[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 9997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5802]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-96-11]
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 the CDC Reports
Clearance Officer on (404) 639-3453.
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 for other
forms of information technology. Send comments to Wilma Johnson, CDC
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA
30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Projects
1. Tuberculosis in Children--New--The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention,
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Surveillance Epidemiologic
Investigations Branch will be conducting a study for the purpose of
performing research concerning the epidemiology of TB in children,
including children co-infected with the human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV). The study will involve the following modules: 1) the
epidemiology, magnitude and risk factors for TB in children, including
HIV-infected children; 2) studies of the diagnosis of TB in children,
and 3) reducing the risk of nosocomial transmission of TB in pediatric
settings. The total cost to respondents and government is estimated at
$138,000.
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No. of Avg. burden/ Total
Respondents No. of responses/ response burden (in
respondents respondent (in hrs.) hrs.)
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Positive Tuberculin Skin Testing Form....................... 100 1 0.33 33
Negative Tuberculin Skin Testing Form....................... 200 1 0.33 66
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Total................................................... ........... ........... ........... 99
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Dated: March 6, 1996.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
\1\ Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th
Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
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[FR Doc. 96-5802 Filed 3-11-96; 8:45 am]
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