[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61412-61413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24756]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day-13-0728]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-7570 
and send comments to Ron Otten, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 
30333 or send an email to [email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Title: National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS), OMB 
Control No. 0920-0728, Revision Exp. 01/31/2014, Office of 
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (OSELS), Public 
Health Surveillance and Informatics Program Office (PHSIPO) 
{Proposed{time}  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 241) authorizes CDC to 
disseminate nationally notifiable condition information. CDC's 
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report publishes incidence and 
prevalence tables for nationally notifiable conditions for the 
reporting of case notification data from 57 reporting jurisdictions (50 
states, 2 cities, and 5 territorial health departments) using the 
National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) umbrella of 
systems and including the National Electronic Telecommunications System 
for Surveillance (NETSS) and other surveillance data sources to NNDSS. 
Each year, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) 
establishes the public health surveillance priorities and policies for 
the nation which are voted on by the Chief Epidemiologist in each U.S. 
State and Territory. In 2012, CSTE members voted to have Leptospirosis 
added to the CSTE List of Notifiable Conditions. In response to this 
CSTE position statement, the CDC Leptospirosis Program is requesting a 
change to NNDSS to include Leptospirosis on the NNDSS list so that 
reporting jurisdictions can start submitting core surveillance data to 
CDC. The annualized burden hours and cost to reporting jurisdictions to 
submit this data to CDC will not change significantly.

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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
               Type of respondents                  respondents    responses per   response  (in    (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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                                                Weekly Reporting
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States..........................................              50              52               3           7,800
Territories.....................................               5              52             1.5             390
Cities..........................................               2              52               3             312
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                                                Annual Reporting
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States..........................................              50               1              16             800
Territories.....................................               5               1              10              50
Cities..........................................               2               1              16              32
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           9,384
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    Dated: October 2, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI), Office of the Associate 
Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-24756 Filed 10-5-12; 8:45 am]
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