56470 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 186 / Tuesday, September 27, 2005 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New] 

Emergency Clearance: Public 

Information Collection Requirements 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Secretary (OS), Department 

of Health and Human Services, is 

publishing the following summary of 

proposed collections for public 

comment. Interested persons are invited 

to send comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including any 

of the following subjects: (1) The 

necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: Emergency Clearance; 

Title of Information Collection: 

Critical Infrastructure Data System 

(CIDS); 

Form/OMB No.: OS–0990–New; 

Use: Via an online data system, the 

Health and Human Service will collect, 

compile, and analyze information from 

a variety of health services’ facilities 

regarding working facilities, needed 

critical assets, and diseases surveyed. 

No current national data system exists. 

Frequency: Recording, Reporting, 

daily; 

Affected Public: Federal, State, local, 

or tribal governments, business or other 

for profit, not for profit institutions; 

Annual Number of Respondents: 

3,385; 

Total Annual Responses: 1,235,525; 

Average Burden Per Response: 18 

hours; 

Total Annual Hours: 10,296; 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access the HHS Web 

site address at http://www.hhs.gov/ 

oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-mail your 

request, including your address, phone 

number, OMB number, and OS 

document identifier, to 

naomi.cook@hhs.gov, or call the Reports 

Clearance Office on (202) 690–6162. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be mailed 

directly to the OS Paperwork Clearance 

Officer designated at the following 

address: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Secretary, 

Assistant Secretary for Budget, 

Technology, and Finance, Office of 

Information and Resource Management, 

Attention: Naomi Cook (0990–New), Fax 

Number (202) 690–8715, Room 531–H, 

200 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington DC 20201. 

Dated: September 19, 2005. 

Robert E. Polson, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–19216 Filed 9–26–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–37–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Designation of a Class of Employees 

for Addition to the Special Exposure 

Cohort 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) gives notice of a 

decision to designate a class of 

employees at the Y–12 facility, in Oak 

Ridge, Tennessee as an addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under 

the Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000. On August 25, 2005, the Secretary 

of HHS designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

Department of Energy (DOE) 

employees or DOE contractor or 

subcontractor employees who worked in 

uranium enrichment operations or other 

radiological activities at the Y–12 

facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee from 

March 1943 through December 1947 and 

who were employed for a number of 

work days aggregating at least 250 work 

days, either solely under this 

employment or in combination with 

work days of employment occurring 

within the parameters (excluding 

aggregate work day requirements) 

established for other classes of 

employees included in the SEC. 

This designation will become 

effective on September 24, 2005, unless 

Congress provides otherwise prior to the 

effective date. After this effective date, 

HHS will publish a notice in the 

Federal Register reporting the addition 

of this class to the SEC or the result of 

any provision by Congress regarding the 

decision by HHS to add the class to the 

SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 

Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia 

Parkway, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 

45226, Telephone 513–533–6800 (this is 

not a toll-free number). Information 

requests can also be submitted by e-mail 

to OCAS@CDC.GOV. 

Dated: September 20, 2005. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 05–19224 Filed 9–26–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–17–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Designation of a Class of Employees 

for Addition to the Special Exposure 

Cohort 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) gives notice of a 

decision to designate a class of 

employees at the Iowa Army 

Ammunition Plant, in Burlington, Iowa 

as an addition to the Special Exposure 

Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000. On 

August 25, 2005, the Secretary of HHS 

designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

Department of Energy (DOE) 

employees or DOE contractor or 

subcontractor employees who worked as 

radiographers from May 1948 to March 

1949 in support of Line 1 operations at 

the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant and 

who were employed for a number of 

work days aggregating at least 250 work 

days, occurring under this employment 

in combination with work days of 

employment occurring within the 

parameters (excluding aggregate work 

day requirements) established for other 

classes of employees included in the 

SEC. 

This designation will become 

effective on September 24, 2005, unless 

Congress provides otherwise prior to the 

effective date. After this effective date,