[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24616-24618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09657]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-16-0199; Docket No. CDC-2016-0039]


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 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 an extension 
request for the information collection entitled Application for Permit 
to Import Biological Agents and Vectors of Human Disease into the 
United States and Application for Permit to Import or Transport Live 
Bats (42 CFR 71.54).

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 27, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0039 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

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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

    Application for Permit to Import Biological Agents and Vectors of 
Human Disease into the United States and Application for Permit to 
Import or Transport Live Bats (42 CFR 71.54) (OMB Control No. 0920-
0199, exp. 01/31/2017)--Extension--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 
Infectious Biological Agents into the United States and the Application 
for a Permit to Import or Transport Live Bats.
    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 make no changes to this application.
    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 make no 
changes to this application.
    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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                                                                                           Average
                                                          Number of        Number        burden per      Total
       Type of respondent              Form name         respondents    responses per   response  (in    burden
                                                                         respondent        hours)        hours
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Applicants Requesting to Import   Application for               1,625               1           20/60        542
 Biological Agents, Infectious     Permit to Import
 Substances and Vectors.           Biological Agents,
                                   Infectious
                                   Substances and
                                   Vectors of Human
                                   Disease into the
                                   United States.
Applicants Requesting to Import   Application for a                10               1           20/60          3
 Live Bats.                        Permit to Import
                                   Live Bats.
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    Total.......................  ...................  ..............  ..............  ..............        545
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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. 2016-09657 Filed 4-25-16; 8:45 am]
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