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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–15–0314] 

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 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

The National Survey of Family 

Growth (NSFG)—(0920–0314, expires 

04/30/2015)—Revision—National 

Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Section 306 of the Public Health 

Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as 

amended, authorizes that the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services (DHHS), 

acting through NCHS, shall collect 

statistics on ‘‘family formation, growth, 

and dissolution,’’ as well as 

‘‘determinants of health’’ and 

‘‘utilization of health care’’ in the 

United States. This three-year clearance 

request includes the data collection in 

2015–2017 for the continuous NSFG. 

The National Survey of Family 

Growth (NSFG) was conducted 

periodically between 1973 and 2002, 

continuously in 2006–2010, and 

continuously starting in Fall 2011, by 

the National Center for Health Statistics, 

CDC. Each year, about 14,000 

households are screened, with about 

5,000 participants interviewed annually. 

Participation in the NSFG is completely 

voluntary and confidential. Interviews 

average 60 minutes for males and 80 

minutes for females. The response rate 

since 2006 has been about 77 percent for 

both males and females. 

The NSFG program produces 

descriptive statistics which document 

factors associated with birth and 

pregnancy rates, including 

contraception, infertility, marriage, 

divorce, and sexual activity, in the U.S. 

household population 15–44 years; and 

behaviors that affect the risk of sexually 

transmitted diseases (STD), including 

HIV, and the medical care associated 

with contraception, infertility, and 

pregnancy and childbirth. Beginning in 

2015, the NSFG will expand its age 

range to represent the U.S. household 

population 15–49 years. 

NSFG data users include the DHHS 

programs that fund it, including CDC/

NCHS and ten others (The Eunice 

Kennedy Shriver National Institute for 

Child Health and Human Development 

(NIH/NICHD); the Office of Population 

Affairs (DHHS/OPA); the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation (DHHS/OASPE); the 

Children’s Bureau (DHHS/ACF/CB); the 

ACF’s Office of Planning, Research, and 

Evaluation; the CDC’s Division of HIV/ 

AIDS Prevention (CDC/DHAP); the 

CDC’s Division of STD Prevention 

(CDC/DSTD); the CDC’s Division of 

Reproductive Health (CDC/DRH); the 

CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention 

and Control (CDC/DCPC); and the CDC’s 

Division of Birth Defects and 

Developmental Disabilities (DBDDD)). 

The NSFG is also used by state and local 

governments; private research and 

action organizations focused on men’s 

and women’s health, child well-being, 

and marriage and the family; academic 

researchers in the social and public 

health sciences; journalists, and many 

others. 

This submission requests approval for 

three years. Questionnaire revisions are 

requested for fieldwork starting in 

September 2015. A small set of 

additional changes may be requested in 

the future, to be responsive to emerging 

public policy issues. There is no cost to 

respondents other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden 

hours 

1. Screener Respondents ................................................................................ 14,000 1 3/60 700 

2. Interview Females ....................................................................................... 2,750 1 1.5 4,125 

3. Interview Males ............................................................................................ 2,250 1 1.0 2,250

4. Verification Questions .................................................................................. 1,400 1 5/60 117 

5. Testing Questions ........................................................................................ 250 1 1 250 

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 7,442 


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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. 2014–26084 Filed 11–3–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–15–14ADD] 

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 Occupational Research 

Agenda (NORA) 2016 Decade Review— 

New—National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) is responsible for conducting 

research and making recommendations 

to prevent worker injury and illness, as 

authorized in Section 20(a)(1) of the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 

U.S.C. 669). In 1995–6, NIOSH saw an 

opportunity to enhance its ability to 

accomplish its mission through 

partnerships that involved a broad 

national stakeholder base in 

occupational safety and health. With 

stakeholder input, NIOSH developed 

and launched a decade-long partnership 

program titled the National 

Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) 

in 1996. Participation in NORA includes 

stakeholders from universities, large and 

small businesses, professional societies, 

government agencies, and worker 

organizations. After an internal 

management review of the first decade 

of NORA, conducted in 2005, NIOSH 

launched the second decade of NORA 

(2006–2016) structured for even greater 

national impact. This information 

collection is a necessary part of a larger 

internal NIOSH management review of 

the second decade of NORA. The results 

of this review will inform NIOSH 

decisions about how to structure a third 

decade of NORA (2016–2026) for 

maximum effectiveness and impact. 

The second decade of NORA was 

based on a new sector structure to better 

move research to practice within 

workplaces. The work of the sectors is 

managed through a partnership 

structure of sector councils. Each 

council develops and maintains an 

agenda for the decade for its sector. The 

sector agendas become part of the 

national agenda for improvements in 

occupational safety and health through 

research and partnerships. Representing 

all stakeholders, the councils use an 

open process to set goals, develop 

strategies, encourage partnerships, and 

promote improved workplace practices. 

NIOSH is requesting a 12-month OMB 

approval to administer a survey to 

NORA council members and leaders. 

The collection of information is 

necessary for NIOSH management to 

assess the efficiency and effectiveness of 

the NORA sector councils. The target 

population is all current and former 

members and leaders of each of the ten 

NORA Sector Councils. The web-based 

questionnaire requests information on 

satisfaction with the efficiency of the 

council and its processes, on impacts 

made in the sector during the second 

decade, and suggestions for improving 

the effectiveness and impact of NORA 

in the future. Without this data 

collection, NIOSH’s internal 

management review of NORA would 

lack critical stakeholder input from its 

many non-Federal partners. 

A 16-item questionnaire has been 

developed and will be sent to all 352 

non-Federal NORA Sector council 

members or leaders. A pilot test of the 

questionnaire was conducted by asking 

eight NIOSH employees who are a 

leader of a NORA sector council to 

complete the questionnaire and provide 

feedback. Respondents to the pilot test 

estimated the questionnaire requires 

approximately 15 minutes to complete. 

The total estimated burden is 88 hours. 

There is no cost to respondents other 

than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hrs.) 

Council member or leader .............................. Council Questionnaire .................................... 352 1 15/60 


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