Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,

[Federal Register: September 1, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 169)]

[Notices]

[Page 46455-46456]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

[DOCID:fr01se98-73]

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30 DAY-19-98]

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 Projects

  1. Contents of a Request of Health Hazard Evaluation (0920-0102)-- Extension

    In accordance with its mandates under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) responds to approximately 400 requests for health hazard evaluations each year to identify potential chemical, biological or physical hazards at the workplace. A NIOSH form is available for requesting these health hazard evaluations. This form provides the mechanism for employees, employers, and other authorized representatives to supply the information required by the regulations which govern the NIOSH health hazard evaluation program (42 CFR 85.3-1). The information provided is used by NIOSH to determine whether or not there is reasonable cause to justify conducting an investigation. The main purpose of investigations conducted in the health hazard evaluation program is to help employers and employees identify and eliminate occupational health hazards. Without the information requested on this form, NIOSH would be unable to perform its legislated function of conducting health hazard

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    evaluations in workplaces. The total annual burden is 80.

    No. of

    No. of

    responses/ Avg. burden/ Total burden Respondents

    respondents respondent (in response (in (in hrs.) hrs.)

    hrs.)

    Employees and Representatives...................

    260

    1

    .2

    52 Employers.......................................

    140

    1

    .2

    28

  2. The National Death Index (NDI) (0920-0215)--Extension

    A service of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), that assists health and medical researchers to determine the vital status of their study subjects. The NDI is a national data base containing identifying death record information submitted annually to NCHS by all the state vital statistics offices, beginning with deaths in 1979. Searches against the NDI file provide the states and dates of death and the death certificate numbers of deceased study subjects. With the recent implementation of the NDI Plus service, researchers now have the option of also receiving cause of death information for deceased subjects, thus reducing the need to request copies of death certificates from the states. The NDI Plus option currently provides the ICD-9 codes for the underlying and multiple causes of death for the years 1979-1996. The five administrative forms are completed by health researchers in government, universities, and private industry in order to apply for NDI services and to submit records of study subjects for computer matching against the NDI file. The total annual burden hours are 227.

    No. of Avg. burden/

    Respondents

    No. of

    responses/ response (in Total burden respondents respondents

    hrs.)

    (in hrs.)

    Government researchers..........................

    48

    1

    1.89

    90.8 University researchers..........................

    60

    1

    1.89

    113.5 Private industry researchers....................

    12

    1

    1.89

    22.7

    Charles W. Gollmar, Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

    [FR Doc. 98-23393Filed8-31-98; 8:45 am]

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