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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 the CDC Reports

Clearance Officer on (404) 639–7090.

Comments Invited

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. Send comments to Anne

O’Connor, CDC Assistant Reports

Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road,

MS–D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Proposed Project

Pulmonary Function Testing Course

Approval Program, 29 CFR 1910.1043

(OMB NO. 0920–0138)—Extension—

The National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The mission of the National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health is to

promote safety and health at work for all

people through research and prevention.

NIOSH has responsibility under the

Cotton Dust Standard, 29 CFR

1910.1043, for approving courses to

train technicians to perform pulmonary

function testing in the Cotton Dust

Industry. Successful completion of a

NIOSH approved course is mandatory

under the Standard. To carry out its

responsibility, NIOSH maintains a

Pulmonary Function Testing Course

Approval Program. The program

consists of an application submitted by

potential sponsors who seek NIOSH

approval to conduct courses, and if

approved, notification to NIOSH of any

course or faculty changes during the

period of approval. The application

form and addend materials, including

agenda, vitae and course materials, is

reviewed by the National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health to

determine if the applicant has

developed a program which adheres to

the criteria required in the Standard.

Following approval, any subsequent

changes to the course are submitted by

course sponsors via letter and reviewed

by NIOSH staff to assure that changes in

faculty or course content continue to

meet course requirements. Applications

and materials to be a course sponsor and

carry out training are submitted

voluntarily by institutions and

organizations from throughout the

country. This is required for NIOSH to

evaluate a course to determine whether

it meets the criteria in the Standard and

whether technicians will be adequately

trained as mandated under the

Standard. The estimated annual cost to

respondents is $1058.00.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses

Avg. burden/

response

(in hrs.)

Total burden

hours

Sponsoring organization .......................................................................... 71 1 1 71

Total .............................................................................................. .......................... .......................... .......................... 71

Dated: June 22, 2001.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention.

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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 the CDC Reports

Clearance Officer on (404) 639–7090.

Comments Invited

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. Send comments to Seleda

Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports

Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road,

MS–D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Proposed Project

Hanford Birth Cohort Study—New—

The Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry (ATSDR) is mandated

pursuant to the 1980 Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

(CERCLA) and its 1986 Amendments,

the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), to prevent or

mitigate adverse human health effects

and diminished quality of life resulting

from the exposure to hazardous

substances into the environment. This

legislation was, in part, in response to

the lack of scientific information about

potential adverse health effects resulting

from exposure of a general population to

hazardous substances. Although

environmental exposures have been

documented at many hazardous waste

sites in the United States, most existing

data are for occupational exposures.

However, environmental exposure of a

general population is more likely to

include exposure of vulnerable

subpopulations (e.g., pregnant women,

children, elderly, and the infirm).

ATSDR plans activities to address these

issues which include conducting health

studies at sites on the Environmental

Protection Agency’s (EPA) National

Priorities List (NPL) to determine

whether and to what degree exposure to

hazardous substances at these sites are

harmful to human health.

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The Hanford Nuclear Reservation, in

south central Washington State, is on

EPA’s National Priorities List. Between

1944 when it opened until its closing in

1972, radioactive Iodine was released to

the air from chemical separation

facilities funded to produce plutonium

for atomic weapons. The Hanford

Environmental Dose Reconstruction

Project (HEDR) estimates that the

majority of releases of Iodine–131

occurred between 1944 and 1951.

Broad-based scientific studies indicate

that exposure to radioactive materials

(including Iodine–131), may be

associated with an increased risk of

developing autoimmune or

cardiovascular diseases. Children up to

five years of age may be at higher risk

than the general population of

developing these diseases after

exposure.

The objective of the Hanford Birth

Cohort Study is to compare information

on the rates of autoimmune and

cardiovascular diseases among a

population exposed to radioactive

contaminants during 1945–1951 and the

rates of a less-exposed comparison

population. This study may have

applicability to other sites where

exposure to radioactive contaminants

has occurred.

ATSDR currently has underway an

information collection at the Hanford

Nuclear Reservation to develop

educational materials and interventions

related to thyroid disease for

individuals exposed to I–131 as young

children—the Hanford Community

Health Project (OMB No. 0923–031).

This Hanford Birth Cohort Study is a

separate project which will collect

information on rates of autoimmune and

cardiovascular disease among the

selected population. Integral to

designing this project, ATSDR reviewed

the work of the National Cancer

Institute’s (NCI) Committee on Exposure

of the American People to I–131 from

the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests as well

as the NCI’s report titled ‘‘Exposure of

the American People to IODINE–131

from Nevada Nuclear-Bomb Tests.’’

In another ATSDR project (OMB No.

0923–0006), approximately 6,000

people were located who were born

between 1940 and 1951 in three highexposed counties nearest the Hanford

site (Benton, Franklin, and Adams). For

the currently proposed study, ATSDR

will randomly select and interview up

to 1,000 individuals from this entire

birth cohort of 15,001 (including the

6,000 people who were previously

located). The comparison population

will include a random selection of 1,000

persons born in three low-exposed

counties located farther away from the

Hanford site (San Juan, Whatcom, and

Mason).

To reduce the amount of time

required by the respondents, Computer

Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI)

will be conducted. Following

completion of all respondent interviews,

the data will be tabulated and analyzed

(the high exposed group will be

compared with the low exposed group).

The information collected in this

proposed study will provide reliable

baseline information on the incidence of

autoimmune and cardiovascular

diseases as related to exposure to

releases from the Hanford facility and

will also provide the information

needed to generate appropriate and

valid hypotheses for future activities,

such as other epidemiologic studies.

Other than their time to participate,

there is no cost to the respondents.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses per

respondent

Avg. burden per

response

(in hrs.)

Total annual

burden in

hours

High Exposed Population .............................................................................. 1,000 1 30/60 500

Low Exposed Population ............................................................................... 1,000 1 30/60 500

Total .................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... 1,000

Dated: June 25, 2001.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy,

Planning, and Evaluation, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention.

[FR Doc. 01–16491 Filed 6–29–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4163–18–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[60Day–01–50]

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 the CDC Reports

Clearance Officer on (404) 639–7090.

Comments Invited

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. Send comments to Anne

O’Connor, CDC Assistant Reports

Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road,

MS–D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Proposed Project:

Contents of a Request for a Health

Hazard Evaluation (OMB No. 0920–

0102)—EXTENSION—The National

Institute for Occupational Safety and

Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC). The

mission of the National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health is to

promote safety and health at work for all

people through research and prevention.

Each year, in accordance with its

mandates under the Occupational Safety

and Health Act of 1970 and the Federal

Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, the

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health (NIOSH) responds to

approximately 450 requests for health

hazard evaluations to identify potential

chemical, biological or physical hazards

at the workplace. A printed NIOSH form

is available for requesting these health

hazard evaluations. The form is also

available on the Internet and differs