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jurisdictions throughout the United 

States to implement wastewater 

surveillance, and will continue to 

support state, tribal, local, and territorial 

(STLT) partners to collect wastewater 

data. Data are input to the Data 

Collation and Integration for Public 

Health Event Response (DCIPHER) 

platform for participants to view and 

analyze their data in near real time. 

Wastewater surveillance provides 

aggregated, anonymized data at the 

community level to indicate trends in 

SARS–CoV–2 infections. These data can 

be particularly useful in underserved 

populations where clinical testing is 

limited or health care seeking is 

reduced. Wastewater data collection 

could inform locations that require 

greater resource allocation early in 

outbreaks and provide health 

departments with an additional, 

clinical-testing agnostic surveillance 

method to assess community-level 

COVID–19 trends. 

Wastewater data collection will be 

coordinated by health department 

jurisdictions through close collaboration 

with wastewater utilities, testing 

laboratories, and CDC. Wastewater 

utilities will collect grab, time-weighted 

composite, or flow-weighted composite 

samples of wastewater from wastewater 

influent lines at least once a week. The 

wastewater samples will be shipped 

along with their associated sampling 

metadata to testing laboratories where 

SARS–CoV–2 RNA will be quantified. 

The testing laboratory will deliver 

wastewater sample collection and 

laboratory testing data to the 

jurisdiction health department to 

compile, review, and submit to CDC 

using the comma separated value (CSV) 

bulk upload template into the NWSS 

DCIPHER platform. 

In addition to wastewater data, 

jurisdiction health departments will 

work with participating utilities to 

obtain spatial files of the utility service 

areas, also called a sewershed. These 

sewershed spatial files will be uploaded 

by jurisdiction health departments into 

the NWSS DCIPHER platform. Finally, 

health department jurisdictions using 

the sewershed spatial files will develop 

a line list of COVID–19 cases who reside 

within the participating wastewater 

utility service areas. The health 

department jurisdiction will submit to 

CDC, the line list of COVID–19 cases 

using a CSV bulk upload template into 

the DCIPHER NWSS platform. 

The proposed data collection will 

occur over three years. The data 

collection involves three data 

components: (1) SARS–CoV–2 

wastewater data, (2) spatial files of the 

wastewater utility service area (referred 

to as sewersheds), and (3) COVID–19 

sewershed case data. Based on pilot data 

collection, it is expected that 64,480 

wastewater samples, 620 spatial files, 

and 1,550,000 COVID–19 sewershed 

cases will be collected and reported to 

NWSS each year. This will lead to a 

total annual burden of 238,089 hours 

(107,682 hours for wastewater data, 

1,240 hours for spatial files, and 129,167 

hours for COVID–19 sewershed case 

data). There is no cost to respondents 

other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

State, tribal, local, territorial health 

department staff.

National Wastewater Surveillance 

System: SARS–CoV–2 wastewater data collection.

64,480 2,080 100/60 107,682 

State, tribal, local, territorial health 

department staff; Wastewater utility staff.

No form; provision of sewershed 

spatial files.

620 20 2 1,240 

State, tribal, local, territorial health 

department staff.

National Wastewater Surveillance 

System: COVID–19 sewershed 

case data collection.

1,550,000 50,000 5/60 129,167 

Total ........................................... .......................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 238,089 

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 

[60Day–21–21HU; Docket No. CDC–2021– 

0093] 

Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), 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 HIV Prevention Capacity 

Development Needs Assessments of 

Federally funded Health Departments 

and Community-Based Organizations. 

This data collection seeks to understand 

the training and technical assistance 

needs of federally funded health 

departments and community-based 

organizations by improving the 

performance of the HIV prevention 

workforce. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before November 8, 

2021. 


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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2021– 

0093 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. CDC 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 

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 

HIV Prevention Capacity 

Development Needs Assessments of 

Federally funded Health Departments 

and Community-Based Organizations— 

New—National Center for HIV/AIDS, 

Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention 

(NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

In 2019, the President announced a 

federal effort to end the HIV epidemic 

in the U.S. by 2030. To achieve the 

Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. 

(EHE) initiative’s goal, (i.e., reducing 

new HIV infections by 90%), the HIV 

workforce must have the skills and 

knowledge to implement HIV 

prevention programs and surveillance 

activities as quickly and efficiently as 

possible. As such, the trainings and 

technical assistance (TA) activities that 

build the skills and knowledge of the 

HIV workforce will need to take place 

in a timely and efficient manner. This 

data collection request will improve 

both timeliness and efficiency in 

meeting directly funded agencies’ 

needs. The information collected from 

the needs assessments proposed in this 

study will be used by CDC staff to 

determine the training and TA needs of 

health departments and communitybased organizations funded by CDC to 

conduct HIV prevention and 

surveillance activities. One 

representative from each funded agency 

will be asked to voluntarily complete 

the needs assessment on behalf of their 

agency. Training and TA needs data will 

be collected during a specific three- to 

four-week period, and only one 

response per agency is being requested. 

The collection of this information will 

be used to improve on past performance 

whereby funded agencies needs were 

assessed, and addressed, agency by 

agency, over an extended period of time, 

resulting in needs being met 

inefficiently. 

The training and TA needs 

assessment data will be collected 

through an online survey. The survey 

will be completed through an existing 

system, the Capacity Building 

Assistance (CBA) Tracking System 

(CTS). CTS is the system through which 

CDC funded agencies currently request 

trainings and TA activities. As such, 

directly funded agencies have been 

trained, and are familiar with the system 

in terms of how to access and navigate 

the system, which should help reduce 

their burden in providing CDC the 

requested information, as they are 

already familiar with CTS. In addition, 

CTS will automate reporting of the data 

collected. Automation of the data 

reporting will allow the CDC to 

aggregate responses across agencies 

efficiently. 

Training and TA needs assessment 

data will be directly reported to the 

CDC. CDC staff will combine agency 

responses to determine how many 

funded agencies need specific trainings 

and specific TA activities. Combining 

the agencies data will allow the CDC to 

meet the reported needs in a more 

timely and efficient manner. 

Understanding how many agencies need 

specific trainings and TA activities will 

allow the CDC to host fewer trainings 

and TA activities across agencies, given 

the CDC will understand the needs at 

the same time, and can coordinate 

trainings and TA activities as a result of 

this data collection. In addition, the 

CDC will also be able to prioritize the 

most requested trainings and TA 

activities so they can offer the most 

requested training and TA activity first, 

moving from most requested to least 

requested. 

The data collected will be stored 

behind the CDC’s firewall, and any 

private information collected, such as 

the name of the respondent, the name of 

the agency they work for, and their 

professional contact information will be 

provided only to the agencies that 

conduct training and TA on behalf of 

the CDC, and in accordance with the 

data privacy rules these agencies 

operate. CDC requests OMB approval for 

an estimated 51 annual burden hours. 

There are no other costs to respondents 

other than their time. 


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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondent type Form name Number of 

participants 

Number of 

responses per 

participant 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden 

(in hours) 

Community-based Organization Representatives-Adults.Community-based Organization 

Needs Assessment.

130 1 15/60 33 

Health Department RepresentativesAdults.Health Department Needs Assessment.70 1 15/60 18 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 51 

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–2021–0094; NIOSH 248– 

H] 

World Trade Center Health Program 

Scientific/Technical Advisory 

Committee (WTCHP STAC) 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

CDC announces the following virtual 

meeting for the World Trade Center 

Health Program Scientific/Technical 

Advisory Committee (WTCHP STAC). A 

notice of this WTCHP STAC meeting 

has also been posted on the committee 

website at: https://www.cdc.gov/wtc/ 

stac_meeting.html. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 28, 2021 from 11:00 a.m. to 

4:00 p.m., EDT, and on September 29, 

2021 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., EDT. 

Written comments received by 

September 21, 2021 will be provided to 

the STAC prior to the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2021– 

0094; NIOSH 248–H 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– 

0094; NIOSH 248–H, 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 21, 

2021, will be provided to the WTCHP 

STAC prior to the meeting. Docket 

number CDC–2021–0094; NIOSH 248–H 

will close September 29, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tania Carreo ́n-Valencia, Ph.D., 

Designated Federal Officer, World Trade 

Center Health Program, National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, MS 

R–12, Atlanta, GA 30329–4027, 

Telephone: (513) 841–4515; Email: wtcstac@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The WTCHP STAC was 

established by Title I of the James 

Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation 

Act of 2010, Public Law 111–347 

(January 2, 2011), amended by Public 

Law 114–113 (Dec. 18, 2015) and Public 

Law 116–59 (Sept. 27, 2019), adding 

Title XXXIII to the Public Health 

Service (PHS) Act (codified at 42 U.S.C. 

300mm to 300mm-61). 

Purpose: The purpose of the WTCHP 

STAC is to review scientific and 

medical evidence and to make 

recommendations to the Administrator 

of the World Trade Center (WTC) Health 

Program regarding additional WTC 

Health Program eligibility criteria, 

potential additions to the List of WTCRelated Health Conditions, and research 

regarding certain health conditions 

related to the September 11, 2001, 

terrorist attacks. 

Title XXXIII of the PHS Act 

established the WTC Health Program 

within the Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS). The WTC 

Health Program provides medical 

monitoring and treatment benefits to 

eligible firefighters and related 

personnel, law enforcement officers, 

and rescue, recovery, and cleanup 

workers who responded to the 

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in 

New York City, at the Pentagon, and in 

Shanksville, Pennsylvania (responders), 

and to eligible persons who were 

present in the dust or dust cloud on 

September 11, 2001 or who worked, 

resided, or attended school, childcare, 

or adult daycare in the New York City 

disaster area (survivors). Certain specific 

activities of the Administrator of the 

WTC Health Program are reserved to the 

Secretary, HHS, to delegate at his 

discretion; other duties not explicitly 

reserved to the Secretary, HHS, are 

assigned to the Director of the National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH). The administration of 

the WTCHP STAC is left to the Director 

of NIOSH in his role as Administrator. 

CDC and NIOSH provide funding, 

staffing, and administrative support 

services for the WTCHP STAC. The 

charter was reissued on May 12, 2021 

and will expire on May 12, 2023. 

Matters to be Considered: The agenda 

will include an overview of the 

Program’s research activities in the past 

10 years and discussion of the 

Administrator’s request that the STAC 

provide a recommendation regarding 

whether to add uterine cancer to the List 

of health conditions eligible for 

coverage by the WTC Health Program. A 

white paper on scientific considerations 

developed to assist the Committee in 

their deliberations is available on the 

WTC Health Program website at https:// 

www.cdc.gov/wtc/stac_meeting.html. 

An agenda is also posted on the WTC 

Health Program website at https://

www.cdc.gov/wtc/stac_meeting.html. 

Agenda items are subject to change as 

priorities dictate. Meeting Information: 

This is a virtual meeting conducted via 

Zoom. The public is welcome to follow 

the proceedings via live webcast on the 

World Wide Web. No registration is 

required. The webcast link for 

September 28–29, 2021 is https://

www.ustream.tv/channel/ 

QyXBRzYjVCS. For additional 

information please visit the WTC Health 

Program website at https://

www.cdc.gov/wtc/stac_meeting.html. 

Public Participation 

Interested parties may participate in 

this activity by submitting written 

views, opinions, recommendations, and 


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