65488 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 205 / Monday, October 25, 2010 / Notices 

Dated: October 19, 2010. 

Carol E. Walker, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26876 Filed 10–22–10; 8:45 am] 

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Prevention 

[30–Day–11–0004] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of 

information collection requests under 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 

Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an 

e-mail to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Written comments should be received 

within 30 days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

National Disease Surveillance 

Program II. Disease Summaries (0920– 

0004 Exp. 6/30/2013)—Revision— 

National Center for Emerging and 

Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) 

(proposed), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Surveillance of the incidence and 

distribution of disease has been an 

important function of the U.S. Public 

Health Service (PHS) since 1878. 

Through the years, PHS/CDC has 

formulated practical methods of disease 

control through field investigations. The 

CDC National Disease Surveillance 

Program is based on the premise that 

diseases cannot be diagnosed, 

prevented, or controlled until existing 

knowledge is expanded and new ideas 

developed and implemented. Over the 

years, the mandate of CDC has 

broadened to include preventive health 

activities and the surveillance systems 

maintained have expanded. 

CDC and the Council of State and 

Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) 

collect data on disease and preventable 

conditions in accordance with jointly 

approved plans. Changes in the 

surveillance program and in reporting 

methods are effected in the same 

manner. At the onset of this surveillance 

program in 1968, the CSTE and CDC 

decided on which diseases warranted 

surveillance. These diseases are 

reviewed and revised based on 

variations in the public’s health. 

Surveillance forms are distributed to the 

State and local health departments who 

voluntarily submit these reports to CDC 

at variable frequencies, either weekly or 

monthly. CDC then calculates and 

publishes weekly statistics via the 

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 

(MMWR), providing the states with 

timely aggregates of their submissions. 

The following diseases/conditions are 

included in this program: Diarrheal 

disease surveillance (includes 

campylobacter, salmonella, and 

shigella), foodborne outbreaks, arboviral 

surveillance (ArboNet), Influenza virus, 

including the annual survey and 

influenza-like illness, Respiratory and 

Enterovirus surveillance, rabies, 

waterborne diseases, cholera and other 

vibrio illnesses, Listeria, babesiosis, 

brucellosis, Harmful Algal Bloomrelated Infectious Surveillance System 

(HABISS) data entry form, and the 

HABISS monthly reporting form. These 

data are essential on the local, state, and 

Federal levels for measuring trends in 

diseases, evaluating the effectiveness of 

current prevention strategies, and 

determining the need for modifying 

current prevention measures. 

This request is for revision of the 

currently approved data collection for 

three years. The revisions include minor 

changes to reporting forms already 

approved under this OMB Control 

Number. In addition, new influenza 

forms and one new rabies form have 

been added. A new parasitic disease is 

being included, babesiosis, to help track 

the increasing cases from transfusions. 

Furthermore, a brucellosis case report 

form that has been revised and updated 

from the 1980 form has been added to 

this OMB Control number to enhance 

surveillance and assist with 

understanding the changing 

epidemiology of brucellosis in the 

United States. Because of the distinct 

nature of each of the diseases, the 

number of cases reported annually is 

different for each. There is no cost to 

respondents other than their time. The 

total estimated annualized burden hours 

are 36,126. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondents state epidemiologists form Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Diarrheal Disease Surveillance: Campylobacter (electronic) ...................................................... 53 52 3/60 

Diarrheal Disease Surveillance: Salmonella (electronic) ............................................................ 53 52 3/60 

Diarrheal Disease Surveillance: Shigella (electronic) ................................................................. 53 52 3/60 

Foodborne Outbreak Form .......................................................................................................... 54 31.5 20/60 

Arboviral Surveillance (ArboNet) ................................................................................................. 57 1,421 5/60 

Influenza virus (fax, Oct–May) ..................................................................................................... 5 33 10/60 

Influenza virus (fax, year round) .................................................................................................. 21 52 10/60 

Influenza virus (Internet; Oct–May) ............................................................................................. 3 33 10/60 

Influenza virus (Internet; year round) .......................................................................................... 35 52 10/60 

Influenza virus (electronic, year round PHLIP) ........................................................................... 5 52 5/60 

Influenza virus (electronic, year round PHIN–MS) ...................................................................... 17 52 5/60 

Influenza Annual Survey .............................................................................................................. 86 1 15/60 

Weekly Influenza-like Illness (Oct–May) ..................................................................................... 540 33 15/60 

Weekly Influenza-like Illness (year round) .................................................................................. 1,260 52 15/60 

Daily Influenza-like Illness (Oct–May) ......................................................................................... 200 33 15/60 

Daily Influenza-like Illness (year round) ...................................................................................... 75 52 15/60 

Influenza-Associated Pediatric Death Case Report Form .......................................................... 57 1 30/60 

Novel and Pandemic Influenza A Virus Infection Case Investigation Form ............................... 57 1 30/60 

Novel and Pandemic Influenza A Virus Infection Contact Trace Back Form ............................. 57 1 30/60 

Novel and Pandemic Influenza A Virus Infection Contact Trace Forward Form ........................ 57 1 30/60 

Novel Human Influenza A Virus Infection Case Report Form .................................................... 57 1 30/60 


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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued 

Respondents state epidemiologists form Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Daily Novel and Pandemic Influenza A Virus State Case Status Summary Update ................. 57 1 15/60 

City Health Officers or Vital Statistics Registrars ........................................................................ 122 52 12/60 

Aggregate Hospitalization and Death Reporting Activity Weekly Report ................................... 56 52 10/60 

Monthly Respiratory & Enterovirus Surveillance Report: Excel format (electronic) .................... 25 12 15/60 

National Respiratory & Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) ...................................... 90 52 10/60 

Enhanced Animal Rabies Surveillance (electronic) .................................................................... 52 52 3/60 

Rabies (paper) ............................................................................................................................. 3 12 15/60 

Possible Human Rabies Patient Info ........................................................................................... 50 1 15/60 

Waterborne Diseases Outbreak Form ......................................................................................... 57 1 20/60 

Cholera and other Vibrio illnesses .............................................................................................. 450 1 20/60 

Listeria ......................................................................................................................................... 53 1 30/60 

HABISS data entry form .............................................................................................................. 10 12 8 

HABISS monthly reporting form .................................................................................................. 10 12 30/60 

Babesiosis Case Report Form .................................................................................................... 54 12 10/60 

Brucellosis .................................................................................................................................... 56 2 20/60 

Petunia Gissendaner, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26879 Filed 10–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30–Day–11–10EG] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of 

information collection requests under 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 

Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC or by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Audience Analysis for 

Biomonitoring—New—National Center 

for Environmental Health/Agency for 

Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 

(NCEH/ATSDR), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

People’s exposure to environmental 

chemicals can be a risk to their health. 

Scientists at the CDC use biomonitoring, 

which is the measurement of 

environmental chemicals in human 

tissues and fluids, to assess such 

exposure. Biomonitoring findings, 

however, do not typically provide 

information on health risks and toxicity 

data often lag behind new 

biomonitoring data. The health effects 

on humans are, therefore, often 

uncertain or unknown, particularly, for 

many new or ‘‘emerging’’ chemicals. 

Nevertheless, communicating 

biomonitoring findings for those 

charged with this task is necessary, 

especially due to the growing media 

coverage and public concern about 

chemicals found in the human body. 

The demand for answers and decreasing 

patience with uncertainty characterizes 

the interpretation of such results. This 

poses enormous challenges to those 

tasked to communicate such findings to 

both scientific and non-scientific 

audiences without a biomonitoring 

background. 

The CDC is, therefore, interested in 

developing a framework for 

communicating health risk messages, 

particularly about emerging 

environmental chemicals, to the 

attentive public audience such as 

selected women who are pregnant or 

have very young children. The three 

environmental chemicals, Bisphenol A 

(BPA), phthalates, and mercury have 

been selected for this study. They are of 

particular interest to these selected 

women as the risks of exposure are 

higher for very young children because 

of their hand-to-mouth behaviors and 

direct oral (mouth) contact with 

materials containing these chemicals. 

Furthermore, young children eat and 

drink more per pound of body weight 

than adults. 

Focus groups will be conducted in 

different parts of the country with 

selected women. During phase one, 

eight exploratory focus groups will be 

conducted to develop messaging 

strategies and the results will be used in 

the development of preliminary 

messages about the emerging chemicals. 

The second phase will include six 

message testing focus groups to 

determine which messages are most 

attractive and compelling in terms of 

communicating health risk information 

about emerging chemicals. 

Participants will be recruited via 

standard focus group recruitment 

methods. Most will come from an 

existing database (or list) of potential 

participants maintained by the focus 

group facility. There is no cost to 

respondents other than their time. The 

total estimated annual burden hours are 

273. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of 

respondent Form name Number of respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Selected women for screening ....................... Recruitment Screener .................................... 252 1 5/60 


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