81_FR_94182 81 FR 93936 - Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

81 FR 93936 - Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

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

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 246 (December 22, 2016)

Page Range93936-93937
FR Document2016-30777

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 246 (Thursday, December 22, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 246 (Thursday, December 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 93936-93937]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30777]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-17-16AXB]


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; (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

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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

    Feasibility of Social Distancing Measures in K-12 Schools in the 
United States--New--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic 
Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National 
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division 
of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), requests approval of a new 
information collection to identify potential social distancing 
strategies to reduce person-to-person contact among students and staff 
in K-12 schools that are implementable without causing major 
detrimental effects to ongoing education activities. CDC is requesting 
a one-year approval to collect information.
    The information collection for which approval is sought is in 
accordance with DGMQ/CDC's mission to reduce morbidity and mortality in 
mobile populations, and to prevent the introduction, transmission, or 
spread of communicable diseases within the United States. Insights 
gained from this information collection will assist in the planning and 
implementation of CDC Pre-Pandemic Community Mitigation Guidance on the 
use of school-based measures to slow transmission during an influenza 
pandemic.
    School-aged children are often the main introducers and an 
important transmission source of influenza and other respiratory 
viruses in their families, and school-based outbreaks frequently pre-
date wide-spread influenza transmission in the surrounding communities. 
Therefore, infection control measures undertaken to reduce virus 
transmission among children at schools may also help prevent or 
postpone influenza outbreaks in communities. In respiratory 
transmission of influenza, proximity to the person with influenza plays 
a significant role. Strategies that increase physical distance between 
students and/or reduce the duration of person to person contact in 
school settings may, theoretically, be effective in slowing influenza 
transmission. There have been no evaluations to date of feasibility of 
implementing social distancing measures other than school closures. 
Therefore, there is a need to research alternative social distancing 
strategies that can help reduce influenza transmission in schools while 
minimizing social and economic burdens on the community.
    CDC staff proposes that the information collection for this package 
will target senior education officials, senior health officials, and 
representatives from the National Association of School Nurses, school 
safety organizations/law enforcement, and National Distance Learning 
Association. CDC will collect qualitative data using focus group 
discussions on: (a) Current knowledge, attitudes, and potential 
practices with regard to organizing and delivering K-12 instruction in 
ways that help increase physical distance among students and/or reduce 
duration of in-person instruction at schools (including use of distance 
learning options), while preserving the normal education process; and 
(b) facilitating and inhibiting factors for implementing and sustaining 
the potential social distancing options in emergencies as an 
alternative to the complete student dismissal in K-12 schools.
    Findings obtained from this information collection will be used to 
inform the update of CDC's Pre-pandemic Community Mitigation Guidance 
on the implementation of school related measures to prevent the spread 
of influenza. This Guidance is used as an important planning and 
reference tool for both State and local health departments in the 
United States.
    There are no costs to the respondents other than their time. The 
maximum total estimated annual burden hours are 640.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of      Avg. burden
          Type of respondents                   Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)
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Senior educators; senior health         Focus Group Interview                320               1               2
 officials; representatives from the     Guide (semi-structured
 National Association of School          questionnaire).
 Nurses, school safety organizations/
 law enforcement, and National
 Distance Learning Association.
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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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93936 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 246 / Thursday, December 22, 2016 / Notices conforms to the specifications and a will be expected to fix any errors in submit data for 4 plans on average. The data file status report will be produced their data file and resubmit if necessary. total burden is estimated to be 501 and made available to the submitter. It will take about one hour to submit the hours annually. Submitters will review each report and data for each plan, and each POC will EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Number of Number of Hours per Total burden Form name respondents/ responses response hours POCs per POC Registration Form ............................................................................................ 85 1 5/60 7 Health Plan Information Form ......................................................................... 75 4 30/60 150 Data Use Agreement ....................................................................................... 75 1 3/60 4 Data Files Submission ..................................................................................... 85 4 1 340 Total .......................................................................................................... 320 NA NA 501 Exhibit 2 shows the estimated submission process. The cost burden is annualized cost burden based on the estimated to be $22,153 annually. respondents’ time to complete one EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN Number of Total burden Average hour- Total cost Form name respondents hours ly wage rate * burden Registration Form ............................................................................................ 85 7 a 50.99 $357 Health Plan Information Form ......................................................................... 75 150 a 50.99 7,649 Data Use Agreement ....................................................................................... 75 4 b 89.35 357 Data Files Submission ..................................................................................... 85 340 c 40.56 13,790 Total .......................................................................................................... 320 501 NA 22,153 * National Compensation Survey: Occupational wages in the United States May 2015, ‘‘U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.’’ a) Based on the mean hourly wage for Medical and Health Services Managers (11–9111). b) Based on the mean hourly wage for Chief Executives (11–1011). c) Based on the mean hourly wages for Computer Programmer (15–1131). Request for Comments comments will become a matter of information are encouraged. Your public record. comments should address any of the In accordance with the Paperwork following: (a) Evaluate whether the Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s Sharon B. Arnold, proposed collection of information is information collection are requested Deputy Director. necessary for the proper performance of with regard to any of the following: (a) [FR Doc. 2016–30773 Filed 12–21–16; 8:45 am] the functions of the agency, including whether the proposed collection of BILLING CODE 4160–90–P whether the information will have information is necessary for the proper practical utility; (b) Evaluate the performance of AHRQ health care accuracy of the agencies estimate of the research and health care information DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND burden of the proposed collection of dissemination functions, including HUMAN SERVICES information, including the validity of whether the information will have Centers for Disease Control and the methodology and assumptions used; practical utility; (b) the accuracy of Prevention (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including clarity of the information to be hours and costs) of the proposed [30Day–17–16AXB] collected; (d) Minimize the burden of collection(s) of information; (c) ways to the collection of information on those Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork who are to respond, including through enhance the quality, utility, and clarity Reduction Act Review of the information to be collected; and the use of appropriate automated, (d) ways to minimize the burden of the The Centers for Disease Control and electronic, mechanical, or other collection of information upon the Prevention (CDC) has submitted the technological collection techniques or respondents, including the use of following information collection request other forms of information technology, to the Office of Management and Budget e.g., permitting electronic submission of automated collection techniques or (OMB) for review and approval in responses; and (e) Assess information other forms of information technology. collection costs. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES accordance with the Paperwork Comments submitted in response to Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for To request additional information on this notice will be summarized and the proposed information collection is the proposed project or to obtain a copy included in the Agency’s subsequent published to obtain comments from the of the information collection plan and request for OMB approval of the public and affected agencies. instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or proposed information collection. All Written comments and suggestions send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written from the public and affected agencies comments and/or suggestions regarding concerning the proposed collection of the items contained in this notice VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:40 Dec 21, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22DEN1.SGM 22DEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 246 / Thursday, December 22, 2016 / Notices 93937 should be directed to the Attention: information collection will assist in the will target senior education officials, CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management planning and implementation of CDC senior health officials, and and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or Pre-Pandemic Community Mitigation representatives from the National by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written Guidance on the use of school-based Association of School Nurses, school comments should be received within 30 measures to slow transmission during safety organizations/law enforcement, days of this notice. an influenza pandemic. and National Distance Learning School-aged children are often the Association. CDC will collect qualitative Proposed Project main introducers and an important data using focus group discussions on: Feasibility of Social Distancing transmission source of influenza and (a) Current knowledge, attitudes, and Measures in K–12 Schools in the United other respiratory viruses in their potential practices with regard to States—New—National Center for families, and school-based outbreaks organizing and delivering K–12 Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious frequently pre-date wide-spread instruction in ways that help increase Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease influenza transmission in the physical distance among students and/ Control and Prevention (CDC). surrounding communities. Therefore, or reduce duration of in-person infection control measures undertaken instruction at schools (including use of Background and Brief Description to reduce virus transmission among distance learning options), while The Centers for Disease Control and children at schools may also help preserving the normal education Prevention (CDC), National Center for prevent or postpone influenza outbreaks process; and (b) facilitating and Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious in communities. In respiratory inhibiting factors for implementing and Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Global transmission of influenza, proximity to sustaining the potential social Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), the person with influenza plays a distancing options in emergencies as an requests approval of a new information significant role. Strategies that increase alternative to the complete student collection to identify potential social physical distance between students and/ dismissal in K–12 schools. distancing strategies to reduce person- or reduce the duration of person to to-person contact among students and person contact in school settings may, Findings obtained from this staff in K–12 schools that are theoretically, be effective in slowing information collection will be used to implementable without causing major influenza transmission. There have been inform the update of CDC’s Pre- detrimental effects to ongoing education no evaluations to date of feasibility of pandemic Community Mitigation activities. CDC is requesting a one-year implementing social distancing Guidance on the implementation of approval to collect information. measures other than school closures. school related measures to prevent the The information collection for which Therefore, there is a need to research spread of influenza. This Guidance is approval is sought is in accordance with alternative social distancing strategies used as an important planning and DGMQ/CDC’s mission to reduce that can help reduce influenza reference tool for both State and local morbidity and mortality in mobile transmission in schools while health departments in the United States. populations, and to prevent the minimizing social and economic There are no costs to the respondents introduction, transmission, or spread of burdens on the community. other than their time. The maximum communicable diseases within the CDC staff proposes that the total estimated annual burden hours are United States. Insights gained from this information collection for this package 640. ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Number of Avg. burden Number of Type of respondents Form name responses per per response respondents respondent (in hrs.) Senior educators; senior health officials; representatives Focus Group Interview Guide 320 1 2 from the National Association of School Nurses, school (semi-structured question- safety organizations/law enforcement, and National Dis- naire). tance Learning Association. Leroy A. Richardson, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND its continuing efforts to reduce public Chief, Information Collection Review Office, HUMAN SERVICES burden and maximize the utility of Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the government information, invites the Associate Director for Science, Office of the Centers for Disease Control and general public and other Federal Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agencies to take this opportunity to Prevention. comment on proposed and/or [60Day–17–17IM; Docket No. CDC–2016– [FR Doc. 2016–30777 Filed 12–21–16; 8:45 am] 0120] continuing information collections, as BILLING CODE 4163–18–P required by the Paperwork Reduction Proposed Data Collection Submitted Act of 1995. This notice invites for Public Comment and comment on Use of the Cyclosporiasis Recommendations National Hypothesis Generating sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Questionnaire (CNHGQ) during Prevention (CDC), Department of Health Investigations of Foodborne Disease and Human Services (HHS). Clusters and Outbreaks. CDC seeks to ACTION: Notice with comment period. request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to collect SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease information via the CNHGQ from Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of persons who have developed VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:40 Dec 21, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22DEN1.SGM 22DEN1


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