Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice accompanies a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and invites comment on the information collection request Airline and Vessel and Traveler Information Collection. This information collection request pertains to CDC's activities with regard to requirements at proposed Sec. 71.4 and Sec. 71.5 that airlines and vessels arriving to the United States from foreign countries send passenger, crew, and conveyance information (aka manifests) to CDC in the event that a communicable disease of public health concern is suspected or confirmed in a person aboard who poses a potential public health risk to other travelers and their communities after arriving in the United States. This information also pertains to current activities with regard to the collection of manifests from domestic flights within the United States, as well as the collection of traveler information using the Passenger Locator Form (PLF) on both international and domestic flights.