Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 212 / Thursday, November 3, 2005 / Notices 66839 

Dated: October 28, 2005. 

Betsey Dunaway, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 05–21913 Filed 11–2–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–06–0607] 

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 404–639–4766 and 

send comments to Seleda Perryman, 

CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 

Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, 

Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email to 

omb@cdc.gov. 

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. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

The National Violent Death Reporting 

System-Revision-National Center for 

Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Violence is an important public 

health problem. In the United States, 

homicide and suicide are the second 

and third leading causes of death, 

respectively, in the 1–34 year old age 

group. Unfortunately, public health 

agencies do not know much more about 

the problem than the numbers and the 

sex, race, and age of the victims—all 

information obtainable from the 

standard death certificate. Death 

certificates, however, carry no 

information about key factors necessary 

for prevention such as the victimsuspect relationship or the 

circumstances of the deaths. This makes 

it impossible to discern anything but the 

gross contours of the problem. 

Furthermore, death certificates are 

typically not available until 20 months 

after the completion of a calendar year. 

Official publications of national violent 

death rates, e.g., those in the Morbidity 

and Mortality Weekly Report, rarely use 

data that are more than two years old. 

Public health interventions aimed at a 

moving target last seen two years ago 

may well miss the mark. 

Local and Federal criminal justice 

agencies such as the Federal Bureau of 

Investigation (FBI) provide slightly more 

information about homicides, but they 

do not routinely collect standardized 

data about suicides, which are much 

more common within all age groups 

than homicides. The FBI’s 

Supplemental Homicide Report System 

(SHRS) does collect basic information 

about the victim-suspect relationship 

and circumstances. But, as with death 

certificates, SHRS does not link violent 

deaths that are part of one incident such 

as homicides-suicides. Because it is a 

voluntary system, approximately 10–20 

percent of police departments 

nationwide do not participate. The FBI’s 

National Incident Based Reporting 

System (NIBRS) addresses some of these 

deficiencies, but covers less of the 

country than SHRS, includes only 

homicides, and collects only police 

information. Also, the Bureau of Justice 

Statistics Reports do not use data that 

are more than two years old. 

CDC therefore proposes to continue a 

state-based surveillance system for 

violent deaths that will provide more 

detailed and timely information. It taps 

into the case records held by medical 

examiners/coroners, police, and crime 

labs. Data are collected centrally by each 

state in the system, stripped of 

identifiers, and then sent to the CDC. 

Information is collected from these 

records about the characteristics of the 

victims and suspects, the circumstances 

of the deaths, and the weapons 

involved. States use standardized data 

elements and software designed by CDC. 

Ultimately, this information is intended 

to guide states in designing programs 

that reduce multiple forms of violence. 

Neither victim families nor suspects 

are contacted to collect information for 

The National Violent Death Reporting 

System. Data come from existing records 

and are collected by state health 

department staff or their subcontractors. 

Health departments incur an average of 

2.5 hours per death in identifying the 

deaths from death certificates, 

contacting the police and medical 

examiners to get copies of or to view the 

relevant records, abstracting the records, 

various data processing tasks, various 

administrative tasks, etc. 

The number of state health 

departments to be funded may be as 

high as 22 by 2009. Seventeen states are 

currently funded. NCIPC hopes to 

eventually fund all 50 states. Violent 

deaths include all homicides, suicides, 

legal interventions, deaths from 

undetermined causes, and unintentional 

firearm deaths. There are 50,000 such 

deaths annually among U.S. residents; 

thus the average state will experience 

approximately 1,000 such deaths each 

year. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Respondents Number of respondents 

Number of responses/respondent Average burden/response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

State Health Departments ............................................................................... 22 1,000 2.5 

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 55,000 

66840 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 212 / Thursday, November 3, 2005 / Notices 

Dated: October 28, 2005. 

Betsey Dunaway, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 05–21914 Filed 11–2–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special 

Emphasis Panels (SEP): Epi-Centers 

for Prevention of HealthcareAssociated Infections, Request for 

Application CI06–001 

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the following meeting: 

Name: Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special Emphasis 

Panel (SEP): Epi-Centers for Prevention of 

Healthcare-Associated Infections, Request for 

Application CI06–001. 

Times and Dates: 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m., 

December 9, 2005 (Closed). 

Place: Renaissance Concourse Hotel, One 

Hartsfield Centre Parkway, Atlanta, GA 

30354, Telephone Number (404) 209–9999. 

Status: The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with provisions set 

forth in Section 552b(c)(4) and (6), Title 5 

U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, 

Management Analysis and Services Office, 

CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92–463. 

Matters to Be Discussed: The meeting will 

include the review, discussion, and 

evaluation of applications received in 

response to: Epi-Centers for Prevention of 

Healthcare-Associated Infections, Request for 

Application CI06–001. 

Contact Person for more Information: 

Trudy Messmer, PhD, Scientific Review 

Administrator, National Center for Infectious 

Diseases, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., 

Mailstop C–19, Atlanta, GA 30333, 

Telephone Number (404) 639–3770. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities, for 

both CDC and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Dated: October 28, 2005. 

Alvin Hall, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 05–21908 Filed 11–2–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special 

Emphasis Panel: Centers for 

Excellence to Promote a Healthier 

Workforce, Request for Application 

OH–05–006 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the following meeting: 

Name: Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special 

Emphasis Panel (SEP): Centers for 

Excellence to Promote a Healthier 

Workforce, Request for Application OH–

05–006. 

Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., 

December 15, 2005 (Closed). 8:30 a.m.–

5 p.m., December 16, 2005 (Closed). 

Place: The Ritz Carlton Philadelphia, 

10 Avenue of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 

19102, Telephone (215) 523–8000. 

Status: The meeting will be closed to 

the public in accordance with 

provisions set forth in section 552b(c) 

(4) and (6), Title 5 U.S.C., and the 

Determination of the Director, 

Management Analysis and Services 

Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92–

463. 

Matters To Be Discussed: The meeting 

will include the review, discussion, and 

evaluation of applications received in 

response to Centers for Excellence to 

Promote a Healthier Workforce, Request 

for Application OH–05–006. 

Contact Person For More Information: 

Pamela J. Wilkerson, MPA, Scientific 

Review Administrator, National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., 

MS E–74, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone 

404–498–2556. 

The Director, Management Analysis 

and Services Office, has been delegated 

the authority to sign Federal Register 

notices pertaining to announcements of 

meetings and other committee 

management activities, for both CDC 

and the Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry. 

Dated: October 28, 2005. 

Alvin Hall, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 05–21909 Filed 11–2–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

National Infrastructure Protection Plan 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to inform the public and interested 

security partners that the draft National 

Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) 

Base Plan is available for review and 

comment. The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) is responsible for 

developing this comprehensive, 

integrated national plan for the 

protection of the Nation’s critical 

infrastructure and key resources under 

the authority of Homeland Security 

Presidential Directive-7 (HSPD–7), 

Critical Infrastructure Identification, 

Prioritization, and Protection. 

ADDRESSES: If you would like to review 

the draft NIPP Base Plan and provide 

comments, please submit a request to 

DHS via one of the following methods: 

• E-mail to: NIPP@dhs.gov. 

• Mail: NIPP Program Management 

Office, Department of Homeland 

Security, Preparedness Directorate/IP/ 

IPD, Mail Stop 8560, Washington, DC 

20528–8560. 

Please include your name, 

organization, mailing address, and email address when submitting your 

request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

National Infrastructure Protection Plan: 

Charles Davis, NIPP Program 

Management Office, Preparedness 

Directorate/IP/IPD, Department of 

Homeland Security, Washington, DC 

20528, 703–235–5338 or 

Charles.H.Davis@dhs.gov. 

DATES: The draft National Infrastructure 

Protection Plan will become available 

on November 2, 2005. All requests for 

copies must be made within 15 days of 

this notice. Comments on the document 

should be submitted to DHS by 

December 5, 2005. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Protecting 

critical infrastructures and key 

resources from attack is vital to the 

Nation. Through HSPD–7, the President 

directed the Secretary of Homeland 

Security to produce a comprehensive, 

integrated national plan for the 

protection of critical infrastructures and 

key resources. On February 9, 2005, 

DHS released an interim version of the 

NIPP Base Plan. Since that time, DHS 

has been working to revise the NIPP