E9-21915. Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

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Proposed Project

Tremolite Asbestos Registry (TAR)—Extension—Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).

Background and Brief Description

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) requests an extension of data collection and procedures for the previously approved Tremolite Asbestos Registry (TAR) project for an additional three years. ATSDR is mandated pursuant to the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and its 1986 Amendments, the Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act (SARA), to establish and maintain national registries of persons who have been exposed to hazardous substances in the environment and national registries of persons with illnesses or health problems resulting from such exposure. In 2003, ATSDR created the Tremolite Asbestos Registry (TAR) as a result of this legislation in an effort to provide scientific information about potential adverse health effects people develop as a result of exposure to the amphibole fibers that are found in vermiculite mined from Libby, Montana. The purpose of the TAR is to improve communication with people at risk for developing asbestos-related diseases subsequent to exposure to Libby amphibole and to support research activities related to TAR registrants. The TAR is currently composed of information about former vermiculite workers, the people that lived with them during their tenure as vermiculite workers (i.e., the workers' household contacts), and people who participated in screening programs funded by ATSDR conducted in Libby and other sites that received Libby vermiculite. TAR participants are interviewed to collect information on exposure pathways, tobacco use, and health outcomes. The standardized TAR survey is administered using a computer-assisted personal interview instrument.

The number of annual respondents will vary little from year to year. We anticipate that 500 persons per year could be added during each of the next 3 years in addition to the 4,500 registrants already enrolled. These newly enrolled respondents will be interviewed using the Baseline interview instrument. Optimally, one third of the follow-up interviews will be conducted each year for the next three years using the Follow-up interview instrument. The maximum burden for the baseline survey is 30 minutes and 20 minutes for the follow-up survey.

There is no cost to registrants. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 750.

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours

Type of respondents	Data collection instruments	Number of respondents	Number responses per respondent	Average burden per response (in hours)
Persons exposed	Baseline TAR Questionnaire	500	1	30/60
	Follow-up TAR questionnaire	1,500	1	20/60

Dated: September 3, 2009.

Maryam I. Daneshvar,

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.