[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36919-36920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13573]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-16-16APN; Docket No. CDC-2016-0051]


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 a proposed 
information collection plan entitled ``Generic Clearance for Lyme and 
other Tickborne Diseases Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Surveys.'' 
CDC's Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD), National Center for 
Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases (NCEZID) will use the plan to conduct 
survey development, pre-testing activities, and survey administration 
actions in 2016-2018. The data collection for which approval is sought 
will allow DVBD to use survey results to inform implementation of 
future TBD prevention interventions.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 8, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0051 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.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

    Generic Clearance for Lyme and other Tickborne Diseases Knowledge, 
Attitudes, and Practices Surveys--New--National Center for Emerging and 
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of 
Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD) and other programs working on tickborne 
diseases (TBDs) is requesting a three year approval for a generic 
clearance to conduct TBD prevention studies to include include 
knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) surveys regarding ticks and 
tickborne diseases (TBDs) among residents and businesses offering pest 
control services in Lyme disease endemic areas of the United States. 
The data collection for which approval is sought will allow DVBD to use 
survey results to inform implementation of future TBD prevention 
interventions.
    TBDs are a substantial and growing public health problem in the 
United States. From 2009-2014, over 200,000 cases of TBDs were reported 
to CDC, including cases of anaplasmosis, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, Lyme 
disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and tularemia (CDC, 2010, 2013). 
Lyme disease leads in number of cases with over 33,000 confirmed and 
probable cases reported in 2014. In addition, several novel tickborne 
pathogens have recently been found to cause human disease in the United 
States.
    Factors driving the emergence of TBDs are not well defined and 
current prevention methods have been insufficient to curb the increase 
in cases. Data is lacking on how often certain prevention measures are 
used by individuals at risk as well as what the barriers to using 
certain prevention measure are.
    The primary target population for these data collections are 
individuals and their household members who are at risk for TBDs 
associated with I. scapularis ticks and who may be exposed to these 
ticks residentially, recreationally, and/or occupationally. The 
secondary target population includes owners and employees of

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businesses offering pest control services to residents in areas where 
I. scapularis ticks transmit diseases to humans. Specifically, these 
target populations include those residing or working in the 14 highest 
incidence states for Lyme disease (CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, MN, NH, NJ, NY, 
PA, RI, VT, VA, WI). We anticipate conducting one to two surveys per 
year, for a maximum of six surveys conducted over a three year period. 
Depending on the survey, we aim to enroll 500-10,000 participants per 
study. It is expected that we will need to target recruitment to about 
twice as many people as we intend to enroll.
    Surveys may be conducted daily, weekly, monthly, or bi-monthly per 
participant for a defined period of time (whether by phone or web 
survey), depending on the survey or study. The surveys will range in 
duration from approximately 5-30 minutes. Each participant may be 
surveyed 1-64 times in one year; this variance is due to differences in 
the type of information collected for a given survey.
    Specific burden estimates for each study and each information 
collection instrument will be provided with each individual project 
submission for OMB review. The maximum estimated, annualized burden 
hours are 98,833 hours. There is no cost to respondents other than 
their time.
    Insights gained from KAP surveys will aid in prioritizing which 
prevention methods should be evaluated in future randomized, controlled 
trials and ultimately help target promotion of proven prevention 
methods that could yield substantial reductions in TBD incidence.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                   respondents *   respondent *    (in hours) *        hours
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General public, individuals or  Screening                 20,000               1           15/60           5,000
 households.                     instrument.
                                Consent form....          10,000               1           20/60           3,333
                                Introductory              10,000               1           30/60           5,000
                                 Surveys.
                                Monthly surveys.          10,000              12           15/60          30,000
                                Final surveys...          10,000               1           30/60           5,000
                                Daily surveys...          10,000              60            5/60          50,000
Pest Control Operators........  PCO Survey......           1,000               1           30/60             500
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          98,833
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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. 2016-13573 Filed 6-7-16; 8:45 am]
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