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PUBLIC SUBMISSION

As of: 11/9/16 1:16 PM
Received: November 09, 2016
Status: Posted
Posted: November 09, 2016
Tracking No. 1k0-8sxs-9b88
Comments Due: December 30, 2016
Submission Type: Unknown

Docket: CDC-2016-0103
“Understanding the Needs, Challenges, Opportunities, Vision and Emerging Roles in
Environmental Health (UNCOVER EH)” 0920-17BX
Comment On: CDC-2016-0103-0001
“Understanding the Needs, Challenges, Opportunities, Vision and Emerging Roles in
Environmental Health (UNCOVER EH)” 0920-17BX 2016-26248
Document: CDC-2016-0103-0002
“Understanding the Needs, Challenges, Opportunities, Vision and Emerging Roles in
Environmental Health (UNCOVER EH)” 0920-17BX Re public comment on federal register
GOVT AGENCIES ACTING AS DESTROYERS OF RESOURCES

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Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 3:21 PM
To: OMB-Comments (CDC); vicepresident@whitehouse.gov;
info@taxpayer.net; media@cagw.org;
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Subject: Re: public comment on federal register GOVT AGENCIES ACTING AS
DESTROYERS OF RESOURCES
the negigent, dcd as usual has failed to list this public cmoment situation on regulations.gov, i
went there
today before writing this email and as usual, this lax negligent agency has failed to list this so
that the
public is sent on a wild goose chase to regulatoins.gov looking for plce to comment when therre
is none
there becuase this agency has failed to fulfill its obligation to put it ther.
this agency is the pits. they are sto stupid and lax and negin this agency. they are sneaky too.
they hide
ouit from the public. the public has many many questions to ask them and these lax negligent

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workers
hide out and will n ot be questioned by people who have studied their issues as much as they
have. if
they did come out of the shadow, these cdc fat cat bureaucrats would be shown up for the
corrupt group
they are. they are responsible for this flu/vaccine epidemic causing autism. this agency flubs up
so very
very often. tis happens with regulations. gov many many many times. what is wrong with the
brains of
these people. they cant understand that the public needs to have it put in regulatoins.gov?
as far as this collection. it appears to be totally unnecessary expenditrue of taxpayer dollars. if
the enviro
person workin the health dept when you send to the health dept simply ask for the enviro person
to fill it
out. dont need a whole collection of their names in oirder to get this information. this is junst
unnecessary
bureaucracy and waste of tax dollare. this commetn is for the public record. please receipt. b ker
bk1492@aol.com

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 210 (Monday, October 31, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75405-75406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office
[www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26248]

----------------------------------------------------------------------DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-17-17BX; Docket No. CDC-2016-0103]

Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
----------------------------------------------------------------------SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part

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of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection entitled ``Understanding the Needs, Challenges,
Opportunities, Vision and Emerging Roles in Environmental Health
(UNCOVER EH).'' The purpose of the data collection is to collect
information from the health department environmental health (EH)
workforce to determine demographics, education/training, experience,
areas of practice, and current and future needs to address emerging
environmental issues.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before December 30,
2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-20160103 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MSD74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.

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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; (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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technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of
operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide
information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose
or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and
utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting,
validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining
information, and disclosing and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to
search data sources, to complete and review the collection of
information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Proposed Project
Understanding the Needs, Challenges, Opportunities, Vision and
Emerging Roles in Environmental Health (UNCOVER EH)--NEW--National
Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The environmental health (EH) workforce is an essential component
of the public health workforce. According to recent health department
surveys, EH professionals are employed at approximately 85% of local
health departments, 81% of state health departments, and 30% of tribal
health departments. Describing and characterizing the EH workforce is
essential to identifying gaps in staffing, training, and ultimately
ensuring EH professionals are prepared to meet future challenges.
CDC seeks OMB approval for a one-time, one-year information
collection designed to thoroughly describe the health department EH
workforce on: (1) The current supply of EH professionals; (2) EH
workforce demographics and professional roles; (3) gaps in current EH
education and competencies and training needs; and (4) critical skills
and resources needed to meet the evolving and emerging EH issues and
challenges. This information will benefit the government and other
entities by providing essential data to inform and support workforce

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development activities and initiatives and understand areas of practice
and where gaps may exist in capacity to address current EH issues and
future challenges.
The respondent universe will be the estimated 20,000 EH
professionals working within health departments. They will be
enumerated and recruited by identifying a point of contact in each
state, local, tribal, and territorial health department from whom a
roster of EH professionals will be requested. A list of respondents and
their business email addresses will be generated and used for
recruitment and survey administration. Any contact information
collected will be related to the respondents' role in the organization.
Participation will be voluntary.
Data will be collected one time from a census of members of the
public health department EH workforce using a web-based survey
instrument. The UNCOVER EH Survey will take approximately 30 minutes to
complete per respondent, and it will take approximately 5 minutes for
health department administrative staff to compile EH workforce names
and email addresses into the Health Department Roster.
There will be no cost to respondents other than their time. The
requested time burden is 10,269 hours.
Estimated
Annualized Burden Hours
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name
respondents responses per response (in (in hrs.)
respondent hrs.)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Health Department EH Administrative Staff...... Health Department
Roster............... 3,231 1 5/60
269
Health Department EH Professionals............. UNCOVER EH
Survey...................... 20,000 1 30/60
10,000
--------------------------------------------------------------Total......................................
....................................... .............. ..............
.............. 10,269
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-26248 Filed 10-28-16; 8:45 am]
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