81_FR_21620 81 FR 21550 - Emergency Funding for Puerto Rico Department of Health, Zika Virus Outbreak

81 FR 21550 - Emergency Funding for Puerto Rico Department of Health, Zika Virus Outbreak

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

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 70 (April 12, 2016)

Page Range21550-21551
FR Document2016-08318

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing $3,700,000 in urgent funding through the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) Cooperative Agreement to the Puerto Rico Department of Health (PRDOH) to combat the current outbreak of Zika virus.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21550-21551]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08318]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Emergency Funding for Puerto Rico Department of Health, Zika 
Virus Outbreak

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (DHHS).

ACTION: This notice announces the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention's (CDC) intent to fund the Puerto Rico Department of Health 
with Prevention and Public Health Funds (PPHF).

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    PPHF 2016: Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Program--Emergency 
Funding for Puerto Rico Department of Health, Zika virus Outbreak for 
Infectious Diseases (ELC)--financed solely by Prevention and Public 
Health Funds.
    FOA Number: CDC-RFA-CK14-140103CONTPPHF2016.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is 
providing $3,700,000 in urgent funding through the Epidemiology and 
Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) Cooperative Agreement 
to the Puerto Rico Department of Health (PRDOH) to combat the current 
outbreak of Zika virus.

Project Description

    Puerto Rico is experiencing an approximate doubling of confirmed 
Zika

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virus cases per week--they are unique in the total number of cases, the 
level of local transmission, and the presence of the Zika-carrying 
vector. Currently, the PR DOH cannot sufficiently address necessary 
aspects of the outbreak response without additional support. In 
addition to equipment and supplies necessary for the increased testing 
for Zika virus, funds awarded to PRDOH will be used to support 
additional epidemiology and laboratory staff critical to the response 
efforts.
    Prevention Fund Reporting Requirements: This award requires the 
grantee to complete projects or activities which are funded under the 
Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) (Section 4002 of Pub. L. 111-
148) and to report on use of PPHF funds provided through this award. 
Information from these reports will be made available to the public.
    Grantees awarded a grant, cooperative agreement, or contract from 
such funds with a value of $25,000 or more shall produce reports on a 
semi-annual basis with a reporting cycle of January 1-June 30 and July 
1-December 31; and email such reports to the CDC Web site (template and 
point of contact to be provided after award) no later than 20 calendar 
days after the end of each reporting period (i.e. July 20 and January 
20, respectively). Grantee reports must reference the NoA number and 
title of the grant, and include a summary of the activities undertaken 
and identify any sub-awards (including the purpose of the award and the 
identity of each sub-recipient).
    Responsibilities for Informing Sub-recipients: Grantees agree to 
separately identify each sub-recipient, document the execution date 
sub-award, date(s) of the disbursement of funds, the Federal award 
number, any special CFDA number assigned for PPHF fund purposes, and 
the amount of PPHF funds. When a grantee awards PPHF funds for an 
existing program, the information furnished to sub-recipients shall 
distinguish the sub-awards of incremental PPHF funds from regular sub-
awards under the existing program.

DATES: Effective date is April 12, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Alvin Shultz, MSPH, Division of Preparedness and Emerging 
Infectious, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 
Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., Atlanta, GA 30333, Phone: 404-639-7028, E-Mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alvin Shultz, MSPH, Division of 
Preparedness and Emerging Infectious, National Center for Emerging and 
Zoonotic Infectious, Diseases Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, GA 30333. Phone: 404-639-
7028. E-Mail: [email protected].

    Dated: March 25, 2016.
Terrance Perry,
Director, Office of Grants Services, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-08318 Filed 4-11-16; 8:45 am]
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If sent by U.S. mail, On January 19, 2016, the Commission privileged or confidential,’’ as discussed address comments to: Office of sought comment on the information in Section 6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. Information and Regulatory Affairs, collection requirements in MTOR. See 46(f), and FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR Office of Management and Budget, 81 FR 2860. The Commission received 4.10(a)(2). In particular, do not include Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal two comments but neither one competitively sensitive information Trade Commission, New Executive addressed the issues raised by the such as costs, sales statistics, Office Building, Docket Library, Room public comment request. As required by inventories, formulas, patterns, devices, 10102, 725 17th Street NW., OMB regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, the manufacturing processes, or customer Washington, DC 20503. Comments sent FTC is providing this second names. to OMB by U.S. postal mail, however, opportunity for public comment. If you want the Commission to give are subject to delays due to heightened Likely Respondents: Businesses your comment confidential treatment, security precautions. Thus, comments engaged in the sale of merchandise by you must file it in paper form, with a instead should be sent by facsimile to mail or by telephone. request for confidential treatment, and (202) 395–5167. Estimated Annual Hours Burden: you are required to follow the procedure Christian S. White, 1,953,840 hours. explained in FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR Deputy General Counsel. Third Party Disclosure: [(33,267 4.9(c). Your comment will be kept [FR Doc. 2016–08369 Filed 4–11–16; 8:45 am] established businesses × 50 hours) + confidential only if the FTC General (1,263 new entrants × 230 hours) = Counsel grants your request in BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 1,953,840 hours. accordance with the law and the public Estimated Annual Cost Burden: interest. $44,879,705, which is derived from Postal mail addressed to the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 1,953,840 hours × $22.97/hour.1 Commission is subject to delay due to HUMAN SERVICES heightened security screening. As a Request for Comment result, we encourage you to submit your Centers for Disease Control and You can file a comment online or on comment online, or to send it to the Prevention paper. For the Commission to consider Commission by courier or overnight service. To make sure that the Emergency Funding for Puerto Rico your comment, we must receive it on or Department of Health, Zika Virus before May 12, 2016. Write ‘‘Mail, Commission considers your online comment, you must file it at https:// Outbreak Internet, or Telephone Order Merchandise Trade Regulation Rule: ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/ AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and FTC File No. R511929’’ on your mitorpra2, by following the instructions Prevention (CDC), Department of Health comment. Your comment—including on the Web-based form. If this Notice and Human Services (DHHS). your name and your state—will be appears at http://www.regulations.gov, ACTION: This notice announces the placed on the public record of this you also may file a comment through Centers for Disease Control and proceeding, including, to the extent that Web site. Prevention’s (CDC) intent to fund the practicable, on the public Commission If you file your comment on paper, Puerto Rico Department of Health with Web site, at http://www.ftc.gov/os/ write ‘‘Mail, Internet, or Telephone Prevention and Public Health Funds publiccomments.shtm. As a matter of Order Merchandise Trade Regulation (PPHF). discretion, the Commission tries to Rule: FTC File No. R511929’’ on your remove individuals’ home contact comment and on the envelope, and mail PPHF 2016: Epidemiology and information from comments before or deliver it to the following address: Laboratory Capacity Program— placing them on the Commission Web Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Emergency Funding for Puerto Rico site. Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue Department of Health, Zika virus Because your comment will be made NW., Suite CC–5610 (Annex J), Outbreak for Infectious Diseases (ELC)— public, you are solely responsible for Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your financed solely by Prevention and making sure that your comment does comment to the following address: Public Health Funds. not include any sensitive personal Federal Trade Commission, Office of the FOA Number: CDC–RFA–CK14– information, such as anyone’s Social Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th 140103CONTPPHF2016. Security number, date of birth, driver’s Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 SUMMARY: The U.S. Centers for Disease license number or other state (Annex J), Washington, DC 20024. If Control and Prevention (CDC) is identification number or foreign country possible, submit your paper comment to providing $3,700,000 in urgent funding equivalent, passport number, financial the Commission by courier or overnight through the Epidemiology and service. asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES account number, or credit or debit card Laboratory Capacity for Infectious The FTC Act and other laws that the Diseases (ELC) Cooperative Agreement 1 This is the mean hourly income for workers in Commission administers permit the to the Puerto Rico Department of Health sales and related occupations according to the latest collection of public comments to (PRDOH) to combat the current outbreak figures from the Department of Commerce’s Bureau consider and use in this proceeding as of Zika virus. of Labor Statistics. See Table 1, National appropriate. 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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 70 / Tuesday, April 12, 2016 / Notices 21551 virus cases per week—they are unique Zoonotic Infectious, Diseases Centers for Officer, Office of Management and in the total number of cases, the level of Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax local transmission, and the presence of Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, GA 30333. to (202) 395–5806. Written comments the Zika-carrying vector. Currently, the Phone: 404–639–7028. E-Mail: Ashultz@ should be received within 30 days of PR DOH cannot sufficiently address cdc.gov. this notice. necessary aspects of the outbreak Dated: March 25, 2016. Proposed Project response without additional support. In Terrance Perry, addition to equipment and supplies NCHS Vital Statistics Training Director, Office of Grants Services, Centers Application (OMB Control No. 0920– necessary for the increased testing for for Disease Control and Prevention. Zika virus, funds awarded to PRDOH 0217, exp. 5/31/2016)—Revision— [FR Doc. 2016–08318 Filed 4–11–16; 8:45 am] National Center for Health Statistics will be used to support additional epidemiology and laboratory staff BILLING CODE 4163–18–P NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and critical to the response efforts. Prevention (CDC). Prevention Fund Reporting Background and Brief Description DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Requirements: This award requires the HUMAN SERVICES In the United States, legal authority grantee to complete projects or activities which are funded under the Prevention for the registration of vital events, i.e., Centers for Disease Control and births, deaths, marriages, divorces, fetal and Public Health Fund (PPHF) (Section Prevention deaths, and induced terminations of 4002 of Pub. L. 111–148) and to report [30 Day–16–0217] pregnancy, resides individually with the on use of PPHF funds provided through States (as well as cities in the case of this award. Information from these Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork New York City and Washington, DC) reports will be made available to the Reduction Act Review and Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, public. Grantees awarded a grant, cooperative Guam, American Samoa, and the The Centers for Disease Control and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana agreement, or contract from such funds Prevention (CDC) has submitted the with a value of $25,000 or more shall Islands. These governmental entities are following information collection request the full legal proprietors of vital records produce reports on a semi-annual basis to the Office of Management and Budget with a reporting cycle of January 1–June and the information contained therein. (OMB) for review and approval in As a result of this State authority, the 30 and July 1–December 31; and email accordance with the Paperwork such reports to the CDC Web site collection of registration-based vital Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for statistics at the national level, referred (template and point of contact to be the proposed information collection is provided after award) no later than 20 to as the U.S. National Vital Statistics published to obtain comments from the System (NVSS), depends on a calendar days after the end of each public and affected agencies. reporting period (i.e. July 20 and cooperative relationship between the Written comments and suggestions States and the Federal government. This January 20, respectively). Grantee from the public and affected agencies reports must reference the NoA number data collection, authorized by 42 U.S.C. concerning the proposed collection of 242k, has been carried out by NCHS and title of the grant, and include a information are encouraged. Your summary of the activities undertaken since it was created in 1960. comments should address any of the NCHS assists in achieving the and identify any sub-awards (including following: (a) Evaluate whether the comparability needed for combining the purpose of the award and the proposed collection of information is data from all States into national identity of each sub-recipient). necessary for the proper performance of Responsibilities for Informing Sub- statistics, by conducting a training the functions of the agency, including program for State and local vital recipients: Grantees agree to separately whether the information will have identify each sub-recipient, document statistics staff to assist in developing practical utility; (b) Evaluate the expertise in all aspects of vital the execution date sub-award, date(s) of accuracy of the agencies estimate of the the disbursement of funds, the Federal registration and vital statistics. The burden of the proposed collection of training offered under this program award number, any special CFDA information, including the validity of number assigned for PPHF fund includes courses for registration staff, the methodology and assumptions used; statisticians, and coding specialists, all purposes, and the amount of PPHF (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and funds. When a grantee awards PPHF designed to bring about a high degree of clarity of the information to be uniformity and quality in the data funds for an existing program, the collected; (d) Minimize the burden of information furnished to sub-recipients provided by the States. This training the collection of information on those program is authorized by 42 U.S.C. shall distinguish the sub-awards of who are to respond, including through incremental PPHF funds from regular 242b, section 304(a). the use of appropriate automated, NCHS notifies State and local vital sub-awards under the existing program. electronic, mechanical, or other registration officials, as well as DATES: Effective date is April 12, 2016. technological collection techniques or Canadian counterparts, about upcoming ADDRESSES: Alvin Shultz, MSPH, other forms of information technology, training. Individual candidates for Division of Preparedness and Emerging e.g., permitting electronic submission of training then submit an application Infectious, National Center for Emerging responses; and (e) Assess information form including name, address, and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, collection costs. occupation, and other relevant asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Centers for Disease Control and To request additional information on information. Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., the proposed project or to obtain a copy In this revision, the application for Atlanta, GA 30333, Phone: 404–639– of the information collection plan and the Vital Statistics Training is being 7028, E-Mail: Ashultz@cdc.gov. instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or updated to capture additional logistical FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Direct information. The proposed changes Alvin Shultz, MSPH, Division of written comments and/or suggestions include the addition of two questions Preparedness and Emerging Infectious, regarding the items contained in this (1) to identify the training personnel as National Center for Emerging and notice to the Attention: CDC Desk either State or locally-based and (2) to VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:18 Apr 11, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\12APN1.SGM 12APN1


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionThis notice announces the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) intent to fund the Puerto Rico Department of Health with Prevention and Public Health Funds (PPHF).
DatesEffective date is April 12, 2016.
ContactAlvin Shultz, MSPH, Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infectious, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious, Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, GA 30333. Phone: 404-639- 7028. E-Mail: [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 21550 
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