[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58416-58417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20054]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-05-0134]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 371-5983 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

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

Background and Brief Description:

    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 foreign 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 entering the United States 
from foreign ports in order to protect the public health.
    Under foreign quarantine regulations, the master of a ship or 
captain of an airplane entering the United States from a foreign port 
is required by public health law to report certain illnesses among 
passengers (42 CFR 71.21)(b). In this revision, CDC proposes adding two 
additional reporting requirements. First, in addition to the 
aforementioned list of required illnesses to be reported, CDC is asking 
that reports be made for the following conditions, which may indicate a 
reportable illness: (1) Hemorrhagic fever syndrome (persistent fever 
accompanied by abnormal bleeding from any site); or (2) acute 
respiratory syndrome (severe cough or severe respiratory disease of 
less than 3 weeks in duration); or (3) acute onset of fever and severe 
headache, accompanied by stiff neck or change in level of 
consciousness. CDC has the authority to collect personal health 
information to protect the health of the public under the authority of 
section 301 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.).
    Second, CDC proposes adding the Passenger Locator Form currently 
under OMB control number 0920-0664 to OMB control number 0920-0134. The 
Passenger Locator Form is used to collect reliable information that 
assists quarantine officers in locating in a timely manner those 
passengers and crew who are exposed to communicable diseases of public 
health importance while traveling on a conveyance. Additional burden 
hours for the voluntary reporting of additional certain illnesses and 
the Passenger Locator Form are reflected in the burden hour table 
below. 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 include airplane pilots, ships' captains, importers, 
and travelers. The nature of the quarantine response would dictate 
which forms are completed by whom. There are no costs to respondents 
except for their time. The total estimated annual burden hours are 
225,759.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                                  Average burden
                                                   Form number/      Number of       Number of          per
                    Citation                          former        respondents    responses per    respondent
                                                   OMB                     respondent      (in hours)
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Reporting:
    71.21 Radio report death/illness............  ..............           9,500               1            2/60
    71.33(c) Report by person/s in isolation or   ..............              11               1            3/60
     surveillance...............................
    71.35 Report of death/illlness in port......  ..............               5               1           30/60
    Used in an outbreak of public health               0920-0664       2,700,000               1            5/60
     significance...............................
    Used for reporting of an ill passenger(s)...       0920-0664             800               1            5/60
    71.51(b)(3) Admission of cats/dogs: death/    ..............               5               1            3/60
     illness....................................
    71.51(d) Dogs/cats: certification of               CDC 75.37           1,200               1           15/60
     confinement, vaccination...................
    71.52(d) Turtle importation permits.........  ..............              10               1           30/60
    71.53(d) Importer registration--nonhuman          CDC 75.10A              40               1           10/60
     primates...................................
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        Total (Reporting).......................  ..............       2,711,571
Recordkeeping:
    71.53(e)....................................  ..............              30               4           30/60
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    Dated: September 30, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-20054 Filed 10-5-05; 8:45 am]
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