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Proposed Project 

Rapid Response Suicide Investigation 

Data Collection—New—National Center 

for Injury Prevention and Control 

(NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

CDC is frequently called upon to 

respond to urgent requests from one or 

more external partners (e.g., local, state, 

territory, and tribal health authorities; 

other federal agencies; local and state 

leaders; schools; or other partner 

organizations) to conduct investigations 

of suicide. Supporting rapid 

investigations to inform the 

implementation of effective suicide 

prevention strategies is one of the most 

important ways CDC can serve to 

protect and promote the health of the 

public. Prior to this information 

collection request, CDC had collected 

data for a suicide investigation via the 

OMB-approved Emergency Epidemic 

Investigations (EEI) generic information 

collection plan (OMB Control Number 

0920–1011; expiration date 3/31/2020), 

which supported data collections for 

Epi-Aid investigations. However, this 

mechanism is no longer available for 

rapid suicide responses due to the 

narrowing in scope of that generic. CDC 

requests a three-year approval of a 

generic information collection plan that 

allows for rapid response to urgent CDC 

assistance requests to investigate an 

apparent and unexplained potential 

cluster or increase in suicidal behavior. 

CDC designed the Rapid Response 

Suicide Investigation Data Collections 

specifically to inform the 

implementation of prevention strategies 

in a state, county, community, or 

vulnerable population where a possible 

suicide cluster or increasing trend has 

been observed. CDC will not use this 

generic information collection plan to 

conduct research studies or to collect 

data designed to draw conclusions 

about the United States or areas beyond 

the defined geographic location or 

vulnerable population that is the focus 

of the investigation. 

These public health data are used by 

external partners (e.g., local, state, 

territory, and tribal health authorities; 

other federal agencies; local and state 

leaders; schools; or other partner 

organizations) to identify, prioritize, and 

implement strategies to prevent suicidal 

behavior and suicide. 

Rapid Response Suicide Investigation 

Data Collections methods will vary and 

depend on the unique circumstances of 

the urgent and rapid response and 

objectives determined by CDC. 

Investigations may use descriptive and/ 

or cohort- or case-control designs. Data 

collection modes may include: (a) 

Archival record abstraction; (b) face-toface interview; (c) telephone interview; 

(d) web-based questionnaire; (e) selfadministered questionnaire; and (f) 

focus groups. CDC will likely employ 

multiple data collection designs and 

modes in a single investigation. The 

subpopulation will vary and depend on 

the unique circumstances of the Rapid 

Response Suicide Investigation Data 

Collections. 

Requests for assistance may include a 

state, county, community, or vulnerable 

population. Suicide rates are increasing 

across age-groups and vulnerable 

populations, include, but are not limited 

to, youth, middle-aged adults, active 

duty service personnel, veterans, and 

American Indian/Alaska Native 

communities. Investigations likely will 

often require collection of information 

from 10 or more respondents. The data 

analytic approach for the Rapid 

Response Suicide Investigation Data 

Collection will vary and depend on the 

objectives and methods of the 

investigation. 

Multiple analytical strategies are 

likely to be employed in a single 

investigation. This may include 

descriptive analyses, logistic regression, 

and temporal and spatial cluster 

analyses. The goal of the analyses is to 

inform suicide prevention strategies by 

understanding (a) significant increases 

in fatal or nonfatal suicidal behavior; (b) 

the risk factors associated with trends of 

fatal or nonfatal suicidal behavior; (c) 

the groups most affected (e.g., gender, 

age, location in community or state); 

and (d) current risk and protective 

factors and prevention opportunities. 

The total estimated annualized burden 

for this collection is 1,000 hours. The 

only cost to respondents will be time 

spent responding to the surveys. 

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) 

Rapid Response Suicide Investigation Data Collection Participants.Rapid Response Suicide Investigation Data Collection Instruments.2,000 1 30/60 1,000 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,000 

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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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 

has submitted the information 

collection request titled ‘‘Childhood 

Blood Lead Surveillance (CBLS) and 

Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and 

Surveillance (ABLES)’’ to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. CDC previously 

published a ‘‘Proposed Data Collection 

Submitted for Public Comment and 

Recommendations’’ notice on April 6, 

2017 to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. CDC did 

not receive comments related to the 

previous notice. This notice serves to 

allow an additional 30 days for public 

and affected agency comments. 

CDC will accept all comments for this 

proposed information collection project. 

The Office of Management and Budget 


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is particularly interested in comments 

that: 

(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. Direct 

written comments and/or suggestions 

regarding the items contained in this 

notice to the Attention: CDC Desk 

Officer, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 17th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 

395–5806. Provide written comments 

within 30 days of notice publication. 

Proposed Project 

Childhood Blood Lead Surveillance 

(CBLS) and Adult Blood Lead 

Epidemiology and Surveillance 

(ABLES)—New—National Center for 

Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Over the past several decades, there 

have been substantial efforts in 

environmental lead abatement, 

improved protection from occupational 

lead exposure, and a reduction in the 

prevalence of population blood-lead 

levels (BLLs) over time. U.S. population 

BLLs have substantially decreased over 

the last four decades. For example, the 

CDC has reported the 1976–1980 U.S. 

BLL mean in children, 6 months to 5 

years, as 16.0 micrograms per deciliter 

(mg/dL); and among adults, 18 to 74 

years, as 14.1 mg/dL. More recently, the 

CDC reported the 2009–2010 U.S. BLL 

geometric means among children, 1 to 5 

years, and among adults, 20 years and 

older, as 1.2 mg/dL. Despite the 

reduction in the overall population BLL 

over four decades, lead exposures 

continue to occur at unacceptable levels 

for individuals in communities and 

workplaces across the nation. As of 

2015, both the National Center for 

Environmental Health (NCEH) and the 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH) define 

elevated BLLs as greater than or equal 

to 5 mg/dL for individuals of all ages. 

NCEH is leading this new three-year 

information collection project that 

covers two CDC information collections, 

one for childhood blood lead 

surveillance by NCEH and another for 

adult blood lead surveillance by NIOSH. 

Thus, blood lead surveillance over the 

human lifespan is covered under this 

single ICR, specifically for children, less 

than 16 years, through the NCEH 

Childhood Blood Lead Surveillance 

(CBLS) Program, and for adults, 16 years 

and older, through the NIOSH Adult 

Blood Epidemiology and Surveillance 

(ABLES) Program. 

The goal of the NCEH CBLS Program 

is to support blood lead screening and 

to promote primary prevention of 

exposure to lead. Also, the CBLS 

Program supports secondary prevention 

of adverse health effects when lead 

exposures occur in children through 

improved program management and 

oversight in respondent jurisdictions. 

This new information collection 

project will cover the NCEH Fiscal Year 

2017 (FY17) three-year cooperative 

agreement, titled ‘‘Lead Poisoning 

Prevention—Childhood Lead Poisoning 

Prevention—financed partially by 

Prevention and Public Health Funds’’ 

(Funding Opportunity Announcement 

[FOA] No. CDC–RFA–EH17–1701– 

PPHF17). The first year of this new 

program, with 48 awardees, will run 

concurrently with the final and fourth 

budget year for ‘‘PPHF 2014: Lead 

Poisoning Prevention—Childhood Lead 

Poisoning Prevention—financed solely 

by 2014 Prevention and Public Health 

Funds’’ (FOA No. CDC–RFA–EH14– 

1408PPHF14). The information 

collection project titled ‘‘Healthy Homes 

and Lead Poisoning Surveillance 

System (HHLPSS)’’ (OMB Control 

Number 0920–0931; expiration date 

05/31/2018) is funded by an existing 

four-year FY14 cooperative agreement 

with up to 40 awardees. Returning 

awardees will submit childhood blood 

lead surveillance data under HHLPSS 

for the final year of the FY14 program, 

and then will continue to submit data 

for the second year of the FY17 program 

under this new project. 

New FY17 awardees will submit 

CBLS data only under this new 

information collection project. NCEH is 

requesting approval for the following 

differences for the new program: (1) 

Clarifying awardees’ procedures for data 

delivery into the CBLS system; and (2) 

revising the CBLS Variables forms to 

remove healthy homes variables. Based 

on available FY17 funds, NCEH is also 

requesting the following: (3) Increasing 

the number of potential NCEH 

respondents from 40 to 48; and (4) 

increasing the NCEH annual time 

burden from 640 to 760 hours. 

On a quarterly basis, CDC anticipates 

that up to 47 CBLS respondents will 

submit quarterly text files of individual 

blood lead test records. Based on 

experience, CDC also anticipates that 

one awardee will report quarterly 

aggregated records to CBLS. The 

estimated annual time burden for NCEH 

CBLS is 760 hours. 

The goal of the NIOSH Adult Blood 

Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance 

(ABLES) Program is to build state 

capacity for adult blood lead 

surveillance programs to measure trends 

in adult blood lead levels and to prevent 

lead over-exposures. CDC is taking this 

opportunity to provide the public with 

a detailed description of the NIOSH 

ABLES information collection. 

Previously, ABLES was included but 

not fully described in the HHLPSS 

information collection request (OMB 

Control Number 0920–0931; expiration 

date 05/31/2018). To correct for this 

omission, NIOSH is requesting approval 

for the following: (1) Providing a 

detailed description of the authority and 

scope of the ABLES information 

reporting procedures; (2) adding 40 

NIOSH respondents to the burden table; 

and (3) adding 280 hours for the NIOSH 

annual time burden. Once approved in 

this new information collection request, 

CDC will submit a revision request to 

remove the description of the ABLES 

Program from the existing HHLPSS 

project. 

On an annual basis, and in addition 

to a brief narrative report of notable lead 

surveillance activities in the past year, 

NIOSH gives ABLES respondents the 

option to report either individual adult 

case blood lead results or aggregate 

counts of adult blood lead test results. 

NIOSH anticipates that 80 percent of 

state programs will send case records 

and 20 percent will send aggregate 

records. The estimated annual time 

burden for NIOSH ABLES is 280 hours. 

In total, CDC is requesting approval 

for a total annual time burden of 1,040 

hours. CDC defines respondents as State 

or local health departments, or their 

Bona Fide agents, with lead poisoning 

prevention programs. 


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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

State or Local Health Departments, or their 

Bona Fide Agents.

Childhood Blood Lead Surveillance (CBLS 

Variables—Text Files.

47 4 4 

State or Local Health Departments, or their 

Bona Fide Agents.

CBLS—Aggregate Records Form .................. 1 4 2 

State or Local Health Departments, or their 

Bona Fide Agents.

Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES) Case Records Form and 

Brief Narrative Report.

32 1 8 

State or Local Health Departments, or their 

Bona Fide Agents.

ABLES Aggregate Records Form and Brief 

Narrative Report.

8 1 3 

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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Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations—Assessments To 

Inform Program Refinement for HIV, 

Other STD, and Pregnancy Prevention 

Among Middle and High-School Aged 

Youth 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice; Correction. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) requested 

publication of a document in the 

Federal Register. Document 2017– 

24317, Proposed Data Collection 

Submitted for Public Comment and 

Recommendations—Assessments to 

Inform Program Refinement for HIV, 

other STD, and Pregnancy Prevention 

among Middle and High-School Aged 

Youth, has been scheduled to publish 

on November 8, 2017. The document 

provided the incorrect docket number 

(CDC–2018–0093). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leroy Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, 

MS D–74, Atlanta, GA 30333; telephone 

(404) 639–4965; email: omb@cdc.gov. 

Correction 

Correct the docket number to read: 

[Docket No. CDC–2017–0093] 

Dated: November 3, 2017. 

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 

[30Day–18–17AMO] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 

has submitted the information 

collection request titled ‘‘Assessment of 

Ill Worker Policies Study’’ to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. CDC previously 

published a ‘‘Proposed Data Collection 

Submitted for Public Comment and 

Recommendations’’ notice on July 14, 

2017 to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. CDC did 

not receive comments related to the 

previous notice. This notice serves to 

allow an additional 30 days for public 

and affected agency comments. 

CDC will accept all comments for this 

proposed information collection project. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

that: 

(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. Direct 

written comments and/or suggestions 

regarding the items contained in this 

notice to the Attention: CDC Desk 

Officer, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 17th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 

395–5806. Provide written comments 

within 30 days of notice publication. 

Proposed Project 

Assessment of Ill Worker Policies 

Study—New—National Center for 

Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) is requesting a new 

three-year OMB clearance to conduct 

information collection entitled 

‘‘Assessment of Ill Worker Policies 

Study.’’ CDC’s National Center for 

Environmental Health implements the 

Environmental Health Specialists 

Network (EHS-Net) program, which 

conducts studies to identify and 

understand environmental factors 

associated with foodborne illness 

outbreaks and other food safety issues 

(e.g., ill food workers). These data are 


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