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respondents will submit the information 

electronically, to the state and local 

public health departments. Clinical 

specimens obtained from case-patients 

are submitted to private or public 

diagnostic laboratories with laboratory 

requisition forms which includes 

information on the provider and casepatient. A subset of the information 

reported to state health departments 

from health care providers or 

laboratories is reported electronically as 

a case report e-record to CDC’s 

Nationally Notifiable Disease 

Surveillance System on a weekly basis. 

CDC estimates that 57 respondents 

spend 20 minutes each week extracting 

notifiable STD surveillance information 

from their electronic information 

system. CDC staff review STD morbidity 

data at varying frequencies to identify 

population subgroups at increased risk 

for STDs. The target evidence-based 

intervention strategies, evaluate the 

impact of ongoing control efforts, thus 

enhancing our understanding of STD 

transmission. There is no cost to 

respondents other than their time. The 

total estimated annual burden hours are 

989. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Types of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

State Health Departments .............................. Electronic STD Case report ........................... 50 52 20/60 

Territorial Health Agencies ............................. Electronic STD Case report ........................... 5 52 20/60 

City and county health departments ............... Electronic STD Case report ........................... 2 52 20/60 

Dated: January 8, 2009. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day-09–09AJ] 

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) 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 404–639–5960 and 

send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 

1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, 

GA 30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 

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 

or other forms of information 

technology. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Centers for Public Health 

Preparedness Program Evaluation 

Instruments,—New—Coordinating 

Office for Terrorism Preparedness & 

Emergency Response (COTPER), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Under the Authority of Sections 

301(a) and 317(k)(2) of Public Health 

Service Act, the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention is responsible 

for administering and monitoring the 

Centers for Public Health Preparedness 

(CPHP) Program. The purpose of the 

CPHP Program is to strengthen terrorism 

and emergency preparedness by linking 

academic expertise to state and local 

health agency needs. The program 

brings together colleges and universities 

with a common focus on public health 

preparedness to establish a national 

network of education and training 

resources. Of these institutions, 27 are 

accredited Schools of Public Health 

funded through a five-year Cooperative 

Agreement for years 2004–2009. This 

program addresses the public health 

goals described in ‘‘A National Strategy 

for Terrorism Preparedness and 

Response: 2003–2008 Strategic Plan’’, 

specifically Imperative Five, a 

Competent and Sustainable Workforce. 

Critical objectives under this Imperative 

are to: (1) Increase the number and type 

of professionals that comprise a 

preparedness and response workforce; 

(2) deliver certification and 

competency-based training and 

education; (3) recruit and retain the 

highest quality workforce; and (4) 

evaluate the impact of training to assure 

learning has occurred. 

CDC requests OMB approval for a 

period of one year to collect information 

beginning in the summer of 2009. CDC 

is undertaking a summative evaluation 

of the CPHP Program encompassing the 

period of the current Cooperative 

Agreement. In order to complete this 

evaluation, CDC is proposing five data 

collection instruments to gather 

information describing the program’s 

processes and outcomes. These are: (1) 

Pre-CPHP Interview Document 

Collection Protocol; (2) CPHP Interview 

Instrument; (3) CPHP National Partner 

Interview Instrument (4) CPHP State 

and Local Partner/Customer Survey 

Instrument; and (5) CPHP State and 

Local Partner/Customer Interview 

Instrument. Collectively, these 

instruments are needed in order to 

receive, process, aggregate, evaluate, 

and disseminate CPHP program 

information. The information will be 

used by CDC to document progress 

toward meeting established program 

goals and objectives; to evaluate 

outcomes generated by the collective 

work of the 27 Centers; to inform the 

development of a new public health 

preparedness education and training 

cooperative agreement program; and to 

respond to data inquiries made by CDC 

and other agencies of the federal 

government. 

The Pre-CPHP Interview Document 

Collection Protocol will be used by 

CPHP grantees to guide collection and 

submission of existing documents. The 

CPHP National Partner Interview 

Instrument will be used to guide a 

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telephone interview process with key 

National Partners familiar with the 

CPHP program. The categories of 

questions will be similar to the CPHP 

Interview Instrument to gather 

information from the perspective of 

National Partners. The CPHP State and 

Local Partner/Customer Survey 

Instrument will be used to gather 

information from representatives of 

organizations that have received 

training or technical assistance from the 

CPHP Program. It will be administered 

electronically with an option for paper 

copy administration. It is estimated that 

there will be one request per respondent 

and a total of 135 respondents with an 

estimated time for data collection of 30 

minutes. The CPHP Partner/Customer 

Interview Instrument will be used to 

gather more in-depth information on the 

same categories of questions from the 

Survey Instrument. It is estimated that 

there will be a total of 54 respondents 

with an estimated time for data 

collection of 30 minutes. 

There are no costs to respondents 

except their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Pre-CPHP Interview Document Collection Protocol—CPHP staff .. 27 1 2 54 

(2) CPHP Interview Instrument—CPHP staff .................................. 54 1 2 108 

(3) CPHP National Partner Interview Instrument ............................ 10 1 2 20 

(4) CPHP State and Local Partner/Customer Survey Instrument ... 135 1 30/60 68 

(5) CPHP State and Local Partner/Customer Interview Instrument 54 1 30/60 27 

Total .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 277 

Dated: January 8, 2009. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E9–889 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60 Day–09–09AL] 

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) 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 404–639–5960 and 

send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 

1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 

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 

or other forms of information 

technology. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

The Green Housing Study—New— 

National Center for Environmental 

Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Green building principles and 

practices have been shown to reduce 

energy consumption, but their efficacy 

in reducing environmental agents such 

as pesticides, volatile organic 

compounds (VOCs), fungi, and indoor 

allergens is not clear. Furthermore, little 

research has been conducted on health 

impacts that might be related to green 

buildings, especially on a nationwide 

scale. Three main goals of this study are: 

(1) To compare levels of certain 

environmental chemical and biological 

agents in green vs. traditional, multifamily, low-income housing; (2) to 

ascertain differences in the health of the 

residents in these homes; and (3) to 

assess the economic impacts of the 

‘‘greening’’ of housing-particularly those 

related to health. These goals will be 

accomplished in an ongoing building 

renovation program, ‘‘Mark-to-Market’’ 

(M2M), sponsored by the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

(HUD). Briefly, the M2M program is a 

nationwide initiative that encourages 

owners and purchasers of affordable, 

multi-family properties to rehabilitate 

and operate their properties using 

sustainable green building principles. In 

partnership with HUD, the CDC will 

leverage this opportunity to collect 

survey and biomarker data from 

residents and to collect environmental 

measurements in their homes in order to 

evaluate associations between green 

housing and health. 

This study directly supports the 

Healthy Homes’ health protection goal 

of the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). This investigation is 

also consistent with CDC’s Health 

Protection Research Agenda, which 

calls for research to identify the major 

environmental causes of disease and 

disability and related risk factors. 

Indoor allergens such as those from 

cockroaches, dust mites, mice, and fungi 

have been associated with childhood 

asthma. Also, VOCs and pesticides have 

been associated with adverse birth 

outcomes (e.g., low birth weight and 

prematurity) and delayed 

neurodevelopment. Given that green 

principles such as improvement of 

ventilation systems and elimination of 

spray pesticides can directly affect the 

concentrations of chemical and 

biological agents in air, residents in 

green housing should theoretically have 

better health outcomes (e.g., asthma, 

birth outcomes, and infant 

neurodevelopment, this in turn will 

lead to lower healthcare utilization and 

overall societal costs. 

Participants will include pregnant 

women, mothers and children living in 

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