[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65761-65763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27302]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-16-16BM; Docket No. CDC-2015-0091]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the

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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. This notice invites 
comment on the information collection request entitled Airline and 
Maritime Conveyance Manifest Orders.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before December 28, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2015-
0091 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted 
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.

    Please note:  All public comment should be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 
address listed above.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below. 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 a collection of information, to 
search data sources, to complete and review the collection of 
information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information.

Proposed Project

    Airline and Maritime Conveyance Manifest Orders--Existing 
Information Collection in use without an OMB Control Number--Division 
of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Emerging 
Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Under the Public Health Service Act (42 United States Code 264) and 
under 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 71.32(b) and 42 CFR 70.2, 
CDC can order airlines and maritime lines operating conveyances 
arriving from another country or traveling between states to submit a 
record for passengers and crew that CDC believes were exposed to co-
traveler infected with a communicable disease of public health concern.
    Stopping a communicable disease outbreak--whether it is naturally 
occurring or intentionally caused--requires the use of the most rapid 
and effective public health tools available. Basic public health 
practices, such as collaborating with airlines in the identification 
and notification of potentially exposed contacts, are critical tools in 
the fight against the introduction, transmission, and spread of 
communicable diseases in the United States.
    The collection of comprehensive, pertinent contact information 
enables Quarantine Public Health Officers in CDC's Division of Global 
Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) to notify state and local health 
departments in order for them to make contact with individuals who may 
have been exposed to a contagious person during travel and identify 
appropriate next steps.
    In the event that there is a confirmed case of communicable disease 
of public health concern aboard an aircraft or ship, CDC collects 
manifest information for those passengers and crew at risk for 
exposure. This specific manifest information collection differs 
depending on the communicable disease that is confirmed during air or 
maritime travel. CDC then uses this passenger manifest information to 
coordinate with state and local health departments so they can follow-
up with residents who live or are currently located in their 
jurisdiction. In general, state and local health departments are 
responsible for the contact investigations. In rare cases, CDC may use 
the manifest data to perform the contact investigation directly. In 
either case, CDC works with state and local health departments to 
ensure individuals are contacted and provided appropriate public health 
follow-up.
    CDC estimates that for each passenger manifest ordered, airlines 
require approximately six hours to review the order, search their 
records, and send those records to CDC. There is no cost to respondents 
other than their time perform these actions. CDC does not have a 
specified format for these submissions.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondent            Form name       respondents    responses per   response  (in    (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Airline Medical Officer or      Domestic TB                    1               1          360/60               6
 Equivalent.                     Manifest
                                 Template.
Airline Medical Officer or      Domestic Non-TB               28               1          360/60             168
 Equivalent.                     Manifest
                                 Template.
Airline Medical Officer or      International TB              67               1          360/60             402
 Equivalent.                     Manifest
                                 Template.
Airline Medical Officer or      International                 29               1          360/60             174
 Equivalent.                     Non-TB Manifest
                                 Template.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             750
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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. 2015-27302 Filed 10-26-15; 8:45 am]
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