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The additional burden to these and will therefore already be collecting the demonstration programs. There is no
respondents will be small, since CDC these types of data. Data collection for cost to respondents other than their
will only select programs that are both patient-level and program-level time.
already performing some CRC screening, data will continue over the 3 years of

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Number of re- Average burden
Number of Number of Total burden
Form sponses per re- per response
respondents* times per year (in hours)
spondent (in hours)

Patient-level clinical data ......................................... 3 70 4 25/60 350

Annual program-level data ....................................... 3 1 1 25/60 1.25

Total .................................................................. .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... 351.25

* Respondents are cooperative agreement recipients

Dated: May 26, 2005. is necessary for the proper performance and addresses goals of CDC’s ‘‘HIV
Betsey Dunaway, of the functions of the agency, including Prevention Strategic Plan Through
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for whether the information shall have 2005’’. CDC plans to meet specific goals
Disease Control and Prevention. practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the by (1) decreasing the number of persons
[FR Doc. 05–10950 Filed 6–1–05; 8:45 am] agency’s estimate of the burden of the at high risk of acquiring or transmitting
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P proposed collection of information; (c) HIV infection; (2) increasing the
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and proportion of HIV-infected persons who
clarity of the information to be know they are infected; (3) increasing
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND collected; and (d) ways to minimize the the number of HIV-infected persons
HUMAN SERVICES burden of the collection of information who are linked to appropriate
on respondents, including through the prevention, care, and treatment services;
Centers for Disease Control and use of automated collection techniques and (4) strengthening the capacity
Prevention or other forms of information nationwide to monitor the HIV
[60 Day-05–05CH) technology. Written comments should epidemic. In addition, project data will
be received within 60 days of this provide important epidemiologic
Proposed Data Collections Submitted notice. information useful for the development
for Public Comment and Proposed Project and targeting of future HIV prevention
Recommendations activities.
Epidemiologic HIV/AIDS Research
In compliance with the requirement among African American and Hispanic A sample of 2000 female study
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Women at Risk for HIV Infection in the participants (500 per site) will be
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for Southern United States and Puerto recruited directly from specific venues
opportunity for public comment on Rico—New—National Center for HIV/ (e.g health clinics, etc.), by word of
proposed data collection projects, the AIDS, STD and TB Prevention mouth, and through other site
Centers for Disease Control and (NCHSTP), Centers for Disease Control designated strategies. They will receive
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic and Prevention (CDC). HIV and STI counseling and testing and
summaries of proposed projects. To respond to a one-time computerized
request more information on the Background and Brief Description questionnaire capturing information on
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of CDC is requesting OMB approval to demographics, risk behaviors, attitudes
the data collection plans and administer a questionnaire and test for and knowledge related to HIV/STD
instruments, call 404–371–5983 and HIV and other sexually transmitted transmission and prevention. The
send comments to Seleda Perryman, infections (STI) in heterosexual African testing and interview will take
CDC Assistant Reports Clearance American and Hispanic women at four approximately 1 hour to complete for
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, sites in the southern United States and those who agree to participate in the
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to Puerto Rico. This proposed data study and 10 minutes to complete for
omb@cdc.gov. collection will occur over 3 years. those who decline to enroll. There is no
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether This study is designed to assess risk cost to respondents except for their
the proposed collection of information factors for HIV infection in these women time.

ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Number of
Number of Burden per Total burden
Respondents respondents per
respondents response hours
respondent

Women—screening interview .................................................................. 3460 1 10/60 577

Women—completed interview ................................................................. 2000 1 1 2000

Total .................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... .......................... 2577

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Dated: May 26, 2005. Proposed Project restricted workspace with reduced
Betsey Dunaway, Reduce Injury & Musculoskeletal visibility. The restricted mine work
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disorder (MSD) Risk from Human- environment puts the operators and/or
Disease Control and Prevention. Machine Interaction—New—National helpers in awkward postures for jobs
[FR Doc. 05–10951 Filed 6–1–05; 8:45 am] Institute for Occupational Safety and that require fast reactions to avoid being
BILLING CODE 4163–18–M Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease struck by the moving machine.
Control and Prevention (CDC). Restricted visibility due to the nature of
underground mine environments and
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Background and Brief Description
low lighting conditions further
HUMAN SERVICES The Federal Mine Safety & Health Act complicates the job. If not controlled
of 1977, Section 501, enables CDC/ from the machine cab, a machine
Centers for Disease Control and NIOSH to carry out research relevant to
Prevention operator typically walks in front of or
the health and safety of workers in the behind their machine using a remote
[60Day–05–05CB] mining industry. The objective of this control. Unfortunately during the job,
project is to investigate the hazards in operators have the tendency to step
Proposed Data Collections Submitted underground mines associated with the
for Public Comment and beside their moving machine for a better
work environment and mobile face
Recommendations view, placing them in a dangerous
equipment. Ultimately, this project will
location. The Mine Safety and Health
In compliance with the requirement show miners how to reduce the
likelihood of these hazards through Administration accident data from 1999
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the to 2003 indicate that the coal industry
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for human factors, design considerations
and/or engineering interventions. The averages 7,438 incidents per year. Of
opportunity for public comment on
specific aims of this study are to (1) that total, 18% or an average of 1,312
proposed data collection projects, the
determine face equipment risk to the incidents per year involved mobile face
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic operator, (2) define the information cues equipment that includes continuous
summaries of proposed projects. To operators need to perform their job miners, roof support machines, and
request more information on the tasks, (3) identify the types of changes haulage vehicles for underground
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of operators could make to reduce their mines. A substantial proportion (91%)
the data collection plans and exposure from each of the of the 1,312 incidents reported included
instruments, call 404–371–5983 and environmental hazards that affect their accident types that occurred while
send comments to Seleda Perryman, safety. moving the equipment.
CDC Assistant Reports Clearance Operating large face equipment is one The purpose of this study is to
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, of the most basic yet dangerous determine which mechanisms cause
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to elements of underground mining
injuries to operators of mobile face
omb@cdc.gov. operations. A typical room-and-pillar
equipment and find new ways to reduce
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether mining operation involves removal of a
injuries, work-related musculoskeletal
the proposed collection of information 10-ft section of coal and loading it onto
haulage machines, backing the cutting disorders, and accidents. Industry
is necessary for the proper performance
equipment (continuous miner) out and participation will help researchers in
of the functions of the agency, including
re-entering the section to remove and their study to improve the health and
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the load an additional 10-ft section of coal safety of employees in the mining
agency’s estimate of the burden of the to produce a 20-ft wide entry. After industry, specifically those who operate
proposed collection of information; (c) removing a section of the coal seam, the and maintain mobile face mining
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and continuous miner is moved to another equipment. The information for this
clarity of the information to be location and roof support equipment is study will be collected by conducting
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the moved into the mined section to install one-on-one structured interviews with
burden of the collection of information roof supports to secure sections of approximately 5 managers and 15
on respondents, including through the unsupported roof. Every time the work continuous miner operators at each of
use of automated collection techniques sequence for a new entry is completed, 10 mines located throughout the major
or other forms of information moving (tramming) vehicles to the next coal producing regions of the U.S. This
technology. Written comments should work location pose hazards to the survey will last less than 1 year. There
be received within 60 days of this operator and their helpers. Tramming will be no cost to respondents other
notice. face equipment is usually done in than their time.

ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Number of re- Average burden
Number of re- Total burden
Respondents sponses per per response
spondents (in hours)
respondent (in hours)

Mine management (5 persons from 10 mines) ....................................... 50 1 30/60 25

Continuous miner operators (15 persons from 10 mines) ...................... 150 2 45/60 225

Total .................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... .......................... 250

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