34936 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 127 / Monday, July 2, 2001 / Notices

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.

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HUMAN SERVICES

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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

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from the printed version only in format

and in the fact that it uses an Internet

address to which recipients can submit

the form to NIOSH. Both the printed

and Internet versions of the form

provide the mechanism for employees,

employers, and other authorized

representatives to supply the

information required by the regulations

which govern the NIOSH health hazard

evaluation program (42 CFR 85.3–1). In

general, if employees are submitting the

form it must contain the signatures of

three or more current employees.

However, regulations allow a single

signature if the requestor is one of three

(3) or fewer employees in the process,

operation, or job of concern. It takes

approximately six (6) NIOSH employees

about five (5) minutes to evaluate the

submitted form. The information

provided is used by NIOSH to

determine whether there is reasonable

cause to justify conducting an

investigation. The purpose of

investigations conducted in the health

hazard evaluation program is to help

employers and employees identify and

eliminate occupational health hazards.

Without the information requested on

this form, NIOSH would be unable to

perform its legislated function of

conducting health hazard evaluations in

workplaces. There are no costs to

respondents to obtain this form or to

request a health hazard evaluation.

Respondents No. of

respondents

No. of

responses

per respondent

Avg. burden

per response

(in hrs.)

Total burden

hours

Employees and representatives ...................................................................... 290 1 12/60 58

Employers ........................................................................................................ 160 1 12/60 32

Total .......................................................................................................... 450 ........................ ........................ 90

Dated: June 22, 2001.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention.

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[Program Announcement 01158]

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Related Applied Research; 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 human immunodeficiency

virus (HIV) related applied research for

the control and prevention of HIV. This

program addresses the ‘‘Healthy People

2010’’ focus area of HIV. For a copy of

‘‘Healthy People 2010’’ visit the internet

site: http://www.health.gov/

healthypeople.

The purpose of this program is to

encourage new and innovative methods

to further the prevention of HIV

infection.

Projects that will be considered for

funding are applied research for the

control and prevention of HIV that

address only the following Research

Topics:

1. Community Interventions Among

Adolescents

Funds are available to support

formative research that will lead to

community or structural based

interventions to prevent HIV among

high-risk adolescents, aged 17 or

younger. High-risk adolescents is

defined as youth 17 or younger who

engage in activities that put them at

higher risk for becoming HIV infected.

Structural interventions are defined as

factors that are barriers to, or facilitators

of, an individual’s HIV prevention

behaviors. They directly or indirectly

affect an individual’s ability to avoid

exposure to HIV and include physical,

social, cultural, organizational,

community, economic, legal or policy

aspects of the individual’s environment.

2. Demonstration Projects for the

Efficient Allocation of HIV Prevention

Resources

Funds are available to support

research to develop decision making

tools for the efficient allocation of HIV

prevention resources. An efficient

allocation is defined as expending

resources on interventions that are costeffective, producing an optimal outcome

at the least cost. The research should

fully address the data needs and

requirements for the practical use of

cost effectiveness analysis to allocate

resources. Applicants must demonstrate

the ability to either identify and

evaluate models and tools currently

being used by state and local health

departments and community based

organizations or the ability to develop,

pilot and evaluate models and tools

usable by state and local health

departments and community based

organizations. Applicants should also

demonstrate a willingness to collaborate

with CDC and others in the

documentation and dissemination of the

research findings.

3. Biologic Determinants of HIV

Transmission

Funds are available to support

research on biologic determinants of

HIV transmission. These determinants

will include the effect of antiretroviral

use by source partners and other factors

such as viral load, viral resistance and

replication fitness, genetic factors

including HLA class, and mucosal and

humoral immunity. Applicants must

demonstrate the potential to recruit at

least 10 recently infected individuals

(ie., infected less than six months) per

month with their source partners and a

comparison cohort of uninfected but

exposed individuals and their partners.

The applicants should demonstrate

adequate laboratory capacity and a

willingness to collaborate with the CDC

laboratory.

4. HIV Testing Survey Among Asians/

Pacific Islanders

Funds are available to implement the

HIV testing survey (HITS) among

Asians/Pacific Islanders in urban

settings in geographic areas highly

impacted by the HIV epidemic. HITS

assesses determinants of HIV-related

risk, testing and care-seeking behaviors.

Applicants must demonstrate the ability

to cooperate with health officials and

community groups to gain access to this

target population and to interview at

least 300 persons during the one-year

project period. Applicants should also