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Background and Brief Description 

The Foreign Quarantine Regulations 

(42 CFR part 71) set forth provisions to 

prevent the introduction, transmission, 

and spread of communicable disease 

from foreign countries into the United 

States. Subpart F—Importations— 

contains provisions for importation of 

etiologic agents, hosts, and vectors (42 

CFR 71.54), requiring persons that 

import these materials to obtain a 

permit issued by the CDC. This request 

is for the information collection 

requirements contained in 42 CFR 71.54 

for issuance of permits by CDC to 

importers of etiologic agents, hosts, or 

vectors of human disease. The revisions 

to the ‘‘Application for Permit to Import 

or Transport Etiologic Agents, Hosts, or 

Vectors of Human Disease are primarily 

changes to forms to clarify instructions, 

correct editorial errors from previous 

submission, and reformat the structure 

of the forms based on the day-to-day 

processing of these forms. The 

‘‘Application for Permit to Import or 

Transport Live Bats’’ is not being revised 

at this time. 

CDC is requesting continued OMB 

approval to collect this information 

through the use of two separate forms 

for a 3 year period. These forms are: (1) 

Application for Permit to Import or 

Transport Etiologic Agents, Hosts, or 

Vectors of Human Disease and (2) 

Application for Permit to Import or 

Transport Live Bats. 

The Application for Permit to Import 

or Transport Etiologic Agents, Hosts, or 

Vectors of Human Disease will be used 

by laboratory facilities, such as those 

operated by government agencies, 

universities, research institutions, and 

zoologic exhibitions, and also by 

importers of nonhuman primate trophy 

materials, such as hunters or 

taxidermists, to request permits for the 

importation of etiologic agents, hosts, or 

vectors of human disease. The 

Application for Permit to Import or 

Transport Etiologic Agents, Hosts, or 

Vectors of Human Disease requests 

applicant and sender contact 

information; description of material for 

importation; facility isolation and 

containment information; and personnel 

qualifications. 

The Application for Permit to Import 

or Transport Live Bats will be used by 

laboratory facilities such as those 

operated by government agencies, 

universities, research institutions, and 

zoologic exhibitions entities to request 

importation and subsequent distribution 

after importation of live bats. The 

Application for Permit to Import or 

Transport Live Bats requests applicant 

and sender contact information; a 

description and intended use of bats to 

be imported; facility isolation and 

containment information; and personnel 

qualifications. 

There is no cost to respondents except 

their time. The total estimated annual 

burden hours are 670. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Responses per 

respondent 

Average burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Applicants Requesting to Import Etiologic Agents.71.54 Application Permit for Etiologic 

Agents.

2,000 1 20/60 

Applicants Requesting to Import Bats 71.54 Application Permit to Import or 

Transport Live Bats.

10 1 20/60 

Dated: October 27, 2010. 

Carol E. Walker, 

(Acting) Reports Clearance Officer, Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention. 

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HUMAN SERVICES 

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Prevention 

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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 

A Survey to Evaluate Occupational 

Safety and Health Educational Materials 

for Home Care Workers—New— 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The mission of the National Institute 

for Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) is to promote safety and health 

at work for all people through research 

and prevention. Under Public Law 91– 

596, Sections 20 and 22 (section 20–22, 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1970); NIOSH has the responsibility to 

conduct research to advance the health 

and safety of workers. In this capacity, 

NIOSH will conduct a survey of home 

care workers to evaluate newly 

developed educational intervention 

materials. 

Home care workers who provide 

housekeeping and routine personal care 

services to elderly, disabled or ill 

individuals in their homes, constitute 

one of the fastest growing occupational 

groups, estimated at about 1,500,000 

workers. In 1997, the U.S. Bureau of 

Labor Statistics issued a special report 

on work-related injuries to home care 

workers showing an injury rate which 

was 50% higher than that of workers 

employed in the private hospital sector 

and 70% higher than the overall rate for 

all private industry workers. 

NIOSH has developed educational 

intervention materials for home care 

workers to prevent exposure to workrelated hazards. The intervention 

materials consist of a printed handbook 

and a training session that explains how 

to use the handbook. The primary goal 

of the handbook and training session is 

to help home care workers and their 

clients identify hazards, discuss these 

hazards and identify accessible and low 

cost tips and tools for minimizing 

exposures to hazards. These materials 

have been developed and piloted in 

Alameda County, California. The goal of 

this data collection is to evaluate these 

materials before disseminating them 

more broadly. 

The study population for this survey 

includes current home care workers and 

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Home Supportive Services (IHSS) 

Program in Alameda County, California. 

NIOSH has obtained input on the 

content and operational aspects of the 

survey through local stakeholder 

meetings. The survey instrument has 

been reviewed by subject matter experts 

and cognitive interviews have been 

conducted using the survey instrument. 

Input received was used to guide 

development of the survey instrument 

and plans for survey implementation. 

Rather than inviting all 15,000 home 

care workers to participate through a 

mailing, as was stated in the 60 day 

notice, instead we will recruit 

participants through a mailing to a 

stratified random sample of 5000 

current home care workers extracted 

from the regularly updated Alameda 

County IHSS program employee 

database. The sample will be stratified 

to reflect approximately equal numbers 

of English, Spanish and Chinese 

speaking home care workers using the 

preferred language variable included in 

the employee database. The mailing will 

include a letter explaining the study and 

an interest response form. Interested 

workers who would like to volunteer to 

participate in the study will complete 

the interest response form and return it 

in a self addressed envelope to the study 

contractor. The first 107 home care 

worker volunteers from each of the three 

language groups (320 total home care 

workers) who return their interest 

response forms will be randomized in 

equal groups into either an intervention 

or a control group and will be called 

and enrolled in the study by the survey 

contractor. The change from sending 

recruitment letters to all 15,000 workers 

to a more targeted recruitment pool of 

5,000 English, Spanish, and Chinese 

speakers was made following additional 

input from our community partners. 

They considered the 5,000 to be 

sufficient to recruit the necessary 320 

volunteers. 

The primary client for each home care 

worker participant will also be called by 

the contractor and invited to participate 

in the study but the clients’ willingness 

to participate will not affect whether a 

home care workers can remain as a 

study participant. Both the home care 

worker and their primary client will 

complete a pre- and a post-intervention 

telephone survey with a two-month 

interval between the two surveys. Data 

from the telephone surveys will be 

captured directly into an electronic 

database. Home care workers in the 

intervention group will receive the 

intervention materials and training 

during the interval between the pre and 

the post surveys. Home care workers in 

the control group will receive the 

intervention materials and training after 

the completion of the post survey. Each 

telephone survey will last 

approximately 30 minutes for home care 

workers and 15 minutes for clients. 

Because of the demographics of the 

population intervention materials as 

well as the evaluation surveys are in 

three languages: English, Spanish and 

Chinese. 

Information will be collected on 

demographic variables including age, 

sex, race, education, income, primary 

language, and marital status. 

Information will be collected on the 

number of years a worker has been 

employed as a home care worker and 

the number of years a client has 

received home care services. 

Information will also be collected on 

working conditions and occupational 

exposures, work related injuries, 

knowledge of work-related health risks 

and workers’ perception of the ease of 

controlling hazards. Finally, 

information will be collected from 

workers on their job satisfaction and 

clients on their satisfaction with 

caregiver services, on the quality of the 

caregiver and client relationships, and 

specific questions regarding use of the 

intervention materials. 

The purpose of this information 

collection is to evaluate whether or not 

the educational materials (the Home 

Care Worker Handbook and training 

session) are effective in (1) conveying 

the intended message and (2) 

encouraging home care workers and 

their clients to make changes to reduce 

hazards. Without benefit of the 

evaluation, CDC will be unable to 

determine the effectiveness of the 

materials or formulate recommendations 

on their appropriate use and broader 

dissemination. 

Once the study is completed, results 

will be made available via various 

means including the NIOSH internet 

site. NIOSH expects to complete data 

collection no later than spring of 2011. 

There is no cost to respondents other 

than their time. 

The total estimated annual burden 

hours are 842. 

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Home care workers ......................................... Home care worker interest response form .... 500 1 5/60 

Home care worker pre survey ....................... 320 1 30/60 

Home care worker training program .............. 320 1 1 

Home care worker post survey ...................... 320 1 30/60 

Home care clients ........................................... Client pre survey ............................................ 320 1 15/60 

Client post survey (post) ................................ 320 1 15/60 

Dated: October 27, 2010. 

Carol Walker, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27605 Filed 11–1–10; 8:45 am] 

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Prevention 

[60-Day–11–0794] 

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 404–639–5960 and 

send comments to Carol E. Walker, CDC 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 


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