[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 137 (Friday, July 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42500-42501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17554]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30 Day-15-15VA]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted 
the following information collection request to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed 
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public 
and affected agencies.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are 
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a) 
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; (d) Minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses; and 
(e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Written comments and/or 
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be 
directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written

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comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National Disease Surveillance Program III--CDC Support for Case 
Investigation, Contact Tracing, and Case Reports--New--National Center 
for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The international outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West 
Africa began March 10, 2014. The initial cases were from southern 
Guinea, near its rural border with Liberia and Sierra Leone. Highly 
mobile populations contributed to increasing waves of person-to-person 
transmission of EVD that occurred in multiple countries in West Africa. 
The CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center on July 9, 2014 to 
help coordinate technical assistance and control activities with 
international partners and to deploy teams of public health experts to 
the affected countries.
    The operations turned to the United States (U.S.) when the first 
imported case of EVD was diagnosed in Texas on September 30, 2014. In 
response, on October 11, 2014, the CDC Quarantine Stations and the 
Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Patrol mobilized to 
screen, detect, and refer arriving travelers who were potential persons 
at risk for EVD to appropriate state, territorial, and local (STL) 
authorities. The CDC also increased its commitment to support STL 
public health authorities to combat and control the spread of EVD 
within their jurisdictions.
    Thus in 2014, the CDC requested and received an expedited emergency 
review and approval from OMB of an information collection request to 
initiate multiple urgently needed information collections in West 
Africa, at U.S. ports of entry, and within STL jurisdictions. These 
information collections allowed the agency to accomplish its primary 
mission on many fronts to quickly prevent public harm, illness, and 
death from the uncontrolled spread of EVD.
    This new collection of information is designed to allow CDC to 
conduct active disease surveillance in support of and at the request of 
STL authorities among respondents that may include the general public, 
workers, and STL authorities. This should cut down on the need for 
multiple steps in emergency requests that were experienced in the first 
year of the 2014 Ebola virus response.
    There are no costs to the respondents other than their time. The 
total annualized burden requested is 14,702 hours.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of      Avg. burden
        Type of respondents                   Form name              Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)
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General Public--Case...............  Ebola Virus Disease Case                 15               1           30/60
                                      Investigation Form--United
                                      States.
General Public--Case...............  Symptom Monitoring Form....              15              42            5/60
General Public--Person Under         Ebola Virus Disease Person              300               1           10/60
 Investigation (PUI).                 Under Investigation (PUI)
                                      Form.
General Public--Person Under         Symptom Monitoring Form....             300              42            5/60
 Investigation (PUI).
General Public--Contact............  Ebola Virus Disease Contact             105               1           10/60
                                      Tracing Form--United
                                      States.
General Public--Contact............  Symptom Monitoring Form....             105              42            5/60
Healthcare Workers.................  Ebola Virus Disease                     600              15           10/60
                                      Tracking Form for
                                      Healthcare Workers with
                                      Direct Patient Contact.
Healthcare Workers.................  Symptom Monitoring Form....             600              57            5/60
Laboratory Personnel...............  Ebola Tracking Form for                 600              15           10/60
                                      Laboratory Personnel.
Laboratory Personnel...............  Symptom Monitoring Form....             600              57            5/60
Environmental Services Personnel...  Ebola Tracking Form for                 600              15           10/60
                                      Environmental Services
                                      Personnel.
Environmental Services Personnel...  Symptom Monitoring Form....             600              57            5/60
State, Territorial, and Local        White House Evening Report.              15              42           10/60
 Public Health Authorities and
 Their Delegates.
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    Total..........................  ...........................  ..............  ..............  ..............
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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. 2015-17554 Filed 7-16-15; 8:45 am]
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