[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 171 (Friday, September 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60702-60704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21103]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-16-16BBS; Docket No. CDC-2016-0088]


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 the information 
collection request Airline and Traveler Information Collection: 
Domestic Manifests and the Passenger Locator Form. This information 
aligns with current activities with regard to the collection of 
manifests from domestic flights within the United States, as well as 
the collection of traveler information using the Passenger Locator Form 
(PLF) on both international and domestic flights, in the event that a 
communicable disease has been confirmed during travel that puts other 
passengers at risk.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before November 1, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0088 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

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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 Traveler Information Collection: Domestic Manifests and 
the Passenger Locator Form--Existing Information Collection in use 
without an OMB Control Number--National Center for Emerging Zoonotic 
and Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    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 timely, accurate, and complete 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.
    Under the Public Health Service Act (42 United States Code Sec.  
264) and under 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Sec.  70.2 CDC can 
order airlines traveling between states to submit a data set, including 
airline flight details, and passenger and crew member information, if 
CDC reasonably believes that a traveler exposed to or infected with a 
communicable disease of public health concern could have put other 
passengers at risk for a communicable disease.
    In order to collect this data set, aka a manifest, CDC seeking 
approval for domestic airline and traveler information orders under 
current authorities in 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 70.2. This 
activity is already current practice.
    Additionally, CDC requests to transition the Passenger Locator Form 
(PLF), previously included and approved by OMB in 0920-0134 Foreign 
Quarantine Regulations, into this Information Collection Request. 
Further, CDC is requesting approval for the use of the PLF for the 
collection of traveler information from individuals on domestic 
flights. The PLF, a formed developed by the International Civil 
Aviation Organization (ICAO) in concert with its international member 
states and other aviation organizations, is used when there is a 
confirmation or strong suspicion that an individual(s) aboard a flight 
is infected with or exposed to a communicable disease that is a threat 
to co-travelers, and CDC is made aware of the individual(s) prior to 
arrival in the United States. This prior awareness can provide CDC with 
an opportunity to collect traveler contact information directly from 
the traveler prior to departure from the arrival airport. CDC conducts 
this information collection under its regulations at 42 CFR 70.6 for 
domestic flights and 71.32 and 71.33 for flights arriving from foreign 
countries.
    CDC is seeking three years of OMB clearance for this information 
collection request.

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours

    CDC estimates that for each set of airline and traveler information 
ordered, airlines require approximately six hours to review the order, 
search their records, and send those records to CDC. CDC anticipates 
that travelers will need approximately five minutes to complete the 
PLF. There is no cost to respondents other than their time to perform 
these actions. For manifest information, CDC does not have a specified 
format for these submissions, only that it is one acceptable to both 
CDC and the respondent.

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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 Equivalent/Computer   Domestic TB Manifest Template..........               1               1          360/60               6
 and Information Systems Manager.
Airline Medical Officer or Equivalent/Computer   Domestic Non-TB Manifest Template......              28               1          360/60             168
 and Information Systems Manager.
Traveler.......................................  Public Health Passenger Locator Form:         2,700,000               1            5/60         225,000
                                                  Outbreak of public health significance
                                                  (international flights).
Traveler.......................................  Public Health Passenger Locator Form:               800               1            5/60              67
                                                  Limited onboard exposure
                                                  (international flights).
Traveler.......................................  Public Health Passenger Locator Form                800               1            5/60              67
                                                  (domestic flights).
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    Total......................................  .......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............         225,308
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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. 2016-21103 Filed 9-1-16; 8:45 am]
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