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needs of these organizations to

adequately evaluate the

implementation, progress and process of

the National Family Caregiver Support

Program, Title III–E of the Older

Americans Act (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.),

as amended by the Older Americans Act

Amendments of 2000 (Pub.L. 106–501).

AoA and Generations United will use

this data to plan technical assistance to

these organizations in the forthcoming

year. The data will also be used by the

AoA to evaluate and describe all

projects funded by this initiative and

address the program’s evaluation and

Government Performance and Results

Act (GPRA) requirements. Findings will

be used to manage the program and

better target future activities.

Frequency: One-time survey

administered by Generations United.

Respondents: State Units on Aging,

Area Agencies on Aging, Tribal and

Native Organizations, Primary Health

Care Centers.

Estimated Number of Responses:

1600.

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 10

minutes/organization × 1600

organizations = 267 hours.

Additional Information or Comments:

The Administration on Aging plans to

submit to the Office of Management and

Budget for approval a one-time survey

to identify organizations providing

services to grandparents and other

relative caregivers of children to design

technical assistance to those

organizations. Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 60 days of the publication of this

Notice directly to the following address:

Office of Program Development,

Administration on Aging, Attention:

Rick Greene, 330 Independence Avenue,

SW., Rm 4748, Washington, DC 20201.

Dated: December 17, 2001.

Josefina G. Carbonell,

Assistant Secretary for Aging.

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[30DAY–03–02]

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork

Reduction Act Review

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of

information collection requests under

review by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance

Officer at (404) 639–7090. Send written

comments to CDC, Desk Officer, Human

Resources and Housing Branch, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503. Written

comments should be received within 30

days of this notice.

Proposed Project

Hanford Birth Cohort Study—New—

The Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry (ATSDR) is mandated

pursuant to the 1980 Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

(CERCLA) and its 1986 Amendments,

the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), to prevent or

mitigate adverse human health effects

and diminished quality of life resulting

from the exposure to hazardous

substances into the environment. This

legislation was, in part, in response to

the lack of scientific information about

potential adverse health effects resulting

from exposure of a general population to

hazardous substances. Although

environmental exposures have been

documented at many hazardous waste

sites in the United States, most existing

data are for occupational exposures.

However, environmental exposure of a

general population is more likely to

include exposure of vulnerable

subpopulations (e.g., pregnant women,

children, elderly, and the infirm).

ATSDR plans activities to address these

issues which include conducting health

studies at sites on the Environmental

Protection Agency’s (EPA) National

Priorities List (NPL) to determine

whether and to what degree exposure to

hazardous substances at these sites are

harmful to human health.

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation, in

south central Washington State, is on

EPA’s National Priorities List. Between

1944 when it opened until its closing in

1972, radioactive Iodine was released to

the air from chemical separation

facilities funded to produce plutonium

for atomic weapons. The Hanford

Environmental Dose Reconstruction

Project (HEDR) estimates that the

majority of releases of Iodine-131

occurred between 1944 and 1951.

Broad-based scientific studies indicate

that exposure to radioactive materials

(including Iodine-131), may be

associated with an increased risk of

developing autoimmune or

cardiovascular diseases. Children up to

five years of age may be at higher risk

than the general population of

developing these diseases after

exposure.

The objective of the Hanford Birth

Cohort Study is to compare information

on the rates of autoimmune and

cardiovascular disease among a

population exposed to radioactive

contaminants during 1945–1951 and the

rates of a less-exposed comparison

population. This study may have

applicability to other sites where

exposure to radioactive contaminants

has occurred.

ATSDR currently has underway an

information collection at the Hanford

Nuclear Reservation to develop

educational materials and interventions

related to thyroid disease for

individuals exposed to I–131 as young

children—the Hanford Community

Health Project (OMB No. 0923–0031).

This Hanford Birth Cohort Study is a

separate project which will collect

information on rates of autoimmune and

cardiovascular disease among the

selected population. Integral to

designing this project, ATSDR reviewed

the work of the National Cancer

Institute’s (NCI) Committee on Exposure

of the American People to I–131 from

the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests as well

as the NCI’s report titled ‘‘Exposure of

the American People to IODINE–131

from Nevada Nuclear-Bomb Tests.’’

In another ATSDR project (OMB No.

0923–0006), approximately 6,000

people were located who were born

between 1940 and 1951 in three highexposed counties nearest the Hanford

site (Benton, Franklin, and Adams). For

the currently proposed study, ATSDR

will randomly select and interview up

to 1,000 individuals from this entire

birth cohort of 15,001 (including the

6,000 people who were previously

located). The comparison population

will include a random selection of 1,000

persons born in three low-exposed

counties located farther away from the

Hanford site (San Juan, Whatcom, and

Mason).

To reduce the amount of time

required by the respondents, Computer

Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI)

will be conducted. Following

completion of all respondent interviews,

the data will be tabulated and analyzed

(the high exposed group will be

compared with the low exposed group).

The information collected in this

proposed study will provide reliable

baseline information on the incidence of

autoimmune and cardiovascular

diseases as related to exposure to

releases from the Hanford facility and

will also provide the information

needed to generate appropriate and

valid hypotheses for future activities,

such as other epidemiologic studies.

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The total estimated annualized burden

hours are 1025.

Type of

respondents

Number of

respondents

Number of responses per

respondent

Avg. burden

per response

(in hrs.)

High Exposed Population ............................................................................................................ 1,000 1 25/60

Screening .............................................................................................................................. 1,150 1 5/60

Low Exposed Population ............................................................................................................. 1,000 1 25/60

Screening .............................................................................................................................. 1,150 1 5/60

Dated: December 14, 2001.

Nancy E. Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy,

Planning, and Evaluation, Centers for Disease

Control, and Prevention.

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Advisory Committee to the Director,

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention: Meeting

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463), the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the following

Advisory Committee meeting.

Name: Advisory Committee to the Director,

CDC.

Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m., January

18, 2002.

Place: Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention Headquarters, 1600 Clifton Road,

Building 2, Auditorium B, Atlanta, Georgia

30333.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available. The meeting room

accommodates approximately 50 people.

Purpose: The committee will anticipate,

identify, and propose solutions to strategic

and broad issues facing CDC.

Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will

include updates from Dr. Jeffrey P. Koplan,

M.D., M.P.H., Director, CDC, regarding CDC’s

building and facility master plan and the

current CDC Director’s priorities with

discussions of program activities including

updates from Advisory Committee

workgroups and updates on CDC scientific

and programmatic activities.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE

INFORMATION: Kathy Cahill, Executive

Secretary, Advisory Committee to the

Director, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S

D–24, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Telephone

404/639–7060.

The Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office, has been delegated the

authority to sign Federal Register notices

pertaining to announcements of meetings and

other committee management activities, for

both the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: December 17, 2001.

John Burckhardt,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention.

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Advisory Board on Radiation and

Worker Health: Meeting

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC)

announces the following committee

meeting.

Name: Advisory Board on Radiation and

Worker Health (ABRWH).

Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.,

January 22, 2002.

8 a.m.–4:30 p.m., January 23, 2002.

Place: Holiday Inn on the Hill, 415 New

Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20001,

telephone 202/638–1616, fax 202/347–1813.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available. The meeting room

accommodates approximately 50 people.

Background: The Advisory Board on

Radiation and Worker Health (the Board) was

established under the Energy Employees

Occupational Illness Compensation Program

Act of 2000 to advise the President on a

variety of policy and technical functions

required to implement and effectively

manage the new compensation program. Key

functions of the Board include providing

advice on the development of probability of

causation guidelines which are being

promulgated by Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS), advice on methods of

dose reconstruction which have been

promulgated as an interim final rule,

evaluation of the validity and quality of dose

reconstructions conducted by the National

Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

(NIOSH) for qualified cancer claimants, and

advice on the addition of classes of workers

to the Special Exposure Cohort.

In December 2000, the President delegated

responsibility for funding, staffing, and

operating the Board to HHS, which

subsequently delegated this authority to the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC). NIOSH implements this responsibility

for CDC. The charter was signed on August

3, 2001, and in November 2001, the President

completed the appointment of an initial

roster of 10 Board members. The initial tasks

of the Board will be to review and provide

advice on the proposed and interim rules of

HHS.

Purpose: This board is charged with (a)

providing advice to the Secretary, HHS, on

the development of guidelines under

Executive Order 13179; (b) providing advice

to the Secretary, HHS, on the scientific

validity and quality of dose reconstruction

efforts performed for this Program; and (c)

upon request by the Secretary, HHS, advise

the Secretary on whether there is a class of

employees at any Department of Energy

facility who were exposed to radiation but for

whom it is not feasible to estimate their

radiation dose, and on whether there is

reasonable likelihood that such radiation

doses may have endangered the health of

members of this class.

Matters to be Discussed: Agenda for this

meeting will focus on member orientation

and include briefings by NIOSH, CDC

Committee Management Office, Office of the

General Counsel and/or Office of

Government Ethics. The Board will also

review, evaluate, and comment on the rule

on probability of causation.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE

INFORMATION:

Larry Elliott, Executive Secretary, ABRWH,

NIOSH, CDC, 4676 Columbia Parkway,

Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone 513/841–

4498, fax 513/841–4470.

The Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office, has been delegated the

authority to sign Federal Register notices

pertaining to announcements of meetings and

other committee management activities for

both the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: December 17, 2001.

John Burkhardt,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention .

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