80 FR 51274 - Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 163 (August 24, 2015)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 163 (August 24, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 163 (Monday, August 24, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 51274-51275] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-20811] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [30Day-15-15AMG] Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a) 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; (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; [[Page 51275]] (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) 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 submission of responses; and (e) Assess information collection costs. To request additional information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call (404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice. Proposed Project FoodNet Population Survey--Existing Collection In Use Without an OMB Control Number--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description Foodborne illnesses represent a significant public health burden in the United States. It is estimated that each year, 48 million Americans (1 in 6) become ill, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die as the result of a foodborne illness. Since 1996, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) has conducted active population- based surveillance for Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Listeria, Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 and non-O157, Shigella, Vibrio, and Yersinia infections. Data from FoodNet serve as the nation's ``report card'' on food safety by monitoring progress toward CDC Healthy People 2020 objectives. Evaluation of efforts to control foodborne illnesses can only be done effectively if there is an accurate estimate of the total number of illness that occur and if these estimates are recalculated and monitored over time. Total burden estimates of begin with an accurate and reliable estimate of the number of acute gastrointestinal illness episodes that occur in the general community. To more precisely estimate this and to describe the frequency of important exposures associated with illness, FoodNet created the Population Survey. The FoodNet Population Survey is a survey of persons residing in the surveillance area. Data are collected on the prevalence and severity of acute gastrointestinal illness in the general population, describe common symptoms associated with diarrhea, and determine the proportion of persons with diarrhea who seek medical care. The survey also collects data on exposures (e.g. food, water, animal contact) commonly associated with foodborne illness. Information about food exposures in the general public has proved invaluable during outbreak investigations. The ability to compare exposures reported by outbreak cases to the `background' exposure in the general population allows investigators to more quickly pinpoint a source and enact control measures. To date, five 12-month cycles of the survey have been completed without an existing OMB number: 1996-1997, 1998-1999, 2000- 2001, 2002-2003, and 2006-2007. Data has been shared with participating state health departments and multiple programs at CDC, is available to the public through a summary report posted to the FoodNet Web site, and also available via individual data requests. More than two dozen manuscripts highlighting population survey data have been published. We seek to continue this important work. The total annual burden is 6,000 hours. Estimated Annualized Burden Hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Average burden Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response respondents respondent (in hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. General Population............. Population Survey...... 18,000 1 20/60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 2015-20811 Filed 8-21-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P
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practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Guinea—New—Center for Global Health until two consecutive negative RT–PCR
agency’s estimate of the burden of the (CGH), Centers for Disease Control and results are obtained.
proposed collection of information; (c) Prevention (CDC). Participants will be asked follow-up
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and questions until their semen specimens
Background and Brief Description
clarity of the information to be test negative twice consecutively. They
collected; (d) ways to minimize the Much progress has been made in the will receive tokens of appreciation for
burden of the collection of information year since the CDC first responded to their participation at the initial visit and
on respondents, including through the the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, but again at every subsequent follow-up
use of automated collection techniques the agency’s efforts must continue until visit and a supply of condoms.
or other forms of information there are zero new cases of Ebola virus A trained study data manager will
technology; and (e) estimates of capital disease (EVD). In order to reach the collect test results for all participants in
or start-up costs and costs of operation, international goal of zero new EVD a laboratory results form. Results and
maintenance, and purchase of services cases in 2015, the agency must intensify analyses are needed to update relevant
to provide information. Burden means its efforts to identify and prevent every counseling messages and
the total time, effort, or financial potential route of human disease recommendations from the Guinea
resources expended by persons to transmission and to understand the Ministry of Health, World Health
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or most current community barriers to Organization, and CDC.
provide information to or for a Federal reaching that final goal. This program will provide the
agency. This includes the time needed ‘‘Screening and Counseling of Male information that is critical to the
to review instructions; to develop, EVD Survivors to reduce Risk of development of public health measures,
acquire, install and utilize technology Sexually Transmitting Ebola Virus in such as recommendations about sexual
and systems for the purpose of Guinea’’ will inform male Ebola activity and approaches to evaluation of
collecting, validating and verifying infection survivors ≥15 years of age of survivors to determine whether they can
information, processing and Ebola virus detected in their semen safely resume sexual activity. These
maintaining information, and disclosing through voluntary laboratory testing approaches in turn are expected to
and providing information; to train performed in Guinea. Participants for reduce the risk of Ebola resurgence and
personnel and to be able to respond to the semen testing program will be mitigate stigma for thousands of
a collection of information, to search recruited by trained study staff from survivors. The information is likewise
data sources, to complete and review Ebola treatment units (ETUs) and critical to reducing the risk that Ebola
the collection of information; and to survivor registries in Guinea. would be introduced in a location that
transmit or otherwise disclose the Participants will be followed up at has not previously been affected.
information. study sites in government hospitals. CGH requests a three-year approval
Specimens will be tested for Ebola for this information collection. Each
Proposed Projects
Virus ribonucleic acid (RNA) by reverse semen-testing program time burden is
Screening and Counseling of Male transcription polymerase chain reaction 2,067 hours which is incurred by 1,000
EVD Survivors to reduce Risk of test (RT–PCR). Semen specimens will be participants. There are no other costs to
Sexually Transmitting Ebola Virus in collected and tested every two weeks the respondents other than their time.
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.)
Male Ebola Survivors ≥15 years old Baseline Questionnaire .................... 1,000 1 20/60 334
Male Ebola Survivors ≥15 years old Follow-up Questionnaire .................. 1,000 8 10/60 1,334
Male Ebola Survivors ≥15 years old Consent Form .................................. 1,000 1 2/60 34
Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,702
Leroy A. Richardson, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND published to obtain comments from the
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, HUMAN SERVICES public and affected agencies.
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Written comments and suggestions
Associate Director for Science, Office of the Centers for Disease Control and
from the public and affected agencies
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
concerning the proposed collection of
Prevention.
[30Day–15–15AMG] information are encouraged. Your
[FR Doc. 2015–20812 Filed 8–21–15; 8:45 am]
comments should address any of the
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The Centers for Disease Control and necessary for the proper performance of
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Prevention (CDC) has submitted the the functions of the agency, including
following information collection request whether the information will have
to the Office of Management and Budget practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
(OMB) for review and approval in accuracy of the agencies estimate of the
accordance with the Paperwork burden of the proposed collection of
Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for information, including the validity of
the proposed information collection is the methodology and assumptions used;
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(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and United States. It is estimated that each gastrointestinal illness in the general
clarity of the information to be year, 48 million Americans (1 in 6) population, describe common
collected; (d) Minimize the burden of become ill, 128,000 are hospitalized, symptoms associated with diarrhea, and
the collection of information on those and 3,000 die as the result of a determine the proportion of persons
who are to respond, including through foodborne illness. Since 1996, the with diarrhea who seek medical care.
the use of appropriate automated, Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance The survey also collects data on
electronic, mechanical, or other Network (FoodNet) has conducted exposures (e.g. food, water, animal
technological collection techniques or active population-based surveillance for contact) commonly associated with
other forms of information technology, Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium, foodborne illness. Information about
e.g., permitting electronic submission of Cyclospora, Listeria, Salmonella, Shiga food exposures in the general public has
responses; and (e) Assess information toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 proved invaluable during outbreak
collection costs. and non-O157, Shigella, Vibrio, and
To request additional information on investigations. The ability to compare
Yersinia infections. Data from FoodNet
the proposed project or to obtain a copy exposures reported by outbreak cases to
serve as the nation’s ‘‘report card’’ on
of the information collection plan and the ‘background’ exposure in the general
food safety by monitoring progress
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or toward CDC Healthy People 2020 population allows investigators to more
send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written objectives. quickly pinpoint a source and enact
comments and/or suggestions regarding control measures. To date, five 12-
Evaluation of efforts to control
the items contained in this notice month cycles of the survey have been
foodborne illnesses can only be done
should be directed to the Attention: effectively if there is an accurate completed without an existing OMB
CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management estimate of the total number of illness number: 1996–1997, 1998–1999, 2000–
and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or that occur and if these estimates are 2001, 2002–2003, and 2006–2007. Data
by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written recalculated and monitored over time. has been shared with participating state
comments should be received within 30 Total burden estimates of begin with an health departments and multiple
days of this notice. accurate and reliable estimate of the programs at CDC, is available to the
Proposed Project number of acute gastrointestinal illness public through a summary report posted
episodes that occur in the general to the FoodNet Web site, and also
FoodNet Population Survey—Existing
community. To more precisely estimate available via individual data requests.
Collection In Use Without an OMB
Control Number—National Center for this and to describe the frequency of More than two dozen manuscripts
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious important exposures associated with highlighting population survey data
Diseases, Centers for Disease Control illness, FoodNet created the Population have been published. We seek to
and Prevention (CDC). Survey. continue this important work.
The FoodNet Population Survey is a The total annual burden is 6,000
Background and Brief Description survey of persons residing in the hours.
Foodborne illnesses represent a surveillance area. Data are collected on
significant public health burden in the the prevalence and severity of acute
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
Number of
Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name responses per
respondents response
respondent (in hours)
U.S. General Population ......................................................... Population Survey .................. 18,000 1 20/60
Leroy A. Richardson, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND concerning each proposed collection of
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, HUMAN SERVICES information, including each proposed
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the extension or reinstatement of an existing
Associate Director for Science, Office of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid collection of information, and to allow
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Services a second opportunity for public
Prevention. comment on the notice. Interested
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[Document Identifier: CMS–10185, CMS–
10261 and CMS–10561] persons are invited to send comments
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Agency Information Collection other aspect of this collection of
Activities: Submission for OMB information, including any of the
Review; Comment Request following subjects: (1) The necessity and
utility of the proposed information
ACTION: Notice. collection for the proper performance of
SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy
of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
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Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
an opportunity for the public to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
comment on CMS’ intention to collect of the information to be collected; and
information from the public. Under the (4) the use of automated collection
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 techniques or other forms of information
(PRA), federal agencies are required to technology to minimize the information
publish notice in the Federal Register collection burden.
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