[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 97 (Thursday, May 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23863-23864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11896]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-09-0134]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    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

    Foreign Quarantine Regulations (42 CFR 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 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 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 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

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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.).
    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.
    The total annualized burden for this information collection request 
is 225,761 hours.

                                       Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
                            Citation                                respondents    responses per    respondent
                                                                                    respondent      (in hours)
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71.21 Radio Report of death/illness.............................           9,500               1            2/60
71.33(c) Report by persons in isolation or surveillance.........              11               1            3/60
71.35 Report of death/illness in port...........................               5               1           30/60
Locator Form used in an outbreak of public health significance..       2,700,000               1            5/60
Locator Form used for reporting of an ill passenger(s)..........             800               1            5/60
71.51(b)(3) Admission of cats/dogs; death/illness...............               5               1            3/60
71.51(d) Dogs/cats: Certification of Confinement, Vaccination...           1,200               1           15/60
71.52(d) Turtle Importation Permits.............................              10               1           30/60
71.53(d) Importer Registration--Nonhuman Primates...............              40               1           10/60
71.53(e) Recordkeeping..........................................              30               4           30/60
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    Dated: May 14, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-11896 Filed 5-20-09; 8:45 am]
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