[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67373-67374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27606]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30-Day-11-0199]


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

    Importation of Etiologic Agents (42 CFR 71.54)--(OMB Control No. 
0920-0199 exp. 1/31/2011)--Revision--Office of Public Health 
Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

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Background and Brief Description

    The Foreign Quarantine Regulations (42 CFR part 71) set forth 
provisions to prevent the introduction, transmission, and spread of 
communicable disease from foreign countries into the United States. 
Subpart F--Importations--contains provisions for importation of 
etiologic agents, hosts, and vectors (42 CFR 71.54), requiring persons 
that import these materials to obtain a permit issued by the CDC. This 
request is for the information collection requirements contained in 42 
CFR 71.54 for issuance of permits by CDC to importers of etiologic 
agents, hosts, or vectors of human disease. The revisions to the 
``Application for Permit to Import or Transport Etiologic Agents, 
Hosts, or Vectors of Human Disease are primarily changes to forms to 
clarify instructions, correct editorial errors from previous 
submission, and reformat the structure of the forms based on the day-
to-day processing of these forms. The ``Application for Permit to 
Import or Transport Live Bats'' is not being revised at this time.
    CDC is requesting continued OMB approval to collect this 
information through the use of two separate forms for a 3 year period. 
These forms are: (1) Application for Permit to Import or Transport 
Etiologic Agents, Hosts, or Vectors of Human Disease and (2) 
Application for Permit to Import or Transport Live Bats.
    The Application for Permit to Import or Transport Etiologic Agents, 
Hosts, or Vectors of Human Disease will be used by laboratory 
facilities, such as those operated by government agencies, 
universities, research institutions, and zoologic exhibitions, and also 
by importers of nonhuman primate trophy materials, such as hunters or 
taxidermists, to request permits for the importation of etiologic 
agents, hosts, or vectors of human disease. The Application for Permit 
to Import or Transport Etiologic Agents, Hosts, or Vectors of Human 
Disease requests applicant and sender contact information; description 
of material for importation; facility isolation and containment 
information; and personnel qualifications.
    The Application for Permit to Import or Transport Live Bats will be 
used by laboratory facilities such as those operated by government 
agencies, universities, research institutions, and zoologic exhibitions 
entities to request importation and subsequent distribution after 
importation of live bats. The Application for Permit to Import or 
Transport Live Bats requests applicant and sender contact information; 
a description and intended use of bats to be imported; facility 
isolation and containment information; and personnel qualifications.
    There is no cost to respondents except their time. The total 
estimated annual burden hours are 670.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                              Average burden per
       Type of respondent              Form name           Number of         Responses per       response  (in
                                                          respondents         respondent            hours)
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Applicants Requesting to Import   71.54 Application                2,000                   1               20/60
 Etiologic Agents.                 Permit for
                                   Etiologic Agents.
Applicants Requesting to Import   71.54 Application                   10                   1               20/60
 Bats.                             Permit to Import
                                   or Transport Live
                                   Bats.
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    Dated: October 27, 2010.
Carol E. Walker,
(Acting) Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-27606 Filed 11-1-10; 8:45 am]
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