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is to obtain public comments assessing 

whether: (1) This hazard identification 

is an accurate reflection of the available 

scientific studies; (2) the NIOSH 

recommendations for protecting workers 

from occupational exposure to 

hexavalent chromium compounds are 

appropriate and justified, and (3) 

NIOSH has a transparent and scientific 

basis for its revised Recommended 

Exposure Limit for hexavalent 

chromium compounds. 

CONTACT PERSONS FOR TECHNICAL

INFORMATION: Kathleen MacMahon, 

DVM; telephone (513) 533–8547; 

Mailstop C–32, Robert A. Taft 

Laboratories, 4676 Columbia Parkway, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226–1998. 

Reference: ‘‘NIOSH Criteria Document 

Update: Occupational Exposure to 

Hexavalent Chromium’’ (public review 

draft). Web address for this document: 

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/review/ 

public/144/. 

Dated: October 9, 2008. 

James D. Seligman, 

Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Notice of Public Meeting and 

Availability for Public Comment 

AGENCY: The National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting and 

availability for Public Comment. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the opportunity for the 

public to provide input regarding the 

plan (protocol) for a cohort study of 

persons formerly employed at the IBM 

facility in Endicott, New York. 

Public Meeting Time and Date: 9 

a.m.–4 p.m., November 8, 2008. 

Place: Broome County Health 

Department, 225 Front Street, 

Binghamton, New York 13905. 

Status: The meeting is open to the 

public, limited only by the space 

available (the room accommodates 

approximately 120 people). Broad 

participation is desired. Former 

workers, representatives of professional 

societies, organized labor, employers, 

researchers, health professionals, and 

government officials are encouraged to 

attend. Those who cannot attend in 

person are encouraged to e-mail or mail 

comments to Dr. Douglas Trout (see 

below). Deadline for all comments is 

December 8, 2008. 

Participants wishing to provide 

stakeholder comments may do so via 

e-mail or may request an opportunity to 

make a five minute presentation. 

Participants making a presentation at 

the meeting must submit their 

comments in writing at the time of the 

meeting. All participants (whether 

making a presentation or not) must 

register for the free meeting by sending 

an e-mail to Dr. Douglas Trout at 

DTrout@cdc.gov with their name, 

affiliation, whether they are requesting 

time to speak briefly, and, if so, the 

general topic(s) on which they wish to 

speak. Participants wishing to speak are 

encouraged to register early. 

Background: In response to public 

interest in the conduct of a study of 

cancer among former workers at IBM— 

Endicott, NIOSH conducted a feasibility 

effort to evaluate whether employee 

records were adequate to conduct a 

research study (a retrospective cohort 

mortality and cancer incidence study). 

This study protocol being developed 

makes extensive use of the information 

gathered during the feasibility effort, as 

well as a follow-up review of additional 

industrial hygiene, medical, and 

personnel records. 

The protocol being reviewed 

describes the plan for a cohort study of 

persons formerly employed at the IBM 

facility in Endicott, New York, between 

1965 and 2002. The health problems to 

be evaluated in the proposed study 

include mortality and cancer incidence 

among workers, as well as birth defects 

among offspring of these workers. 

Approximately 28,000 workers were 

employed by IBM—Endicott for at least 

one year during the period between 

1965 and 2002. 

The meeting will consist of two parts: 

(1) External peer review of the research 

protocol. Peer reviewers external to CDC 

will be present to provide their 

individual technical (scientific) review 

comments for the project officers to 

maximize the relevance and quality of 

the proposed research; and (2) 

Stakeholder meeting. The latter part of 

the meeting will be structured to hear 

stakeholder comments on important 

occupational safety and health issues 

related to this research. 

Contact Person for Technical 

Information: Dr. Douglas Trout, MD, 

MHS, Associate Director for Science, 

Division of Surveillance, Hazard 

Evaluations, and Field Studies, NIOSH, 

telephone (513) 841–4428. Comments, 

meeting registrations, and requests for a 

copy of the protocol may be e-mailed to 

DTrout@cdc.gov or sent via mail to Dr. 

Douglas Trout, NIOSH, 4676 Columbia 

Parkway, Mailstop R12, Cincinnati, 

Ohio 45226. 

Dated: October 9, 2008. 

James D. Seligman, 

Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Project: 

Title: Evaluation of the Community 

Healthy Marriage Initiative—Impact 

Evaluation Wave 2. 

OMB No.: 0970–0322. 

Description: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), is conducting a 

demonstration and evaluation called the 

Community Healthy Marriage Initiative 

(CHMI). Demonstration programs have 

been funded through Healthy Marriage 

and Responsible Fatherhood grants 

authorized under section 403(a)(2) of 

the Social Security Act to support 

healthy marriage directly and to 

encourage community changes that 

increase support for healthy marriages 

and improve child and family wellbeing. The objective of the evaluation is 

to: (1) Assess the implementation of 

community interventions designed to 

provide marriage education by 

examining the way the projects operate 

and by examining child support 

outcomes among low-income families in 

the community; and (2) evaluate the 

community impacts of these 

interventions on marital stability and 

satisfaction, child well-being and child 

support outcomes among low income 

families. 

The purpose of this information 

collection is to conduct a follow-up 

survey of respondents from Wave 1 who 

live in the communities where CHMI 

demonstrations are operating, and a 

survey of CHMI program participants. 

The impact evaluation will assess the 

effects of community healthy marriage 

initiatives by comparing family and 

child well-being outcomes in the CHMI 


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communities with similar outcomes in 

comparison communities that are well 

matched to the demonstration project 

sites. 

Respondents: Community members 

and program participants in CHMI 

treatment and comparison communities. 

Annual Burden Estimates 

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Average 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Wave 2 Survey ................................................................................................ 4,120 1 .75 3,090 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,090. 

Additional Information: 

In compliance with the requirements 

of section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families is soliciting public comment 

on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

Copies of the proposed collection of 

information can be obtained and 

comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All 

requests should be identified by the title 

of the information collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments 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) 

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. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Dated: September 30, 2008. 

Brendan C. Kelly, 

OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. 

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HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Proposed Project: 

Title: Compassion Capital Fund 

Impact Evaluation. 

OMB No.: 0970–0293. 

Description: This proposed 

information collection activity is an 

extension of the follow-up survey of 

faith-based and community 

organizations participating in the 

Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) Impact 

Evaluation. The currently approved 

information collection will expire on 

December 31, 2008. This information 

collection request will include the 

agency’s request for an extension of the 

initial survey instruments for an 

additional three years. 

The CCF evaluation is an important 

opportunity to examine the 

effectiveness of the Compassion Capital 

Fund Demonstration program in 

meeting its objective of improving the 

capacity of faith-based and community 

organizations. The evaluation includes 

selected CCF-funded intermediary 

organizations that provide capacitybuilding services and the faith-based 

and community organizations that 

sought those services. The follow-up 

survey will be used to collect 

information from the faith-based and 

community-based organizations on 

various areas of organizational capacity. 

The study design includes the random 

assignment of faith-based and 

community organizations to either a 

treatment group that receives capacitybuilding services from a CCF 

intermediary grantee or to a control 

group that does not. The impact of the 

services provided by intermediaries, 

primarily through sub-awards and/or 

technical assistance (TA), will be 

determined by comparing the changes 

reported through the survey in 

organizational and service capacity of 

the recipient organizations with those of 

the control group. 

Respondents: Faith-based and 

community organizations included in 

the CCF impact evaluation. 

Annual Burden Estimates 

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Follow-up Survey ............................................................................................. 455 1 .42 191 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 191. 

Additional Information: 

Copies of the proposed collection may 

be obtained by writing to the 

Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance 

Officer. All requests should be 

identified by the title of the information 

collection. E-mail address: 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

OMB Comment: 

OMB is required to make a decision 

concerning the collection of information 

between 30 and 60 days after 

publication of this document in the 

Federal Register. Therefore, a comment 

is best assured of having its full effect 

if OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

directly to the following: Office of 

Management and Budget, Paperwork 

Reduction Project, Fax: 202–395–6974, 

Attn: Desk Officer for the 

Administration for Children and 

Families. 


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