83 FR 24671 - Control of Communicable Diseases; Technical Correction

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 104 (May 30, 2018)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces a technical correction to the final rule published on July 10, 2017. The July 10, 2017, technical correction provided amendments to a final rule published on January 19, 2017, but contained an error. HHS/CDC is therefore submitting a new correction to correct that error.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 30, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24671-24672]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11539]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

42 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. CDC-2016-0068]
RIN 0920-AA63


Control of Communicable Diseases; Technical Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces a technical 
correction to the final rule published on July 10, 2017. The July 10, 
2017, technical correction provided amendments to a final rule 
published on January 19, 2017, but contained an error. HHS/CDC is 
therefore submitting a new correction to correct that error.

DATES: This correcting amendment is effective May 30, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Buigut, Division of Global 
Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
1600 Clifton Road NE, MS-E03, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. Telephone: (404) 
498-1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 19, 2017, HHS/CDC published a 
final rule (82 FR 6890) that included several non-substantive errors. 
On July 10, 2017, HHS/CDC published a technical correction (82 FR 
31728) to correct errors made in the final rule. However, one new error 
was inadvertently created by including an instruction to change a word 
in the title of 42 CFR 71.5 dealing with vessels from ``voyage'' to 
``flight.'' HHS/CDC therefore, is publishing this correction notice 
amendment to fix the publication error that was made in the previous 
technical correction notice.
    Section 553(b)(B) of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 
U.S.C. 553(b)(B), provides that, when an agency for good cause finds 
that notice and public procedure are impracticable, unnecessary, or 
contrary to the public interest, the agency may issue a rule without 
providing notice and an

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opportunity for public comment. We have determined that it is 
unnecessary to provide prior notice and the opportunity for public 
comment because the technical correction being made, as discussed 
below, addresses only a minor publication error that does not 
substantially change agency actions taken in the final rule.
    Control of Communicable Diseases; Correction published at 82 FR 
31728 (July 10, 2017), included an error in the title of 42 CFR 71.5 
dealing with vessels by changing ``voyage'' to ``flight.'' We are now 
correcting the heading by amending it to read ``Sec.  71.5 Requirements 
relating to the transmission of vessel passenger, crew, and voyage 
information for public health purposes.'' This correction is minor, 
non-substantive, and therefore treated as if it had been included in 
the final rule published in the January 19, 2017, Federal Register.

Summary of Technical Corrections to 42 CFR 71 Foreign Quarantine

    The final rule contains a section relating to the transmission of 
passenger and crew information for vessels, Sec.  71.5. The technical 
correction published on July 10, 2017 (82 FR 31728), mistakenly changed 
the title of this section to, ``Requirements relating to the 
transmission of vessel passenger, crew and flight information for 
public health purposes.'' We are now correcting the heading for Sec.  
71.5 by changing ``flight'' to ``voyage'' because this section 
describes information pertaining to vessel voyages not aircraft 
flights.

List of Subjects in 42 CFR 71

    Apprehension, CDC, Communicable diseases, Conditional release, 
Director, Ill person, Isolation, Non-invasive, Public health emergency, 
Public health prevention measures, Quarantine, Quarantinable 
Communicable Diseases.

PART 71--FOREIGN QUARANTINE

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1. The authority citation for part 71 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Secs. 215 and 311 of Public Health Service (PHS) Act, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 216, 243); secs. 361-369, PHS Act, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 264-272).

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2. In Sec.  71.5, revise the section heading to read as follows:


Sec.  71.5  Requirements relating to the transmission of vessel 
passenger, crew, and voyage information for public health purposes.

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    Dated: May 23, 2018.
Ann C. Agnew,
Executive Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2018-11539 Filed 5-29-18; 8:45 am]
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