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manufacturer of beryllium in the U.S. 

This has allowed us to establish wellcharacterized worker cohorts within the 

beryllium industry. (b) It is conducting 

industrial hygiene research that should 

significantly improve workplace-based 

exposure assessment methods. This 

research will allow characterization of 

jobs and tasks by physicochemical 

characteristics, leading to an estimation 

of dose rather than mass concentrationbased exposure. (c) It has pioneered the 

evaluation of the dermal exposure route 

in the beryllium sensitization process. 

(d) It has developed and improved 

genetic research that will contribute to 

the understanding of risk variability in 

sensitization and disease, as well as 

discerning the underlying mechanisms. 

(e) NIOSH has the institutional stability 

to continue longitudinal evaluations of 

health outcomes in relation to exposure 

and genetic risk factors. There is no cost 

to respondents other than their time. 

ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses / 

respondent 

Average 

burden/response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Former Workers ............................................................................................... 100 1 30/60 50 

Dated: November 14, 2005. 

Betsey Dunaway, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Notice and Solicitation for Written 

Comments on the Draft CDC Health 

Protection Research Guide, 2006–2015 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention/Agency for 

Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 

(hereto referred to as CDC) announces 

the availability for public comment of 

the draft CDC Health Protection 

Research Guide, 2006–2015. CDC is 

requesting input on this Research Guide 

because maximizing the health impact 

of public health research can only be 

achieved through the collective efforts 

of CDC, other Federal agencies, State 

and local partners, academic partners, 

business partners, non-profit 

organizations, professional societies, 

and the public. Please provide input on 

any aspect of the Research Guide, 

including but not limited to: 

• Scope and use of the Research 

Guide (including whether it has 

identified the areas of health protection 

research that most need to be addressed 

within the next decade); 

• Relevance and level of specificity of 

the proposed research topics; 

• Additions, deletions or 

modifications to the proposed research 

topics; 

• Research Guide development 

process; and 

• Other improvements to the 

Research Guide. 

DATES: The public comment period is 60 

days long. Written comments must be 

received by close of business on January 

15, 2006 at either of the addresses listed 

below. 

ADDRESSES: The draft CDC Health 

Protection Research Guide, 2006–2015 

is available for review by visiting the 

Internet site, http:// 

www.rsvpBOOK.com/custom_pages/ 

50942/index.php, or by contacting 

Jamila Rashid, PhD, Senior Health 

Scientist, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, Office Of Public Health 

Research, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., MD 

D–72, Atlanta, GA 30333, 404–639–

4621, ResearchGuide@cdc.gov, for a 

hard copy. Written comments may be 

submitted electronically at the Internet 

site or at the email address listed above. 

Written comments may also be sent to 

the mailing address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information about the CDC 

Health Protection Research Guide is 

available via the Office of Public Health 

Research Web site, http://www.cdc.gov/ 

od/ophr/cdcra.htm or may be obtained 

by communicating with the contact 

whose name and telephone number is 

listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTATY INFORMATION: On 

January 10, 2005, the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention launched an 

effort to develop its first ever, agencywide CDC Public Health Protection 

Research Guide, 2006–2015. The new 

Research Guide will address and 

support CDC’s Health Protection Goals 

(For additional information about the 

Goals please see http://www.cdc.gov/ 

about/goals). 

The Research Guide will also provide 

overall guidance for CDC’s intramural 

and extramural research as well as serve 

as an effective planning and 

communication tool for CDC’s public 

health research. 

The public comment period will give 

researchers, representatives of CDC’s 

key partner organizations and the public 

the opportunity to voice their opinions 

regarding the CDC Health Protection 

Research Guide, 2006–2015 and the 

future direction of CDC’s public health 

research. The public comment period 

will begin on November 18, 2005 and 

end on January 15, 2006. 

The Chief Science Officer, CDC, has 

been delegated the authority to sign 

general Federal Register notices for both 

the CDC and ATSDR. 

Dated: November 9, 2005. 

Dixie E. Snider, Jr., 

Chief Science Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10174] 

Emergency Clearance: Public 

Information Collection Requirements 

Submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) 

AGENCY: Center for Medicare and 

Medicaid Services. 

In compliance with the requirement 

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services (CMS), 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;