[Federal Register: December 11, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 238)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-04-15]

 
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 Seleda Perryman, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E-11, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: Surveillance for Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in 
Recreational Fishers Utilizing Texas Gulf Coast Oil Rigs--New--National 
Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).
    This public health surveillance activity will quantify the scope of 
ciguatera poisonings in the recreational fishing community of coastal 
Texas. The Texas Department of Health has received reports of 
ciguatera-toxic fish caught on Texas offshore oil rigs, but anecdotal 
reports to researchers at the University of Texas suggest that the 
incidence of ciguatera fish poisoning is greater than what has been 
reported to the Texas Department of Health. We propose to conduct 
surveillance activities to identify the prevalence of ciguatera fish 
poisoning in Texas Gulf Coast oil rigs. This study will provide 
critical data in guiding efforts to characterize the scope of ciguatera 
poisonings, to identify risk factors, and to prevent an emerging 
illness associated with reef ecosystems.
    A questionnaire will be administered over a one-year period to 
recreational spear-fishers and to hook-and-line anglers who have 
consumed fish caught on the reef ecosystems off the Texas gulf coast. 
There is no cost to respondents.

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Respondent                        Number of      responses/     per  response   Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Texas Saltwater Fishers.........................             500               1           20/60             167
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             167
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    Dated: December 4, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-30679 Filed 12-10-03; 8:45 am]

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