[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 11, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26256-26257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11178]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-10-0004]


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

    National Disease Surveillance Program II. Disease Summaries (OMB 
No. 0920-0004 Exp. 5/31/2010)--Extension--National Center for Emerging 
and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) (proposed), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Surveillance of the incidence and distribution of disease has been 
an important function of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) since 
1878. Through the years, PHS/CDC has formulated practical methods of 
disease control through field investigations. The CDC National Disease 
Surveillance Program is based on the premise that diseases cannot be 
diagnosed, prevented, or controlled until existing knowledge is 
expanded and new ideas developed and implemented. Over the years, the 
mandate of CDC has broadened to include preventive health activities 
and the surveillance systems maintained have expanded. CDC and the 
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) collect data on 
disease and preventable conditions in accordance with jointly approved 
plans. Changes in the surveillance program and in reporting methods are 
effected in the same manner. At the onset of this surveillance program 
in 1968, the CSTE and CDC decided on which diseases warranted 
surveillance. These diseases are reviewed and revised based on 
variations in the public's health. Surveillance forms are distributed 
to the State and local health departments who voluntarily submit these 
reports to CDC at variable frequencies, either weekly or monthly. CDC 
then calculates and publishes weekly statistics via the Morbidity and 
Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), providing the states with timely 
aggregates of their submissions.
    The following diseases/conditions are included in this program: 
Diarrheal disease surveillance (includes campylobacter, salmonella, and 
shigella), foodborne outbreaks, arboviral surveillance (ArboNet), 
Influenza virus, including the annual survey and influenza-like 
illness, Respiratory and Enterovirus surveillance, rabies, waterborne 
diseases, cholera and other vibrio illnesses, Listeria, Calcinet, 
Harmful Algal Bloom-related Infectious Surveillance System (HABISS) 
data entry form, and the HABISS monthly reporting form. These data are 
essential on the local, state, and Federal levels for measuring trends 
in diseases, evaluating the effectiveness of current prevention 
strategies, and determining the need for modifying current prevention 
measures.
    This request is for extension of the currently approved data 
collection for three years. Because of the distinct nature of each of 
the diseases, the number of cases reported annually is different for 
each. There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The 
estimated annualized burden hours are 22,356.

                                       Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours
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             Respondents state epidemiologists                                    Number of      Average burden
-----------------------------------------------------------     Number of       responses per   per response (in
                           Form                                respondents       respondent          hours)
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Diarrheal Disease Surveillance: Campylobacter (electronic)                53                52              3/60
Diarrheal Disease Surveillance: Salmonella (electronic)...                53                52              3/60
Diarrheal Disease Surveillance: Shigella (electronic).....                53                52              3/60
Foodborne Outbreak Form...................................                54              31.5             20/60
Arboviral Surveillance (ArboNet)..........................                57              1421              4/60
    --Influenza virus (fax, Oct-May)......................                 8                33             10/60
    --Influenza virus (fax, year round)...................                15                52             10/60
Influenza virus (Internet; Oct-May).......................                13                33             10/60
Influenza virus (Internet; year round)....................                24                52             10/60
    --Influenza virus (electronic, Oct-May)...............                 9                33              5/60
    --Influenza virus (electronic, year round)............                14                52              5/60
Influenza Annual Survey...................................                83                 1             15/60
Influenza-like Illness (Oct-May)..........................               824                33             15/60
Influenza-like Illness (year round).......................               496                52             15/60
Monthly Respiratory & Enterovirus Surveillance Report:--                  25                12             15/60
 Excel format (electronic)................................

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National Respiratory & Enteric Virus Surveillance System                  90                52             10/60
 (NREVSS).................................................
Rabies (electronic).......................................                50                12              8/60
Rabies (paper)............................................                 3                12             15/60
Waterborne Diseases Outbreak Form.........................                57                 1             20/60
Cholera and other Vibrio illnesses........................               450                 1             20/60
Outbreak Report of Suspected Viral Gastroenteritis                        20                 5              5/60
 (Clicivirus surveillance)................................
Listeria Case Form........................................                53                 1             30/60
HABISS data entry form....................................                10                12                 8
HABISS monthly reporting form.............................                10                12             30/60
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    Dated: May 5, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-11178 Filed 5-10-10; 8:45 am]
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