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Synopsis: The agreement would 

authorize the parties to cooperate 

through a combination of vessel sharing 

and slot charter arrangements on routes 

between ports in Italy, France, Spain 

and Malta on the one hand, and the U.S. 

East Coast on the other hand. 

By Order of the Federal Maritime 

Commission. 

Dated: February 12, 2016. 

Rachel E. Dickon, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

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Prevention 

[60Day–16–16PJ; Docket No. ATSDR–2016– 

0002] 

Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry (ATSDR), as part of 

its continuing efforts to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

government information, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This notice invites 

comment on ‘‘Collections Related to 

Synthetic Turf Fields with Crumb 

Rubber Infill.’’ The purpose of the 

proposed studies is to evaluate and 

characterize the chemical composition 

and use of synthetic turf with crumb 

rubber infill and exposure potential to 

constituents in crumb rubber infill. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before April 18, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. ATSDR–2016– 

0002 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, 

Information Collection Review Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS– 

D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. All relevant comments 

received will be posted without change 

to Regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

access to the docket to read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

Regulations.gov. For this docket, 

ATSDR is only accepting comments on 

the proposed studies’ data collections 

referenced in this notice. 

Please note: All public comment should be 

submitted through the Federal eRulemaking 

portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 

address listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, contact the Information 

Collection Review Office, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570; 

Email: omb@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies 

must obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also 

requires Federal agencies to provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each new 

proposed collection, each proposed 

extension of existing collection of 

information, and each reinstatement of 

previously approved information 

collection before submitting the 

collection to OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Proposed Project 

Collections Related to Synthetic Turf 

Fields with Crumb Rubber Infill— 

New—Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry (ATSDR). 

Background and Brief Description 

Currently in the United States, there 

are more than 12,000 synthetic turf 

fields in use. While the Synthetic Turf 

Council has set guidelines for the 

content of crumb rubber used as infill in 

synthetic turf fields, manufacturing 

processes result in differences among 

types of crumb rubber. Additionally, the 

chemical composition may vary highly 

between different processes and source 

materials and may vary even within 

granules from the same origin. 

Due to the limited information, the 

Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the 

United States Environmental Protection 

Agency (USEPA) propose to conduct 

two studies to investigate the chemical 

composition and use of crumb rubber 

infill in synthetic turf and the potential 

for exposure to environmental 

constituents that may result from 

contact with crumb rubber infill. 

Prior to study initiation, outreach and 

engagement efforts may be undertaken 

among stakeholders, including but not 

limited to industry representatives, state 

or local partners, and sports coaches. 

These efforts will inform the design and 

implementation of the proposed studies 

and will involve less than ten 

respondents per stakeholder groups. 

The outreach and engagement efforts 

will allow us to better understand the 

manufacturing process for synthetic turf 

and crumb rubber infill and allow us to 

obtain first-hand perspectives on 

activities conducted on synthetic turf 

leading to potential exposures. 

Additionally, outreach efforts will 

involve discussions and coordination 

with state partners to identify their 

current and future research studies on 

synthetic turf. 

The first study, titled ‘‘Determination 

of Field Operating Procedures, Use 

Conditions, and Chemical Composition 

of Crumb Rubber Infill in Synthetic Turf 

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Fields,’’ will characterize field use 

procedures and conditions. The 

respondents will include facility 

representatives who are knowledgeable 

about the standard operating procedures 

for synthetic turf fields with crumb 

rubber infill. We aim to enroll an 

estimate of ten facilities in each of the 

four US census regions. The 

questionnaire will focus on key 

questions to characterize activity use 

patterns, field maintenance (e.g., 

redistribution of crumb rubber material), 

and other procedures and facility 

characteristics potentially affecting 

exposure to any chemicals of potential 

concern. Also, these facilities may be 

asked to supply samples from their 

synthetic turf fields with crumb rubber 

infill. The samples will be used to 

characterize the chemical constituents 

of the crumb rubber infill, including 

semi-volatile organic compounds 

(SVOC), metal content, and 

measurements of volatile organic 

compounds (VOC) and SVOC emission 

levels. 

The second study, titled 

‘‘Characterization of Exposure Potential 

during Activities Conducted on 

Synthetic Turf with Crumb Rubber 

Infill,’’ will be the first assessment of 

activities conducted on synthetic turf 

for the purpose of characterizing 

potential exposure patterns. The study 

will include persons who use synthetic 

turf with crumb rubber infill (e.g., 

facility users) and who routinely 

perform activities that would result in a 

high level of contact to crumb rubber. 

This will allow for evaluation of 

potential high-end exposures to 

constituents in synthetic turf among this 

group of users. The respondents will be 

administered a detailed questionnaire 

on activity patterns on synthetic turf 

with crumb rubber infill. This 

instrument, along with extant 

videography of persons engaged in 

activities of interest, will be used to 

characterize exposure scenarios, 

including the nature and duration of 

potential exposures. 

Furthermore, if time and resources 

allow, we will conduct a full exposure 

characterization sub-study among a 

subset of the respondents. If possible, 

we will use the facilities sampled in the 

first study to conduct activities for the 

full exposure characterization of facility 

users. The exposure characterization 

sub-study will likely include but is not 

limited to field environment and 

material sampling, personal air 

monitoring, dermal sampling, and urine 

collection. It is likely that some of the 

collection items will not be analyzed in 

the current project time frame but will 

be archived for future analysis. 

The burden hours for the research 

study of crumb rubber infill 

composition and field operating 

procedures is 76 hours among 40 

respondents; the burden hours 

requested for the research study of 

activity levels in persons playing on 

synthetic turf with crumb rubber infill 

is 216 hours among 60 respondents. The 

total estimated annual time burden 

requested for these studies equals 292 

hours. There is no cost to the 

respondents other than their time in the 

study. 

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours 

‘‘Determination of Field Operating 

Procedures, Use Conditions, and 

Chemical Composition of Crumb Rubber 

Infill in Synthetic Turf Fields’’ 

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hrs.) 

Total burden 

(in hrs.) 

Facilities ............................................ Facility Eligibility Screening .............. 70 1 5/60 6 

Synthetic Turf Fields Questionnaire 40 1 45/60 30 

Field Sampling Collection Form ....... 40 1 1 40 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 76 

‘‘Characterization of Exposure Potential 

during Activities Conducted on 

Synthetic Turf with Crumb Rubber 

Infill’’ 

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hrs.) 

Total burden 

(in hrs.) 

Facility Users .................................... Facility User Eligibility Screening ..... 75 1 5/60 6 

Facility User Questionnaire .............. 60 1 30/60 30 

Full Exposure Characterization 

Form.

45 1 4 180 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 216 

Leroy A. Richardson, 

Chief, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the 

Associate Director for Science, Office of the 

Director, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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