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under the Paperwork Reduction Act for 

an existing information collection, 

entitled the OGE Form 450 Executive 

Branch Confidential Financial 

Disclosure Report. 

Comments: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Grant Anderson at the U.S. Office of 

Government Ethics; telephone: 202– 

482–9318; TTY: 800–877–8339; Email: 

Grant.Anderson@oge.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Executive Branch Confidential 

Financial Disclosure Report. 

Agency Form Number: OGE Form 

450. 

Abstract: The OGE Form 450 collects 

information from covered department 

and agency employees as required 

under OGE’s executive branch wide 

regulatory provisions in subpart I of 5 

CFR part 2634. The basis for the OGE 

reporting regulation is section 201(d) of 

Executive Order 12674 of April 12, 1989 

(as modified by Executive Order 12731 

of October 17, 1990) and section 107(a) 

of the Ethics in Government Act, 5 

U.S.C. app. sec. 107(a). OGE maintains 

the form in three formats on its website: 

A PDF version, a 508 compliant PDF 

version, and an Excel spreadsheet 

version. OGE seeks renewal of the OGE 

Form 450 without modification. 

A Federal Register Notice with a 60- 

day comment period soliciting 

comments on this information 

collection was published on June 2, 

2021 (86 FR 29584). OGE received five 

responses to that notice, one of which 

did not directly address the information 

collection. 

The other four comments suggest 

requiring additional information, 

apparently for the benefit of the 

government employees tasked with 

reviewing the information. These 

suggestions would add additional 

reporting burden to filers and could 

have privacy implications. One of the 

suggestions would also require a 

regulatory change. Accordingly, OGE 

declined to adopt these suggestions in 

seeking Paperwork Reduction Act 

renewal for the OGE Form 450. 

OMB Control Number: 3209–0006. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

Type of Review Request: Regular. 

Affected public: Prospective 

Government employees, including 

special Government employees, whose 

positions are designated for confidential 

disclosure filing and whose agencies 

require that they file new entrant 

confidential disclosure reports prior to 

assuming Government responsibilities. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 30,449. 

Estimated Time per Response: 3 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

91,347 hours. 

Request for Comments: OGE is 

publishing this second round notice of 

its intent to request paperwork 

clearance renewal for the OGE Form 

450. Public comment is invited 

specifically on the need for and 

practical utility of this information 

collection, the accuracy of OGE’s 

burden estimate, the enhancement of 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information collected, and the 

minimization of burden (including the 

use of information technology). The 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Approved: August 10, 2021. 

Emory Rounds, 

Director, U.S. Office of Government Ethics. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry 

[60Day–21–0048; Docket No. ATSDR–2021– 

0007] 

Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry 

(ATSDR), as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce public burden and maximize 

the utility of government information, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies the opportunity to 

comment on a proposed and/or 

continuing information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This notice invites 

comment on a proposed information 

collection project titled ATSDR 

Exposure Investigations (EIs). The 

information collection is designed to 

evaluate public health issues at a site 

resulting from environmental exposure. 

ATSDR EIs fill data gaps by conducting 

environmental and biological sampling. 

DATES: ATSDR must receive written 

comments on or before October 12, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. ATSDR–2021– 

0007 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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. ATSDR will post, 

without change, all relevant comments 

to Regulations.gov. 

Please note: Submit all comments 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Information Collection Review Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS– 

D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 

404–639–7118; 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 the OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that will help: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 


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proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses; and 

5. Assess information collection costs. 

Proposed Project 

ATSDR Exposure Investigations (EIs) 

(OMB Control No. 0923–0048, Exp. 04/ 

30/2022)—Extension—Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry 

(ATSDR). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry (ATSDR) is requesting 

a three-year extension of this generic 

clearance to allow the agency to conduct 

exposure investigations (EIs), through 

methods developed by ATSDR. After a 

chemical release or suspected release 

into the environment, EIs are usually 

requested by officials of a state health 

agency, county health department, the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), the general public, and/or 

ATSDR staff. EI results are used by 

public health professionals, 

environmental risk managers, and other 

decision makers to determine if current 

conditions warrant intervention 

strategies to minimize or eliminate 

human exposure. 

All of ATSDR’s targeted biological 

assessments (e.g., urine, blood) and 

some of the environmental 

investigations (e.g., air, water, soil, dust, 

or food sampling) involve participants 

to determine whether they are or have 

been exposed to unusual levels of 

pollutants at specific locations (e.g., 

where people live, spend leisure time, 

or anywhere they might come into 

contact with contaminants under 

investigation). 

Questionnaires, appropriate to the 

specific contaminant, are generally 

needed in about half of the EIs (at most, 

approximately 12 per year) to assist in 

interpreting the biological or 

environmental sampling results. ATSDR 

collects contact information (e.g., name, 

address, phone number) to provide the 

participant with their individual results. 

ATSDR also collects information on 

other possible confounding sources of 

chemical(s) exposure such as medicines 

taken, foods eaten, hobbies, jobs, etc. In 

addition, ATSDR asks questions on 

recreational or occupational activities 

that could increase a participant’s 

exposure potential. The information 

collected represents an individual’s 

exposure history. 

The number of questions can vary 

depending on the number of chemicals 

being investigated, the route of exposure 

(e.g., breathing, eating, touching), and 

the number of other sources of the 

chemical(s) (e.g., products used, jobs). 

We use approximately 12–20 questions 

about the pertinent environmental 

exposures per investigation. A question 

bank is available for health assessors to 

use as a basis of questions to be asked 

during the EI, but EI-specific questions 

may be included as appropriate. 

Typically, the number of participants 

in an individual EI ranges from 10 to 

100. Participation is completely 

voluntary, and there are no costs to 

participants other than their time. Based 

on a maximum of 12 EIs per year and 

100 participants each, the estimated 

annualized burden hours are 600. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hr.) 

Total Burden 

(in hr.) 

Exposure Investigation Participants .. Chemical Exposure Questions ......... 1,200 1 30/60 600 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 600 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Lead, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[Docket No. CDC–2021–0083; NIOSH 278] 

Board of Scientific Counselors, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (BSC, NIOSH) 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting and request 

for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

CDC announces the following virtual 

meeting of the Board of Scientific 

Counselors, National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health (BSC, 

NIOSH). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

October 5, 2021, from 10:00 a.m.–3:30 

p.m., EDT. 

Written comments are due by 

September 28, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: This is a virtual meeting. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by Docket No. CDC–2021–0083; 

NIOSH–278 by mail. CDC does not 

accept comments by email. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Docket number CDC–2021– 

0083; NIOSH–278, c/o Sherri Diana, 

NIOSH Docket Office, National Institute 

for Occupational Safety and Health, 

1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C–34, 

Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Agency name and 

Docket Number. Written public 

comments received by September 28, 

2021 will be provided to the BSC prior 

to the meeting. Docket number CDC– 

2021–0083; NIOSH–278 will close 

September 28, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily J.K. Novicki, M.A., M.P.H., 

Executive Secretary, BSC, NIOSH, CDC, 

1600 Clifton Road NE, MS V24–4, 

Atlanta, GA 30329–4027, Telephone 

(404) 498–2581, or email at enovicki@

cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose: The Secretary, the Assistant 

Secretary for Health, and by delegation 

the Director, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, are authorized under 

Sections 301 and 308 of the Public 

Health Service Act to conduct directly 


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