[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 212 (Thursday, November 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54929-54930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23861]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-19-0488]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
collection request titled Report of Illness or Death: Interstate Travel
of Persons (42 CFR part 70) to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed
Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations''
notice on August 21, 2018 to obtain comments from the public and
affected agencies. CDC did not receive comments related to the previous
notice. This notice serves to allow an additional 30 days for public
and affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
(a) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including, through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology,
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e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Direct written comments
and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice to the
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Provide
written comments within 30 days of notice publication.
Proposed Project
Report of Illness or Death: Interstate Travel of Persons (42 CFR
part 70)--Revision--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic
Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264)
authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
to make and enforce regulations necessary to prevent the introduction,
transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries
into the United States, or from one State or possession into any other
State or possession. CDC administers regulations pertaining to
interstate control of communicable diseases (42 CFR part 70), and
sections 42 CFR parts 70.4 and 70.11 include requirements for reports
of ill persons or death if occurring during interstate travel.
The intended use of the information is to ensure that CDC can
assess and respond to reports of ill persons or death that occur on
conveyances engaged in interstate travel, and assist state and local
health authorities if an illness or death occurs that poses a risk to
public health. Generally, the primary source of this information is
aircraft traveling within the United States.
In 2017, CDC finalized the Control of Communicable Disease
regulations (42 CFR 70 and 71). With this new provision, CDC divided
the total anticipated reporting burden between 70.11 and 70.4 in the
accompanying Paperwork Reduction Act section of the rule, assuming that
aircraft would report most cases of ill people and deaths to CDC, with
some airlines and other conveyances reporting still to local public
health authorities. For reports of ill persons or death on a conveyance
engaged in interstate traffic, the requested burden is approximately 23
hours. This total is estimated from 200 respondents submitting domestic
reports of death or communicable disease a year, with an average burden
of 7 minutes per report. The only requested change to the approved data
collection is a change in title from ``Restriction on Travel of Persons
(42 CFR part 70)'' to ``Report of Illness or Death: Interstate Travel
of Persons (42 CFR part 70)''. This results in two rows in the burden
table, but with no additional burden. The estimated annual Burden Hours
are 23. There is no cost to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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Pilot in command................... 42 CFR 70.11 Report of 190 1 7/60
death or illness onboard
aircraft operated by
airline.
Master of vessel or person in 42 CFR 70.4 Report by the 10 1 7/60
charge of conveyance. master of a vessel or
person in charge of
conveyance of the
incidence of a
communicable disease
occurring while in
interstate travel.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger
Acting Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2018-23861 Filed 10-31-18; 8:45 am]
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