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stores. NIOSH will obtain much higher

quality information on the value of back

belts in prevention of injuries in the

workplace than is currently available,

and the Institute will be able to make

scientifically justified recommendations

regarding their use of personal

protective equipment to industry and

the public.

Workers will respond to questions

concerning job history, physical

activity, smoking history, history of

injury and back pain, psychosocial

variables in the workplace, tasks

performed on the job. Only data

necessary for the purposes of this study

will be collected, and the questionnaires

will be group administered at the

workplace.

Respondents Number of respondents

Number of responses/respondentAverage burden/responses

(in hours)

Telephone

Interview I .............................................................................................................................. 2700 4 0.42

Interview II ............................................................................................................................. 2700 3 .42

Interview III ............................................................................................................................ 2250 2 .42

Interview IV 350 1 .42

The total burden hours is 9975. Send

comments to Desk Officer, CDC; Human

Resources and Housing Branch, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235;

Washington, DC 20503.

Wilma G. Johnson,

Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning

and Evaluation Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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[INFO–96–16]

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 the CDC Reports

Clearance Officer on (404) 639–7090.

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

for other forms of information

technology. Send comments to Wilma

Johnson, CDC Reports Clearance Officer,

1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA

30333. Written comments should be

received within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Projects

1. Importation and Shipment of

Etiologic Agents—(0920–0199)—

Revision—The Antiterrorism and

Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

(Public Law 104–132) authorizes the

Secretary of Health and Human Services

(HHS) to regulate the transfer of certain

infectious agents harmful to humans.

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) is the agency within

the Department responsible for

promulgating regulations. CDC is

proposing a rule designed to ensure that

select infectious agents are not shipped

to parties not equipped to handle them

appropriately, or who do not have

legitimate reasons to use them and to

implement a system whereby scientists

and researchers involved in legitimate

research may continue transferring and

receiving these agents without undue

burdens. Respondents include

laboratory facilities such as those

operated by government agencies,

universities, research institutions, and

commercial entities.

Those facilities requesting select

infectious agents listed in the regulation

must register with the Secretary of HHS,

or with registering entities authorized

by the Secretary, as capable and

equipped to handle the select infectious

agents in accordance with guidelines

developed by CDC, the National

Institutes for Health (NIH) and the

Department of Defense.

Once registered, facilities must

complete a federally-developed form,

CDC Form EA–101, for each transfer of

the agent. Information on this form will

include the name of the requestor and

requesting facility, the name of the

transferor and transferring facility, the

name of the responsible facility official

for the transferor and requestor, the

requesting facility’s registration number,

the transferring facility’s registration

number, the name of the agent(s) being

shipped, and the proposed use of the

agent. The package is being revised to

include burden for laboratories to

register with the Secretary. The total

cost to respondents is estimated at

$14,490.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses/

respondent

Average

burden/response

(in hours)

Total Burden

(in hrs.)

Laboratory ......................................................................................................................... 100 16 .36 576

Shippers ............................................................................................................................ 20 45 .97 873

Total ........................................................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 1,449

2. 1997 National Health Interview

Survey, Basic Module—(0920–0214)—

Revision—The annual National Health

Interview Survey (NHIS) is a basic

source of general statistics on the health

of the U.S. population. Due to the

integration of health surveys in the

Department of Health and Human

Services, the NHIS also has become the
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sampling frame and first stage of data

collection for other major surveys,

including the Medical Expenditure

Panel Survey, the National Survey of

Family Growth, and the National Health

and Nutrition Examination Survey. By

linking to the NHIS, the analysis

potential of these surveys increases. The

NHIS has long been used by

government, university, and private

researchers to evaluate both general

health and specific issues, such as

cancer, AIDS, and childhood

immunizations. Journalists use its data

to inform the general public. It will

continue to be a leading source of data

for the Congressionally-mandated

‘‘Health US’’ and related publications,

as well as the single most important

source of statistics to track progress

toward the National Health Promotion

and Disease Prevention Objectives,

‘‘Healthy People 2,000.’’

Because of survey integration and

changes in the health and health care of

the U.S. population, demands on the

NHIS have changed and increased,

leading to a major redesign which was

tested and partially implemented in

1996. Improved information technology

was included, especially computer

assisted personal interviewing (CAPI).

This clearance is for the first full year

of data collection using the redesigned

NHIS data system. This data collection,

planned for January-December 1997,

will result in publication of new

national estimates of health statistics

and release of public use micro data

files. The new data system is expected

to be in the field for at least 10 years.

The total cost to respondents is

estimated at $697,500.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses/

respondent

Average

burden/response (in

hrs.)

Total Burden (in hrs.)

Family ............................................................................................................................... 42,000 1 0.5 21,000

Sample adult ..................................................................................................................... 42,000 1 0.5 21,000

Sample child ..................................................................................................................... 18,000 1 0.25 4,500

Total ....................................................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 46,500

3. National Coal Workers’ Autopsy

Study Consent Release and History

Form—(0920–0021)—Revision—Under

the Federal Coal Mine Health & Safety

Act of 1977, PL91–173 (amended the

Federal Coal Mine & Safety Act of 1969),

the Public Health Service has developed

a nationwide autopsy program

(NCWAS) for underground coal miners.

The Consent Release and History Form

is primarily used to obtain written

authorization from the next-of-kin to

perform an autopsy on the deceased

miner. The study is a service program to

aid surviving relatives in establishing

eligibility for black lung compensation.

Because a basic reason for the postmortem exam is research (both

epidemiological and clinical), included

are a minimum of essential information

regarding the deceased miner, his

occupational history, and his smoking

history. The data collected will be used

by the staff at NIOSH for research

purposes in defining the diagnostic

criteria for coal workers’

pneumoconiosis (black lung) and will

be correlated with pathologic changes

and x-ray findings. The total cost to

respondents is estimated at $1,250.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses/

respondent

Average

burden/response (in

hrs.)

Total Burden (in hrs.)

Pathologist.

Invoice .............................................................................................................................. 300 1 .05 25

Report ............................................................................................................................... 300 1 .05 25

Next-of-Kin ........................................................................................................................ 300 1 .15 75

Total ....................................................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 125

Wilma G. Johnson,

Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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Administration for Children and

Families

New and Pending Demonstration

Project Proposals Submitted Pursuant

to Section 1115(a) of the Social

Security Act: April 1996

AGENCY: Administration for Children

and Families, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice lists new

proposals for welfare reform and

combined welfare reform/Medicaid

demonstration projects submitted to the

Department of Health and Human

Services for the month of April, 1996. It

includes both those proposals being

considered under the standard waiver

process and those being considered

under the 30 day process. Federal

approval for the proposals has been

requested pursuant to section 1115 of

the Social Security Act. This notice also

lists proposals that were previously

submitted and are still pending a

decision and projects that have been

approved since April 1, 1995. The

Health Care Financing Administration is

publishing a separate notice for

Medicaid only demonstration projects.

Comments: We will accept written

comments on these proposals. We will,

if feasible, acknowledge receipt of all

comments, but we will not provide

written responses to comments. We

will, however, neither approve nor

disapprove new proposals under the

standard application process for at least

30 days after the date of this notice to

allow time to receive and consider

comments. Direct comments as

indicated below.

ADDRESSES: For specific information or

questions on the content of a project

contact the State contact listed for that

project.