Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 110 /Tuesday, June 9, 1998 / Notices 31497

Dated: June 3, 1998.

Georgi Jones,

Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs,

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease

Registry.

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[30DAY–15–98]

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork

Reduction Act Review

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of

information collection requests under

review by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance

Officer at (404) 639–7090. Send written

comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human

Resources and Housing Branch, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235;

Washington, DC 20503. Written

comments should be received within 30

days of this notice.

Proposed Projects

1. Prostate and Colorectal Cancer

Screening in the Managed Care

Environment—New—National Center

for Chronic Disease Prevention and

Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). Prostate

and colorectal cancer are among the

leading causes of cancer deaths in the

U.S. Prostate cancer screening has

increased rapidly during the past few

years; however, little is known about

actual rates of screening, or the

proportion of men screened who present

with symptoms or who are at high risk

for prostate cancer. Evidence suggests

that colorectal cancer screening can save

lives and efforts are under way to

increase participation in screening.

However, little information is available

to monitor screening rates. It is also

unknown how well self-reported

prostate and colorectal cancer screening

rates, which are often used in

population surveys, compare to actual

screening rates. Therefore, the Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC), National Center for Chronic

Disease Prevention and Health

Promotion, Division of Cancer

Prevention and Control, intends to

conduct a survey of prostate and

colorectal cancer screening test

utilization. As an increasing number of

people are served by managed care

organizations where they may receive

cancer screening tests, the proposed

study population are members of

managed care organizations.

A sample of members (men aged 40

years and older and women 50 years

and older) of 3 managed care

organizations will be interviewed over

the telephone, and the medical charts of

the participants will be abstracted. The

information collected will include

demographic information, prostate and

colorectal cancer screening tests

received within the past 5 years, and the

reasons and outcomes of the tests. The

total annual burden hours are 530.

Respondents No. of respondents

No. of responses/respondent

Average burden of response (in

hrs.)

Total burden

(in hrs.)

Survey ............................................................................................................... 2120 1 0.25 530

2. Weekly and Annual Morbidity and

Mortality Reports—(0920–0007)—

Extension—Epidemiology Program

Office—In 1878, Congress authorized

the U.S. Marine Hospital Service (later

re-named the U.S. Public Health

Service) to collect morbidity reports on

cholera, smallpox, plague, and yellow

fever from U.S. consuls overseas. This

information was to be used for

instituting quarantine measures to

prevent the introduction and spread of

these diseases in the United States. In

1879, a specific Congressional

appropriation was made for the

collection and publication of reports of

these notifiable diseases. The authority

for weekly reporting and publication

was expanded by Congress in 1893 to

include data from state and municipal

authorities throughout the U.S. To

increase the uniformity of the data,

Congress enacted a law in 1902

directing the Surgeon General of the

Public Health Service to provide forms

for the collection and compilation of

data and for the publication of reports

at the national level.

In 1961, responsibility for the

collection of data on nationally

notifiable diseases and deaths in 121

U.S. cities was transferred from the

National Office of Vital Statistics to

CDC. For 37 years, the MMWR has

consistently served as CDC’s main

communication mode for disease

outbreaks and trends in health and

health behavior. In collaboration with

the Council of State and Territorial

Epidemiologists (CSTE), CDC has

demonstrated the efficiency and

effectiveness of computer transmission

of data.

The data collected electronically for

publication in the MMWR provides

information which CDC and State

epidemiologists use to detail and more

effectively interrupt outbreaks.

Reporting also provides the timely

information needed to measure and

demonstrate the impact of changed

immunization laws or a new therapeutic

measure. Users of data include, but are

not limited to, congressional offices,

state and local health agencies, health

care providers, and other health related

groups.

The dissemination of public health

information is accomplished through

the MMWR series of publications. The

publications consist of the MMWR, the

CDC Surveillance Summaries, the

Recommendations and Reports, and the

Annual Summary of Notifiable Diseases.

The total annual burden hours are

4,927.
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A.12.—ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOUR

Type of respondents No. of respondents

No. of responses/respondentAvg. burden/

response (in

hrs.)

Total burden

(in hrs.)

Weekly Morbidity Report

States ................................................................................................................... 50 52 1 .................. 2600

Territories ............................................................................................................. 5 52 1 @ 1 ..........

4 @ 0.5* .....

156

Cities .................................................................................................................... 2 52 1 .................. 104

CDC 43.5 Weekly Mortality Report

City Health Officers or Vital Statistics Registrars ................................................ 122 52 0.2 ............... 1269

Annual Summary

States ................................................................................................................... 50 1 14 ................ 700

Territories ............................................................................................................. 5 1 1 ..................

4 ..................

70

Cities .................................................................................................................... 2 1 14 ................ 28

*Reports from respondents replying via FAX are more consolidated than those replying via NETSS. Attachment F is an example of a table routinely produced by a territorial health department. Since this table provides information needed for the weekly notifiable diseases report, a copy is

sent by FAX to CDC.

3. 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.

The total annual burden hours are

4,316.

Respondents No. of respondents

No. of responses/respondentAvg burden/response (in

hrs.)

Total burden

(in hrs.)

First ................................................................................................................... 13 332 1 4,316

Second .............................................................................................................. 13 332 1 4,316

Third .................................................................................................................. 13 332 1 4,316

Dated: June 2, 1998.

Charles W. Gollmar,

Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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Notice of Availability of Funds

Program Announcement 99006; Public

Health Conference Support Grant

Program

A. Purpose

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for

Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

(ATSDR) announces the availability of

fiscal year (FY) 1999 funds for the

Public Health Conference Support Grant

Program. This program addresses the

‘‘Healthy People 2000’’ priority area(s)

for CDC and ATSDR, (1) Physical

Activity and Fitness; (2) Nutrition; (3)

Educational and Community-Based

Programs; (4) Unintentional Injuries; (5)

Violent and Abusive Behavior; (6)

Occupational Safety and Health; (7)

Environmental Health; (8) Oral Health;

(9) Maternal and Infant Health; (10)

Heart Disease and Stroke; (11) Cancer;

(12) Diabetes and Chronic Disabling

Conditions; (13) Sexually Transmitted

Diseases; (14) Immunization and

Infectious Disease; (15) Clinical

Preventive Services; (16) Prevention

Research in Program and Policy

Development in Managed Care; (17)

Surveillance and Data Systems;