Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
| Published date | 18 March 2022 |
| Citation | 87 FR 15425 |
| Record Number | 2022-05759 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Agency For Toxic Substances And Disease Registry,Health And Human Services Department |
Federal Register, Volume 87 Issue 53 (Friday, March 18, 2022)
[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15425-15427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05759]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[60Day-22-0060; Docket No. ATSDR-2022-0002]
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).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
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 Assessment of Environmental
Health and Land Reuse Certification Training. This certification is a
joint collaboration between ATSDR and the National Environmental Health
Association (NEHA) that is designed to increase participant awareness
and knowledge, skills and feedback on environmental health and land
reuse.
DATES: ATSDR must receive written comments on or before May 17, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. ATSDR-
2022-0002 by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
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Clifton Road NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. ATSDR 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7118; Email:
[email protected].
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;
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; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Assessment of Environmental Health and Land Reuse Certification
Training (OMB Control No. 0923-0060, Exp. 08/31/2022)--Revision--Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
Background and Brief Description
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is
requesting a three-year Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance for a
Revision of an information collection request (ICR) titled
Environmental Health and Land Reuse Certification Training (OMB Control
No. 0923-0060, Exp. Date 08/31/2022).
This certification is a joint collaboration between ATSDR and the
National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) under a cooperative
agreement. ATSDR and NEHA are co-producing the certification, which is
geared toward NEHA members and ATSDR stakeholders who are environmental
professionals, primarily local and state health agency employees, but
also planners, environmental consultants, environmental non-profits,
and students in environmental science, environmental/public health, and
planning. The certification goals and course objectives are:
To increase participant awareness and knowledge of
environmental health and land reuse,
To increase skills and capacity of participants to engage
in environmental health and land reuse work, and
To assess participant feedback and assessment of their own
increased awareness, skills, and knowledge in environmental health and
land reuse.
Due to the prevalence of potentially contaminated land reuse sites
such as brownfields, the certificate program and training modules focus
on increasing skills in land reuse and redevelopment through the
integration of epidemiology, risk assessment, risk communication, and
toxicology concepts and resources. The certification is offered in two
modes. The certificate registration and training is hosted on NEHA's
existing online Learning Management System, which hosts a variety of
certificate and credentialing courses. In addition, ATSDR's National
Land Reuse Health Program offers registration and maintains a classroom
version of the training for learners who prefer virtual/classroom
instruction or who may have limited broadband. NEHA will verify and
issue continuing education (CE) credits for the EHLR Certificate for
both online and classroom courses.
ATSDR plans to eliminate the currently approved one-time collection
of feedback within 6-12 months after participation as of 08/31/2022.
This follow-up survey was designed to evaluate the subsequent use of
the certificate program training materials and resources to build
capacity, and skills in environmental health and land reuse (EHLR). The
follow-up survey will be discontinued because the training course
content has been successfully established based on the feedback
received to date.
Additional revisions are also needed. Initially, the training was
to be administered under the CDC Training and Continuing Education
Online (TCEO) system (see ``Application for Training'' [OMB Control No.
0920-0017, Exp. Date 04/30/2022]). ATSDR has decided to transition the
administration of the online course to NEHA. This revision ICR will add
the following information collections: Online and classroom
registration, and pre- and post-tests and self-assessments for each of
the five modules: Engaging with Your Community, Evaluating
Environmental and Health Risks, Communicating Environmental and Health
Risks to the Community, Redesigning with Health in Mind, and Measuring
Success. In addition, course evaluations for each module will be added
for online training only. ATSDR and NEHA will share this information to
make improvements to both the online and the classroom modules.
In the past 16 months, ATSDR and NEHA have enrolled 1,135 online
participants (n=71 per month). Extrapolating this average over 12
months yields an estimated annual enrollment of 852 online
participants. Likewise, ATSDR has enrolled approximately 100
participants per year for classroom learning. For burden hour
estimation, we make a simplifying assumption that all students have
completed all modules, pre- and post-tests, self-assessments, and
evaluations (for online participants). In reality, the certification is
self-paced, and participants are in varying stages of completion toward
certification.
ATSDR and NEHA are also planning a third mode of instruction for
supplemental ``EHLR Immersive Training'' in three new modules:
Community engagement, evaluation of environmental and health risks, and
risk communication. This training will be offered as a face-to-face
classroom course at environmental conferences to those who have
completed the prerequisite EHLR online or classroom certification.
Should COVID-19 affect live training, ATSDR may consider delivering the
immersive training virtually.
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Regarding the supplemental immersive training, ATSDR estimates that
125 conference attendees will meet the prerequisite certification
requirement and will register for the training through a conference
portal. They will be asked to complete a self-assessment for each
module to be submitted toward additional CE credits and to receive the
supplemental certification.
ATSDR plans an annual enrollment of 1,077 participants, which is an
increase of 877 participants over the previously approved 200
participants. Participation in this information collection is voluntary
and there is no cost to respondents other than their time. CDC requests
OMB for an estimated 2,424 annual burden hours.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hr) (in hr)
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Environmental Health EHLR 852 1 3/60 43
Professionals and Affiliates. Registration
(online).
Module 1 Pre- 852 1 10/60 142
Test (online).
Module 1 Post- 852 1 15/60 213
Test and Self-
assessment
(online).
Module 1 852 1 5/60 71
Evaluation
(online).
Module 2 Pre- 852 1 10/60 142
Test (online).
Module 2 Post- 852 1 15/60 213
Test and Self-
assessment
(online).
Module 2 852 1 5/60 71
Evaluation
(online).
Module 3 Pre- 852 1 10/60 142
Test (online).
Module 3 Post- 852 1 15/60 213
Test and Self-
assessment
(online).
Module 3 852 1 5/60 71
Evaluation
(online).
Module 4 Pre- 852 1 10/60 142
Test (online).
Module 4 Post- 852 1 15/60 213
Test and Self-
assessment
(online).
Module 4 852 1 5/60 71
Evaluation
(online).
Module 5 Pre- 852 1 10/60 142
Test (online).
Module 5 Post- 852 1 15/60 213
Test and Self-
assessment
(online).
Module 5 852 1 5/60 71
Evaluation
(online).
EHLR 100 1 3/60 5
Registration
(classroom).
Module 1 Pre- 100 1 10/60 17
Test
(classroom).
Module 1 Post- 100 1 15/60 25
Test and Self-
assessment
(classroom).
Module 2 Pre- 100 1 10/60 17
Test
(classroom).
Module 2 Post- 100 1 15/60 25
Test and Self-
assessment
(classroom).
Module 3 Pre- 100 1 10/60 17
Test
(classroom).
Module 3 Post- 100 1 15/60 25
Test and Self-
assessment
(classroom).
Module 4 Pre- 100 1 10/60 17
Test
(classroom).
Module 4 Post- 100 1 15/60 25
Test and Self-
assessment
(classroom).
Module 5 Pre- 100 1 10/60 17
Test
(classroom).
Module 5 Post- 100 1 15/60 25
Test and Self-
assessment
(classroom).
Immersive 125 1 3/60 6
Training
Registration
(conference).
Module 1 Self- 125 1 15/60 10
assessment
(conference).
Module 2 Self- 125 1 15/60 10
assessment
(conference).
Module 3 Self- 125 1 15/60 10
assessment
(conference).
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 2,424
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2022-05759 Filed 3-17-22; 8:45 am]
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