Notices. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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BILLING CODE 4150-45-M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day-08-08AO] Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations 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 404-639-5960 and send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to *omb@cdc.gov.* 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. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice. Proposed Project Children's Peer Relations and the Risk for Injury at School—New—National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention (CCEHIP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description Injuries are responsible for more deaths than all other causes combined for people under 19. In 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)estimated that, annually, one in four children sustain an injury severe enough to warrant medical care, school absence, or bed rest. An investigation of modifiable risk factors for childhood injuries is necessary to improve the health of children. The Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention at the CDC will investigate the relation between children's social behaviors and experiences at school and school injuries. Peer nominated and teacher rated social behaviors will be collected and compared to injury rates measured in the school health room of 3rd-5th graders at one public elementary school with an ethnically diverse and lower socioeconomic status student body. From this data, a behavioral risk profile for injury will be derived. By learning which children are at risk based on various behavioral characteristics, successful secondary injury prevention strategies may be targeted when resources do not allow universal prevention. The main hypothesis of the study is that children with maladaptive behaviors and social experiences (e.g., aggression, bullying, social withdrawal, peer rejection) will be more at risk for injury than their well-adapted peers. Information collected will include one-time peer nominations of social behaviors and peer relationships and one-time teacher report data of children's behavior that will reflect children's behavior across a school year as well as injury event reports from that school year as determined by school health room visits for injury. Injury event reports will be compiled by the school health room aide. By learning about risk factors for injuries at school, interventions may be created, which can reduce the burden of injuries to children and the disruption to children's classroom time, and may even impact the amount of time parents must take off from work to pick up their children. There is no cost to respondents except for their time. Estimated Annualized Burden Hours Respondents Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Average burden per response (in hours) Total burden (in hours) Teachers 11 1 3 33 School Health Room Aide 1 1 30 30 Students 276 1 45/60 207 Total 270 Dated: February 5, 2008. Maryam I. Daneshvar, Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E8-2585 Filed 2-12-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Docket Number NIOSH-126] Notice of Public Meeting and Availability for Public Comment AGENCY: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). SUMMARY: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)announces the following meeting and request for public comment on the Emergency Preparedness and Response Research Portfolio. The document and instructions for submitting comments can be found at *http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/review/public/126/.* Comments may be given orally at the following meeting, as well as provided to the NIOSH Docket Office. *Public Meeting Time and Date:* 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., March 25, 2008. *Place:* Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis HWY, Arlington, Virginia 22202. *Purpose of Meeting:* NIOSH has developed strategic goals to address important issues surrounding the health and safety of emergency responders. The full list of goals can be accessed through the NIOSH Web site at: *http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/programs/epr/goals.html.* The eight overarching goals are: 1. SAFETY CLIMATE: Improve the organization of emergency response work to reduce exposure to risks and to enhance the health and safety of emergency responders. 2. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE): Improve PPE assortment, proper selection and wear, and decontamination. 3. ENGINEERING/TECHNOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS AND CONTROLS: Improve engineering controls, technology, and tools to minimize responders' exposures to hazards associated with chemical, biological, radiation or nuclear (CBRN), toxic industrial compound (TIC), and other hazardous materials. 4. CHARACTERIZATION/ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL HAZARDS: Develop methods to evaluate the spatial and temporal distribution of gases, vapors, and aerosols, as well as liquids or particulates associated with surface contamination. 5. SUBGROUP-SPECIFIC STRATEGIES: Improve subgroup awareness, develop targeted messages, and expand subgroup-preferred channels. 6. SURVEILLANCE: Develop surveillance reporting systems to improve emergency responder safety and health through the systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of exposure, hazard, injury, and illness data. 7. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY: Improve the understanding of environmental microbiology of threat agents, including environmental factors that influence the introduction, spread, and control of these agents. 8. ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF TERRORISM AGENTS: Improve the identification and characterization of terror agents to reduce exposures to response and remediation workers. Stakeholders are encouraged to review the strategic goals on the NIOSH Web site ( *http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/programs/epr/goals.html* ) in order to prepare their comments/feedback around the following topics to be discussed. Written responses can be submitted in person at the meeting or by emailing *nioshdocket@cdc.gov.* Please reference Docket Number NIOSH-126 in your response. • Give your opinion about the top three goals needed to improve the safety and health of emergency responders. • Discuss why these are the top goals. Address any obstacles in achieving these goals. • Talk about how research can help the nation address the top goals that you have identified. Provide a couple of examples of research ideas for each of your top goals identified. • Discuss opportunities you see on the horizon that could lead to improvements in emergency responder safety and health. Please include as much information as might be useful for understanding the safety or health research priority you identify. Such information could include characterization of the frequency and severity with which the injury, illness, or hazardous exposure is occurring and of the factors you believe might be causing the health or safety issue. Input is also requested on the types of research that you believe might make a difference and which partners (e.g., specific industry associations, labor organizations, research organizations, government agencies) should be involved in informing research efforts and solutions. *Status:* The public meeting is open to everyone, including all workers, professional societies, organized labor, employers, researchers, health professionals, government officials, and elected officials. The public meeting will address priorities for emergency preparedness and response research during both morning and afternoon public comment periods. Participants are invited to speak for 5 minutes about the discussion topics listed above. Participants may register to speak during either the morning or afternoon session, though they are encouraged to stay for both sessions. Broad participation is desired. All participants are requested to register for the free meeting by e-mailing *nioshdocket@cdc.gov* or on site the day of the meeting, space permitting. Participants wishing to speak are encouraged to register early. This meeting is open to the public, limited only by the space available. *Background:* The mission of the NIOSH Emergency Preparedness and Response
(EPR)Program portfolio is to advance research and collaborations to protect the health and safety of emergency response providers and recovery workers by preventing diseases, injuries, and fatalities in anticipation of and during responses to natural and man-made disasters and novel emergent events. The EPR Program research portfolio cuts across the eight sectors that are the focus of the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA). NORA is a partnership program to stimulate innovative research and improved workplace practices. Unveiled in 1996, NORA has become a research framework for NIOSH and the nation. Diverse parties collaborate to identify the most critical issues in workplace safety and health. *Public Comment Period:* Those unable to attend the public meeting may submit input to the NIOSH Docket Office within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice in the **Federal Register** . Reference NIOSH Docket 126 in comments. *Contact Person for Technical Information:* Dr. Renee Funk, EPR Portfolio Coordinator at
(404)498-2499 or e-mail *rfunk@cdc.gov.* Comments may be e-mailed to *nioshdocket@cdc.gov* or sent via postal mail to: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NIOSH Docket-126, Robert A. Taft Laboratories (C-34), 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226. *Additional Information:* A limited number of rooms have been reserved in the same hotel as the meeting for participants who require lodging for the night of March 24th. Please contact the hotel reservations desk for rooms under “NIOSH Town Hall Meeting” by the March 3rd deadline at
(703)418-7233. *Reference:* More information about NIOSH/EPR can be found on the NIOSH Web page at: *http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/programs/epr/.* Dated: February 5, 2008. James D. Seligman, Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E8-2743 Filed 2-12-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-19-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request *Title:* Community Based Child Abuse Prevention Program (CBCAP). *OMB No.:* 0970-0155. *Description:* The Program Instruction, prepared in response to the enactment of the Community-Based Grants for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (administratively known as the Community Based Child Abuse Prevention Program, (CBCAP), as set forth in Title II of Pub. L. 108-36, Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Amendments of 2003, and in the process of reauthorization, provides direction to the States and Territories to accomplish the purposes of
(1)supporting community-based efforts to develop, operate, expand, and where appropriate to network, initiatives aimed at the prevention of child abuse and neglect, and to support networks of coordinated resources and activities to better strengthen and support families to reduce the likelihood of child abuse and neglect, and;
(2)fostering an understanding, appreciation, and knowledge of diverse populations in order to be effective in preventing and treating child abuse and neglect. This Program Instruction contains information collection requirements that are found in (Pub. L. 108-36) at sections 201; 202; 203; 205; 206; 207; and pursuant to receiving a grant award. The information submitted will be used by the agency to ensure compliance with the statute, complete the calculation of the grant award entitlement, and provide training and technical assistance to the grantee. *Respondents:* State Governments. Annual Burden Estimates Instrument Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Average burden hours per response Total burden hours Application 52 1 40 2,080 Annual Report 52 1 24 1,248 Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,328. *Additional Information:* Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the title of the information collection. E-mail address: *infocollection@acf.hhs.gov* . *OMB Comment:* OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document in the **Federal Register** . Therefore, a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 202-395-6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families. Dated: February 6, 2008. Robert Sargis, Reports Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 08-630 Filed 2-12-08; 8:45 am]
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