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of the Council was changed to include 

nutrition to bring attention to the 

importance of good nutritional habits 

with regular physical activity for 

maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The 

PCFSN is the only federal advisory 

committee that is focused solely on the 

promotion of physical activity, fitness, 

sports, and nutrition. Since the PCFSN 

was established by Presidential 

directive, appropriate action had to be 

taken by the President or agency head 

to authorize continuation of the PCFSN. 

The President issued Executive Order 

13652, dated September 30, 2013, to 

give authorization for the PCFSN to 

continue to operate until September 30, 

2015. 

No amendments were recommended 

for the PCFSN charter. The charter was 

approved by the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services and filed with the 

appropriate Congressional committees 

and the Library of Congress on 

September 10, 2014. A copy of the 

Council charter is available on the 

PCFSN Web site at http://fitness.gov. 

SACHRP is a discretionary federal 

advisory committee. SACHRP provides 

advice to the Secretary, through the 

Assistant Secretary for Health, on 

matters pertaining to the continuance 

and improvement of functions within 

the authority of the Department of 

Health and Human Services concerning 

protections for human subjects in 

research. 

No amendments were recommended 

for the SACHRP charter. On October 1, 

2014, the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services approved for the 

SACHRP charter to be renewed. The 

new charter also was filed with the 

appropriate Congressional committees 

and the Library of Congress on October 

1, 2014. SACHRP is authorized to 

continue to operate until October 1, 

2016. A copy of the charter is available 

on the Committee Web site at http://

www.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp/. 

The ACBTSA is a discretionary 

federal advisory committee. The 

Committee provides advice to the 

Secretary, through the Assistant 

Secretary for Health, on a range of 

policy issues related to the safety of 

blood, blood products, organs, and 

tissues. For organs and blood stem cells, 

the Committee’s work is limited to 

policy issues related to donor derived 

infectious disease complications of 

transplantation. 

The following amendments were 

proposed and approved for the ACBTSA 

charter: (1) Under Objectives and Scope 

of Activities, the term ‘‘human’’ has 

been removed. Xenotransplantation is 

the transplantation of living cells, 

tissues, and organs from one species to 

another. Such cells, tissues or organs are 

called xenografts. Due to the 

unavailability of certain human organs, 

animal (pig) tissues are used in 

transplantation. All aspects of 

transplantation need to be covered as 

the shorter life span and diseases of 

animals are different from that of 

humans; (2) Under Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), the text has been 

amended to include information about 

the Alternate DFO assuming the 

responsibilities associated with the 

position in the absence of the DFO; (3) 

Under Membership and Designation, the 

reference to an organ procurement 

organization as one of the official 

industry representatives was changed to 

reflect the Association of Organ 

Procurement Organizations (AOPO) 

because this is the only organ 

procurement organization from which a 

qualified representative can be selected. 

Also under this section, the information 

about the number of non-voting exofficio members was changed from nine 

to eight. As the charter was previously 

worded, it appeared that the National 

Institutes of Health (NIH) was 

authorized to have two representative 

positions—one each for intra- and 

extramural research. Authorization had 

been given for NIH to have only one 

representative member on the ACBTSA. 

The charter has been changed to reflect 

that there are eight non-voting ex-officio 

members, and the description of the 

representation to be provided for the 

NIH has been removed. 

On October 8, 2014, the new charter 

was approved by the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services and filed with the 

appropriate Congressional committees 

and the Library of Congress. ACBTSA is 

authorized to operate until October 9, 

2016. A copy of the charter can be 

obtained on the ACBTSA Web site at 

http://www.hhs.gov/ash/bloodsafety. 

Copies of the charters for the 

designated committees also can be 

obtained by accessing the FACA 

database that is maintained by the 

Committee Management Secretariat 

under the General Services 

Administration. The Web site address 

for the FACA database is http://

facadatabase.gov/. 

Dated: October 15, 2014. 

Wanda K. Jones, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Health. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25155 Filed 10–22–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–15–0985] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce public 

burden, 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. To 

request more information on the below 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send 

comments to Leroy A. Richardson, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval. 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. Written comments should 

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be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Returning Our Veterans to 

Employment and Reintegration (OMB 

No. 0920–0985, expires 09/30/2015)— 

Revision—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. The Occupational 

Safety and Health Act, Public Law 91– 

596 (section 20[a][1]), authorizes NIOSH 

to conduct research to advance the 

health and safety of workers. NIOSH is 

requesting a three-year approval to 

account for the proposed changes to 

0920–0985 in order to improve the 

response rates for one of the two surveys 

included in the information collection, 

the Veterans Survey. No changes have 

been made to the Assistance Dog 

Provider Survey. 

Veterans with chronic posttraumatic 

stress disorder (PTSD) face barriers that 

prevent many of them from successfully 

reintegrating into society and returning 

to the work force. Various reports claim 

that higher unemployment rates and 

increased healthcare costs and 

utilization are associated with PTSD. 

Symptoms associated with PTSD 

include diminished interest or 

participation in significant activities, 

feelings of detachment or estrangement 

from others, difficulty falling or staying 

asleep, hyper vigilance, exaggerated 

startle response, difficulty with 

concentration or attention, and a 

restricted range of affect. Amelioration 

of PTSD symptoms is necessary to 

facilitate reintegration of veterans into 

society and the workforce; these benefits 

may also contribute positively to 

veterans’ overall physical and 

psychological health. 

An approach for helping veterans 

with PTSD and other psychiatric 

impairments is that of using service 

dogs for assistance and support. A quick 

Internet search will find dozens of Web 

sites by providers of service dogs for 

veterans, with assistance in transition to 

daily life (not necessarily employment) 

being the primary goal. The present 

research study will focus on the 

following questions with two surveys. 

The Assistance Dog Provider Survey 

will target service dog providers to 

address the following questions: 

1. Among assistance dog providers 

sampled in the U.S., how many provide 

services to veterans? 

2. Among assistance dog providers 

that provide services to veterans, what 

are the specific strategies used or 

services offered to address issues related 

to veterans and, specifically, return to 

work? 

3. From the perspective of assistance 

dog providers, have the services or the 

requests for services to assist veterans 

return to work increased, decreased, or 

remained the same during the past five 

years. 

The Veteran Survey will target 

veterans to address the following 

questions: 

1. Is a veteran’s history or current 

experience with pet ownership/bonding 

associated with physical, psychological, 

and emotional health? 

2. Is a veteran’s history with pet 

ownership/bonding associated with 

their ability to cope with postdeployment or post-service stressors? 

3. Is a veteran’s current experience 

with pet ownership/bonding associated 

with their ability to cope with postdeployment or post-service stressors? 

4. Do the facilitators and barriers 

associated with reemployment differ by 

veterans’ physical, psychological, and 

emotional health? 

5. What factors mediate or moderate 

the impact of pet ownership/bonding 

among veterans’ with physical and/or 

psychological disabilities and with 

regard to the facilitators and barriers 

associated with reemployment? 

The purpose of both surveys is to 

increase available information about 

services provided to veterans by 

assistance dog training organizations, 

and to increase available information on 

veteran’s attitudes and perceptions 

about physical, psychological, 

physiological, and functional barriers 

that prevent veterans with PTSD and 

other physical or psychiatric disorders 

from returning to work, and to provide 

information about the potential benefits 

of animals and animal-assisted 

interventions. 

The information and the Internet link 

to the web-based Assistance Dog 

Provider Survey will be sent by email to 

approximately 1,000 service dog 

providers. It is estimated that 700 

individuals will read the initial email or 

take the follow up phone call only. 

Depending on the level of involvement 

of each agency, activities associated 

with reading the email and responding 

to the email is estimated to take each 

respondent approximately five minutes 

and taking the follow up phone call is 

estimated to take an additional five 

minutes. 

The information and the Internet link 

to the web-based veteran survey will be 

sent by email to approximately 300 

veteran agencies. The activities 

associated with reading the email, 

taking the follow up phone call, and 

distributing the flyer (and postcards, if 

requested) or forwarding the survey 

announcement to additional individuals 

is estimated to take up to five minutes 

each. These agencies will then 

distribute the email and flyer to the 

veterans associated with the agency at 

their discretion. Based on the results of 

similar studies, we anticipate a response 

rate of approximately 6,000 veterans. 

Results of this survey will lead to 

recommendations and guidance for 

assistance dog providers, healthcare 

professionals, researchers, and 

policymakers pertaining to animalassisted interventions to help facilitate 

the reintegration and reemployment of 

Veterans. These surveys are part of a 

larger project that will identify priorities 

and new opportunities for research, as 

well as address policy implications 

associated with public access rights 

afforded to service dogs by the 

Americans with Disabilities Act. There 

are no costs to the respondents other 

than their time. The total estimated 

annual burden hours are 6,586. 

We are requesting four changes to the 

Veteran Survey: (1) The inclusion of an 

incentive (the chance to win a $50 VISA 

gift card after completing all or portions 

of the survey), (2) revised, simplified 

survey announcements (emails and 

flyers), (3) an additional announcement 

in the form of postcards to be provided 

(only if requested) to veterans agencies 

to assist their dissemination of the 

survey announcement, and (4) the 

addition of a collaborating investigator. 

Changes 1–3 are attempts to increase the 

response rate. To date, only 66 veterans 

have completed the survey; the target 

number of respondents is 6,000. The 

average burden associated with Change 

3 is expected to increase up to 60 

minutes for some veteran’s agency 

personnel. No change in burden is 

expected for veterans. 

No changes to any aspect of the 

Assistance Dog Provider Survey are 

being requested in this revision. Data 

collection is ongoing, but a sufficient 

number of service dog providers have 

completed the survey that changes to 

the recruitment methods are not 

necessary. 

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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOUR

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden hours 

Assistance Dog Providers (who read 

the initial email).

Assistance Dog Provider Recruitment Email.700 1 5/60 58 

Assistance Dog Providers (who take 

follow up phone call).

Assistance Dog Provider Survey 

Reminder Follow-up Telephone 

Script.

700 1 5/60 58 

Assistance Dog Providers choosing 

to complete survey.

Assistance Dog Provider Survey ..... 300 1 30/60 150 

Veterans Agency Contacts (who 

read the initial email).

Veterans Survey Announcement 

Email.

100 1 5/60 8 

Veterans Agency Contacts (who 

take follow up phone call).

Veterans Survey Follow-up Telephone Script.100 1 5/60 8 

Veterans Agency Contacts (who opt 

to receive and distribute the postcards).

Veterans Survey Announcement 

Postcard.

100 1 1 100 

U.S. Veterans .................................... Veteran Survey ................................ 6,000 1 1 6,000 

U.S. Veterans .................................... Raffle Form ...................................... 6,000 1 2/60 200 

U.S. Veterans (who are selected as 

winners in raffle and are contacted 

by phone).

Raffle Winner Telephone Script ....... 25 1 5/60 2 

U.S. Veterans (who are selected as 

winners in raffle and contacted by 

email).

Raffle Winner Contact Email ............ 25 1 5/60 2 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 6,586 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25251 Filed 10–22–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–15–0773] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) has submitted the 

following information collection request 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for 

the proposed information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information are encouraged. Your 

comments should address any of the 

following: (a) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agencies estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) Minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses; and (e) Assess information 

collection costs. 

To request additional information on 

the proposed project or to obtain a copy 

of the information collection plan and 

instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or 

send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written 

comments and/or suggestions regarding 

the items contained in this notice 

should be directed to the Attention: 

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 Surveillance for Severe 

Adverse Events Associated with 

Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis 

Infection (OMB No. 0920–0773, expires 

11/30/2014)—Extension—Division of 

Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE), 

National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, 

STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

As part of the national tuberculosis 

(TB) elimination strategy, the American 

Thoracic Society and CDC have 

published recommendations for targeted 

testing for TB and treatment for latent 

TB infection (LTBI) (Morbidity and 

Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 

2000;49[RR06];1–54). However, between 

October 2000 and September 2004, the 

CDC received reports of 50 patients with 

severe adverse events (SAEs) associated 

with the use of the two or three-month 

regimen of rifampin and pyrazinamide 

(RZ) for the treatment of LTBI; 12 (24%) 

patients died (MMWR 2003;52[31]:735– 

9). 

In 2004, CDC began collecting reports 

of SAEs associated with any treatment 

regimen for LTBI. For surveillance 

purposes, an SAE was defined as any 

drug-associated reaction resulting in a 

patient’s hospitalization or death after at 

least one treatment dose for LTBI. 

During 2004–2008, CDC received 17 

reports of SAEs in 15 adults and two 

children; all patients had received 

isoniazid (INH) and had experienced 

severe liver injury (MMWR 2010; 

59:224–9). 

Reports of SAEs related to RZ and 

INH have prompted a need for this 

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