[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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