CDC Seeks Input on Tracking Health Risks Nationwide
Published Date: 4/21/2026
Notice
Summary
The CDC wants your thoughts on their plan to keep collecting and sharing important health and environmental data to help protect people from harmful exposures. This affects anyone interested in public health and environmental safety, with comments open until June 22, 2026. No big costs or changes are expected, just a smooth continuation of tracking health risks to keep communities safe.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Tracking Network Continues Collecting Data
The CDC is requesting a 3-year extension to continue the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network that collects, integrates, analyzes, and shares health, exposure, and hazard data to inform public health actions that protect people from environmental contaminants. The program is linked to OMB Control No. 0920-1175 (expires 2026-08-31) and the public comment period is open until June 22, 2026.
Reduced Reporting Burden for Recipients
CDC requests an extension that changes the respondent counts and burden: annual respondents increase from 37 to 47, while annual responses decrease from 599 to 522 and total annual burden hours decrease from 14,041 to 12,348. Data submissions include six datasets plus metadata (birth defects, drinking water monitoring, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, radon testing, biomonitoring, and metadata).
Radon Labs Required to Submit Data
Radon testing laboratories are included as respondents and must submit the combined Radon Testing Form; the table lists 10 radon testing labs submitting 1 response each with an average burden of 50 hours per response (total burden 500 hours).
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