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Restoration Component, along with 

other activities the Council identified as 

priorities for potential future funding. 

Activities approved for funding in the 

FPL are included in ‘‘Category 1;’’ the 

priorities for potential future funding 

are in ‘‘Category 2.’’ In the FPL the 

Council approved approximately $156.6 

million in Category 1 restoration and 

planning activities, and prioritized 

twelve Category 2 activities for possible 

funding in the future, subject to 

environmental compliance and further 

Council and public review. The Council 

included planning activities for 

Robinson Preserve in Category 1 and 

implementation activities for Robinson 

Preserve in Category 2. 

The Council reserved approximately 

$26.6 million for implementing priority 

activities in the future. These reserved 

funds may be used to support some, all 

or none of the activities included in 

Category 2 of the FPL and/or to support 

other activities not currently under 

consideration by the Council. As 

appropriate, the Council intends to 

review each activity in Category 2 in 

order to determine whether to: (1) Move 

the activity to Category 1 and approve 

it for funding, (2) remove it from 

Category 2 and any further 

consideration, or (3) continue to include 

it in Category 2. A Council decision to 

amend the FPL to move an activity from 

Category 2 into Category 1 must be 

approved by a Council vote after 

consideration of public and Tribal 

comments. 

II. Environmental Compliance 

Prior to approving an activity for 

funding in FPL Category 1, the Council 

must comply with NEPA and other 

applicable Federal environmental laws. 

At the time of approval of the FPL, the 

Council had not addressed NEPA and 

other laws applicable to implementation 

of Robinson Preserve. The Council did, 

however, recognize the potential 

ecological value of Robinson Preserve, 

based on the review conducted during 

the FPL process. For this reason, the 

Council approved $470,910 in planning 

funds for Robinson Preserve, a portion 

of which would be used to complete any 

needed environmental compliance 

activities. As noted above, the Council 

placed the implementation portion of 

Robinson Preserve into FPL Category 2, 

pending the outcome of this 

environmental compliance work and 

further Council review. The estimated 

cost of implementation of Robinson 

Preserve was $1,319,636. 

To comply with NEPA for Robinson 

Preserve, the Council is proposing to 

adopt the 2015 PEIS developed by 

NOAA’s Restoration Center. This PEIS 

addresses a range of restoration types 

including those in the Robinson 

Preserve implementation funding 

proposal. NOAA has determined that 

the specific implementation activities 

for which funding is being sought are 

fully covered by this PEIS, and therefore 

no further NEPA review would be 

needed. 

On May 22, 2017, the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers issued a Clean Water 

Act (CWA) Section 404 permit for the 

Robinson Preserve project. NOAA has 

confirmed that this permit addresses its 

Magnuson-Stevens Act 

recommendations pertaining to 

Essential Fish Habitat. The permit also 

contains conditions pertaining to 

compliance with the Endangered 

Species Act and the National Historic 

Preservation Act. In addition, the 

Florida State Historic Preservation 

Officer and U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service have reviewed the overall 

Robinson Preserve project. These 

reviews were conducted as part of their 

respective reviews of a smaller 

Robinson Preserve restoration project 

which is sponsored by the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

and is being funded separately under 

the Council-Selected Restoration 

Component. 

The Council has reviewed the 

aforementioned environmental 

compliance documentation. Based on 

this review, the Council is proposing to 

adopt the PEIS to support the approval 

of implementation funds for Robinson 

Preserve, provided that the project is 

implemented in accordance with the 

terms and conditions of the CWA 

Section 404 permit. This permit and the 

associated documentation can be found 

here: https://www.restorethegulf.gov/ 

funded-priorities-list. (See: Robinson 

Preserve Wetlands Restoration— 

Implementation.) 

Robinson Preserve Project 

If approved by the Council, the funds 

to implement Robinson Preserve would 

be used to create habitat and natural 

flow regimes through hydrologic 

connections, as well as complete exotic 

and invasive vegetation removal, native 

planting, monitoring, community 

outreach, restoration practitioner 

education, and an inventory of potential 

Tampa Bay watershed hydrologic 

restoration projects. 

The Initial FPL describes Robinson 

Preserve as a project to restore 140-acres 

of upland and wetland habitat (85 acres 

of upland habitat and 55 acres of created 

wetland and sub-tidal habitats). The 

actual acreage to be restored under this 

proposed FPL amendment would be 

118.2 acres (57.6 acres of coastal upland 

habitat and 60.6 acres of wetland, open 

water sub-tidal, and open freshwater 

habitats). This acreage adjustment is the 

result of refinements in project design 

(in response to public input) and 

subtraction of acreage being restored 

through the complementary EPA 

restoration effort referenced above. The 

project design was reduced by 7 acres to 

balance public access interests, input 

from nearby residents and habitat 

suitability. The remainder of the acreage 

adjustment for this Robinson Preserve 

funding request is 14.8 acres, which is 

the amount of adjoining acreage that 

will be restored by the EPA. 

While the acreage footprint of 

NOAA’s Robinson Preserve project has 

decreased, the complexity and per unit 

cost of the project have increased. To 

maintain the long-term viability of the 

restoration design and protect existing 

habitats, the scope of the hydrologic 

restoration expanded to include more 

complex connections. The expanded 

scope also provides added benefits 

outside of the restoration footprint by 

integrating and hydrologically 

interconnecting the entire 632-acre 

preserve. NOAA has indicated that 

these changes, make up more than one 

third of the restoration implementation 

budget, increasing the wetland and subtidal creation cost per acre for the 

project. The total of $1,790,546 will be 

needed to implement this project. 

Additional information on Robinson 

Preserve, including metrics of success, 

response to science reviews and more is 

available in an activity-specific 

appendix to the FPL, which can be 

found at https://www.restorethegulf.gov. 

Please see the table on page 25 of the 

FPL and click on: Robinson Preserve 

Wetlands Restoration (Implementation). 

Will D. Spoon, 

Program Analyst, Gulf Coast Ecosystem 

Restoration Council. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry 

[60Day–17–0051; Docket No. ATSDR–2017– 

0004] 

Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

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ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry 

(ATSDR), as part of its continuing 

efforts to reduce public burden and 

maximize the utility of government 

information, 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. This 

notice invites comment on the proposed 

request to extend the information collect 

project titled ‘‘Assessment of Chemical 

Exposures (ACE) Investigations.’’ The 

purpose of ACE Investigations is to 

focus on performing rapid 

epidemiological assessments to assist 

state, regional, local, or tribal health 

departments (the requesting agencies) to 

respond to or prepare for acute chemical 

releases. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before October 30, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. ATSDR–2017– 

0004 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, 

Information Collection Review Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS– 

D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. CDC will post all 

relevant comments, without change, to 

Regulations.gov, to include any personal 

information provided. For access to the 

docket to read background documents 

or comments received, go to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: All public comment 

should be submitted through the 

Federal eRulemaking portal 

(Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 

address listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, contact Leroy A. 

Richardson, Information Collection 

Review Office, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 

Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta, Georgia 

30329; phone: 404–639–7570; Email: 

omb@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies 

must obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also 

requires Federal agencies to provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each new 

proposed collection, each proposed 

extension of existing collection of 

information, and each reinstatement of 

previously approved information 

collection before submitting the 

collection to OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

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. 

Proposed Project 

Assessment of Chemical Exposures 

(ACE) Investigations (OMB Control 

Number 0923–0051; expiration 3/31/ 

2018)—Revision—Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry 

(ATSDR). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry (ATSDR) is requesting 

to revise ‘‘Assessment of Chemical 

Exposures (ACE) Investigations’’ 

information collection project and seek 

a three-year OMB approval to assist 

state and local health departments after 

toxic substance spills or chemical 

incidents. The OMB Control number for 

this information collection expires 3/31/ 

2018. We are renaming the form 

previously titled the Rapid Response 

Registry Form as the ACE Short Form. 

This revision better describes that we 

use the ACE Short Form in time-limited 

investigations where longer surveys are 

not possible. We do not use the form to 

establish registries. In addition, we are 

removing two insurance questions from 

the ACE Short Form, as we do not ask 

in the longer surveys and have never 

been asked as part of an ACE 

Investigation. There are no changes to 

the requested burden hours. 

ATSDR has successfully completed 

three investigations to date. With the 

uses of this valuable mechanism, 

ATSDR would like to continue this 

impactful information collection. See 

below a brief summary of information 

collections approved under this tool: 

• During 2015, in U.S. Virgin Islands 

there was a methyl bromide exposure at 

a condominium resort. Under this ACE 

investigation, awareness among pest 

control companies that methyl bromide 

currently prohibited in the homes and 

other residential settings. Additionally, 

awareness for clinicians about the 

toxicologic syndrome caused by 

exposure to methyl bromide and the 

importance of notifying first responders 

immediately when they have 

encountered contaminated patients. 

• During 2016, ACE team conducted 

a rash investigation in Flint, Michigan. 

Persons exposed to Flint municipal 

water and had current or worsening 

rashes surveyed and referred too free 

dermatologist screening if desired. 

Findings revealed that when the city 

was using water from the Flint River, 

there were large swings in chorine, pH, 

and hardness, which could be one 

possible explanation for the eczemarelated rashes. 

• During 2016, ACE team also 

conducted a follow-up investigation for 

people whom been exposed to the Flint 

municipal water and sought care from 

the free dermatologists. Data analysis for 

this project is in process and results are 

pending. However, the follow-up 

interviews resulted in improving the 

exam and referral processes that were 

still on going at the time. 

The ACE investigations focus on 

performing rapid epidemiological 

assessments to assist state, regional, 

local, or tribal health departments (the 

requesting agencies) to respond to or 

prepare for acute chemical releases. 

The main objectives for performing 

these rapid assessments are to: 

1. Characterize exposure and acute 

health effects of respondents exposed to 

toxic substances from discrete, chemical 

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releases and determine their health 

statuses; 

2. Identify needs (i.e., medical and 

basic) of those exposed during the 

releases to aid in planning interventions 

in the community; 

3. Assess the impact of the incidents 

on health services use and share lessons 

learned for use in hospital, local, and 

state planning for chemical incidents; 

and 

4. Identify cohorts may be followed 

and assessed for persistent health effects 

resulting from acute releases. 

Because each chemical incident is 

different, it is not possible to predict in 

advance exactly what type of and how 

many respondents will be consented 

and interviewed too effectively evaluate 

the incident. Respondents typically 

include, but are not limited to 

emergency responders such as police, 

fire, hazardous material technicians, 

emergency medical services, and 

personnel at hospitals where patients 

from the incident were treated. 

Incidents may occur at businesses or in 

the community setting; therefore, 

respondents may also include business 

owners, managers, workers, customers, 

community residents, pet owners, and 

those passing through the affected area. 

The multidisciplinary ACE team 

consisting of staff from ATSDR, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), and the requesting 

agencies that will be collecting data. 

ATSDR has developed a quickly tailored 

series of draft survey forms used in the 

field to collect data that will meet the 

goals of the investigation. ATSDR 

collections will be administered based 

on time permitted and urgency. For 

example, it is preferable to administer 

the general survey to as many 

respondents as possible. However, if 

there are time constraints, the shorter 

household survey or the ACE Short 

Form may be administered instead. The 

individual surveys collect information 

about exposure, acute health effects, 

health services use, medical history, 

needs resulting from the incident, 

communication during the release, 

health impact on children and pets, and 

demographic data. Hospital personnel 

are asked about the surge, response and 

communication, decontamination, and 

lessons learned. 

Depending on the situation, data 

collected by face-to-face interviews, 

telephone interviews, written surveys, 

mailed surveys, or on-line surveys can 

be consider collected. Medical and 

veterinary charts may also be consider 

for review. In rare situations, an 

investigation might involve collection of 

clinical specimens. 

ATSDR anticipates up to four ACE 

investigations per year. The number of 

participants has ranged from 30–715, 

averaging about 300 per year. Therefore, 

the total annualized estimated burden 

will be 591 hours per year. Participation 

in ACE investigations is voluntary and 

there are no anticipated costs 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 hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Residents, first responders, business 

owners, employees, customers.

General Survey ................................

ACE Short Form ...............................

800 

50 

1 

1 

30/60 

7/60 

400 

6 

Residents .......................................... Household Survey ............................ 120 1 15/60 30 

Hospital staff ..................................... Hospital Survey ................................ 40 1 30/60 20 

Staff from state, local, or tribal health 

agencies.

Medical Chart Abstraction Form ...... 250 1 30/60 125 

Veterinary Chart Abstraction Form .. 30 1 20/60 10 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 591 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–17–1190; Docket No. CDC–2017– 

0073] 

Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 

its continuing efforts to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

government information, 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. This notice invites 

comment on the proposed project titled 

‘‘ZEN Colombia Study: Zika in Pregnant 

Women and Children in Colombia.’’ 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before October 30, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2017– 

0073 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, 

Information Collection Review Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS– 

D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. All relevant comments 

received will be posted without change 

to Regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

access to the docket to read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: All public comment 

should be submitted through the 

Federal eRulemaking portal 

(Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 

address listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, contact Leroy A. 

Richardson, Information Collection 

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