[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 6671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2909]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-10-0128]


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) 395-5806. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Congenital Syphilis (CS) Case Investigation and Report Form 
(CDC73.126), OMB No. 0920-0128, (exp. 02/28/2010)--revision--National 
Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The purpose of the proposed revision is to continue data collection 
for congenital syphilis case investigations with a revised ``Congenital 
Syphilis (CS) Case Investigation and Report Form'' (CDC73.126). The CS 
Form is currently approved under OMB No. 0920-0128. This request is to 
extend clearance for 0920-0128 for an additional three years with 
revisions to the instrument, and decrease in the burden hours. The 
instrument is revised to exclude ``reporting city'' and ``resident 
city'' information blocks from the CS Form.
    Reducing congenital syphilis is a national objective in the 
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Report entitled Healthy 
People 2010 (Vol. I and II). Objective 25-9 of the DHHS document states 
the goal to ``reduce congenital syphilis to 1 new case per 100,000 live 
births.'' In order to meet this national objective, an effective 
surveillance system for congenital syphilis must be continued to 
monitor current levels of disease and progress towards the year 2010 
objective. These data will also be used to develop intervention 
strategies and to evaluate ongoing control efforts. There is no cost to 
respondents other than their time. In addition to modifications to the 
form, seven reporting areas have stopped using the paper collection 
form and are now reporting CS data electronically. As a result, the 
total estimated annualized burden hours have been reduced from 130 to 
63.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
          Types of respondent                   Form name           respondents   responses  per   response  (in
                                                                                     respondent       hours)
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State Health Departments..............  Congenital Syphilis (CS)              10              11           20/60
                                         Case Investigation and
                                         Report.
Territorial Health Agencies...........  Congenital Syphilis (CS)               3              11           20/60
                                         Case Investigation and
                                         Report.
City and county health departments....  Congenital Syphilis (CS)               4              11           20/60
                                         Case Investigation and
                                         Report.
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    Dated: February 3, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-2909 Filed 2-9-10; 8:45 am]
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