[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 85 (Monday, May 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24162-24163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9937]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-04-47]


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 on (404) 498-1210.
    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-E11, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Foreign Quarantine Regulations, OMB No. 0920-0134--Extension--
National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background

    Section 361 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 264) 
authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to make 
and enforce regulations necessary to prevent the introduction, 
transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries 
into the United States. Legislation and the existing regulations 
governing quarantine activities (42 CFR part 71) authorize quarantine 
officers and other personnel to inspect and undertake necessary control 
measures with respect to conveyances, persons, and shipments of animals 
and etiologic agents in order to protect the public health. DHHS 
delegates authority to CDC to conduct quarantine control measures. 
Currently, with the exception of rodent inspections and the cruise ship 
sanitation program, inspections are performed only on those vessels and 
aircraft which report illness prior to arrival or when illness is 
discovered upon arrival. Other inspection agencies assist quarantine 
officers in public health screening of persons, pets, and other 
importations of public health significance and make referrals to PHS 
when indicated. These practices and procedures assure protection 
against the introduction and spread of communicable diseases into the 
United States with a minimum of recordkeeping and reporting as well as 
a minimum of interference with trade and travel.
    Respondents would include airplane pilots, ships' captains, 
importers, and travelers. The nature of the quarantine response would 
dictate which forms are completed by whom. Thus, the respondents' 
portion of the information below is replaced by the requisite form 
title. There is no cost to respondents.

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                                                                     Number of      Avg. burden
                   Respondents                       Number of      responses/    per respondent   Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)         hours
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Radio reporting of death/illness:
    Aircraft....................................               1             130            2/60               4
    Cruise ships................................              90              23            1/60              34
    Other ships.................................              22               1            1/60            0.40
Report by persons held in isolation/surveillance              11               1           30/60            5.50
Report of death or illness on carrier during                   5               1            3/60            0.25
 stay in port...................................
Requirements for admission of dogs and cats:
    (1).........................................               5               1            3/60            0.25
    (2).........................................           2,650               1           15/60          662.50
Application for permits to import turtles.......              10               1           30/60               5
Requirements for registered importers of
 nonhuman primates:
    (1).........................................              40               1           10/60            6.70
    (2).........................................              50               1           30/60              25
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        Total...................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             744
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    Dated: April 23, 2004.
Bill J. Atkinson,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-9937 Filed 4-30-04; 8:45 am]
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