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samples must be returned upon 

completion of the approved project. 

These results, once returned to NCHS 

and quality controlled, will be part of 

the public domain. Genetic test results 

from all studies using NHANES DNA 

samples will be made available to the 

public for secondary data analyses. 

After the NCHS quality control review 

is completed, researchers will be given 

up to six months to conduct a more 

comprehensive quality assurance 

review. The final quality control review 

timeframe will be negotiated between 

the researcher and the NCHS Project 

Officer and will depend on the number 

and characteristics of the genetic tests 

submitted. Data analyses will be 

conducted at the NCHS’ Research Data 

Center or similar environment provided 

by NCHS. Proposals for secondary data 

analyses are accepted on a rolling basis 

(http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/ 

genetics/genetic_types.htm). 

Send Requests for Information 

Geraldine McQuillan, PhD, Division 

of Health and Nutrition Examination 

Surveys, National Center for Health 

Statistics, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, 

Room 4204, Hyattsville, MD 20782, 

Phone: 301–458–4371, Fax: 301–458– 

4028, E-Mail: 

NHANESgenetics@cdc.gov. 

Dated: May 24, 2010. 

Tanja Popovic, 

Deputy Associate Director for Science, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Procedures and Costs for Use of the 

Research Data Center 

AGENCY: National Center for Health 

Statistics, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

Authority: Section 306 of the Public Health 

Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 242k) and 

Public Law 103–333. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information about the Research Data 

Center (RDC) operated by the National 

Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) 

within the Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). The Research 

Data Center was established in 1998 to 

provide a mechanism whereby 

researchers can access detailed data files 

in a secure environment, without 

jeopardizing the confidentiality of 

respondents. Historically, the data files 

accessed in the RDC have consisted of 

NCHS survey data and vital statistics. 

RDC has recently begun accepting data 

files that were not produced from NCHS 

survey data. In order to assure that all 

data files are processed in a consistent 

manner, the original guidelines for 

accessing files in the RDC are being 

reviewed and revised as necessary. As 

part of the revision process, potential 

users are being given the opportunity to 

provide input on how the procedures of 

the RDC can best serve their research 

needs. This notice describes how to 

submit proposals requesting use of the 

data, mechanisms to access the RDC, 

requirements, use of outside data sets, 

costs for using the RDC, and other 

pertinent topics. We are seeking 

comments on these procedures and will 

post the final procedures on the NCHS 

Web site. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments concerning 

this notice to Peter Meyer, National 

Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo 

Road, Room 4113, Hyattsville, MD 

20782, or e-mail to pmeyer1@cdc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Meyer, telephone 301–458–4375. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Operational Procedures for Use of the 

Research Data Center; National Center 

for Health Statistics; Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention 

Table of Contents 

Background 

Methods of Access to Data 

Submission of Research Proposals Using 

NCHS Data 

Proposal Review 

Researcher Supplied Data 

General Procedures for Onsite Access 

General Procedures for Remote Access 

Confidentiality and Human Subjects 

Protection 

Disclosure Review Process 

Costs for Using the RDC 

National Center for Health Statistics 

Research Data Center Procedures 

Background 

The National Center for Health 

Statistics (NCHS) releases and hosts a 

range of statistical data products on the 

health and well-being of the nation and 

its health care system. Statistical 

tabulations (tables) present data in 

predetermined categories such as age, 

race, sex or geographic region that are 

important to describe health status and 

trends. In addition, statistical microdata 

containing health and related variables 

are published so that outside analysts 

may conduct original research and 

special studies to address issues of 

public health science and policy. 

Section 308 (d) of the Public Health 

Service Act and the NCHS Staff Manual 

on Confidentiality do not permit the 

release of data that are either identified 

or identifiable to persons outside of 

NCHS. In order to preserve privacy and 

confidentiality, details that might 

identify or facilitate the identification of 

persons and entities participating in 

NCHS surveys and data systems either 

owned or hosted by NCHS are not 

released in published data products. 

Examples of data elements that might be 

abridged or suppressed to prevent 

reidentification are geographic 

identifiers, genetic data, details of 

sample design, and variables such as age 

or income that might exist in other 

databases. 

Despite the wide dissemination of 

NCHS data through publications, Web 

releases, etc., the inability to release 

files with these sensitive variables limits 

the utility of NCHS data for research, 

policy, and programmatic purposes and 

sets a boundary on one of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Service’s goals: to increase our capacity 

to provide state and local area estimates. 

In pursuit of this goal and in response 

to the public research community’s 

interest in restricted data, NCHS 

established the NCHS Research Data 

Centers (RDCs), a place where Guest 

Researchers can access detailed data 

files in a secure environment, without 

jeopardizing the confidentiality of 

respondents. Access for Guest 

Researchers is regulated by the 

Confidential Information Protection and 

Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) and 

other Federal statutes. The RDCs 

provide restricted access to NCHS data 

and non-NCHS data. Guest Researchers 

function under the supervision of NCHS 

employees and are subject to the same 

provisions of law with regard to 

confidentiality as NCHS employees. 

Instructions for developing a research 

proposal can be found in Appendix II. 

Special requirements for use of nonNCHS data can be found in Appendix 

III, Project-Specific Requirements. 

Methods to Access Data 

Restricted NCHS data or data hosted 

by NCHS can be made accessible 

through the RDC. To gain access to these 

data, Guest Researchers must submit a 

proposal for review and approval. Once 

the proposal is approved, Guest 

Researchers meeting certain criteria are 

allowed access, under strict supervision, 

to restricted statistical microdata file(s). 

There are four modes of access: (1) 

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NCHS RDC, (2) Remote Access System, 

(3) Census RDC, (4) Staff-Assisted. 

1. NCHS RDC—Guest Researchers 

conduct their research on-site at one of 

the NCHS RDCs. The NCHS RDCs are 

secure research facilities located at 

NCHS headquarters in Hyattsville, MD 

and at the Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention in Atlanta, GA, where 

Guest Researchers meeting certain 

criteria are allowed access, under strict 

supervision, to restricted statistical 

microdata file(s). The NCHS RDC 

workstations are ‘‘stand alone’’ and have 

no link to the NCHS network, the CDC– 

NCHS mainframe, or the internet. There 

is sufficient storage on the workstations. 

PC–SAS, SUDAAN, and STATA are 

installed on the workstations and 

additional programming/analytic 

languages can be added as needed. 

Drives on the workstations for 

removable media such as USB ports are 

configured so as to be inaccessible to 

users. The workstations are configured 

such that users are given read only 

access to requested data files and can 

write only onto the local workstation’s 

hard drive. These restrictions ensure 

that users cannot remove information 

that has not been subjected to a review 

for confidentiality. Guest Researchers 

are able to take the results of their 

analyses off-site only after disclosure 

review by an NCHS RDC Analyst. 

2. Remote Access—Through remote 

access Guest Researchers are able to 

electronically submit analytical 

computer programs using SAS and 

SUDAAN. After their proposals are 

approved, Guest Researchers are 

registered with the RDC remote access 

system and are required to accept the 

procedures and programming 

limitations to be followed in accessing 

data. For example, users cannot use 

PROC TABULATE or PROC IML, nor 

are functions allowed that are capable of 

producing listings of individual cases 

such as LIST and PRINT. Additionally, 

functions which may select individual 

cases are not allowed (R_, FIRST., 

LAST., and others). Guest Researchers 

send programs to, and receive output 

from, the remote system through a 

secure communication network. Their 

programs execute on a computer in the 

RDC. Both submitted programs and 

output are subjected to a programmed 

disclosure review and may also be 

subjected to a manual review. For 

example, the output is scanned for cells 

containing less than five observations. If 

any are found, not only is that cell 

suppressed, but several additional cells 

will also be suppressed (complementary 

suppression). The .log file is also 

scanned with particular attention to 

certain types of error conditions that 

may spawn case listings. Some projects 

are not suitable for the remote access 

method. Researchers should consider 

the programming limitations of the 

remote access system when choosing 

this method of access. However, the 

data stewards and RDC staff may also 

deem the project inappropriate for 

remote access during the review 

process. 

3. Census RDC—Guest Researchers 

can have the same access that is 

available to them at NCHS at one of the 

Census RDCs. Analytic data sets are 

constructed at the NCHS RDC according 

to specifications included in the 

research proposal and are then securely 

transferred to the Census data 

processing facility in Bowie, Maryland. 

Users can then view the data using 

‘‘front end dumb terminals’’ at a Census 

RDC. The data do not leave the Bowie 

facility. The Guest Researcher’s output 

is sent via a secure communication 

network to RDC staff for disclosure 

review. Once the output has been 

approved for release, it is sent via email 

to the Guest Researcher. A listing of 

available Census RDC locations can be 

found here: http:// 

webserver02.ces.census.gov/index.php/ 

ces/researchlocations. 

4. RDC Staff-Assisted Research—This 

is mainly useful for those planning to 

use statistical software programming 

languages other than SAS or who are 

not able to travel to the RDC facility. 

Under this method, an approved 

researcher e-mails a statistical software 

program to the assigned RDC Analyst 

who runs the program and, after 

disclosure review, provides the output 

to the researcher via a secure 

communication network. More 

extensive programming services are also 

available. 

Each of the access modes has an 

associated cost which offset equipment, 

space rental, and staff overhead. The 

staff overhead includes the time and 

resources necessary for creating the 

analytical file, monitoring progress, 

setting up equipment and data files, 

disclosure limitation review, and file 

management. Since these reflect varying 

demands on resources, accurate cost 

estimates cannot be given without 

complete knowledge of the proposed 

research. 

Submission of Research Proposals 

Using NCHS Data 

To access restricted data through the 

RDC, researchers must first submit a 

proposal. The proposal serves four main 

purposes: 

1. To make sure that researchers have 

a defined research question. 

2. To determine what restricted 

variables are needed to complete the 

project. 

3. To assess disclosure risk based on 

the types of output and requested 

restricted variables. 

4. To determine the mode of access 

and the required software. 

Researchers must submit proposals 

that are detailed enough in their data 

specifications to permit RDC staff to 

easily determine what data elements are 

required. Prospective researchers are 

encouraged to check with RDC staff 

prior to writing their proposals to 

ensure that the data of interest can be 

made available to them. Researchers 

should develop their proposals in a way 

that facilitates the ability of the RDC 

staff to create the analytic files required 

by the project. Proposals should be 

explicit regarding the variables needed 

as well as any case selection required. 

Only those data items required to 

conduct the proposed analyses will be 

included in the analytic data file and 

the proposals should address why the 

requested data are needed for the 

proposed study. Overly large and 

complex projects, or poorly defined 

projects will require extensive 

communication between RDC staff and 

the researchers proposing the project, 

and this can cause the process to move 

slowly. The RDC allows researchers to 

supply external sources of data to be 

merged with RDC data. These external 

sources of data supplied by the 

researcher may consist of proprietary 

data collected and ‘‘owned’’ by the 

researcher or other publicly available 

data obtained by the researcher such as 

Census data. 

Proposal Review 

Upon receipt, the RDC Director will 

assign the proposal to an RDC Analyst 

who will review the proposal for 

completeness and feasibility. Then the 

RDC Analyst will distribute the 

proposal to the Review Committee 

which consists of (at minimum) the 

Director of the NCHS RDC, the RDC 

Analyst, the NCHS Confidentiality 

Officer, and a representative of the data 

producing program. The review takes 6– 

8 weeks. 

The following criteria apply to 

proposal review: 

1. Risk of disclosure of restricted 

information. 

2. Appropriate use of the data and 

concurrence with the intended use for 

which it was collected. Including 

assurance that the use of the data is in 

accordance with the informed consent 

procedures associated with the 

collection of the data. 

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3. Scientific and technical feasibility 

of the project. 

4. Availability of resources at the 

RDCs. 

For projects using NCHS data, 

whether the proposed project is in 

accordance with the mission of the 

NCHS ‘‘* * * to provide statistical 

information that will guide actions and 

policies to improve the health of the 

American people.’’ 

The Review Committee can make one 

of three decisions: approve, revise/ 

resubmit, or disapprove. Guest 

Researchers should note that approval 

of their application does not constitute 

endorsement by NCHS of the 

substantive, methodological, theoretical, 

or policy relevance or merit of the 

proposed research. Rather, NCHS 

approval constitutes a judgment that 

this research, as described in the 

application, is not an illegal or unethical 

use (as determined by the informed 

consent and original reason for 

collecting the data) of the requested data 

file and does not jeopardize the 

confidentiality of the data. Approval of 

a proposal does not explicitly or 

implicitly guarantee that all output 

generated by the analysis will be 

released. Output that poses a disclosure 

risk will be suppressed. 

Researcher Supplied Data 

The Guest Researcher may supply two 

types of data: (1) Publically available 

NCHS data and (2) external non-NCHS 

sources of data. Researchers must 

supply these data at prior to when they 

intend to access it, regardless of method. 

The RDC Analyst will accept Guest 

Researcher data files in SAS, STATA, or 

ASCII format (flat files) with variables 

either column delimited or column 

specific. Other formats may also be 

proposed. The merging of Guest 

Researcher-supplied data with NCHS inhouse data will be done by an NCHS 

RDC Analyst prior to the arrival of the 

Guest Researcher. Depending on the 

variables used to merge the data, they 

may or may not be removed from the 

final analytical data set. For instance, if 

state and county are used to add Census 

variables to an NCHS data set, state and 

county will be removed after the merge 

unless otherwise specified. 

Most projects involving NCHS data 

will require the Guest Researcher to 

download the public files from the 

internet and create an extract that 

includes only the variables required for 

this project. There are a few exceptions 

that the RDC Analyst will discuss as 

needed with the Guest Researcher. 

• The public-use file can only include 

those variables required for analysis. 

Please do not send the entire public-use 

files. 

• Original NCHS Variables must have 

the name they are given in the publicuse data set. If the Guest Researcher 

wants to rename the variables, please 

include the original variable name in 

the variable description. 

• Derived Variables must be labeled 

with the variables from which they were 

derived and any arithmetic 

manipulation must be explained. 

• Public-Use Mortality Variables: 

Please do not include any public-use 

mortality variables or variables derived 

from the public-use mortality data if the 

project involves restricted mortality 

variables. 

• Any attempt to include variables 

that may lead to re-identification of 

subjects or establishments is considered 

a disclosure violation and will result in 

the cessation of your project and 

possible legal actions. 

The non-NCHS data may consist of 

proprietary data collected and owned by 

the Guest Researcher or other publicly 

available data obtained such as Census 

data. Guest Researchers are responsible 

for interacting with RDC Analyst to 

ensure that their data can be merged 

with the NCHS supplied data and the 

format of the data is consistent with it. 

Guest Researchers are also responsible 

for ensuring that the data they provided 

has been consented for merging. 

The RDC may retain copies of datasets 

but they will not be made available to 

anyone other than the Guest Researcher 

without written permission. 

General Procedures for Onsite Access 

1. Guest Researchers may work at the 

NCHS RDCs only under supervision of 

RDC staff and only during normal 

working hours (Monday-Friday, 9:00 

a.m.–5:00 p.m.). Admittance to the RDC 

is limited to the Guest Researchers 

included in the Research Proposal. 

Guest Researchers are required to show 

photo identification before admittance. 

A maximum of 3 collaborating Guest 

Researchers can sit at a computer station 

in the RDC. 

2. Computers will be pre-loaded with 

the approved datasets by NCHS staff 

approximately one day prior to the 

Guest Researcher’s use of the RDC. Once 

the analysis is completed, the RDC 

Analyst will remove the datasets from 

the RDC computer. The data will be 

hosted on the RDC internal system for 

one year after the last time it was 

accessed by the Guest Researcher. 

3. Guest Researchers must be able to 

conduct their analysis with the software 

specified in their research proposal. 

4. Guest Researchers are not allowed 

to bring documents, manuals, books, 

etc., that may enable them to identify 

and disclose confidential information 

they access in the RDC. Neither are they 

allowed to bring cell phones, pagers, or 

other devices into the RDC which would 

enable them to communicate with 

persons outside of the RDC. 

5. All computer output generated by 

statistical programs and all handwritten 

notes based on such computer output 

are subject to disclosure review by 

NCHS staff before removal from the 

RDC. 

6. Guest Researchers may not save 

output, files, or programs to 

transportable electronic media. RDC 

staff may copy output or programs to 

transportable media, if requested. 

7. Guest Researchers’ analytic data set 

will be specified thoroughly in the 

research proposal. The analytic data set 

for a project may include multiple 

cycles of a survey or variables from 

multiple sources. Under no 

circumstance will Guest Researchers be 

permitted any opportunity to merge 

datasets on their own. 

General Procedures for Remote Access 

1. Guest Researchers must register an 

email address that is credibly secure. 

2. Data requests must be in the form 

of SAS programs. However, certain SAS 

commands/statements are not allowed 

through remote access. 

3. The remote access system does not 

allow users to write permanent datasets 

in its disk space. Jobs that attempt to 

create permanent datasets or files are 

flagged, terminated, and an error 

message is sent to the Guest Researcher. 

4. The remote access system limits 

Guest Researchers’ time and storage. No 

single program is allowed more than 

one hour to complete execution or to 

generate output in excess of 5 MB. 

5. Guest Researchers should contact 

their RDC Analyst immediately if they 

have inadvertently produced output that 

could be used to identify subjects/ 

respondents or if they cannot complete 

their analysis due to automated 

disclosure protocols. The RDC Analyst 

will provide reasonable assistance in 

completing the analysis while still 

protecting confidentiality. 

Confidentiality and Human Subjects 

Protection 

In order to access restricted data files 

in the RDC, Guest Researchers must sign 

an NCHS Designated Agent Agreement 

(Appendix IV), the Agreement 

Regarding Conditions of Access to 

Confidential Data in the Research Data 

Center of the National Center for Health 

Statistics (Appendix V), and the 

Researcher Affidavit of Confidentiality 

(Appendix VI). All members of the 

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research team that work directly with 

the data must sign these forms. NCHS 

reserves the right to terminate any 

project at any time if it deems that an 

investigator’s actions may compromise 

confidentiality, the ethical standards of 

behavior in a research environment, 

and/or protocols developed by NCHS to 

protect the data itself. The Guest 

Researcher may also be barred from 

future use of the RDCs. 

As mentioned earlier, confidentiality 

protection at NCHS is governed by 

Section 308(d) of the Public Health 

Service Act, PHSA, and (42 U.S.C. 

242m). Specifically, 

No information, if an establishment or 

person supplying the information or 

described in it is identified, obtained in the 

course of activities undertaken or supported 

under Sections 304, 305, 306, 307, or 309 

may be used for any purpose other than the 

purpose for which it was supplied unless 

such establishment or person has consented 

(as determined under regulations of the 

Secretary) to its use for such other purpose 

and (1) in the case of information obtained 

in the course of health, statistical or 

epidemiological activities under Section 304 

or 306, such information may not be 

published or released in other form if the 

particular establishment or person supplying 

the information or described in it is 

identifiable unless such establishment or 

person has consented (as determined under 

regulations of the Secretary) to its publication 

or release in other form * * * 

Having read and familiarized 

themselves with the Designated Agent 

Agreement and understanding the legal 

framework under which NCHS operates, 

including Section 308(d) of the Public 

Health Service Act, 308d (for all data) 

and the Confidential Information 

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

(for all data collected, edited, linked, 

merged, transformed, or manipulated at 

NCHS in any way since January 1, 

2003), the researchers agree: 

1. To make no copies of any files or 

portions of files to which they are 

granted access except those authorized 

by NCHS Research Data Center staff. 

2. Not to use any technique to 

circumvent suppression algorithms or 

other disclosure minimization protocols 

developed by the RDC even if the intent 

is not to re-identify study subjects or 

respondents. 

3. To return to RDC staff all NCHS 

restricted materials with which they 

may be provided during the conduct of 

their research at NCHS and other 

materials as requested. 

4. Not to use any technique in an 

attempt to learn the identity of any 

person, establishment, or sampling unit 

not identified on public use data files. 

5. To hold in strictest confidence the 

identification of any establishment or 

individual that may be inadvertently 

revealed in any documents or 

discussion, or analysis. Such 

inadvertent identification revealed in 

their analyses will be immediately 

brought to the attention of RDC staff. 

6. Not to remove any printouts, 

electronic files, documents, or media 

until they have been scanned for 

disclosure risk by RDC staff. 

7. Not to remove from NCHS any 

written notes pertaining to the 

identification of any establishment, 

individual, or geographic area that may 

be revealed in the conduct of their 

research at NCHS. 

8. To the inspection of any material 

they may bring to or remove from the 

NCHS RDC. 

9. To submit to NCHS RDC Analyst 

for disclosure limitation review any 

papers or reports submitted for 

publication. 

10. To comport themselves in a 

manner consistent with principles and 

standards appropriate to a scientific 

research establishment. 

Any willful disclosure of confidential 

statistical information by the Guest 

Researcher is punishable under CIPSEA 

and carries a fine of up to $250,000 and 

up to 5 years in prison. 

The NCHS RDCs expect that all Guest 

Researchers will adhere to established 

standards and principles for carrying 

out statistical research and analyses. 

Guest Researchers must conduct only 

those analyses which received approval. 

Failure to comply with RDC rules and 

regulations will result in cancellation of 

the research activity and potential 

disbarment from future research 

activities in the RDCs. In the case where 

Ethics Review Board (ERB) approval is 

required to conduct research, NCHS will 

notify relevant ERBs of infringements of 

protocol approvals. 

Disclosure Review Process 

All output will undergo disclosure 

review by an RDC Analyst and/or the 

remote access system. In general, 

disclosure review is consistent with the 

guidelines published in the NCHS Staff 

Manual on Confidentiality. 

RDC staff review data summaries to 

assure maintenance of respondent 

confidentiality. Tables containing cells 

with fewer than 5 observations may not 

be released to the data user. These cells 

will be suppressed. If Guest Researchers 

require output of an intermediary nature 

that contains counts of less than five 

and believes that the release would not 

compromise confidentiality, they 

should contact their assigned RDC 

Analyst or the Director. To assure that 

small cells cannot be calculated from 

the other cells in the same row or 

column, the totals for the rows and 

columns containing the small cell are 

also suppressed. Once disclosure review 

is completed, Guest Researchers receive 

electronic copies of the final 

tabulations. 

Output generated through RDC access 

mechanisms will be subject to a review 

that will include, but not be limited, to 

the following procedures: 

1. In no table should all cases of any 

line or column be found in a single cell. 

2. In no case should the total figure 

for a line or column of a cross-tabulation 

be less than 5. One acceptable way to 

solve the problem is to use a statistical 

disclosure limitation technique such as 

rounding. 

3. In no case should a quantity figure 

be based upon fewer than five cases. 

4. In no case should a quantity figure 

be released to the Guest Researcher if 

one case contributes more than 60 

percent of the amount. 

5. In no case should data on an 

identifiable case, nor any of the kinds of 

data listed in preceding items A–D, be 

derivable through subtraction or other 

calculation from the combination of 

output on a given study. 

6. Low level geography will not be 

included in output provided to the 

Guest Researchers. 

The reviews will all be performed by 

an NCHS RDC Analyst who is trained in 

statistics and statistical disclosure 

limitation. For more information consult 

the Report on Statistical Disclosure 

Limitation Methodology: http:// 

www.fcsm.gov/working-papers/ 

wp22.html. 

Costs for Using the RDC 

Guest Researchers using the NCHS 

RDCs will be charged for space and 

equipment rental and staff time 

necessary for supervision, disclosure 

limitation review, maintenance of 

computer facilities (including both 

hardware and software), and the 

creation and maintenance of data files 

required by the Guest Researcher. The 

cost per project (or creation of an 

analytic file) is given below: 

Set-Up 

• New file creation 

There is a minimum setup charge of 

$750 per day. An additional $750 per 

day is charged as needed for file 

creation and for special handling, such 

as the merging of additional data or 

creating custom file formats. More 

complex projects may require 

discussion between the Guest 

Researcher and RDC staff to determine 

the cost of file creation. 

On-Site 

• Daily programming costs 

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$300 per day (consecutive 2-day 

minimum and 10-day maximum, with 

extensions negotiated subject to 

scheduling requirements). Time on-site 

in the RDC can be scheduled in daily 

increments but the minimum 

reservation is 2 consecutive days. 

Scheduling time at the RDC is on a firstcome, first-served basis. 

Staff-Assisted 

• $750 per day. 

Remote 

• $750 per month. 

Payment is expected in advance of the 

use of the RDC. A check, money order, 

or Interagency Agreement payable to 

‘‘DHHS Statistical Services’’ must be 

received 7 business days prior to the 

scheduled start date of use of the RDC. 

Payments should be mailed to: 

Research Data Center, Attn: Peter Meyer, 

National Center for Health Statistics, 

3311 Toledo Road, Suite 4113, 

Hyattsville, MD 20782. 

FULL Document with appendices 

available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ 

data/r&d/Guidelines_10_14_08c.pdf. 

Dated: May 28, 2010. 

James Stephens, 

Associate Director for Science, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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Nullification Request Form; FEMA 

Form 086–0–3, Flood Insurance General 

Change Endorsement; FEMA Form 086– 

0–5, Flood Insurance Preferred Risk 

Policy Application; FEMA Form 086–0– 

4, V–Zone Risk Factor Rating Form and 

Instructions. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) has 

submitted the information collection 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget for review and 

clearance in accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The submission 

describes the nature of the information 

collection, the categories of 

respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., 

the time, effort and resources used by 

respondents to respond) and cost, and 

the actual data collection instruments 

FEMA will use. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before July 7, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the proposed information collection 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget. Comments 

should be addressed to the Desk Officer 

for the Department of Homeland 

Security, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, and sent via 

electronic mail to 

oira.submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed 

to (202) 395–5806. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

should be made to Director, Records 

Management Division, 1800 South Bell 

Street, Arlington, VA 20598–3005, 

facsimile number (202) 646–3347, or email address FEMA-InformationCollections-Management@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Collection of Information 

Title: National Flood Insurance 

Program Policy Forms. 

Type of information collection: 

Extension, without change, of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0006. 

Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA 

Form 086–0–1, Flood Insurance 

Application; FEMA Form 086–0–2, 

Flood Insurance Cancellation/ 

Nullification Request Form; FEMA 

Form 086–0–3, Flood Insurance General 

Change Endorsement; FEMA Form 086– 

0–5, Flood Insurance Preferred Risk 

Policy Application; FEMA Form 086–0– 

4, V–Zone Risk Factor Rating Form and 

Instructions. 

Abstract: In order to provide for the 

availability of policies for flood 

insurance, policies are marketed 

through the facilities of licensed 

insurance agents or brokers in the 

various States. Applications from agents 

or brokers are forwarded to a servicing 

company designated as fiscal agent by 

the Federal Insurance Administration. 

Upon receipt and examination of the 

application and required premium, the 

servicing company issues the 

appropriate Federal flood insurance 

policy. 

Affected Public: Individual and 

Households, Business or other for-profit, 

Farms, State, local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

123,361. Please note that the number of 

respondents was misprinted in the 60- 

day Federal Register Notice at 75 FR 

9918, March 4, 2010. The correct 

number is 123,361. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated Average Hour Burden per 

Respondent: .0769 Hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 9,480.58. 

Estimated Cost: The estimated cost 

due to annual operation or maintenance 

costs associated with this collection 

equal $6,387,400. There are no annual 

start-up or capital costs. 

Dated: May 28, 2010. 

Tammi Hines, 

Acting Director, Records Management 

Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, Department 

of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13604 Filed 6–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2010–0033] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request, 1660–0030; 

Request for the Site Inspection, 

Landowners Authorization/Ingress/ 

Egress Agreement 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice; 60-day notice and 

request for comments; revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection; OMB No. 1660–0030; FEMA 

Form 010–0–09 (formerly 90–1), 

Request for the Site Inspection; FEMA 

Form 010–0–10 (formerly 90–31), 

Landowner’s Authorization IngressEgress Agreement. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on a proposed revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

Notice seeks comments concerning 

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