21756 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 84 / Tuesday, May 1, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[30 Day–33–01]

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 Project

Vital Statistics Training Application—

Reinstatement—(OMB No. 0920–0217)

National Center for Health Statistics

(NCHS). In the United States, legal

authority for the registration of vital

events, i.e., births, deaths, marriages,

divorces, fetal deaths, and induced

terminations of pregnancy, resides

individually with the States (as well as

cities in the case of New York City and

Washington, DC) and Puerto Rico, the

Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,

and the Commonwealth of the Northern

Mariana Islands. These governmental

entities are the full legal proprietors of

vital records and the information

contained therein. As a result of this

State authority, the collection of

registration-based vital statistics at the

national level, referred to as the U.S.

National Vital Statistics System (NVSS),

depends on a cooperative relationship

between the States and the Federal

government. This data collection,

authorized by 42 U.S.C. 242k, has been

carried out by NCHS since it was

created in 1960.

To help in achieving the

comparability needed for combining

data from all States into national

statistics, NCHS carries out a training

program for State and local vital

statistics staff to assist in developing

expertise in all aspects of vital

registration and vital statistics. The

training offered under this program

includes courses for registration staff,

statisticians, and coding specialists, all

designed to bring about a high degree of

uniformity and quality in the data

provided by the States. This training

program is authorized by 42 U.S.C.

242b, Section 304(a). In order to offer

the types of training that would be most

useful to vital registration staff

members, NCHS requests information

from State and local vital registration

officials about their projected needs for

training. NCHS also asks individual

candidates for training to submit an

application form containing name,

address, occupation, work experience,

education, and previous training. These

data enable NCHS to determine those

individuals whose needs can best be

met through the available training

resources. The annualized burden for

this collection is 44 hours.

Respondents Number of respondents

Responses/respondentsAvg. burden/response (in hrs)

State, local, and Territory Registration Officials ........................................................ 57 1 .33

Training Applicants .................................................................................................... 100 1 .25

Dated: April 23, 2001.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning,

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[30 day–34–01]

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 Project

Linking Epidemiologic Research to

Disease Prevention: A Pilot Program to

Test Approaches for Communicating

Increased Risk of Cervical Cancer to

Female Workers in the Dry-Cleaning

Industry—NEW—National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

The National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health

(NIOSH) has conducted worker

notification formally since 1988. This

program informs workers in NIOSHconducted epidemiological studies

about the study results and hence, of

their risks. The intervention research to

be conducted under this application

will extend the risk communication

beyond the mortality study cohort (an

aging and mostly retired cohort) to

similarly exposed women, younger and

still employed.

Several studies, including one

conducted at NIOSH, have documented

elevated mortality from cancer among

dry cleaning workers. Some of the

cancers involved—most notably cervical

cancer—can be successfully treated if

detected early. Thus, along with better

hazard control, better secondary disease

prevention is urgently needed to help

women workers already exposed.

Exiting NIOSH procedures for notifying

workers about the agency’s research

findings seem unlikely to reach the

larger at-risk population of women dry

cleaners who were not actually study

subjects.

The ultimate purpose of this research

is to increase understanding of how to

encourage medical screening among

workers at risk. The project has two

main objectives: (1) To assess

descriptively the feasibility and

potential public health benefits of a

broader than usual approach to NIOSH

worker notification about occupational

health risks, based on results of NIOSH

epidemiologic research; and (2) to

determine whether a follow-up

reminder about the importance of

medical screening makes a significant

difference in the notified workers’ longterm health behavior.

The primary study population will

consist of a minimum 300 current

female dry cleaning workers in New

York City (ages 18–65), selected from

the membership list (a respondent