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Proposed Project
Menthol-Flavored Tobacco Products
Policy Evaluation—New—National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) is submitting this new
information collection request (ICR) for
an evaluation of local policies
restricting the sale of menthol and other
flavored tobacco products on outcomes
such as menthol-flavored tobacco
product use, any tobacco use, quit rates,
and product switching behaviors. The
evaluation will also study the impact
community education efforts associated
with the flavored tobacco product sales
restriction policies have on individuals’

research on local tobacco policies
indicates they are effective at limiting
the availability of policy-restricted
products, there is a lack of information
on the policies’ potential impact on
tobacco use behaviors (e.g., product
switching behavior, online purchasing).
There have been no other evaluation
data collection efforts conducted on this
topic to date, nor does the information
to be collected exist in any existing
centralized data source. Each data
collection tool submitted through this
package has a distinct purpose with no
overlap across other tools or data
collection efforts.
OMB approval is requested for three
years. The total annualized burden
hours is 3047 hours. There are no costs
to respondents other than their time to
participate.

awareness of the policies and
perceptions about the harms of tobacco
use. This evaluation seeks to explore the
effects of the policies on racial and
ethnic groups (American Indian or
Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African
American, Native Hawaiian or Other
Pacific Islander, and Hispanic or Latino
populations), and lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, queer, and/or questioning
(LGBTQ+) communities specifically, as
these populations are known to use
menthol-flavored tobacco products at a
higher prevalence than other
populations and may therefore be most
affected by policies addressing mentholflavored tobacco use. Understanding
how the aforementioned policies impact
menthol-flavored tobacco product use
may help to inform public health
activities and decisions regarding
tobacco control. Although some

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents

Average
burden per
response
(in hr)

Total
burden
(in hr)

Form name

General population ............................
Individuals in racial and ethnic
groups.
LGBTQ+ individuals ..........................
General population ............................
Individuals in racial and ethnic
groups.
LGBTQ+ individuals ..........................
General population ............................

Survey Screener Questionnaire .......
Survey Screener Questionnaire .......

9875
1500

1
1

2/60
2/60

329
50

Survey Screener Questionnaire .......
Community Web-Panel Survey ........
Community Web-Panel Survey ........

1,125
4050
600

1
1
1

2/60
30/60
30/60

38
2025
300

Community Web-Panel Survey ........
Focus Group Screener Questionnaire.
Focus Group Screener Questionnaire.
Focus Group Screener Questionnaire.
Community Focus Group .................
Community Focus Group .................

450
34

1
1

30/60
3/60

225
2

33

1

3/60

2

33

1

3/60

2

25
25

1
1

60/60
60/60

25
25

Community Focus Group .................
..........................................................

25
........................

1
........................

60/60
........................

25
3047

Individuals in racial and ethnic
groups.
LGBTQ+ individuals ..........................
General population ............................
Individuals in racial and ethnic
groups.
LGBTQ+ individuals ..........................
Total ...........................................

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Public Health Ethics and
Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–24–1050; Docket No. CDC–2024–
0062]

Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
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Number of
responses per
respondent

Type of respondent

Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:

The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public

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burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
a continuing information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This notice invites
comment on a proposed information
collection project titled CDC/ATSDR
Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery. The information collection
activities provide a means to garner
qualitative customer and stakeholder
feedback in an efficient, timely manner,
in accordance with the Federal
Government’s commitment to
improving service delivery.

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CDC must receive written
comments on or before November 4,
2024.

DATES:

You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2024–
0062 by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE, MS H21–8, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
www.regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
(www.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 Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS
H21–8, 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 the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments that will help:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;

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3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
CDC/ATSDR Generic Clearance for
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery (OMB
Control No. 0920–1050, Exp. 6/30/2025)
— Extension — Office of Science (OS),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The information collection activities
associated with this Generic Clearance
provide a means to garner qualitative
customer and stakeholder feedback in
an efficient, timely manner, in
accordance with the Federal
Government’s commitment to
improving service delivery. Customers
of CDC services will give qualitative
feedback information that provides
useful insights on perceptions and
opinions, but are not statistical surveys
that yield quantitative results that can
be generalized to the population of
study. Feedback from respondents will
provide insights into customer or
stakeholder perceptions, experiences
and expectations, provide an early
warning of issues with service, or focus
attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between
CDC and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target
areas such as: timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of
information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of
issues with service delivery. Responses
will be assessed to plan and inform
efforts to improve or maintain the
quality of service offered to the public.
If this information is not collected, vital
feedback from customers and
stakeholders on CDC’s services will be
unavailable.
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Generic clearance mechanism if it meets
the following conditions:
• The collection is voluntary;
• The collection is low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden-hours per
respondent) and are low-cost for both
the respondents and the Federal
Government;
• The collection is non-controversial
and does not raise issues of concern to
other Federal agencies;
• The collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future;
• Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is not retained;
• Information gathered is intended to
be used only internally for general
service improvement and program
management purposes and is not
intended for release outside of the
agency (if released, the agency must
indicate the qualitative nature of the
information);
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information (the collection
will not be designed or expected to
yield statistically reliable results or used
as though the results are generalizable to
the population of study).
Feedback collected under this CDC
Generic Clearance provides useful
information, but it does not yield data
that can be generalized to the overall
population. This type of Generic
Clearance for qualitative information
will not be used for quantitative
information collections that are
designed to yield reliably actionable
results, such as monitoring trends over
time or documenting program
performance. Such data uses require
more rigorous designs that address: (1)
the target population to which
generalizations will be made; (2) the
sampling frame; (3) the sample design
(including stratification and clustering);
(4) the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size; (5) the expected response
rate; (6) methods for assessing potential
non-response bias; (7) the protocols for
data collection; and (8) any testing
procedures that were or will be
undertaken prior to fielding the study.
Depending on the degree of influence
the results are likely to have, such
collections may still be eligible for
submission for other Generic Clearance

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mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
As a general matter, individual
information collections will not result
in any new system of records containing
privacy information and will not ask

questions of a sensitive nature, such as
sexual behavior and attitudes, religious
beliefs, and other matters that are
commonly considered private. Based on
the number of burden hours used during
the previous approval period and the

number of respondents involved in this,
and other expiring collections, CDC
requests OMB approval for an estimated
22,250 annual burden hours. There are
no costs to respondents other than their
time to participate.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of respondent

Individuals and Households, Businesses and Organizations, State,
Local or Tribal Government.

Total
response
burden
(hours)

1

30/60

5,000

1,000
61,000

1
1

2
15/60

2,000
15,250

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifiers: CMS–179, CMS–
10536, and CMS–R–153]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
an opportunity for the public to
comment on CMS’ intention to collect
information from the public. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information, and to allow
a second opportunity for public
comment on the notice. Interested
persons are invited to send comments
regarding the burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of
information, including the necessity and
utility of the proposed information
collection for the proper performance of
the agency’s functions, the accuracy of

SUMMARY:

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Average
hours per
response

10,000

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Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Public Health Ethics and
Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.

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Number of responses per
respondent

In-person surveys, Online surveys,
Telephone surveys, In-person observation/testing, Interviews.
Focus groups .......................................
Customer comment cards, Interactive
Voice surveys.

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the estimated burden, ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected, and the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of
information must be received by the
OMB desk officer by October 3, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
To obtain copies of a supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed collection(s) summarized in
this notice, please access the CMS PRA
website by copying and pasting the
following web address into your web
browser: https://www.cms.gov/
Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/
PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Parham at (410) 786–4669.
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. The term ‘‘collection of
information’’ is defined in 44 U.S.C.
3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and
includes agency requests or
requirements that members of the public
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3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal agencies
to publish a 30-day notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension or
reinstatement of an existing collection
of information, before submitting the
collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, CMS is
publishing this notice that summarizes
the following proposed collection(s) of
information for public comment:
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicaid State
Plan Base Plan Pages; Use: State
Medicaid agencies complete the plan
pages while we review the information
to determine if the state has met all of
the requirements of the provisions the
states choose to implement. If the
requirements are met, we will approve
the amendments to the state’s Medicaid
plan giving the state the authority to
implement the flexibilities. For a state to
receive Medicaid Title XIX funding,
there must be an approved Title XIX
state plan. Form Number: CMS–179
(OMB control number 0938–0193);
Frequency: Occasionally; Affected
Public: State, Local, and Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents:
56; Total Annual Responses: 1,120;
Total Annual Hours: 22,400. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Gary Knight at 304–347–5723.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Reinstatement of a previously
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicaid
Eligibility and Enrollment (EE)
Implementation Advanced Planning
Document (IAPD) Template; Use: To
assess the appropriateness of states’

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