83_FR_61096 83 FR 60868 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

83 FR 60868 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

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

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 228 (November 27, 2018)

Page Range60868-60870
FR Document2018-25752

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled ``Emergency Cruise Ship Outbreak Investigations (CSOIs)''. The purpose of this study is to allow the CDC Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) via cruise ships entering the United States from foreign countries.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-19-19BN; Docket No. CDC-2018-0104]


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 effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled ``Emergency Cruise Ship Outbreak 
Investigations (CSOIs)''. The purpose of this study is to allow the CDC 
Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) to prevent the introduction, 
transmission, or spread of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) via cruise ships 
entering the United States from foreign countries.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before January 28, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018-
0104 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed above.

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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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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 the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. 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;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. 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 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Emergency Cruise Ship Outbreak Investigations (COIs)--Existing 
Collection in Use without an OMB Control Number--National Center for 
Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Established in 1975 as a cooperative activity with the cruise ship 
industry, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vessel 
Sanitation Program (VSP) develops and implements comprehensive 
sanitation programs to minimize the risk of gastrointestinal diseases, 
by coordinating and conducting operational inspections, ongoing 
surveillance of gastrointestinal illness, and outbreak investigations 
on vessels.
    Under the authority of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
Sections 264 and 269), the VSP is requesting a three-year approval for 
a new generic clearance information collection request (ICR). This ICR 
will provide the quick turn-around necessary to conduct emergency 
cruise ship outbreak investigations (CSOIs) in response to acute 
gastroenteritis (AGE) outbreaks. CSOIs are used to determine the 
causative agents and their sources, modes of transmission, or risk 
factors. The VSP's jurisdiction includes passenger vessels carrying 13 
or more people sailing from foreign ports and within 15 days of 
arriving at a U.S. port.
    VSP uses its syndromic surveillance system called the Maritime 
Illness and Death Reporting System (MIDRS) (approved under ``Foreign 
Quarantine Regulations'' [OMB Control No. 0920-0134, expiration date 
05/31/2019]) to collect aggregate data about the number of people 
onboard ships in VSP's jurisdiction who are experiencing AGE symptoms. 
When the levels of illness meet VSP's alert threshold (i.e., at least 
2% in either the passenger or crew populations), a special report is 
made to VSP via MIDRS and remote environmental health and epidemiologic 
assistance is provided. VSP considers an outbreak to be >=3% of 
reportable AGE cases in either guest or crew populations. When 
assistance is needed due to AGE outbreaks on cruise ships, this often 
requires VSP to deploy a response team to meet the ship in port within 
24 hours of reaching the outbreak threshold, and in some cases 
deploying the response team to board the ship before its U.S. arrival 
and sail back to the U.S. port of disembarkation to conduct a more 
detailed and comprehensive epidemiologic and environmental health 
evaluation of the outbreak.
    Causative agent, sources of exposure, modes of transmission, and 
risk factors can be ascertained by gathering the following types of 
information from both the affected and (seemingly) unaffected 
populations:
     Demographic information,
     Pre-embarkation travel information,
     Symptoms, including type, onset, duration,
     Contact with people who were sick or their body fluids,
     Participation in ship and shore activities,
     Locations of eating and drinking, and
     Foods and beverages consumed both on the ship and on 
shore.
    Rapid and flexible data collection is imperative given the mobile 
environment, the remaining duration of the voyage left for 
investigation, and the loss to follow-up if delays allow passengers to 
disembark and leave the ship, including those returning to locations 
outside of the U.S.
    This new generic clearance will cover investigations that meet all 
of the following criteria:
     The investigation is urgent in nature (i.e., timely data 
are needed to inform rapid public health action to prevent or reduce 
morbidity or mortality).
     The investigation is characterized by undetermined agents, 
undetermined sources, undetermined modes of transmission, or 
undetermined risk factors.
     One or more CDC staff (including trainees and fellows) 
will be deployed to the field.
     Most CSOIs involve two to five days of data collection; 
data collection is completed in 30 days or less.
    This new generic clearance excludes each of the following:
     Investigations related to non-urgent outbreaks or events.
     Investigations conducted for the primary purpose of 
program evaluation, surveillance, needs assessment, or research (e.g., 
to contribute to generalizable knowledge).
     Investigations with data collection expected for greater 
than 30 days.
    The VSP estimates 10 CSOIs annually in response to cruise ship AGE 
outbreaks. The estimated number of respondents is 2,500 per CSOI, for a 
total of 25,000 respondents per year. The average time burden is 15 
minutes for each respondent. Therefore, the total estimated annual 
burden in hours is 6,250. There is no cost to respondents other than 
their time.

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                                        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 hours)      (in hours)
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Cruise Ship Passengers or Crew  Questionnaire...          24,750               1           15/60           6,188
Cruise Ship Passengers or Crew  Interview.......             250               1           15/60              62
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           6,250
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
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                                              years old (76 hours); and 10 minutes for                            minutes for 1,440 adults (720 hours); 15                                subset of households deemed eligible
                                              191 children aged 12–17 years old who                               minutes for 264 parents responding for                                  for the EA for testing of tap water and
                                              assent for themselves (32 hours).                                   their children, 3–11 years old (66                                      indoor dust samples; therefore, the
                                                 Exposure Assessment Questionnaires                               hours); and 15 minutes for 191 children,                                desired number of households is 15 per
                                              for Biological and Environmental                                    12–17 years old, who respond for                                        EA, or 76 per year (152 * 10/100 * 5).
                                              Testing for Adults, Parents, or Children:                           themselves (48 hours).                                                  The time associated with consenting to
                                              ATSDR/NCEH will administer an                                          Household Recruitment Script for                                     the environmental sampling is 10
                                              exposure questionnaire to all consented                             Environmental Sampling: The                                             minutes, resulting in a burden of 13
                                              respondents that includes questions                                 households providing environmental                                      hours annually for five EAs.
                                              associated with potential exposure to                               samples (tap water and indoor dust) will
                                              PFAS both inside and outside the home                               be a random 10 percent subset of                                          Environmental Sample Collection
                                              (e.g., work or school). The adult                                   households that report using tap water                                  Form: ATSDR will collect samples from
                                              questionnaire also includes several                                 for drinking water. Assuming a 65                                       approximately 15 households per EA or
                                              questions associated with water use and                             percent response rate, ATSDR/NCEH                                       76 households annually (152*10/100*5)
                                              flooring type while the child                                       will administer a five-minute                                           and fill out a sample collection form.
                                              questionnaire includes questions                                    recruitment script to 23 heads-of                                       The average time burden is estimated as
                                              regarding playing in soil; these                                    households who are eligible to take part                                15 minutes per response for the sample
                                              questions are intended to evaluate                                  in each EA (152/10 * 100/65). This will                                 collection forms (19 hours annually).
                                              potential exposure and to support the                               result in annual recruitment from 117                                     ATSDR estimates the total annualized
                                              environmental testing. The time                                     heads-of-households and 10 hours for                                    time burden is 1,390 hours.
                                              associated with administering the                                   five EAs.                                                               Participation is voluntary, and there are
                                              questionnaire and completing the                                       Consent for Environmental Testing:                                   no costs to respondents other than their
                                              biological sampling is approximately 30                             ATSDR/NCEH will consent a 10 percent                                    time.

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

                                              EA Community Members .......                Community Event Evaluation Survey .....................................                                 815                1           5/60
                                              EA Adults ...............................   Household Eligibility Screener ................................................                       1,170                1           5/60
                                                                                          Consent ...................................................................................           1,440                1          10/60
                                                                                          Exposure Questionnaire (Adult)for Biological and Environ-                                             1,440                1          30/60
                                                                                            mental Testing.
                                              EA Parents .............................    Parental Permission ................................................................                     455               1          10/60
                                                                                          Exposure Questionnaire (Child)for Biological Testing (Parent                                             264               1          15/60
                                                                                            Proxy).
                                              EA Children ............................    Assent .....................................................................................             191               1          10/60
                                                                                          Exposure Questionnaire (Child)for Biological Testing (Child                                              191               1          15/60
                                                                                            completed).
                                              EA Heads-of-Households .......              Household Recruitment Script for Environmental Sampling ..                                               117               1           5/60
                                                                                          Environmental Sampling Consent Form .................................                                     76               1          10/60
                                                                                          Environmental Sample Collection Form .................................                                    76               1          15/60



                                              Jeffrey M. Zirger,                                                  ACTION:       Notice with comment period.                               DATES:CDC must receive written
                                              Acting Team Lead, Information Collection                                                                                                    comments on or before January 28,
                                              Review Office, Office of Scientific Integrity,                      SUMMARY:   The Centers for Disease                                      2019.
                                              Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control                      Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
                                              and Prevention.                                                                                                                             ADDRESSES:   You may submit comments,
                                                                                                                  its continuing effort to reduce public                                  identified by Docket No. CDC–2018–
                                              [FR Doc. 2018–25626 Filed 11–26–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                  burden and maximize the utility of                                      0104 by any of the following methods:
                                              BILLING CODE 4163–18–P
                                                                                                                  government information, invites the                                        • Federal eRulemaking Portal:
                                                                                                                  general public and other Federal                                        Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
                                              DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                            agencies the opportunity to comment on                                  for submitting comments.
                                              HUMAN SERVICES                                                      a proposed and/or continuing                                               • Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information
                                                                                                                  information collection, as required by                                  Collection Review Office, Centers for
                                              Centers for Disease Control and                                     the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.                                    Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
                                              Prevention                                                          This notice invites comment on a                                        Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta,
                                                                                                                  proposed information collection project                                 Georgia 30329.
                                              [60Day–19–19BN; Docket No. CDC–2018–                                titled ‘‘Emergency Cruise Ship Outbreak                                    Instructions: All submissions received
                                              0104]                                                                                                                                       must include the agency name and
                                                                                                                  Investigations (CSOIs)’’. The purpose of
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                                                                                                                  this study is to allow the CDC Vessel                                   Docket Number. CDC will post, without
                                              Proposed Data Collection Submitted
                                                                                                                  Sanitation Program (VSP) to prevent the                                 change, all relevant comments to
                                              for Public Comment and
                                                                                                                  introduction, transmission, or spread of                                Regulations.gov.
                                              Recommendations
                                                                                                                  acute gastroenteritis (AGE) via cruise                                     Please note: Submit all comments
                                              AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and                             ships entering the United States from                                   through the Federal eRulemaking portal
                                              Prevention (CDC), Department of Health                              foreign countries.                                                      (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
                                              and Human Services (HHS).                                                                                                                   address listed above.


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                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:     To                 Background and Brief Description                      following types of information from
                                              request more information on the                            Established in 1975 as a cooperative               both the affected and (seemingly)
                                              proposed project or to obtain a copy of                 activity with the cruise ship industry,               unaffected populations:
                                              the information collection plan and                     the Centers for Disease Control and                      • Demographic information,
                                              instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger,                 Prevention (CDC) Vessel Sanitation                       • Pre-embarkation travel information,
                                              Information Collection Review Office,                   Program (VSP) develops and                               • Symptoms, including type, onset,
                                              Centers for Disease Control and                         implements comprehensive sanitation                   duration,
                                              Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS–                   programs to minimize the risk of                         • Contact with people who were sick
                                              D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone:                                                                           or their body fluids,
                                                                                                      gastrointestinal diseases, by
                                              404–639–7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.
                                                                                                      coordinating and conducting                              • Participation in ship and shore
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the                    operational inspections, ongoing                      activities,
                                              Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)                   surveillance of gastrointestinal illness,                • Locations of eating and drinking,
                                              (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies                 and outbreak investigations on vessels.               and
                                              must obtain approval from the Office of                    Under the authority of the Public                     • Foods and beverages consumed
                                              Management and Budget (OMB) for each                    Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Sections                both on the ship and on shore.
                                              collection of information they conduct                  264 and 269), the VSP is requesting a
                                              or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also                                                                            Rapid and flexible data collection is
                                                                                                      three-year approval for a new generic                 imperative given the mobile
                                              requires Federal agencies to provide a                  clearance information collection request
                                              60-day notice in the Federal Register                                                                         environment, the remaining duration of
                                                                                                      (ICR). This ICR will provide the quick                the voyage left for investigation, and the
                                              concerning each proposed collection of                  turn-around necessary to conduct
                                              information, including each new                                                                               loss to follow-up if delays allow
                                                                                                      emergency cruise ship outbreak                        passengers to disembark and leave the
                                              proposed collection, each proposed                      investigations (CSOIs) in response to
                                              extension of existing collection of                                                                           ship, including those returning to
                                                                                                      acute gastroenteritis (AGE) outbreaks.                locations outside of the U.S.
                                              information, and each reinstatement of                  CSOIs are used to determine the
                                              previously approved information                                                                                  This new generic clearance will cover
                                                                                                      causative agents and their sources,                   investigations that meet all of the
                                              collection before submitting the                        modes of transmission, or risk factors.
                                              collection to the OMB for approval. To                                                                        following criteria:
                                                                                                      The VSP’s jurisdiction includes                          • The investigation is urgent in
                                              comply with this requirement, we are                    passenger vessels carrying 13 or more
                                              publishing this notice of a proposed                                                                          nature (i.e., timely data are needed to
                                                                                                      people sailing from foreign ports and                 inform rapid public health action to
                                              data collection as described below.                     within 15 days of arriving at a U.S. port.
                                                The OMB is particularly interested in                                                                       prevent or reduce morbidity or
                                                                                                         VSP uses its syndromic surveillance                mortality).
                                              comments that will help:                                system called the Maritime Illness and
                                                1. Evaluate whether the proposed                                                                               • The investigation is characterized
                                                                                                      Death Reporting System (MIDRS)
                                              collection of information is necessary                                                                        by undetermined agents, undetermined
                                                                                                      (approved under ‘‘Foreign Quarantine
                                              for the proper performance of the                                                                             sources, undetermined modes of
                                                                                                      Regulations’’ [OMB Control No. 0920–
                                              functions of the agency, including                                                                            transmission, or undetermined risk
                                                                                                      0134, expiration date 05/31/2019]) to
                                              whether the information will have                                                                             factors.
                                                                                                      collect aggregate data about the number
                                              practical utility;
                                                                                                      of people onboard ships in VSP’s                         • One or more CDC staff (including
                                                2. Evaluate the accuracy of the                                                                             trainees and fellows) will be deployed
                                              agency’s estimate of the burden of the                  jurisdiction who are experiencing AGE
                                                                                                      symptoms. When the levels of illness                  to the field.
                                              proposed collection of information,
                                                                                                      meet VSP’s alert threshold (i.e., at least               • Most CSOIs involve two to five days
                                              including the validity of the                                                                                 of data collection; data collection is
                                              methodology and assumptions used;                       2% in either the passenger or crew
                                                                                                      populations), a special report is made to             completed in 30 days or less.
                                                3. Enhance the quality, utility, and                                                                           This new generic clearance excludes
                                              clarity of the information to be                        VSP via MIDRS and remote
                                                                                                      environmental health and                              each of the following:
                                              collected; and                                                                                                   • Investigations related to non-urgent
                                                4. Minimize the burden of the                         epidemiologic assistance is provided.
                                              collection of information on those who                  VSP considers an outbreak to be ≥3% of                outbreaks or events.
                                              are to respond, including through the                   reportable AGE cases in either guest or                  • Investigations conducted for the
                                              use of appropriate automated,                           crew populations. When assistance is                  primary purpose of program evaluation,
                                              electronic, mechanical, or other                        needed due to AGE outbreaks on cruise                 surveillance, needs assessment, or
                                              technological collection techniques or                  ships, this often requires VSP to deploy              research (e.g., to contribute to
                                              other forms of information technology,                  a response team to meet the ship in port              generalizable knowledge).
                                              e.g., permitting electronic submissions                 within 24 hours of reaching the                          • Investigations with data collection
                                              of responses.                                           outbreak threshold, and in some cases                 expected for greater than 30 days.
                                                5. Assess information collection costs.               deploying the response team to board                     The VSP estimates 10 CSOIs annually
                                                                                                      the ship before its U.S. arrival and sail             in response to cruise ship AGE
                                              Proposed Project                                        back to the U.S. port of disembarkation               outbreaks. The estimated number of
                                                Emergency Cruise Ship Outbreak                        to conduct a more detailed and                        respondents is 2,500 per CSOI, for a
                                              Investigations (COIs)—Existing                          comprehensive epidemiologic and                       total of 25,000 respondents per year.
                                              Collection in Use without an OMB                        environmental health evaluation of the                The average time burden is 15 minutes
                                              Control Number—National Center for                      outbreak.                                             for each respondent. Therefore, the total
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                                              Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers                       Causative agent, sources of exposure,              estimated annual burden in hours is
                                              for Disease Control and Prevention                      modes of transmission, and risk factors               6,250. There is no cost to respondents
                                              (CDC).                                                  can be ascertained by gathering the                   other than their time.




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

                                              Cruise Ship Passengers or Crew ...................................                    Questionnaire ......                         24,750                              1                   15/60              6,188
                                              Cruise Ship Passengers or Crew ...................................                    Interview ..............                        250                              1                   15/60                 62

                                                   Total ........................................................................   .............................   ........................   ........................   ........................          6,250



                                              Jeffrey M. Zirger,                                                         (d) Minimize the burden of the                                            These practices and procedures ensure
                                              Acting Lead, Information Collection Review                               collection of information on those who                                      protection against the introduction and
                                              Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office                           are to respond, including, through the                                      spread of communicable diseases into
                                              of Science, Centers for Disease Control and                              use of appropriate automated,                                               and within the United States with a
                                              Prevention.                                                              electronic, mechanical, or other                                            minimum of recordkeeping and
                                              [FR Doc. 2018–25752 Filed 11–26–18; 8:45 am]                             technological collection techniques or                                      reporting procedures, as well as a
                                              BILLING CODE 4163–18–P                                                   other forms of information technology,                                      minimum of interference with trade and
                                                                                                                       e.g., permitting electronic submission of                                   travel.
                                                                                                                       responses; and                                                                 U.S. Quarantine Stations are located
                                              DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                                   (e) Assess information collection
                                              HUMAN SERVICES                                                                                                                                       at 20 ports of entry and land-border
                                                                                                                       costs.
                                                                                                                                                                                                   crossings where international travelers
                                                                                                                         To request additional information on
                                              Centers for Disease Control and                                                                                                                      arrive. The jurisdiction of each station
                                                                                                                       the proposed project or to obtain a copy
                                              Prevention                                                               of the information collection plan and                                      includes air, maritime, and/or land-
                                                                                                                       instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or                                         border ports of entry. Quarantine
                                                                                                                       send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Direct                                        Station staff work in partnership with
                                              [30Day–19–0134]
                                                                                                                       written comments and/or suggestions                                         international, federal, state, and local
                                              Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork                                        regarding the items contained in this                                       agencies and organizations to fulfill
                                              Reduction Act Review                                                     notice to the Attention: CDC Desk                                           their mission to reduce morbidity and
                                                                                                                       Officer, Office of Management and                                           mortality among globally mobile
                                                 In accordance with the Paperwork                                                                                                                  populations. This work is performed to
                                                                                                                       Budget, 725 17th Street NW,
                                              Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for                                                                                                               prevent the introduction, transmission,
                                                                                                                       Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202)
                                              Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)                                                                                                                 and spread of communicable diseases
                                                                                                                       395–5806. Provide written comments
                                              has submitted the information                                                                                                                        from foreign countries into the United
                                                                                                                       within 30 days of notice publication.
                                              collection request titled Foreign                                                                                                                    States or from one State or possession to
                                              Quarantine Regulations (42 CFR 71) to                                    Proposed Project                                                            another State or possession. When an
                                              the Office of Management and Budget                                        Foreign Quarantine Regulations (42                                        illness suggestive of a communicable
                                              (OMB) for review and approval. CDC                                       CFR 71) (OMB Control No. 0920–0134)                                         disease is reported by conveyance
                                              previously published a ‘‘Proposed Data                                   (Exp 5/31/2019)—National Center for                                         operators or port partners (e.g. Customs
                                              Collection Submitted for Public                                          Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious                                            and Border Protection), Quarantine
                                              Comment and Recommendations’’                                            Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease                                      Officers respond to carry out an onsite
                                              notice on September 7, 2018 to obtain                                    Control and Prevention (CDC).                                               public health assessment and collect
                                              comments from the public and affected                                                                                                                data from the individual. This response
                                              agencies. CDC did not receive comments                                   Background and Brief Description                                            may occur jointly with port partners.
                                              related to the previous notice. This                                       Section 361 of the Public Health                                          The collection of comprehensive,
                                              notice serves to allow an additional 30                                  Service Act (PHSA) (42 U.S.C. 264)                                          pertinent public health information
                                              days for public and affected agency                                      authorizes the Secretary of Health and                                      during these responses enables
                                              comments.                                                                Human Services to make and enforce                                          Quarantine Officers to make an accurate
                                                 CDC will accept all comments for this                                 regulations necessary to prevent the                                        public health assessment and identify
                                              proposed information collection project.                                 introduction, transmission or spread of                                     appropriate next steps. For this reason,
                                              The Office of Management and Budget                                      communicable diseases from foreign                                          quarantine station staff need to
                                              is particularly interested in comments                                   countries into the United States. Statute                                   systematically interview ill travelers
                                              that:                                                                    and the existing regulations governing                                      and collect relevant health and
                                                 (a) Evaluate whether the proposed                                     foreign quarantine activities (42 CFR 71)                                   epidemiologic information.
                                              collection of information is necessary                                   authorize quarantine officers and other                                        CDC is making a number of changes
                                              for the proper performance of the                                        personnel to inspect and undertake                                          and adjustments to this information
                                              functions of the agency, including                                       necessary control measures with respect                                     collection. The changes are as follows:
                                              whether the information will have                                        to conveyances, persons, and shipments
                                              practical utility;                                                       of animals and etiologic agents in order                                       • CDC is merging this information
                                                 (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the                                      to protect the public’s health. Other                                       collection with another, 0920–0821
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                                              agencies estimate of the burden of the                                   inspection agencies, such as Customs                                        Illness Response Forms: Airline,
                                              proposed collection of information,                                      and Border Protection (CBP), assist                                         Maritime, and Land/Border Crossing.
                                              including the validity of the                                            quarantine officers in public health                                           • CDC is disaggregating the
                                              methodology and assumptions used;                                        screening of persons, pets, and other                                       information collection 42 CFR 71.21(a)
                                                 (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and                                 importations of public health                                               report of illness or death from ships so
                                              clarity of the information to be                                         importance and make referrals to                                            that the influenza like illness (ILI)
                                              collected;                                                               quarantine station staff when indicated.                                    report, which is voluntary, is separate


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice with comment period.
DatesCDC must receive written comments on or before January 28, 2019.
ContactTo request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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 Citation83 FR 60868 

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