68446 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 221 / Monday, November 17, 2014 / Notices 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Renee Chapman, Contact 

Representative, or Theresa Kingsberry, 

Legal Assistant, Federal Trade 

Commission, Premerger Notification 

Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 

CC–5301, Washington, DC 20024, (202) 

326–3100. 

By Direction of the Commission. 

Donald S. Clark, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27025 Filed 11–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–15–0942] 

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 

HIV Prevention among Latino MSM: 

Evaluation of a Locally Developed 

Intervention—Extension—(OMB #0920– 

0942, expiration 06/30/2015), National 

Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, 

STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Latinos are the largest and fastest 

growing ethnic minority group in the 

U.S. and have the second highest rate of 

HIV/AIDS diagnoses of all racial/ethnic 

groups in the country. From the 

beginning of the epidemic through 2007, 

Latinos accounted for 17% of all AIDS 

cases reported to the CDC. Among 

Latino males, male-to-male sexual 

contact is the single most important 

source of HIV infection, accounting for 

46% of HIV infections in U.S.-born 

Latino men from 2001 to 2005, and for 

more than one-half of HIV infections 

among South American, Cuban, and 

Mexican-born Latino men in the U.S. 

(CDC, 2007a; 2007b). In 2006, male-tomale sex accounted for 72% of new HIV 

infections among Latino males. Relative 

to other men who have sex with men 

(MSM), the rate of HIV infection among 

Latino MSM is twice the rate recorded 

among whites (43.1 vs. 19.6 per 

100,000). 

Despite the high levels of infection 

risk that affect Latino MSM, no 

efficacious behavioral interventions to 

prevent infection by HIV and other 

sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are 

available for this vulnerable population. 

CDC’s Prevention Research Synthesis 

group, whose role is to identify HIV 

prevention interventions that have met 

rigorous criteria for demonstrating 

evidence of efficacy, has not identified 

any behavioral interventions for Latino 

MSM that meet current efficacy criteria, 

and no such interventions are listed in 

CDC’s 2011 update of its Compendium 

of Evidence-Based HIV Behavioral 

Interventions (http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/

topics/research/prs/compendiumevidence-based-interventions.htm). 

There is an urgent need for 

efficacious, culturally congruent HIV/

STD prevention interventions for Latino 

MSM. 

The purpose of this project is to test 

the efficacy of an HIV prevention 

intervention for reducing sexual risk 

among Latino men who have sex with 

men in North Carolina. The HOLA en 

Grupos intervention is a Spanishlanguage, small-group, 4-session 

intervention that is designed to increase 

consistent and correct condom use and 

HIV testing among Latino MSM and to 

affect other behavioral and psychosocial 

factors that can increase their 

vulnerability of HIV/STD infection. This 

study is using a randomized controlled 

trial design to assess the efficacy of the 

HOLA en Grupos intervention 

compared to a general health 

comparison intervention. 

CDC is requesting a one-year 

extension for the study in order to 

collect information from 50 study 

participants and terminate information 

collection by the study. During the 

requested extension period, a 6-month 

follow-up assessment will be 

administered to a total 50 study 

participants. Information collection 

during the extension period will make 

it possible to measure intervention and 

comparison participants’ sociodemographic characteristics, health 

seeking actions, HIV/STD and substance 

use-related risk behaviors, and 

psychosocial factors six months after 

they receive the HOLA en Grupos and 

comparison interventions, respectively, 

and to test the efficacy of the HOLA en 

Grupos intervention. Collection of the 6- 

month follow-up assessment 

information will require about one hour 

per study participant. The total 

estimated annual burden hours are 50. 

There is no cost to participants other 

than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

respondent 

(in hours) 

Enrolled Study Participant .............................. 6-month follow-up assessment ...................... 50 1 1 


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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 221 / Monday, November 17, 2014 / Notices 68447 

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. 2014–27017 Filed 11–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–15–15EC] 

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 

Improving Organizational 

Management and Worker Behavior 

through Worksite Communication— 

New—National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

NIOSH, under Public Law 91–596, 

Sections 20 and 22 (Section 20–22, 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1977) has the responsibility to conduct 

research relating to innovative methods, 

techniques, and approaches dealing 

with occupational safety and health 

problems. 

This research assesses best practices 

for communicating and employing a 

strategic health and safety management 

system (HSMS) to facilitate workers’ 

health and safety behaviors, including 

ways that lateral communication from 

management influences worker 

perceptions and behaviors. Currently, 

ambivalence exists about how to 

strategically communicate aspects of an 

HSMS top-down in the mining industry. 

Research indicates that, to answer 

questions about effectively using an 

HSMS to improve safety, research needs 

to follow a sample of workplaces over 

time, measuring the introduction or 

utilization of an HSMS and then 

measuring outcomes of interest at the 

workplace level and at the worker-level 

too. 

Therefore, analyzing workers’ 

perception of the organizational HSMS, 

leaders’ implementation of the 

organizational HSMS, and 

communication gaps between these two 

entities, may provide more insight into 

the best, most feasible practices and 

approaches to worker H&S performance 

within a system. This project is 

initiating such an approach by 

implementing a series of multilevel 

intervention (MLI) case studies that 

assess the utility of a safety system that 

includes aspects of both safety 

management on the organizational level 

and behavior-based safety on the worker 

level. By studying these levels 

separately and introducing an 

intervention to bridge these two groups 

together to enhance safety, the 

communication practices within an 

HSMS may be enhanced. 

NIOSH requests OMB approval for a 

3-year for a project that involves 

information collection and that seeks to 

empirically understand what HSMS 

communication practices are important 

for mine worker H&S and how those 

practices can be developed, 

implemented, and maintained over time 

via desired communication from mine 

site leadership. The following questions 

guide this study: 

What impact does the MLI 

communication model that was 

designed and implemented have on: (1) 

Workers’ health/safety behaviors, 

including those that lower exposure to 

dust; (2) workers’ perceptions of their 

organizations’ values; and (3) changes in 

managers’ strategic HSMS 

communication and implementation 

with workers to facilitate health/safety 

performance, including those that lower 

exposure to dust. 

To answer the above questions, 

NIOSH researchers developed a 

multilevel intervention (MLI) that 

focuses on both management and 

workers’ communication about and 

subsequent actions taken to reduce 

respirable dust exposure over time. This 

MLI will inform how leadership 

communicates to their employees and 

what affect(s) this communication has 

on individual behavior such as 

corrective dust actions taken by 

workers. By assessing the ongoing 

safety/health interactions between 

individual workers and their 

organizational capacities (i.e. levels of 

leadership and management of safety), 

and how these interactions influence 

and shape personal H&S performance, 

we can better understand what aspects 

of both systems need attention in a 

merged, more balanced and 

comprehensive system of health and 

safety management (DeJoy, 2005). 

Specifically, this project is using mine 

technology, the Helmet-CAM, as a 

communication medium to help merge 

these two worksite systems. Previous 

research indicates that the use of 

information technology can enhance 

lateral and horizontal communication 

within organizations, showing support 

for using the Helmet-CAM in the current 

study (Hinds & Kiesler, 1995). NIOSH 

researchers can analyze what and how 

communication practices should be 

implemented to influence worker 

perceptions of their organizations’ H&S 

values and how this impacts their 

subsequent H&S behavior. Eventually, 

the practices used to influence behavior 

related to this dust issue can be 

extrapolated to inform ways to 


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