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was a successful collaboration between 

California Department of Public Health, 

the Mariposa County Health 

Department, and CDC, which helped 

characterize the impacts of drought in 

Mariposa County as well as actions 

households have taken. These results 

were useful in allocating resources for 

response to the drought and in 

strengthening the emergency 

preparedness capacity of Mariposa 

County. The 2016 West Virginia Flood 

CASPERs assessed household disaster 

preparedness, access to health care, 

health impacts due to flood damage, 

health information sources, and stage of 

disaster recovery. Approval of this 

revised generic information collection 

plan will allow CDC to continue to 

provide low-cost, household-based 

information about a community’s needs 

and health status in a simple, easy-tounderstand format for decision makers 

during public health emergencies. 

Based on the experience of the past 

three years, NCEH requests changes to 

this generic information collection plan 

to reduce the number of CASPERs 

conducted annually, reduce the number 

of referral forms completed, and update 

respondent costs to reflect wage data 

from 2015. The revised estimated 

burden is based on conducting 6 

emergency CASPERs per year, 

interviewing 210 households (the 

respondents) per CASPER, and 

completing 24 referral forms per year. 

The total burden requested for this 

generic information collection plan is 

631 hours from 1,284 respondents (see 

table below). This is a reduction in 

burden of 946 hours from the previously 

approved generic information collection 

plan. There is no cost 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) 

Households in the selected geographic area 

to be assessed.

CASPER Questionnaire ................................. 1,260 1 30/60 

Households in the selected geographic area 

to be assessed.

Referral Form ................................................. 24 1 2/60 

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–18–18CV; Docket No. CDC–2017– 

0102] 

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 effort to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

government information, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies the opportunity to comment on 

a proposed and/or continuing 

information collection, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

This notice invites comment on a 

proposed information collection project 

titled ‘‘Rapid Response Suicide 

Investigation Data Collection.’’ CDC will 

use information collected to respond to 

urgent requests for CDC assistance. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before January 8, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2017– 

0102 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, without 

change, all relevant comments to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: Submit all comments 

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 the OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that will help: 

1. 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; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. 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 submissions 

of responses. 

5. Assess information collection costs. 


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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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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–18–17ZX] 

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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