[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 52772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22618]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-03-115]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer at (404) 639-7090.
    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; and (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. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Outbreak 
Investigation (0920-0956)--Extension--National Center for Infectious 
Diseases (NCID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The 
purpose of this project is to prepare for a response to another 
possible outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the 
United States and abroad. In late February 2003, CDC began supporting 
the World Health Organization (WHO) in the investigation of a multi-
country outbreak of atypical pneumonia of unknown etiology. The illness 
was subsequently named SARS. By March 2003, cases of SARS were reported 
in the U.S. among travelers with a travel history to one or more of the 
three provinces in Asia where the SARS outbreak was first reported.
    In order to prepare for another potential outbreak of SARS in the 
U.S. in the upcoming respiratory season, several collections of 
information may be required. Currently, CDC is collecting this 
information under a six month emergency clearance. To preserve 
continuity in the surveillance information collected by public health 
investigators, CDC is requesting a 3 year extension on the current 
surveillance forms. The information collected includes contact 
information for travelers on a flight with a person or persons 
suspected of having SARS, health care work exposures, and case report 
forms. There is no cost to the respondent.

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                                                                                                              No. of        Avg. burden
                  Form                                     Respondent                        No. of         responses/     per response    Total burden
                                                                                           respondents      respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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International SARS Case reports.........  Caseworker..................................               500               1           30/60             250
SARS contact information................  Airline passengers..........................             3,000               1            5/60             250
SARS retrospective exposure form........  Quarantine inspector........................             1,000               1            5/60              83
SARS Screening form.....................  Health care workers.........................               330               1           10/60              55
Health Care Worker exposure form........  Health care workers.........................               500               1           20/60             167
Unprotected HCW form....................  Health care workers.........................               500               1           20/60             167
SARS Case Report Intake form............  Health care workers/epidemiologists.........               750               1               1          45,000
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    Total...............................  ............................................  ................  ..............  ..............          45,972
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    Dated: August 28, 2003.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-22618 Filed 9-4-03; 8:45 am]
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