Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 49 / Monday, March 16, 2009 / Notices 11111 

EXHIBIT 3—ESTIMATED COST—Continued 

Cost component Total cost Annualized 

cost 

Data Processing and Analysis ................................................................................................................................. 70,569 47,046 

Publication of Results .............................................................................................................................................. 41,420 27,613 

Project Management ................................................................................................................................................ 68,908 45,939 

Overhead ................................................................................................................................................................. 76,320 50,880 

Total .................................................................................................................................................................. $399,961 266,641 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the above-cited 

Paperwork Reduction Act legislation, 

comments on AHRQ’s information 

collection are requested with regard to 

any of the following: (a) Whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

AHRQ’s health care research and health 

care information dissemination 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of 

burden (including hours and costs) of 

the proposed collection(s) 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 upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. 

All comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: March 9, 2009. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Meeting of the National Advisory 

Council for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, this notice 

announces a meeting of the National 

Advisory Council for Healthcare 

Research and Quality. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Friday, April 3, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 3 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Eisenberg Conference Center, 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, 

Maryland 20850. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Queenan, Coordinator of the 

Advisory Council, at the Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 

Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland 

20850, (301) 427–1330. For press-related 

information, please contact Karen 

Migdail at (301) 427–1855. 

If sign language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodation for a 

disability is needed, please contact Mr. 

Donald L. Inniss, Director, Office of 

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Program, Program Support Center, on 

(301) 443–1144, no later than March 27, 

2009. The agenda, roster, and minutes 

are available from Ms. Bonnie Campbell, 

Committee Management Officer, Agency 

for Healthcare Research and Quality, 

540 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland 

20850. Ms. Campbell’s phone number is 

(301) 427–1554. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Purpose 

The National Advisory Council for 

Healthcare Research and Quality was 

established in accordance with Section 

921 (now Section 931) of the Public 

Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 299c. In 

accordance with its statutory mandate, 

the Council is to advise the Secretary of 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services and the Director, Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality 

(AHRQ), on matters related to actions of 

AHRQ to enhance the quality, improve 

the outcomes, and reduce the costs of 

health care services; improve access to 

such services through scientific 

research; and promote improvements in 

clinical practice and in the organization, 

financing, and delivery of health care 

services. 

The Council is composed of members 

of the public, appointed by the 

Secretary, and Federal ex-officio 

members. 

II. Agenda 

On Friday, April 3, the Council 

meeting will convene at 9 a.m., with the 

call to order by the Council Chair and 

approval of previous Council minutes. 

The AHRQ director will present her 

update on current research, programs, 

and initiatives. The agenda will include 

a discussion of AHRQ budget for FY09, 

the comparative effectiveness program, 

and the AHRQ activities under 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act (ARRA). 

The final agenda will be available on 

the AHRQ Web site at http:// 

www.ahrg.gov no later than March 30, 

2009. 

Dated: March 9, 2009. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Alternate Certifying Officer Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–5580 Filed 3–13–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Subcommittee on Procedures 

Reviews, Advisory Board on Radiation 

and Worker Health (ABRWH), National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH) 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), CDC announces the 

following meeting for the 

aforementioned subcommittee: 

Time and Date: 10 a.m.–5 p.m., March 24, 

2009. 

Place: Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 2395 

Progress Drive, Hebron, Kentucky 41018. 

Telephone (859) 334–4611, Fax (859) 334– 

4619. 

Status: Open to the public, but without a 

public oral comment period. To access by 

conference call dial the following 

information 1 (866) 659–0537, Participant 

Pass Code 9933701. 

Background: The Advisory Board was 

established under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation Program 

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Act of 2000 to advise the President on a 

variety of policy and technical functions 

required to implement and effectively 

manage the new compensation program. Key 

functions of the Advisory Board include 

providing advice on the development of 

probability of causation guidelines that have 

been promulgated by the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) as a final 

rule; advice on methods of dose 

reconstruction which have also been 

promulgated by HHS as a final rule; advice 

on the scientific validity and quality of dose 

estimation and reconstruction efforts being 

performed for purposes of the compensation 

program; and advice on petitions to add 

classes of workers to the Special Exposure 

Cohort (SEC). 

In December 2000, the President delegated 

responsibility for funding, staffing, and 

operating the Advisory Board to HHS, which 

subsequently delegated this authority to CDC. 

NIOSH implements this responsibility for 

CDC. The charter was issued on August 3, 

2001, renewed at appropriate intervals, and 

will expire on August 3, 2009. 

Purpose: The Advisory Board is charged 

with (a) Providing advice to the Secretary, 

HHS, on the development of guidelines 

under Executive Order 13179; (b) providing 

advice to the Secretary, HHS, on the 

scientific validity and quality of dose 

reconstruction efforts performed for this 

program; and (c) upon request by the 

Secretary, HHS, advise the Secretary on 

whether there is a class of employees at any 

Department of Energy facility who were 

exposed to radiation but for whom it is not 

feasible to estimate their radiation dose, and 

whether there is reasonable likelihood that 

such radiation doses may have endangered 

the health of members of this class. The 

Subcommittee on Procedures Reviews was 

established to aid the Advisory Board in 

carrying out its duty to advise the Secretary, 

HHS, on dose reconstruction. It will be 

responsible for overseeing, tracking, and 

participating in the reviews of all procedures 

used in the dose reconstruction process by 

the NIOSH Office of Compensation Analysis 

and Support (OCAS) and its dose 

reconstruction contractor. 

Matters to be Discussed: The agenda for the 

Subcommittee meeting includes: A 

discussion of proposed new versions of the 

computer-assisted telephone interview 

scripts and procedures NIOSH uses to 

interview claimants at the outset of the dose 

reconstruction process; a discussion of 

ORAUT–OTIB–0054 (‘‘Fission and 

Activation Product Assignment for Internal 

Dose-Related Gross Beta and Gross Gamma 

Analyses’’), ORAUT–OTIB–0066 

(‘‘Calculation of Dose from Intakes of Special 

Tritium Compounds’’), and ORAUT–OTIB– 

0052 (‘‘Parameters for Processing Claims for 

Construction Workers’’); and, a continuation 

of the comment-resolution process for other 

dose reconstruction procedures under review 

by the Subcommittee. 

The agenda is subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

In the event an individual cannot attend, 

written comments may be submitted. Any 

written comments received will be provided 

at the meeting and should be submitted to 

the contact person below in advance of the 

meeting. 

This meeting was previously scheduled to 

convene on January 29, 2009, but was 

cancelled due to inclement weather and 

airport and facility inaccessibility. The 

meeting was scheduled to reconvene as soon 

as possible; therefore, this Federal Register 

notice is being published less than fifteen 

days prior to the meeting date. 

For Further Information Contact: Theodore 

Katz, Executive Secretary, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 

Clifton Road, Mailstop E–20, Atlanta GA 

30333, Telephone (513) 533–6800, Toll Free 

1 (800) CDC–INFO, E-mail ocas@cdc.gov. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities, for 

both CDC and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Dated: March 6, 2009. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[Docket Number NIOSH–145] 

Notice of Public Comment Period for 

the NIOSH Childhood Agricultural 

Injury Prevention Initiative 

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 669(a). 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of Document Available 

for Public Comment. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the availability of the 

following document which 

encompasses progress to-date and 

planned future activities of the NIOSH 

Childhood Agricultural Injury 

Prevention Initiative. The document, 

NIOSH Childhood Agricultural Injury 

Prevention Initiative: Progress and 

Proposed Future Activities, can be 

found at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ 

review/public/145/. 

Public Comment Period: March 16, 

2009 to May 15, 2009. 

Purpose: To seek comments on the 

progress and proposed future activities 

of the Childhood Agricultural Injury 

Prevention Initiative begun by NIOSH in 

October 1996, in order to ensure that the 

program is meeting the needs of 

stakeholders (e.g., national youth 

agricultural injury prevention 

organizations, agricultural youth injury 

prevention groups, individuals, etc.) 

and other interested members of the 

public, and to identify ways in which 

the program can be improved to 

increase its impact on the safety of 

children in agriculture. A review of 

progress and public comment on the 

proposed future activities of the NIOSH 

Childhood Agricultural injury 

Prevention Initiative is desired 

periodically to assess whether the 

NIOSH Childhood Agricultural Injury 

Prevention Initiative is addressing the 

most pressing issues and areas of 

childhood agricultural injury 

prevention. NIOSH will compile and 

consider all comments received through 

the NIOSH docket and use them in 

making decisions on how to proceed 

with the Childhood Agricultural Injury 

Prevention Initiative. 

Background: The problem of children 

being injured while living, working, or 

visiting agricultural work environments 

(farms) has been recognized for several 

decades. The most recent data suggest 

about 100 youths under the age of 20 die 

on farms each year and about 27,600 

farm-related injuries occur to the same 

age group. Many individuals and groups 

have advocated for the prevention of 

agricultural injuries experienced by 

youths, and media attention has been 

generated on the issue, but until 1996 a 

national coordinated effort to address 

the problem had not existed. 

In April 1996, the National Committee 

for Childhood Agricultural Injury 

Prevention (NCCAIP) published a report 

entitled Children and Agriculture: 

Opportunities for Safety and Health, A 

National Action Plan to promote the 

health and safety of children exposed to 

agricultural hazards. The National 

Action Plan recommends leadership, 

surveillance, research, education, and 

public policy. The plan specifically 

recommended that NIOSH serve as the 

lead federal agency in preventing 

childhood agricultural injury. Due in 

large part to the efforts by NCCAIP to 

raise awareness and concern about 

childhood agricultural injury issues, in 

October 1996, NIOSH began 

implementing a Childhood Agricultural 

Injury Prevention Initiative. In July, 

1999, a review was conducted by 

NIOSH to seek input on the progress 

and direction of the Childhood 

Agricultural Injury Prevention Initiative