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aircraft crashes occur in Alaska.

Between 1990–1998 there were 823

commuter and air taxi crashes in the

U.S., of which 229 (28 percent) were

fatal, resulting in 653 deaths. Alaska

accounted for 304 (37 percent) of the

total crashes, 49 of which were fatal (21

percent of the U.S. fatal crashes),

resulting in 131 deaths (20 percent of all

U.S. deaths) (NTSB Aviation Accident

Database, 1999). Aviation crashes are

now the leading cause of occupational

fatalities in Alaska.

To address this compelling

occupational issue in Alaska, Congress

supported implementation of a federal

initiative to reduce aviation-related

injuries and fatalities. The initiative is a

three-year commitment led by a

partnership of four federal agencies who

share an interest in promoting aviation

safety and preventing aircraft crashes—

the Federal Aviation Administration

(FAA), the National Transportation

Safety Board (NTSB), National Weather

Service (NWS), and the National

Institute for Occupational Safety and

Health (NIOSH). The purpose of this

joint initiative is to reduce the number

of aircraft crashes and deaths, and

promote aviation safety within the air

transportation industry in Alaska.

This initiative complements another

federal/industry initiative to reduce

aviation fatalities—the Capstone

Program. The Capstone Program,

currently implemented in the Bethel,

Alaska area includes installation of

improved avionics in aircraft used in

FAR part 135 operations, an improved

ground infrastructure for weather

information, data link communications

and Flight Information Services, and the

development of new GIS-based nonprecision instruction approaches at

remote airports.

As part of these initiatives, air carrier

operators and pilots will be surveyed to

obtain information on what they

perceive are the risks and hazards

contributing to aircraft accidents in

Alaska, their opinion about current

safety programs, and what they think

could be done to improve aviation

safety. This information will be

analyzed to identify common risk

factors, compare them to risk factors

identified from analysis of accident

reports and published literature, and

assess the effectiveness of current and

new potential safety interventions.

These findings will be useful to Alaska’s

air transportation industry for trend

information to evaluate interventions.

To reduce the total respondent burden

and increase efficiency in data

collection, we are coordinating and

combining the information gathering

process for both the joint initiative and

a safety study of the Capstone initiative

into one effort. The joint initiative will

conduct two statewide surveys:

Approximately 400 participants in the

air carrier operator survey and 500

participants in the pilot survey. The

Capstone safety study will add

questions to both surveys for

respondents in the implementation area,

and in addition will continue to survey

pilots using Capstone equipment for the

duration of that program (through fall

2002). Follow up surveys to assess the

effectiveness of the implementation

measures would re-survey

approximately half of the original

statewide sample: about 200 air carrier

operators and 250 pilots.

We will use the results of the initial

statewide surveys to (1) recommend

ways to improve air transportation

safety; (2) identify measures to put the

recommendations into effect; and (3)

guide the ongoing research. Follow up

surveys will assess the effectiveness of

the program and identify potential

improvements. We will use the results

of the Capstone study surveys to assess

the effectiveness of that program and to

recommend improvements. The

information can be obtained only from

the respondents, as it requests

information on skills, knowledge,

attitudes, and business practices for

which no other source is available. The

total annual burden for this collection is

670 hours.

Respondents Number of respondents

Number of

responses

per respondent

Avg. burden

per response

(in hrs.)

Operators Survey ............................................................................................ 200 ..................................................... 1 30/60

Capstone Questions for Capstone area Operators ........................................ 30 (subset of 200) .............................. 1 15/60

Pilot Survey ..................................................................................................... 400 ..................................................... 1 30/60

Capstone Questions for Capstone area Pilots ............................................... 50 (subset of 400) .............................. 1 15/60

Capstone Pilots not in AIASI Survey .............................................................. 100 ..................................................... 1 30/60

Follow-up survey of Operators ........................................................................ 200 ..................................................... 1 30/60

Follow-up survey of Pilots ............................................................................... 400 ..................................................... 1 60

Dated: May 10, 2001.

Nancy E. Cheal,

Acting Associate Direct for Policy Planning,

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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[30 DAY–35–01]

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

National Disease Surveillance

Program—I. Case Reports (0920–0009)—

Extension—National Center for

Infectious Diseases (NCID), Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Formal surveillance of 22 separate

reportable diseases has been ongoing to

meet the public demand and scientific

interest for accurate, consistent,

epidemiologic data. These ongoing

diseases include: Bacterial meningitis,

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dengue, hantavirus, HIV/AIDS,

Idiopathic CD4+T-lymphocytopenia,

Kawasaki syndrome, Legionellosis, lyme

disease, malaria, Mycobacterium avium

Complex Disease, plague, Reye

Syndrome, tick-borne Rickettsial

Disease, toxic shock syndrome,

toxocariasis, trichinosis, typhoid fever,

and viral hepatitis. Case report forms

enable CDC to collect demographic,

clinical, and laboratory characteristics

of cases of these diseases. This

information is used to direct

epidemiologic investigations, to identify

and monitor trends in reemerging

infectious diseases or emerging modes

of transmission, to search for possible

causes or sources of the diseases, and to

develop guidelines for the prevention of

treatment. It is also used to recommend

target areas in most need of vaccinations

for certain diseases and to determine

development of drug resistance.

Because of the distinct nature of each

of the diseases, the number of cases

reported annually is different for each.

The total annualized burden is 34,038

hours (131,307 × .259225).

Respondents Number of respondents

Number of responses per

respondent

Average burden respondent

(in hours)

Health care workers ..................................................................................................................... 55 131,307 0.259225

Dated: May 10, 2001.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy,

Planning, and Evaluation Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention.

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[Program Announcement 01132]

American Indian/Alaska Native Core

Capacity Building Programs; Notice of

Availability of Funds

A. Purpose

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of fiscal year (FY) 2001

funds for a cooperative agreement

program for American Indian/Alaska

Native (AI/AN) Core Capacity Building

Programs. This program addresses the

‘‘Healthy People 2010’’ focus areas of

Maternal, Infant, and Child Health,

Cancer, Heart Disease and Stroke,

Diabetes, Human Immunodeficiency

Virus (HIV), and Immunization and

Infectious Diseases.

The purpose of the program is for AI/

AN Communities to build core capacity

and augment existing programs to

reduce disparities in health outcomes

for one or more of the designated health

priority areas. In addition, the funding

will be provided to AI/AN communities

that demonstrate need based on high

prevalence and related morbidity and

mortality and have limited

infrastructure and resources to address

health disparities.

‘‘Core capacity’’ is defined as the

development of infrastructure and

support strategies, including

networking, partnership formation, and

coalition building to raise and maintain

community awareness and support, as

well as national awareness of the health

priority area needs of AI/AN

populations. Core capacity programs

include basic health promotion, disease

prevention and control functions, ability

to capture data, program coordination

related to primary and secondary

prevention, scientific capacity, training

and technical assistance, and culturally

competent intervention strategies for

addressing the health priority area

needs of AI/AN populations.

Background

In 1997, President Clinton committed

the nation to an ambitious goal by the

year 2010 to eliminate disparities in

health status experienced by racial and

ethnic minority populations in key

areas, while continuing the progress we

have achieved in improving the overall

health of the American people. In

support of this effort, the Department of

Health and Human Services (DHHS)

identified six health priority areas in

which racial and ethnic minorities

experience serious health disparities:

Infant Mortality, Deficits in Breast and

Cervical Cancer Screening and

Management, Cardiovascular Diseases,

Diabetes, Human Immunodeficiency

Virus (HIV) Infections/Acquired

Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS),

and Deficits in Child and/or Adult

Immunizations. On behalf of the DHHSwide collaborative effort, the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is

coordinating and managing a major

component of activities to support this

initiative.

B. Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants are federally

recognized AI/AN tribal governments

and corporations, non-federally

recognized tribes and other

organizations that qualify under the

Indian Civil Rights Act, State Charter

Tribes, Urban Indian Health Programs,

Indian Health Boards, Inter-Tribal

Councils, and other tribal organizations,

including urban and eligible inter-tribal

consortia.

Tribal organizations, inter-tribal

consortia, and urban organizations are

eligible if incorporated for the primary

purpose of improving AI/AN health and

represent such interests for the tribes,

Alaska Native Villages and corporations,

or urban Indian communities located in

its region. AI/AN tribes or urban

communities represented may be

located in one state or in multiple states.

An urban organization is defined as a

non-profit corporate body situated in an

urban center eligible for services under

Title V of the Indian Health Care

Improvement Act, PL 94–437, as

amended.

Minimal Requirements

1. Application

The application must target American

Indian or Alaska Native communities

and must address one or more of the

following six health priority area(s):

Infant Mortality, Deficits in Breast and

Cervical Cancer Screening and

Management, Cardiovascular Diseases,

Diabetes, Human Immunodeficiency

Virus (HIV) Infections/Acquired

Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS),

and Deficits in Child and/or Adult

Immunizations. Activities for health

priority areas that are not under these

categories will not be considered.

2. Tax-exempt Status

For those applicants applying as a

private, non-profit organization, proof of

tax-exempt status must be provided

with the application. Tax-exempt status

is determined by the Internal Revenue

Service (IRS) Code, Section 501(c)(3).

Any of the following is acceptable

evidence:

a. A reference to the organization’s

listing in the IRS’s most recent list of