[Federal Register: October 7, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 194)]
[Notices]
[Page 60156]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-04-04KL]
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 404-498-1210 or
send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E11, 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
Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net)--New--National
Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
CDC is requesting OMB approval for a data collection system that
will assist public health officials to better identify and assess
environmental factors contributing to foodborne outbreaks and the
prevention efforts needed to reduce or ameliorate these events. The
Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) Environmental
Evaluation System data collection is a standardized survey instrument
developed by CDC in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) and the EHS-Net participating states--California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, and
Tennessee. The instrument is for use in non-regulatory environmental
evaluations. It has been pilot tested in the EHS-Net states.
The eight states in the pilot testing phase used the EHS-Net survey
instrument to collect environmental information from two groups of
restaurants: those associated with foodborne outbreaks and those that
were not. The survey instrument collects information about the
restaurant's food safety policies and procedures and also includes
direct observations of food preparation and handling practices, and
food worker behaviors.
CDC will evaluate the data collected in these eight pilot states to
further refine and improve the EHS-Net data collection instrument and
methodology. Once this evaluation is completed, the EHS-Net data
collection instrument and methodology will be made available to all
public health officials in the United States who wish to use the system
to identify and assess environmental factors in food establishments
that contribute to foodborne illness; and to evaluate the effectiveness
of existing prevention measures including food-handling practices,
policies, and other control measures. There are no costs to
respondents.
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Number of Average burden Total annual
Respondents Number of responses per per response burden (in
respondents respondent (in hours) hours)
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One Public Health Official per State............ 50 56 6 16,800
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Total....................................... 50 .............. .............. 16,800
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Dated: October 1, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-22551 Filed 10-6-04; 8:45 am]
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