[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 240 (Monday, December 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74099-74101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29220]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-15-0900]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 
its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility 
of government information, invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the below 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or send comments to Leroy A. 
Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an 
email to [email protected].
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval. 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;(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; and (e) 
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden 
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information 
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to

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a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. Written comments should be received within 60 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Contact Investigation Outcome Reporting Forms (OMB Control No. 
0920-0900, expiration date: October 31, 2017)- Revision -National 
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division 
of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of 
Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) requests revision to a currently 
approved information collection, OMB Control Number 0920-0900, Contact 
Investigation Outcome Reporting Forms. CDC is requesting the addition 
of Ebola-specific information collection tools to supplement the CDC's 
routine contact investigation activities so that CDC can better assess 
the risk to individuals who may have been exposed to a confirmed case 
of Ebola while traveling to or within the United States. These forms 
were approved by OMB under an emergency clearance, OMB Control Number 
0920-1032. The additional forms to be added are as follows:
     Ebola Airline passenger exposure questionnaire--This 
contact investigation form gathers information from airline passengers 
who traveled on plane(s) and sat within a 3 foot area around the 
suspected case and travel companions of the suspected case to determine 
the level of exposure and risk, as well as other passengers who may 
have had contact with the case's bodily fluids. Information gathered in 
this form is shared with the CDC to determine risk level. Risk levels 
are outlined in CDC's Movement and Monitoring Guidance.
     Ebola exposure Assessment Flight Crew--The flight exposure 
questionnaire is used to ascertain the same relevant information 
included in the passenger questionnaire for all crew who worked on 
flight(s) and came into contact with Ebola patient(s).
     Ebola exposure Assessment Cleaning Crew--This form 
collects the same information as the flight crew exposure 
questionnaire, used to determine the level of exposure a member of the 
cleaning crew who serviced a flight with an ill patient(s).
     Ebola exposure Assessment Airport or other port of entry 
staff--This questionnaire is utilized for airport staff who may have 
come into contact with a person ill with Ebola. Airport staff members 
are identified through conversations with airport authority to 
determine which employees carried out tasks that would have put them in 
contact with the ill person or their body fluids.
     Passengers of other commercial conveyance Ebola exposure 
questionnaire--This questionnaire collects the same information as the 
airline passenger questionnaire but will be utilized for passengers of 
commercial conveyance that is land- or waterborne
     Finally, the introduction and confirmation script is to be 
used by CDC staff manning open call lines available for persons who 
traveled on planes that carried suspected or confirmed patients with 
Ebola. As with the other questionnaires, this script assesses the risk 
of a plan passenger who was not in the immediate vicinity of the Ebola 
patient but still has concerns about the level of exposure and risk of 
contracting the virus.
    CDC is not proposing any changes to the routine contact 
investigation forms already approved under this information collection 
request.
    The total burden associated with this revision is 10,949 hours, 
including both standard contact investigation forms and updated forms 
to account for Ebola transmission. There are no costs to respondents 
other than their time.

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                             Number of        Average
            Type of  respondent                               Form name                      Number of     responses per    burden per     Total  burden
                                                                                            respondents     respondent       response          hours
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State/local health department staff.......  General Contact Investigation Outcome                     12               1            5/60               1
                                             Reporting Form (Air).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers  General Contact Investigation Outcome                    100               1            5/60               8
                                             Reporting Form (Maritime_word version).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers  General Contact Investigation Outcome                    100               1            5/60               8
                                             Reporting Form (Maritime_Excel version).
State/local health department staff.......  General Contact Investigation Outcome                     12               1            5/60               1
                                             Reporting Form (Land).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers  TB Contact Investigation Outcome Reporting             1,244               1            5/60             104
                                             Form (Air).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers  TB Contact Investigation Outcome Reporting               150               1            5/60              13
                                             Form (Maritime_word version).
State/local health department staff.......  TB Contact Investigation Outcome Reporting               150               1            5/60              13
                                             Form (Maritime_Excel version).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers  Measles Contact Investigation Outcome                    964               1            5/60              80
                                             Reporting Form (Air).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers  Measles Contact Investigation Outcome                     63               1            5/60               5
                                             Reporting Form (Maritime_word version).
State/local health department staff.......  Measles Contact Investigation Outcome                     63               1            5/60               5
                                             Reporting Form (Maritime_excel version).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers  Rubella Contact Investigation Outcome                     95               1            5/60               8
                                             Reporting Form (Air).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers  Rubella Contact Investigation Outcome                     12               1            5/60               1
                                             Reporting Form (Maritime -word version).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers  Rubella Contact Investigation Outcome                     12               1            5/60               1
                                             Reporting Form (Maritime_excel version).

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Passenger.................................  Ebola Airline Exposure Assessment Passenger.           3,400               2           20/60           2,267
Flight Crew...............................  Ebola Airline Exposure Assessment Flight               2,400               2           20/60           1,600
                                             Crew.
Cleaning Crew.............................  Ebola Airline Exposure Assessment Cleaning             1,200               2           20/60             800
                                             Crew.
Airport or Other Port of Entry Staff......  Ebola Airline Exposure Assessment Airport or           1,000               2           20/60             667
                                             Other Port of Entry Staff.
Passengers on other commercial conveyances  Ebola Exposure Questionnaire for Passengers            1,800               2           20/60           1,200
                                             on other commercial conveyances.
Traveler..................................  Script_Introduction and Confirmation........          50,000               1            5/60           4,167
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    Total.................................  ............................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          10,949
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Leroy A. 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. 2014-29220 Filed 12-12-14; 8:45 am]
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