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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Secretary (OS), Department 

of Health and Human Services, is 

publishing the following summary of a 

proposed information collection request 

for public comment. Interested persons 

are invited to send comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including any of the following subjects: 

(1) The necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, e-mail your request, 

including your address, phone number, 

OMB number, and OS document 

identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–6162. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be directed 

to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 

at the above e-mail address within 60- 

days. 

Proposed Project: Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements to State 

and Local Governments (Extension)— 

OMB No. 0990–0169-Office of Grants, 

ASRT, OS. 

Abstract: The information collection 

is for pre-award, post-award, and 

subsequent reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements for grants and cooperative 

agreements. The information collected 

is necessary to award, monitor, close out 

and manage grant programs, ensure 

minimum fiscal control and 

accountability for Federal funds and 

deter fraud, waste, and abuse. HHS 

needs this information to meet its 

Federal stewardship responsibilities. 

The authorization for the collection of 

information is under the Department of 

Health and Human Services regulation 

45 CFR part 92, ‘‘Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements to State 

and Local Governments.’’ The requested 

extension is for 3 years. Respondents are 

State, local and tribal governments. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Type of respondent Number of respondents 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

State, Local and Tribal Governments .............................................................. 4,000 1 70 280,000 

Seleda Perryman, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection: 

Comment Request 

In compliance with the requirement 

for opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects 

(section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 44, United 

States Code, as amended by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. 

L. 104–13), the Health Resources and 

Services Administration (HRSA) 

publishes periodic summaries of 

proposed projects being developed for 

submission to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. To request more 

information on the proposed project or 

to obtain a copy of the data collection 

plans and draft instruments, e-mail 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA 

Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443– 

1129. 

Comments are invited on: (a) The 

proposed collection of information for 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the agency; (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; and (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. 

Proposed Project: Data Collection Tool 

for Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant 

Program: (New) 

The mission of the Office of Rural 

Health Policy (ORHP) is to sustain and 

improve access to quality care services 

for rural communities. In its authorizing 

language, Congress charged ORHP with 

administering grants, cooperative 

agreements, and contracts to provide 

technical assistance and other activities 

as necessary to support activities related 

to improving health care in rural areas. 

See Section 711 of the Social Security 

Act [42 U.S.C. 912]. 

ORHP seeks to expand the 

information gathered from grantees on 

their use of the grant funds. Specifically, 

Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program 

(Flex) grantees would be required to 

report on three areas. First, Flex 

grantees would be required to report on 

the number of Critical Access Hospitals 

(CAHs), other eligible hospitals, 

Emergency Medical Service (EMS) 

providers, or rural health networks they 

have worked with during the grant 

period. Areas they can work with the 

CAHs and eligible hospitals include: 

Strategic Planning, Board Training, 

Networking, Benchmarking/Quality 

Reporting, EMS-Training, Medical 

Direction, Transfers, and Health 

Information Technology (HIT) 

Adoption. During the grant period, the 

grantee can sponsor meetings, seminars, 

workshops, and/or use other means as 

appropriate to engage with the hospitals 

on any of the above subjects or others 

that are not listed. The Flex grantees 

would report information on the total 

number of hospitals or other 

organizations that participated in any 

sponsored activities, as well as provide 

the name of the hospitals and 

organizations and their addresses. 

In addition, ORHP seeks further 

information on the use of grant funds. 

Many Flex grantees use sub-contractual 

agreements to provide direct aid to 

CAHs, eligible hospitals, rural health 

networks, EMS providers or other 

organizations. ORHP will ask each Flex 

grantee to list all sub-contractual awards 

made during the grant period, identify 

the organization which received Flex 

funding, the amount they received, and 

the purpose of award. Services provided 

to CAHs, other hospitals or providers, 

EMS providers or other entities will be 

quantified and the value of the service 

provided will be submitted. 

Finally, ORHP also seeks information 

on the EMS activities undertaken with 


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Flex funding, such as the number of 

CAHs designated as Trauma Centers, the 

number of trained or recruited EMS 

medical directors, or the number of EMS 

recruitment/retention projects initiated. 

Submission may be made through the 

HRSA Electronic Handbook system, as 

part of the ORHP Performance 

Improvement Measurement System 

(PIMS). 

The estimated average annual burden 

per year is as follows for the Annual 

Data Report: 

Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per respondent 

Burden 

hours per 

response 

Total burden hours 

States ............................................................................................................................... 45 1 12.5 562.5 

Total .......................................................................................................................... 45 .................... .................... 562.5 

E-mail comments to 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA 

Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10–33, 

Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 

Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments 

should be received within 60 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: June 19, 2009. 

Alexandra Huttinger, 

Director, Division of Policy Review and 

Coordination. 

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Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–09–09BY] 

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, send 

comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 

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; and (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. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Healthy Housing Lead Poisoning 

Surveillance System (HHLPSS)—New— 

National Center for Environmental 

Health (NCEH) and Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry 

(ATSDR)/Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Healthy Housing Lead Poisoning 

Surveillance System (HHLPSS) builds 

upon previous efforts by the National 

Blood Lead Surveillance System 

(NBLSS) to characterize the home 

environment in terms of not only lead 

poisoning risk factors, but also other 

home-based risk factors. While the 

earlier NBLSS was focused on homes of 

children less than 6 years old, the new 

HHLPSS will enable flexibility to 

evaluate all homes, regardless of the 

presence of children < age 6 years. The 

overarching goal of this system is to 

establish Healthy Housing Surveillance 

Systems at the state and national levels. 

Currently, 40 state and local Childhood 

Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs 

(CLPPP) report information (e.g., 

presence of lead paint, age of housing, 

and type of housing) to the NBLSS. The 

addition of a new panel of housing 

questions would help to provide a more 

comprehensive picture of housing stock 

in the United States and potentially 

modifiable risk factors. 

The objectives for developing this 

system are two-fold. First, the program 

would like to use surveillance data to 

estimate the extent of housing-related 

injuries and asthma. This is important 

because it will allow the program to 

systematically track the management 

and follow-up of those residents with 

these health outcomes. 

The next objective for the 

development of this system is to 

examine potential housing-related risk 

factors. Childhood lead poisoning is just 

one of many adverse health conditions 

that are related to common housing 

deficiencies. Multiple hazards in 

housing, e.g., mold, vermin, radon and 

the lack of safety devices, continue to 

adversely affect the health of residents. 

It is in the interest of public health to 

expand from a single focus on lead 

poisoning prevention to a coordinated, 

comprehensive, and systematic 

approach to eliminating multiple 

housing-related health hazards. The 

current NBLSS system requires 

reporting of child blood lead levels and 

the new HLPSS will continue this effort. 

There is no cost to respondents other 

than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Respondents Number of respondents 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden per response (in 

hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

State and Local Health Departments for Child Surveillance ........................... 40 4 4 640 

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 640 


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