[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 13 (Friday, January 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4149-4150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00987]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-13-0488]


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 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written comments 
to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 
20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Restriction on Interstate Travel of Persons (OMB Control No. 0920-
0488, Exp. 3/31/2013)--Revision--National Center for Emerging and 
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is requesting OMB 
approval for a revision of the information collection, ``Restriction on 
Interstate Travel of Persons'' (OMB Control No. 0920-0488).
    This information collection request is scheduled to expire on March 
31, 2013. CDC is authorized to collect this information under 42 CFR 
70.5 (Certain communicable diseases; special requirements). This 
regulation requires that any person who is in the communicable period 
for cholera, plague, smallpox, typhus, or yellow fever or having been 
exposed to any such disease is in the incubation period thereof, to 
apply for and receive a permit from the Surgeon General or his 
authorized representative in order to travel from one State or 
possession to another.
    CDC is requesting changes to the forms used within this information 
collection. The changes involve splitting the current form into two 
separate forms based on the type of respondent: an ill traveler, or the 
master of a vessel or conveyance engaged in interstate travel. CDC is 
also adding the option of electronic reporting of illness.
    Control of disease transmission within the States is considered to 
be the province of state and local health authorities, with Federal 
assistance being sought by those authorities on a cooperative basis 
without application of Federal regulations. The regulations in 42 Part 
70 were developed to facilitate Federal action in the event of large 
outbreaks requiring a coordinated effort involving several states, or 
in the event of inadequate local control. While it is not known 
whether, or to what extent situations may arise in which these 
regulations would be invoked, contingency planning for domestic 
emergency preparedness is now commonplace. Should these situations 
arise, CDC will use the reporting and recordkeeping requirements 
contained in the regulations to carry out quarantine responsibilities 
as required by law. The total number of burden hours requested for this 
collection is 3,701.
    There is no cost to respondents other than their time.

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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
      Type of respondent                    Form name               respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Traveler......................  42 CFR 70.3 Application to the             2,000               1           15/60
                                 State of destination for a
                                 permit.
Attending physician...........  42 CFR 70.3 Copy of material               2,000               1           15/60
                                 submitted by applicant and
                                 permit issued by State health
                                 authority.
State health authority........  42 CFR 70.3 Copy of material                   8             250            6/60
                                 submitted by applicant and
                                 permit issued by State health
                                 authority.

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Master of a vessel or person    42 CFR 70.4 Report by the master           1,500               1           15/60
 in charge of a conveyance.      of a vessel or person in charge
                                 of conveyance of the incidence
                                 of a communicable disease
                                 occurring while in interstate
                                 travel (Paper Form if requested
                                 by CDC during public health
                                 emergency).
State health authority........  42 CFR 70.4 Copy of material                  20              75            6/60
                                 submitted to state or local
                                 health authority under this
                                 provision (Paper Form if
                                 requested by CDC during public
                                 health emergency).
Master of a vessel or person    42 CFR 70.4 Report by the master             200               1           15/60
 in charge of a conveyance.      of a vessel or person in charge
                                 of conveyance of the incidence
                                 of a communicable disease
                                 occurring while in interstate
                                 travel (Radio or other
                                 telecommunication for routine
                                 reporting).
State health authority........  42 CFR 70.4 Copy of material                 200               1           15/60
                                 submitted to state or local
                                 health authority under this
                                 provision (Radio or other
                                 telecommunication for routine
                                 reporting).
Traveler......................  42 CFR 70.5 Application for a              3,750               1           15/60
                                 permit to move from State to
                                 State while in the communicable
                                 period.
Attending physician...........  42 CFR 70.5 Application for a              3,750               1           15/60
                                 permit to move from State to
                                 State while in the communicable
                                 period.
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    Dated: January 10, 2013.
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. 2013-00987 Filed 1-17-13; 8:45 am]
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