[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10592-10593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5116]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-09-0134]


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. 
Alternatively, to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instrument, call 404-639-5960 and send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, 
CDC Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333; comments may also be sent by e-mail to [email protected].
    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 a 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 clarify 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 information technology. Written comments 
should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Foreign Quarantine Regulations (42 CFR part 71), (OMB Control No. 
0920-0134)--Extension--National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and 
Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) (42 U.S.C. 264) 
authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make and 
enforce regulations necessary to prevent the introduction, 
transmission, or spread of communicable diseases into the United 
States. Legislation and existing regulations governing the 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's health.
    Under the foreign quarantine regulations, the master of a ship or 
captain of an airplane entering he United States from a foreign port is 
required by public health law to report certain illnesses among 
passengers (42 CFR 71.21 (b)). In addition to the aforementioned list 
of illnesses which must be reported to CDC, the master of a ship or 
captain of an airplane must also report (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 personnel health 
information to

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protect the health of the public under the authority of section 301 of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.).
    This information collection request also includes the Passenger 
Locator Information Form. The Passenger Locator Information 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 significance while 
traveling on a conveyance. HHS 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 the Public Health Service 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 airline pilots, ships' captains, importers, and 
travelers. The nature of the quarantine response dictates which forms 
are completed by whom.
    There are no costs to respondents except for their time to complete 
the forms.

                                       Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                    Citation                         Number of     responses per  per respondent   Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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71.21 Radio Report of death/illness.............           9,500               1            2/60             317
71.33(c) Report by persons in isolation or                    11               1            3/60               1
 surveillance...................................
71.35 Report of death/illness in port...........               5               1           30/60               3
Locator Form used in an outbreak of public             2,700,000               1            5/60         225,000
 health significance............................
Locator Form used for reporting of an ill                    800               1            5/60              67
 passenger(s)...................................
71.51(b)(3) Admission of cats/dogs; death/                     5               1            3/60               1
 illness........................................
71.51(d) Dogs/cats: Certification of                       1,200               1           15/60             300
 Confinement, Vaccination.......................
71.52(d) Turtle Importation Permits.............              10               1           30/60               5
71.53(d) Importer Registration--Nonhuman                      40               1           10/60               7
 Primates.......................................
71.53(e) Recordkeeping..........................              30               4           30/60              60
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............         225,761
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    Dated: March 3, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-5116 Filed 3-10-09; 8:45 am]
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