[Federal Register: June 28, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 125)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-02-64]

 
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)498-1210.
    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. Send comments to Anne O'Connor, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: A and B Reader Surveys--New--National Institute 
for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).
    Since 1970, under the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations [42 CFR 37], 
screening chest radiographic examinations have been provided to 
underground miners at approximate five-year intervals. As part of the 
mandated Coal Workers' X-ray Surveillance Program (CWXSP), the NIOSH B 
Reader Program requires x-ray classification by physicians who have 
demonstrated proficiency in the International Labour Office (ILO) 
radiographic classification system. Competence in the ILO system is 
demonstrated by physicians who have completed a NIOSH approved 
educationalseminar (A Reader) or have passed the NIOSH B Reader 
certification examination (B Reader). The ILO has recently completed a 
revision of its radiographic classification system (ILO 2000) that will 
soon be published. As a result,modifications of the B Reader 
examinations and related training activities and materials will be 
needed. These revisions provide an opportunity to evaluate the current 
B Reader Program by surveying A and B Readers. The survey responses 
from these physicians will be used to develop a workshop agenda and 
contract specifications to improve the B Reader Program. There are no 
costs to respondents.

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                                                                  Number of       Avg. burden/
                  Respondents                     Number of       responses/     response  (in   Total burden in
                                                 respondents      respondent         hrs.)            hours
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Physicians/B Reader...........................       531                    1            10/60          89
Physicians/Former B Reader....................       333                    1            10/60          56
Physicians/A Reader...........................      2834                    1            10/60         472
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    Dated: June 21, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-16303 Filed 6-27-02; 8:45 am]
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