81 FR 48799 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

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

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 143 (July 26, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-17601

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 accompanies a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and invites comment on the information collection request Airline and Vessel and Traveler Information Collection. This information collection request pertains to CDC's activities with regard to requirements at proposed Sec. 71.4 and Sec. 71.5 that airlines and vessels arriving to the United States from foreign countries send passenger, crew, and conveyance information (aka manifests) to CDC in the event that a communicable disease of public health concern is suspected or confirmed in a person aboard who poses a potential public health risk to other travelers and their communities after arriving in the United States. This information also pertains to current activities with regard to the collection of manifests from domestic flights within the United States, as well as the collection of traveler information using the Passenger Locator Form (PLF) on both international and domestic flights.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-16-16AVM; Docket No. CDC-2016-0065]

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 accompanies a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking and invites comment on the information collection request
Airline and Vessel and Traveler Information Collection. This
information collection request pertains to CDC's activities with regard
to requirements at proposed Sec. 71.4 and Sec. 71.5 that airlines and
vessels arriving to the United States from foreign countries send
passenger, crew, and conveyance information (aka manifests) to CDC in
the event that a communicable disease of public health concern is
suspected or confirmed in a person aboard who poses a potential public
health risk to other travelers and their communities after arriving in
the United States. This information also pertains to current activities
with regard to the collection of manifests from domestic flights within
the United States, as well as the collection of traveler information
using the Passenger Locator Form (PLF) on both international and
domestic flights.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 26,
2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0065 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.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: 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

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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

Airline and Vessel and Traveler Information Collection (42 CFR part
70 and 71)--New--Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National
Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

Under the Public Health Service Act (42 United States Code Sec.
264) and under 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Sec. 71.32(b) and
42 CFR 70.2, CDC can order airlines and vessels arriving from another
country or traveling between states to submit a data set including
airline or vessel details, and passenger and crew member information if
CDC reasonably believes that a traveler exposed to or infected with a
communicable disease of public health concern could have put other
passengers at risk for a communicable disease. In the accompanying
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, CDC is proposing to create two specific
provisions that require the submission of airline and vessels and
traveler data CDC. These provisions are proposed Sec. 71.4
Requirements relating to collection, storage, and transmission of
airline passenger, crew, and flight information for public health
purposes and proposed Sec. 71.5 Requirements relating to collection,
storage and transmission of ship passenger, crew and voyage information
for public health purposes. CDC anticipates that, while this is not a
new practice, the listing of specific variables in specific regulatory
provisions, will improve the submission of more timely, accurate, and
complete traveler contact information by air and maritime companies.
While not associated with this NPRM, CDC is also seeking approval
for domestic airline and vessel and traveler information orders under
current authorities in 42 CFR 70.2. This activity is also currently
already current practice.
Additionally, CDC requests to transition the Passenger Locator Form
(PLF), previously included and approved by OMB in 0920-0134 Foreign
Quarantine Regulations, into this Information Collection Request.
Further, CDC is requesting approval for the use of the PLF for the
collection of traveler information from individuals on domestic
flights. The PLF, a form developed by the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO) in concert with its international member states and
other aviation organizations, is used when there is a confirmation or
strong suspicion that an individual(s) aboard a flight is infected with
or exposed to a communicable disease that is a threat to co-travelers,
and CDC is made aware of the individual(s) prior to arrival in the
United States. This prior awareness can provide CDC with an opportunity
to collect traveler contact information directly from the traveler
prior to departure from the arrival airport.
Stopping a communicable disease outbreak--whether it is naturally
occurring or intentionally caused--requires the use of the most rapid
and effective public health tools available. Basic public health
practices, such as collaborating with airlines in the identification
and notification of potentially exposed contacts, are critical tools in
the fight against the introduction, transmission, and spread of
communicable diseases in the United States.
The collection of timely, accurate, and complete contact
information enables Quarantine Public Health Officers in CDC's Division
of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) to notify state and local
health departments in order for them to make contact with individuals
who may have been exposed to a contagious person during travel and
identify appropriate next steps.
In the event that there is a confirmed case of communicable disease
of public health concern aboard an aircraft or ship, CDC collects
manifest information for those passengers and crew at risk for
exposure. The specific manifest of PLF information collection differs
depending on the communicable disease that is confirmed during air or
maritime travel. CDC uses this manifest and PLF information to
coordinate with state and local health departments so they can follow-
up with residents who live or are currently located in their
jurisdiction. In general, state and local health departments are
responsible for the contact investigations. In rare cases, CDC may use
the manifest and PLF data to perform the contact investigation
directly. In either case, CDC works with state and local health
departments to ensure individuals are contacted and provided
appropriate public health follow-up.
While the title of this information collection request includes
vessels, CDC does not routinely collect vessel manifest information,
and does so less than 10 times per year. Therefore, there is no vessel
and maritime traveler information collection in the burden table.

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours

CDC estimates that for each set of vessel and traveler information
ordered, airlines require approximately six hours to review the order,
search their records, and send those records to CDC. CDC anticipates
that travelers will need approximately five minutes to complete the
PLF. There is no cost to respondents other than their time perform
these actions. For manifest information, CDC does not have a specified
format for these submissions, only that it is one acceptable to both
CDC and the respondent.

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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Airline Medical Officer or Domestic TB 1 1 360/60 6
Equivalent/Computer and Manifest
Information Systems Manager. Template.
Airline Medical Officer or Domestic Non-TB 28 1 360/60 168
Equivalent/Computer and Manifest
Information Systems Manager. Template.
Airline Medical Officer or International TB 67 1 360/60 402
Equivalent/Computer and Manifest
Information Systems Manager. Template.
Airline Medical Officer or International 29 1 360/60 174
Equivalent/Computer and Non-TB Manifest
Information Systems Manager. Template..
Traveler...................... Public Health 2,700,000 1 5/60 225,000
Passenger
Locator Form:
Outbreak of
public health
significance
(international
flights).
Traveler...................... Public Health 800 1 5/60 67
Passenger
Locator Form:
Limited onboard
exposure
(international
flights.
Traveler...................... Public Health 800 1 5/60 67
Passenger
Locator Form
(domestic
flights).
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 225,884
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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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attitudes, and practices of providers in followed by phone calls to non- survey responses, providers will be
five key HIV prevention domains in responders. The emails will explain the linked to continuing education (CE)
high-HIV prevalence communities with purpose of the survey, the availability of credit-eligible educational modules to
disproportionate numbers of blacks/ continuing education (CE) credits, and improve their educational deficits. The
African Americans, and (2) Educate the $20 cash token of appreciation. educational modules are all web-based
providers about prevention A large two-part internet-based survey using either video or case-based
interventions related to these domains will be conducted among a methods of learning. The length of the
based on survey-identified knowledge, representative random sample of course ranges from 1–3 hours
beliefs, attitudes, and practices of providers in the selected six (6) accounting for 0.25–1.0 credit hours.
providers’ deficits. metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)
Part two of the survey will be
The respondent population of medical with the highest HIV burden among the
administered six months later
providers will be pulled from the African American population. Part one
comprised of only the core questions in
Healthcare Data Solutions (HDS) of the survey will be administered to
ProviderPRO and MidLevelPRO participants at the beginning of the part one of the survey to assess impact
databases. Respondents will be project. The part-one survey findings of CE modules on providers’ practices
recruited to participate in the survey will be used to identify providers’ regarding HIV prevention and treatment.
through a combination of emails and knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and There are no costs to respondents
phone calls. This strategy will consist of practices that might require additional other than their time. The total annual
four emails spaced one week apart educational reinforcement. Based on burden hours are 1,219.

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

Providers ......................................................... Baseline Screener and Survey ...................... 1,827 1 30/60
Providers ......................................................... Follow-Up Screener and Survey .................... 914 1 20/60

Leroy A. Richardson, invites comment on the information Instructions: All submissions received
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, collection request Airline and Vessel must include the agency name and
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the and Traveler Information Collection. Docket Number. All relevant comments
Associate Director for Science, Office of the This information collection request received will be posted without change
Director, Centers for Disease Control and pertains to CDC’s activities with regard to Regulations.gov, including any
Prevention. to requirements at proposed § 71.4 and personal information provided. For
[FR Doc. 2016–17642 Filed 7–25–16; 8:45 am] § 71.5 that airlines and vessels arriving access to the docket to read background
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P to the United States from foreign documents or comments received, go to
countries send passenger, crew, and Regulations.gov.
conveyance information (aka manifests) Please note: All public comment should be
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND to CDC in the event that a submitted through the Federal eRulemaking
HUMAN SERVICES communicable disease of public health portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
concern is suspected or confirmed in a address listed above.
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention person aboard who poses a potential FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
public health risk to other travelers and request more information on the
[60Day–16–16AVM; Docket No. CDC–2016– their communities after arriving in the proposed project or to obtain a copy of
0065] United States. This information also the information collection plan and
pertains to current activities with regard instruments, contact the Information
Proposed Data Collection Submitted to the collection of manifests from Collection Review Office, Centers for
for Public Comment and domestic flights within the United Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Recommendations States, as well as the collection of Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and traveler information using the Passenger Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570;
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health Locator Form (PLF) on both Email: omb@cdc.gov.
and Human Services (HHS). international and domestic flights. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
DATES: Written comments must be Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
received on or before September 26, (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 2016. must obtain approval from the Office of
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, Management and Budget (OMB) for each
its continuing efforts to reduce public identified by Docket No. CDC–2016– collection of information they conduct
burden and maximize the utility of 0065 by any of the following methods: or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
government information, invites the • Federal eRulemaking Portal: requires Federal agencies to provide a
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general public and other Federal Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 60-day notice in the Federal Register
agencies to take this opportunity to for submitting comments. concerning each proposed collection of
comment on proposed and/or • Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, information, including each new
continuing information collections, as Information Collection Review Office, proposed collection, each proposed
required by the Paperwork Reduction Centers for Disease Control and extension of existing collection of
Act of 1995. This notice accompanies a Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS– information, and each reinstatement of
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. previously approved information

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Average
Number of
Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondent Form name responses per
respondents response (in hours)
respondent (in hours)

Airline Medical Officer or Equivalent/ Domestic TB Manifest Template ...... 1 1 360/60 6
Computer and Information Sys-
tems Manager.
Airline Medical Officer or Equivalent/ Domestic Non-TB Manifest Tem- 28 1 360/60 168
Computer and Information Sys- plate.
tems Manager.
Airline Medical Officer or Equivalent/ International TB Manifest Template 67 1 360/60 402
Computer and Information Sys-
tems Manager.
Airline Medical Officer or Equivalent/ International Non-TB Manifest Tem- 29 1 360/60 174
Computer and Information Sys- plate..
tems Manager.
Traveler ............................................. Public Health Passenger Locator 2,700,000 1 5/60 225,000
Form: Outbreak of public health
significance (international flights).
Traveler ............................................. Public Health Passenger Locator 800 1 5/60 67
Form: Limited onboard exposure
(international flights.
Traveler ............................................. Public Health Passenger Locator 800 1 5/60 67
Form (domestic flights).

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 225,884

Leroy A. Richardson, information, including the validity of affected by this epidemic. In order to
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, the methodology and assumptions used; address these health disparities, the
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and CDC is funding 120 CBOs and their
Associate Director for Science, Office of the clarity of the information to be collaborative partners (Partnerships) to
Director, Centers for Disease Control and collected; (d) Minimize the burden of address the national HIV epidemic by
Prevention.
the collection of information on those reducing new infections, increasing
[FR Doc. 2016–17601 Filed 7–25–16; 8:45 am] access to care, and promoting health
who are to respond, including through
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electronic, mechanical, or other with and at greatest risk of HIV
technological collection techniques or infection. This includes including
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND African Americans/Blacks; Latinos/
other forms of information technology,
HUMAN SERVICES Hispanics; all races and ethnicities of
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
Centers for Disease Control and responses; and (e) Assess information gay, bisexual, and other MSM; IDUs;
Prevention collection costs. and transgender persons.
To request additional information on Building the capacity of the funded
[30Day–16–15AUE] the proposed project or to obtain a copy community-based organizations to
of the information collection plan and conduct HIV programs and services is a
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork priority to ensure effective and efficient
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
Reduction Act Review delivery of HIV prevention treatment
send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written
The Centers for Disease Control and comments and/or suggestions regarding and care services. Since the late 1980s,
Prevention (CDC) has submitted the the items contained in this notice CDC has been working with CBOs to
following information collection request should be directed to the Attention: broaden the reach of HIV prevention
to the Office of Management and Budget CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management efforts. Over time, the CDC’s program
(OMB) for review and approval in and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or for HIV prevention has grown in size,
accordance with the Paperwork by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written scope, and complexity, responding to
Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for comments should be received within 30 changes in approaches to addressing the
the proposed information collection is days of this notice. epidemic, including the introduction of
published to obtain comments from the new guidance, effective behavioral,
Proposed Project biomedical, and structural
public and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions Capacity Building Assistance interventions, and public health
from the public and affected agencies Assessment for HIV Prevention—New— strategies.
concerning the proposed collection of Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, The Capacity Building Branch within
information are encouraged. Your National Centers for HIV/AIDS, Viral the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (D
comments should address any of the Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention provides national leadership and
following: (a) Evaluate whether the support for capacity building assistance
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(NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control
proposed collection of information is and Prevention (CDC). (CBA) to help improve the performance
necessary for the proper performance of of the HIV prevention workforce. One
the functions of the agency, including Background and Brief Description way that it accomplishes this task is by
whether the information will have For over 30 years, Human funding CBA providers to work with
practical utility; (b) Evaluate the Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has been CBOs, health departments, and
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the an epidemic, affecting millions globally. communities to increase their
burden of the proposed collection of Some groups are disproportionately knowledge, skills, technology, and

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Dates		Written comments must be received on or before September 26, 2016.
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]
FR Citation		81 FR 48799

81 FR 48799 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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