82 FR 16841 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

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

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 65 (April 6, 2017)

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 a revision to the information collection project approved under OMB Control number 0920- 1146 (expiration date 11/30/2019), Survey of Surveillance Records of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from 1960 to Present.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 65 (Thursday, April 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16841-16842]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06865]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-17-1146; Docket No. CDC-2017-0029]


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 a revision to the 
information collection project approved under OMB Control number 0920-
1146 (expiration date 11/30/2019), Survey of Surveillance Records of 
Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from 1960 to Present.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 5, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0029 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: [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

    Survey of Surveillance Records of Aedes aegypti and Aedes 
albopictus from 1960 to Present--Revision--(OMB Control number 0920-
1146, expires 11/30/2019) National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic 
Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Zika virus response necessitates the collection of county and 
sub-county level records for Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus, the 
vectors of Zika virus. This information will be used to update species 
distribution maps for the United States and to develop a model aimed at 
identifying where these vectors can survive and reproduce. CDC is 
seeking to revise the information collection approved under OMB Control 
number 0920-1146 to collect information for three years.
    In February 2016, OMB received emergency clearance for a county-
level survey of vector surveillance records for a limited number of 
years (2006-2015) (OMB Control No. 0920-1101, expiration date 8/31/
2016). OMB then issued clearance for a follow-up information collection 
that was very similar to the first (OMB Control No. 0920-1146, 
expiration date 11/30/2019) but expanded the years that were evaluated. 
The information collection in this information collection request will 
be very similar of those surveys, but will collect these data monthly 
going forward.
    The previous two surveys aimed to describe the reported 
distribution of the Zika virus vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus 
from 1960 until late 2016 at county and sub-county spatial scales. The 
56-year data review was necessary because many recent records for these 
species of mosquitos were lacking, likely because from 2004-2015 most 
vector surveillance focused on vectors of West Nile virus (Culex spp.) 
rather than Zika vectors. The surveys yielded important data allowing 
CDC, states, and partners to understand the spread of these mosquitos 
in the U.S as well as the environmental conditions necessary for them 
to survive. The surveys reviewed data records from 1960-2016 and 
resulted in a complete assessment of historical records of mosquito 
surveillance but were not designed to collect these types of data 
routinely over time.
    In this revision, CDC will also seek information on locations of 
the mosquito traps at sub-county spatial

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scales through an online data portal called MosquitoNET (https://wwwn.cdc.gov/Arbonet/MosquitoNET) and will be expanded to include 
insecticide susceptibility and resistance data on local populations of 
mosquitos. Data will be collected monthly through the expiration date 
of this OMB approval.
    Such information will aid in (1) targeting vector control efforts 
to prevent mosquito-borne Zika virus transmission in the continental 
U.S. and (2) targeting future vector surveillance efforts. The 
resulting maps and models will inform the public and policy makers of 
the known distribution of these vectors, identify gaps in vector 
surveillance, and target allocation of surveillance and prevention 
resources. As part of the Zika response, efforts to identify Ae. 
aegypti and Ae. albopictus in the continental U.S. were substantially 
enhanced during 2016 and funding will be provided to states to continue 
to enhance surveillance for these vectors through the longstanding 
Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Program that was expanded to now 
include mosquito surveillance.
    Respondents will include vector control professionals, 
entomologists, and public health professionals who are recipients of 
ELC funding or their designated points of contact. The respondents will 
be contacted via ELC primary recipients and instructed to set up 
accounts on the MosquitoNET Web site via a simple process. Data 
collection from ELC recipients will then begin. In order to limit the 
burden of data entry on respondents who may be entering information for 
their state, they will have the option of submitting the data via email 
to CDC using an excel survey.
    This information collection request is authorized by Section 301 of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241). The total estimated 
annualized burden time is 192 hours. There will be no anticipated costs 
to respondents other than time.

                                        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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Vector control professionals,   MosquitoNET                   64              12           15/60             192
 entomologists, and Public       entry of
 health professionals.           monthly
                                 surveillance
                                 records of
                                 Aedes aegypti
                                 and Aedes
                                 albopictus.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             192
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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.
[FR Doc. 2017-06865 Filed 4-5-17; 8:45 am]
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