80_FR_16456 80 FR 16397 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

80 FR 16397 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 59 (March 27, 2015)

Page Range16397-16398
FR Document2015-07036

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 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 newly proposed information collection activities for enhanced surveillance of Coccidioidomycosis in low- and non-endemic states.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-15-15UR; Docket No. CDC-2015-0010]


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.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
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 newly proposed 
information collection activities for enhanced surveillance of 
Coccidioidomycosis in low- and non-endemic states.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 26, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2015-
0010 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.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., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].

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.
    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 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

    Enhanced Surveillance of Coccidioidomycosis in Low- and Non-Endemic 
States--New--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 
Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Coccidioidomycosis, also called ``Valley fever,'' is a nationally 
notifiable fungal infection caused by inhalation of soil-dwelling 
Coccidioides spp. In the United States, coccidioidomycosis is known to 
be endemic in the southwestern states, but new evidence suggests that 
the true endemic areas may be broader than previously recognized. 
Approximately 10,000 coccidioidomycosis cases are reported in the U.S. 
each year to the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System 
(NNDSS), but this system captures limited clinical and epidemiological 
information about reported cases. Most cases occur in Arizona or 
California, so the epidemiology of this disease has been well-described 
for these states, but little is known about the features of cases in 
other states.
    Enhanced surveillance in low- and non-endemic states will help 
determine which information is most important to collect during routine 
surveillance and will help assess the suitability of the Council of 
State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) case definition for 
coccidioidomycosis in these areas. Primary prevention strategies for 
coccidioidomycosis have not yet been proven to be effective, so public 
health efforts may be best aimed at promoting awareness of 
coccidioidomycosis among healthcare providers and the general public. 
Improved surveillance data are essential for identifying such 
opportunities to promote awareness about this disease and for 
determining its true public health burden.
    For a period of one year, state health department personnel in 
participating low- and non-endemic states (Louisiana, Michigan, 
Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, 
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Wyoming) will conduct telephone 
interviews with reported coccidioidomycosis cases that meet the CSTE 
case definition and will record responses on a standardized form. 
Information collected on the form will include demographics, underlying 
medical conditions, travel history, symptom type and duration, 
healthcare-seeking behaviors, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes.
    This interview activity is consistent with the state's existing 
authority to investigate reports of notifiable diseases for routine 
surveillance purposes; therefore, formal consent to participate in the 
surveillance is not required. However, cases may choose not to 
participate and may choose not to answer any question they do not wish 
to answer.

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    It will take state health department personnel 20 minutes to 
administer the questionnaire and 10 minutes to retrieve and record the 
diagnostic information from their state reportable disease database.
    Participation is voluntary. There are no costs to the respondents 
other than their time. The total burden hours are 73 hours.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)       (in hrs.)
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State Health Department         Case Report Form             145               1           30/60              73
 Personnel.                      for
                                 Coccidioidomyco
                                 sis (Valley
                                 Fever) Enhanced
                                 Surveillance.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............              73
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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.
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                                                  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570;                   Background and Brief Description
                                                  HUMAN SERVICES                                          Email: omb@cdc.gov.                                      Coccidioidomycosis, also called
                                                                                                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:       Under the            ‘‘Valley fever,’’ is a nationally notifiable
                                                  Centers for Disease Control and                                                                               fungal infection caused by inhalation of
                                                  Prevention                                              Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
                                                                                                          (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies               soil-dwelling Coccidioides spp. In the
                                                                                                          must obtain approval from the Office of               United States, coccidioidomycosis is
                                                  [60Day–15–15UR; Docket No. CDC–2015–                                                                          known to be endemic in the
                                                  0010]                                                   Management and Budget (OMB) for each
                                                                                                          collection of information they conduct                southwestern states, but new evidence
                                                  Proposed Data Collection Submitted                      or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also                 suggests that the true endemic areas
                                                  for Public Comment and                                  requires Federal agencies to provide a                may be broader than previously
                                                  Recommendations                                         60-day notice in the Federal Register                 recognized. Approximately 10,000
                                                                                                          concerning each proposed collection of                coccidioidomycosis cases are reported
                                                  AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and                 information, including each new                       in the U.S. each year to the National
                                                  Prevention (CDC), Department of Health                  proposed collection, each proposed                    Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
                                                  and Human Services (HHS).                               extension of existing collection of                   (NNDSS), but this system captures
                                                  ACTION: Notice with comment period.                     information, and each reinstatement of                limited clinical and epidemiological
                                                                                                          previously approved information                       information about reported cases. Most
                                                  SUMMARY:    The Centers for Disease                     collection before submitting the                      cases occur in Arizona or California, so
                                                  Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of                collection to OMB for approval. To                    the epidemiology of this disease has
                                                  its continuing efforts to reduce public                 comply with this requirement, we are                  been well-described for these states, but
                                                  burden and maximize the utility of                      publishing this notice of a proposed                  little is known about the features of
                                                  government information, invites the                     data collection as described below.                   cases in other states.
                                                  general public and other Federal                                                                                 Enhanced surveillance in low- and
                                                  agencies to take this opportunity to                       Comments are invited on: (a) Whether               non-endemic states will help determine
                                                  comment on proposed and/or                              the proposed collection of information                which information is most important to
                                                  continuing information collections, as                  is necessary for the proper performance               collect during routine surveillance and
                                                  required by the Paperwork Reduction                     of the functions of the agency, including             will help assess the suitability of the
                                                  Act of 1995. This notice invites                        whether the information shall have                    Council of State and Territorial
                                                  comment on newly proposed                               practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the            Epidemiologists (CSTE) case definition
                                                  information collection activities for                   agency’s estimate of the burden of the                for coccidioidomycosis in these areas.
                                                  enhanced surveillance of                                proposed collection of information; (c)               Primary prevention strategies for
                                                  Coccidioidomycosis in low- and non-                     ways to enhance the quality, utility, and             coccidioidomycosis have not yet been
                                                  endemic states.                                         clarity of the information to be                      proven to be effective, so public health
                                                                                                          collected; (d) ways to minimize the                   efforts may be best aimed at promoting
                                                  DATES: Written comments must be
                                                                                                          burden of the collection of information               awareness of coccidioidomycosis among
                                                  received on or before May 26, 2015.
                                                                                                          on respondents, including through the                 healthcare providers and the general
                                                  ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,                     use of automated collection techniques
                                                  identified by Docket No. CDC–2015–                                                                            public. Improved surveillance data are
                                                                                                          or other forms of information                         essential for identifying such
                                                  0010 by any of the following methods:                   technology; and (e) estimates of capital
                                                     • Federal eRulemaking Portal:                                                                              opportunities to promote awareness
                                                                                                          or start-up costs and costs of operation,             about this disease and for determining
                                                  Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions                 maintenance, and purchase of services
                                                  for submitting comments.                                                                                      its true public health burden.
                                                                                                          to provide information. Burden means                     For a period of one year, state health
                                                     • Mail: Leroy A. Richardson,                         the total time, effort, or financial
                                                  Information Collection Review Office,                                                                         department personnel in participating
                                                                                                          resources expended by persons to                      low- and non-endemic states (Louisiana,
                                                  Centers for Disease Control and                         generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
                                                  Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS–                                                                        Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
                                                                                                          provide information to or for a Federal               Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North
                                                  D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.                            agency. This includes the time needed
                                                     Instructions: All submissions received                                                                     Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
                                                                                                          to review instructions; to develop,                   Utah, and Wyoming) will conduct
                                                  must include the agency name and                        acquire, install and utilize technology
                                                  Docket Number. All relevant comments                                                                          telephone interviews with reported
                                                                                                          and systems for the purpose of                        coccidioidomycosis cases that meet the
                                                  received will be posted without change                  collecting, validating and verifying
                                                  to Regulations.gov, including any                                                                             CSTE case definition and will record
                                                                                                          information, processing and                           responses on a standardized form.
                                                  personal information provided. For                      maintaining information, and disclosing
                                                  access to the docket to read background                                                                       Information collected on the form will
                                                                                                          and providing information; to train                   include demographics, underlying
                                                  documents or comments received, go to                   personnel and to be able to respond to
                                                  Regulations.gov.                                                                                              medical conditions, travel history,
                                                                                                          a collection of information, to search                symptom type and duration, healthcare-
                                                    Please note: All public comment should be             data sources, to complete and review                  seeking behaviors, diagnosis, treatment,
                                                  submitted through the Federal eRulemaking               the collection of information; and to                 and outcomes.
                                                  portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the         transmit or otherwise disclose the
                                                  address listed above.
                                                                                                                                                                   This interview activity is consistent
                                                                                                          information.                                          with the state’s existing authority to
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                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:    To                  Proposed Project                                      investigate reports of notifiable diseases
                                                  request more information on the                                                                               for routine surveillance purposes;
                                                  proposed project or to obtain a copy of                   Enhanced Surveillance of                            therefore, formal consent to participate
                                                  the information collection plan and                     Coccidioidomycosis in Low- and Non-                   in the surveillance is not required.
                                                  instruments, contact the Information                    Endemic States—New—National Center                    However, cases may choose not to
                                                  Collection Review Office, Centers for                   for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious                  participate and may choose not to
                                                  Disease Control and Prevention, 1600                    Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease                answer any question they do not wish
                                                  Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,                      Control and Prevention (CDC).                         to answer.


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                                                    It will take state health department                                  from their state reportable disease                                           their time. The total burden hours are 73
                                                  personnel 20 minutes to administer the                                  database.                                                                     hours.
                                                  questionnaire and 10 minutes to retrieve                                  Participation is voluntary. There are
                                                  and record the diagnostic information                                   no costs to the respondents other than

                                                                                                                         ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Average
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Number of
                                                                                                                                                                           Number of                                              burden per              Total burden
                                                            Type of respondents                                                Form name                                                            responses per
                                                                                                                                                                          respondents                                              response                 (in hrs.)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      respondent                    (in hrs.)

                                                  State Health Department Personnel                        Case Report Form for Coccidioi-                                                145                             1                   30/60                 73
                                                                                                            domycosis (Valley Fever) En-
                                                                                                            hanced Surveillance.

                                                       Total ...........................................   ...........................................................   ........................   ........................   ........................             73



                                                  Leroy A. Richardson,                                                    electronic, mechanical, or other                                              mine self-escape (National Research
                                                  Chief, Information Collection Review Office,                            technological collection techniques or                                        Council, 2013). Such an analysis should
                                                  Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the                           other forms of information technology,                                        identify the knowledge, skills, abilities,
                                                  Associate Director for Science, Office of the                           e.g., permitting electronic submission of                                     and other attributes (KSAOs) needed by
                                                  Director, Centers for Disease Control and                               responses; and (e) Assess information                                         mine personnel in the event of a mine
                                                  Prevention.                                                             collection costs.                                                             disaster to successfully complete an
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–07036 Filed 3–26–15; 8:45 am]                               To request additional information on                                        emergency self-escape. This analysis
                                                  BILLING CODE 4163–18–P                                                  the proposed project or to obtain a copy                                      will identify gaps between worker
                                                                                                                          of the information collection plan and                                        demands and capabilities, and propose
                                                                                                                          instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or                                           recommendations to either minimize
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                                send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written                                         those gaps or enhance existing systems
                                                  HUMAN SERVICES                                                          comments and/or suggestions regarding                                         (e.g., communications, training,
                                                                                                                          the items contained in this notice                                            technology).
                                                  Centers for Disease Control and
                                                                                                                          should be directed to the Attention:                                             The purpose of the project is to
                                                  Prevention
                                                                                                                          CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management                                        enhance the ability of miners to escape
                                                  [30Day–15–15GD]                                                         and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or                                           from underground coal mines in the
                                                                                                                          by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written                                             event of a fire, explosion, collapse of the
                                                  Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork                                       comments should be received within 30                                         mine structure, or flooding of the area
                                                  Reduction Act Review                                                    days of this notice.                                                          by toxic gas or water. To escape, miners
                                                     The Centers for Disease Control and                                  Proposed Project                                                              need to perform a set of tasks that apply
                                                  Prevention (CDC) has submitted the                                                                                                                    specific knowledge and skills in moving
                                                                                                                            Emergency Self Escape for Coal
                                                  following information collection request                                                                                                              through the mine, avoiding dangers, and
                                                                                                                          Miners—New—National Institute for
                                                  to the Office of Management and Budget                                                                                                                using protective equipment. The project
                                                                                                                          Occupational Safety and Health
                                                  (OMB) for review and approval in                                                                                                                      will identify the tasks, knowledge and
                                                                                                                          (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
                                                  accordance with the Paperwork                                                                                                                         skills, procedures, equipment,
                                                                                                                          and Prevention (CDC).
                                                  Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for                                                                                                                 communications, and physical
                                                  the proposed information collection is                                  Background and Brief Description                                              requirements of self-escape. The results
                                                  published to obtain comments from the                                      The Centers for Disease Control and                                        are expected to lead to
                                                  public and affected agencies.                                           Prevention’s (CDC) mission is to                                              recommendations for improvements to
                                                     Written comments and suggestions                                     promote health and quality of life by                                         task requirements and procedures,
                                                  from the public and affected agencies                                   preventing and controlling disease,                                           equipment, training and communication
                                                  concerning the proposed collection of                                   injury, and disability. The National                                          processes.
                                                  information are encouraged. Your                                        Institute for Occupational Safety and                                            NIOSH proposes this two-year study
                                                  comments should address any of the                                      Health (NIOSH) provides national and                                          to better understand the requirements of
                                                  following: (a) Evaluate whether the                                     world leadership to prevent work-                                             emergency self-escape and to answer the
                                                  proposed collection of information is                                   related illness, injury, disability, and                                      following questions:
                                                  necessary for the proper performance of                                 death by gathering information,                                                  • What tasks (and critical tasks) do
                                                  the functions of the agency, including                                  conducting scientific research, and                                           miners perform during self-escape?
                                                  whether the information will have                                       translating knowledge gained into
                                                  practical utility; (b) Evaluate the                                     products and services. NIOSH’s mission                                           • What knowledge beyond that
                                                  accuracy of the agencies estimate of the                                is critical to the health and safety of                                       needed to perform normal, routine
                                                  burden of the proposed collection of                                    every American worker. The Office of                                          mining tasks do miners require to
                                                                                                                                                                                                        facilitate successful self-escape?
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                                                  information, including the validity of                                  Mine Safety and Health Research
                                                  the methodology and assumptions used;                                   (OMSHR), one of the preeminent mining                                            • What are the cognitive requirements
                                                  (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and                                   research laboratories in the world, is                                        (such as reasoning, or weighing and
                                                  clarity of the information to be                                        focused on occupational health and                                            deciding among alternatives,
                                                  collected; (d) Minimize the burden of                                   safety research for mine workers.                                             recognizing when a course of action is
                                                  the collection of information on those                                     Recent research by the National                                            not producing the intended results)
                                                  who are to respond, including through                                   Academy of Sciences (NAS) has called                                          beyond that needed to perform normal,
                                                  the use of appropriate automated,                                       for a detailed, formal task analysis of                                       routine mining tasks?


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Document Created: 2015-12-18 11:35:55
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice with comment period.
DatesWritten comments must be received on or before May 26, 2015.
ContactTo 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., MS- D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 16397 

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