed, but 
matched on age, sex, and race will provide critical public health 
information for the gap in data regarding the effects of lower dose, 
sub-acute exposure on neurobehavioral and respiratory development. The 
study population will consist of children under 6 years of age at the 
time of exposure (exposed group), whose residences in Ohio and 
Mississippi were illegally sprayed with MP since 1994, and matched with 
unexposed children (unexposed group). No data exist regarding low dose, 
sub-acute exposure to MP in children. The goal of this study is to 
examine the association between lower dose, sub-acute MP exposure in 
children, specifically from indoor spraying, and the risk of adversely 
affecting normal neurobehavioral and respiratory development.
    The questionnaire will be administered in person by trained 
interviewers to the mothers (fathers or other guardians, if the mother 
is not available) of the exposed and unexposed children. The Pediatric 
Environmental Neurobehavioral Test Battery (PENTB) will be administered 
by personnel trained in the neurobehavioral assessment of children at 
annual intervals for the three study years. Other than the time to 
participate, there will be no cost to respondents.

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                                                                                                        Total   
                                                                            Number of   Avg burden/     annual  
       Respondent questionnaire               Number of respondents         responses/    response    burden (in
                                                                            respondent    (in hrs)       hrs)   
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Parent/Child (general)...............  537...............................            1            1          537
(PENTB)..............................  537...............................            1         1.25          671
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    Total............................  ..................................  ...........  ...........        1,208
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    Dated: January 14, 1998.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning And Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-1323 Filed 1-20-98; 8:45 am]
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