[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61653-61654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21416]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-08-0199]


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) 639-5960 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: Importation of Etiologic Agents, Hosts, and 
Vectors of Human Disease (42 CFR Part 71.54)--(OMB Control No. 0920-
0199)--Extension--Office of the Director (OD), CDC. The Foreign 
Quarantine Regulations (42 CFR Part 71) set forth provisions to prevent 
the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable disease from 
foreign countries into the United States. Subpart F--Importations--
contains provisions for importation of etiologic agents, hosts, and 
vectors (42 CFR 71.54), requiring persons that import or distribute 
after importation these materials to obtain a permit issued by the CDC. 
This request is for the information collection requirements contained 
in 42 CFR 71.54 for issuance of permits by CDC to importers or 
distributors after importation of etiologic agents, hosts, or vectors 
of human disease.
    CDC is requesting continued OMB approval to collect this 
information through the use of two separate forms. On an annual basis, 
approximately 2,300 laboratory facilities complete these forms to 
receive permits issued by CDC. These forms are: (1) Application for 
Permit to Import or Transport Etiologic Agents, Hosts, or Vectors of 
Human Disease and (2) Application for Permit to Import or Transport 
Live Bats.
    The Application for Permit to Import or Transport Etiologic Agents, 
Hosts, or Vectors of Human Disease will be used by laboratory 
facilities, such as those operated by government agencies, 
universities, research institutions, and zoologic exhibitions, and also 
by importers of nonhuman primate trophy materials, such as hunters or 
taxidermists, to request permits for the importation and subsequent 
distribution after importation of etiologic agents, hosts, or vectors 
of human disease. The Application for Permit to Import or Transport 
Etiologic Agents, Hosts, or Vectors of Human Disease requests applicant 
and sender contact information; description of material for 
importation; facility isolation and containment information; and 
personnel qualifications. Estimated average time to complete this form 
is 20 minutes.
    The Application for Permit to Import or Transport Live Bats will be 
used by laboratory facilities such as those operated by government 
agencies, universities, research institutions, and

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zoologic exhibitions entities to request importation and subsequent 
distribution after importation of live bats. The Application for Permit 
to Import or Transport Live Bats requests applicant and sender contact 
information; a description and intended use of bats to be imported; 
facility isolation and containment information; and personnel 
qualifications.
    There is no cost to respondents other than their time to complete 
the form. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 767.

                                           Estimated Annualized Burden
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                                                             Number of        Responses per      Average hourly
                      Respondents                           respondents         respondent           burden
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Applicants for 71.54 Application Permit................              2,300                  1              20/60
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    Total..............................................              2,300  .................  .................
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    Dated: October 23, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-21416 Filed 10-30-07; 8:45 am]
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