Federal Register: December 27, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 249)
DOCID: FR Doc 02-32658
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
DOCUMENT ID: [60Day-03-27]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Agency information collection activities:
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer on (404) 4981210.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Send comments to Anne O'Connor, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MSD24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project: National Coal Workers' Autopsy Study (NCWAS) Consent Release and History Form 09200021ExtensionNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Background
Under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1977, Pub. L. 91173 (amended the Federal Coal Mine and Safety Act of 1969), the Public Health Service has developed a nationwide autopsy program (NCWAS) for underground coal miners. The NCWAS is a service program to aid surviving relatives in establishing eligibility for black lung compensation. The Consent Release and History Form is primarily used to obtain written authorization from the nextofkin to perform an autopsy on the deceased miner. Because a basic reason for the postmortem examination is research (both epidemiological and clinical), a minimum of essential information is collected regarding the deceased miners, including occupational history and smoking history. The data collected will be used by the staff at NIOSH for research purposes in defining the diagnostic criteria for coal workers' pneumoconiosis (black lung) and pathologic changes that will be correlated with xray findings.
It is estimated that only 5 minutes is required for the pathologist
to put a statement on the invoice affirming that no other compensation
is received for the autopsy. From past experience, it is estimated that
15 minutes is required for the nextofkin to complete the Consent
Release and History Form. Since an autopsy report is routinely
completed by a pathologist, the only additional burden is the specific
request of abstraction of the terminal illness and final diagnosis
relating to pneumoconiosis. Therefore, only 5 minutes of additional
burden is estimated for the autopsy report. There are no costs to respondents.
Averagae
Number of Number of burden/ Total burden
Respondents respondents responses/ response (in (in hrs.)
respondent hrs.)
Pathologist Invoice............................. 50 1 5/60 4.2
Pathologist Report.............................. 50 1 5/60 4.2
NextofKin..................................... 50 1 15/60 12.5
Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 20.9 [[Page 79107]]
Dated: December 20, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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SUMMARY:
Proposed collection; comment request,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer on (404) 4981210.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Send comments to Anne O'Connor, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MSD24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project: National Coal Workers' Autopsy Study (NCWAS) Consent Release and History Form 09200021ExtensionNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Background
Under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1977, Pub. L. 91173 (amended the Federal Coal Mine and Safety Act of 1969), the Public Health Service has developed a nationwide autopsy program (NCWAS) for underground coal miners. The NCWAS is a service program to aid surviving relatives in establishing eligibility for black lung compensation. The Consent Release and History Form is primarily used to obtain written authorization from the nextofkin to perform an autopsy on the deceased miner. Because a basic reason for the postmortem examination is research (both epidemiological and clinical), a minimum of essential information is collected regarding the deceased miners, including occupational history and smoking history. The data collected will be used by the staff at NIOSH for research purposes in defining the diagnostic criteria for coal workers' pneumoconiosis (black lung) and pathologic changes that will be correlated with xray findings.
It is estimated that only 5 minutes is required for the pathologist
to put a statement on the invoice affirming that no other compensation
is received for the autopsy. From past experience, it is estimated that
15 minutes is required for the nextofkin to complete the Consent
Release and History Form. Since an autopsy report is routinely
completed by a pathologist, the only additional burden is the specific
request of abstraction of the terminal illness and final diagnosis
relating to pneumoconiosis. Therefore, only 5 minutes of additional
burden is estimated for the autopsy report. There are no costs to respondents.
Averagae
Number of Number of burden/ Total burden
Respondents respondents responses/ response (in (in hrs.)
respondent hrs.)
Pathologist Invoice............................. 50 1 5/60 4.2
Pathologist Report.............................. 50 1 5/60 4.2
NextofKin..................................... 50 1 15/60 12.5
Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 20.9 [[Page 79107]]
Dated: December 20, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 0232658 Filed 122602; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 416318P