[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55259-55260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21974]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day-13-0199]


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 LeRoy Richardson, 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

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be received within 60 days of this notice.
    Proposed Project: Importation of Etiologic Agents (42 CFR 71.54) 
(OMB Control No. 0920-0199, exp. 1/31/2014)--Revision--Office of Public 
Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264), as 
amended, authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make 
and enforce such regulations as are necessary to prevent the 
introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from 
foreign countries into the States or possessions, or from one State or 
possession into any other State or possession. Part 71 of Title 42, 
Code of Federal Regulations (Foreign Quarantine) sets 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 the importation of infectious 
biological agents, infectious substances, and vectors (42 CFR 71.54); 
requiring persons that import these materials to obtain a permit issued 
by the CDC.
    CDC requests Office of Management and Budget approval to collect 
information for three years using the Application for Permit to Import 
Biological Agents, Infectious Substances and Vectors of Human Disease 
into the United States and Application for a Permit to Import or 
Transport Live Bats. We are also requesting a title change to read--
Application for Permit to Import Infectious Biological Agents into the 
United States (42 CFR 71.54.
    The Application for Permit to Import Biological Agents, Infectious 
Substances and Vectors of Human Disease into the United States form is 
used by laboratory facilities, such as those operated by government 
agencies, universities, and research institutions to request a permit 
for the importation of biological agents, infectious substances, or 
vectors of human disease. This form currently requests applicant and 
sender contact information; description of material for importation; 
facility isolation and containment information; and personnel 
qualifications. CDC plans to revise this application to request 
information on where the imported material will be stored at the 
recipient facility and who would be responsible for this location; 
verification that the permittee has implemented biosafety measures 
commensurate with the hazard posed by the infectious biological agent, 
infectious substance, and/or vector to be imported, and the level of 
risk given its intended use; and a secondary contact information for 
the permittee to provide in case the permittee is unavailable. These 
additional data requests will not affect the burden hours.
    The Application for Permit to Import or Transport Live Bats form is 
used by laboratory facilities such as those operated by government 
agencies, universities, research institutions, and for educational, 
exhibition, or scientific purposes to request a permit for the 
importation, and any subsequent distribution after importation, of live 
bats. This form currently requests the applicant and sender contact 
information; a description and intended use of bats to be imported; and 
facility isolation and containment information. CDC plans to revise 
this application to request secondary contact information for the 
permittee to provide in case the permittee is unavailable. These 
additional data requests will not affect the burden hours.
    Estimates of burden for the survey are based on information 
obtained from the CDC import permit database on the number of permits 
issued on annual basis since 2010. The total estimated burden for the 
one-time data collection is 545 hours.
    There are no costs to respondents except their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                      Number      Average burden
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Applicants Requesting to        Application for            1,625               1           20/60             542
 Import Biological Agents,       Permit to
 Infectious Substances and       Import
 Vectors.                        Biological
                                 Agents,
                                 Infectious
                                 Substances and
                                 Vectors of
                                 Human Disease
                                 into the United
                                 States.
Applicants Requesting to        Application for               10               1           20/60               3
 Import Live Bats.               a Permit to
                                 Import Live
                                 Bats.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             545
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LeRoy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-21974 Filed 9-9-13; 8:45 am]
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