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ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Avg. Burden
per response
(in hrs.)

Total burden
(in hrs.)

Form name

Petitioners .........................................

Form A—42 CFR 83.9 .....................
Form B—42 CFR 83.9 .....................
42 CFR 83.9 .....................................

5
8
1

1
1
1

3/60
5
6

1
40
6

42 CFR 83.18 ...................................

4

1

45/60

3

Authorization Form—42 CFR 83.7 ..

5

1

3/60

1

...........................................................

........................

........................

........................

51

Petitioners using a submission format other than Form B (as permitted by rule).
Petitioners Appealing final HHS decision (no specific form is required).
Claimant authorizing a party to submit petition on his/her behalf.
Total ...........................................

Dated: March 21, 2013.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI),
Office of the Associate Director for Science
(OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.

technology. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Preventive Health and Health Services
Block Grant (OMB No. 0920–0106, exp.
7/31/2013)—Revision—National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–13–0106)

Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations

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Number of
responses per
respondent

Number of
respondents

Type of respondents

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 404–639–7570 or send
comments to Ron A. Otten, 1600 Clifton
Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or
send an email 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

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Background and Brief Description
The Preventive Health and Health
Services (PHHS) Block Grant program
was established to provide awardees
with a source of flexible funding for
health promotion and disease
prevention programs. Currently, 61
awardees (50 states, the District of
Columbia, two American Indian Tribes,
and eight U.S. territories) receive Block
Grants to address locally-defined public
health needs in innovative ways. Block
Grants allow awardees to prioritize the
use of funds and to fill funding gaps in
programs that deal with the leading
causes of death and disability. Block
Grant funding also provides awardees
with the ability to respond rapidly to
emerging health issues, including
outbreaks of diseases or pathogens. The
PHHS Block Grant program is
authorized by sections 1901–1907 of the
Public Health Service Act.
CDC currently collects information
from Block Grant awardees to monitor
their objectives and activities
(Preventive Health and Health Services
Block Grant, OMB No. 0920–0106, exp.
7/31/2013). Each awardee is required to
submit an annual application for
funding (Work Plan) that describes its
objectives and the populations to be
addressed, and an Annual Report that
describes activities, progress toward
objectives, and Success Stories which
highlight the improvements Block Grant
programs have made and the value of
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submitted electronically through the
web-based Block Grant Information
Management System (BGMIS).
The Work Plan and Annual Report are
designed to help Block Grant awardees
attain their goals and to meet reporting
requirements specified in the program’s
authorizing legislation. Each Work Plan
objective is defined in SMART format
(Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Realistic and Time-based), and includes
a specified start date and end date.
Block Grant activities adhere to the
Healthy People (HP) framework
established by the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS). The current
version of the BGMIS associates each
awardee-defined activity with a specific
HP National Objective, and identifies
the location where funds are applied. In
this Revision request, the CDC Block
Grant program office has replaced the
Healthy People 2010 objectives with
Healthy People 2020 objectives and
updated the BGMIS to enhance the
number of objectives that grantees can
use to describe their funded activities.
At this time, the BGMIS does not collect
data related to performance measures,
but a future information collection
request may outline additional reporting
requirements related to performance
measures.
CDC requests OMB approval to
continue the Block Grant information
collection for three years (through 8/31/
2016). CDC will continue to use the
BGMIS to monitor awardee progress,
identify activities and personnel
supported with Block Grant funding,
conduct compliance reviews of Block
Grant awardees, and promote the use of
evidence-based guidelines and
interventions. There are no changes to
the number of respondents or the
estimated annual burden per
respondent. There are no changes to
BGMIS data elements other than
changes related to HP 2020 objectives
and enhancements. The Work Plan and
the Annual Report will be submitted

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annually. The estimated burden per
response for the Work Plan is 20 hours

awardees. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time.

and the estimated burden per response
for the Annual Report is 15 hours.
Participation in this information
collection is required for Block Grant

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Total burden
(in hours)

Form name

Block Grant Awardees ......................

Work Plan .........................................
Annual Report ..................................

61
61

1
1

20
15

1,220
915

Total ...........................................

...........................................................

........................

........................

........................

2,135

Dated: March 21, 2013.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI),
Office of the Associate Director for Science
(OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30Day-13–0849]

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of
information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). To request a copy of these
requests, call (404) 639–7570 or send an
email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written
comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395–5806.
Written comments should be received
within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
School Dismissal Monitoring System
(OMB Control No. 0920–0849
Expiration 5/31/2013)—Revision—
National Center Emerging and Zoonotic
Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
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burden per
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Number of
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Number of
respondents

Type of respondents

Background and Brief Description
In the spring of 2009, the beginning of
H1N1 influenza pandemic, illness
among school-aged students (K–12) in
many states and cities resulted in at
least 1,351 school dismissals due to
rapidly increasing absenteeism among
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impacted at least 824,966 students and
53,217 teachers. During that time, the
U.S. Department of Education (ED) and
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) received numerous
daily requests about the overall number
of school dismissals nationwide and the
number of students and teachers
impacted by the school dismissals. CDC
and ED recognized the importance of
having a mechanism in place to collect
this information and gauge the impact of
school dismissals during the pandemic.
Although an informal process was put
in place in conjunction with ED to track
school closures, there was no formal
monitoring system established.
Consequently, CDC and ED launched
the School Dismissal Monitoring System
to track reports of school closures
during public health emergencies and
generate accurate, real-time, national
summary data daily on the number of
closed schools and the number of
students and teachers impacted by the
dismissals. The system, initially
approved under OMB Control No. 0920–
0008, Emergency Epidemic
Investigations, facilitates CDC’s and
ED’s efforts to track implementation of
CDC pandemic guidance, characterize
factors associated with differences in
morbidity and mortality due to
pandemic influenza in the schools and
surrounding communities, and describe
the characteristics of the schools
experiencing outbreaks as well as
control measures undertaken by those
schools. In the fall of 2009, CDC’s
School Dismissal Monitoring System
detected 1,947 school dismissals
impacting approximately 623,616
students and 40,521 teachers
nationwide. These data were used
widely throughout the U.S. Government
for situational awareness and
specifically at CDC to assess the impact
of CDC guidance and community
mitigation efforts in response to the
2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.
The purpose of this monitoring
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accurate, real-time, national summary
data daily on the number of school
dismissals and the number of students
and teachers impacted by the dismissals
due to public health emergencies. This
collection request includes dismissals
initiated for infectious disease outbreaks
or weather related events when school
dismissals are recommended by federal,
state or local public health authorities.
Respondents for this data collection are
individuals representing schools, school
districts, and public health agencies.
CDC has determined that the
information to be collected is necessary
to study the impact of a public health
emergency as it relates to community
mitigation activities. The information
has been used to help understand how
CDC’s guidance on school dismissals
has been implemented at the state and
local levels nationwide and to help
determine how this guidance might be
more helpful in the future.
Respondents are required to identify
their respective institutions by
providing non-sensitive information, to
include the name and zip code of
schools and school districts and their
dates of closure, as well as reason for
the dismissal (due to illness rates among
students and staff or pre-emptive to
slow the spread of infection). The
respondents have the option of
providing their position titles, phone
number of the institution they represent,
and email address. The estimates for
burden hours are derived from the 627
total number of reported closures during
the fall in 2009. We have multiplied that
number by four as an estimate for a
calendar year. Respondents are
providing this information as public
health and education officials and
representatives of their agencies and
organizations and not as private
citizens. The data collection does not
involve personally identifiable
information and should have no impact
on an individual’s privacy. There is no
cost to respondents other than their

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