[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 135 (Monday, July 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32705-32707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14915]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-17-1054; Docket No. CDC-2017-0055]


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 entitled ``Drug Overdose Response Investigation 
(DORI) Data Collections.'' CDC will use the information collected to 
respond to urgent requests from state and local health authorities to 
provide epidemiological information that allows

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for the selection of interventions to curb local epidemics of drug 
overdose.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 15, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0055 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 Leroy A. Richardson, 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

    Drug Overdose Response Investigation (DORI) Data Collections (OMB 
control number 0920-1054, Expiration 03/31/218)--Extension--National 
Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    In 2015, CDC received OMB approval (OMB control number 0920-1054) 
for a new OMB generic clearance for a three-year period to collect 
information to respond to urgent requests from state and local health 
authorities to provide epidemiological information that allows for the 
selection of interventions to curb local epidemics of drug overdose. 
CDC seeks OMB approval for an extension of this generic plan for 
another three-year period.
    Drug Overdose Response Investigation (DORI) are to be conducted in 
response to urgent requests from state and local health authorities to 
provide epidemiological information that allows for the selection of 
interventions to curb local epidemics of drug overdose. Of particular 
interest is response to increasing trends in, or changing 
characteristics of, overdose from prescription drugs (with a special 
interest in opioid analgesics such as oxycodone or methadone; 
benzodiazepines such as alprazolam) and/or illicit drugs (e.g., 
heroin). CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 
(NCIPC) is frequently called upon to conduct DORIs at the request of 
state or local health authorities seeking support to respond to urgent 
public health problems resulting from drug use, misuse, abuse, and 
overdose. Such requests are typically, but not always, made through 
CDC's Epi-Aid mechanism; in most investigations, CDC's epidemiological 
response entails rapid and flexible collection of data that evolves 
during the investigation period.
    Generic clearance is requested to ensure that timely information is 
collected during a DORI, which allows NCIPC to maintain critical 
mission function by working with state and local health authorities to 
protect the public's health. During an unanticipated rise in nonfatal 
or fatal drug overdose where the substances responsible for the health 
event need to be identified, drivers and risk factors are undetermined, 
and/or subgroups at risk need to be identified, immediate action by CDC 
is necessary to minimize or prevent public harm. CDC must have the 
ability to rapidly deploy data collection tools to understand the scope 
of the problem and determine appropriate action. Procedures for each 
investigation, including specific data collection plans, depend on the 
time and resources available, number of persons involved, and other 
circumstances unique to the urgent conditions at hand. Data are 
collected by epidemiologists, psychologists, medical professionals, 
subject matter experts, and biostatisticians.
    Data collected during a DORI are used to understand sudden 
increases in drug use and misuse associated with fatal and nonfatal 
overdoses, understand the drivers and risk factors associated with 
those trends, and identify the groups most affected. This allows CDC to 
effectively advise states on actions that could be taken to control the 
local epidemic. During a DORI, data are collected once, with the rare 
need for follow-up. There are no costs to respondents other than their 
time.

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                                        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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Drug Overdose Response          Drug Overdose              2,700               1           30/60           1,350
 Investigation Participants.     Response
                                 Investigation
                                 Data Collection
                                 Instruments.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............            1350
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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. 2017-14915 Filed 7-14-17; 8:45 am]
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