[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3451-3452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02035]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket No. CDC-2019-0008]


Control of Communicable Diseases: Foreign; Requirements Relating 
to Collection, Storage, and Transmission of Airline and Vessel 
Passenger, Crew, and Flight and Voyage Information for Public Health 
Purposes

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) in the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the opening of 
a docket to obtain comment on a report as required by agency rules that 
relate to the transmission of passenger, crew, and flight/voyage 
information for public health purposes. The report can be found at 
https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/final-rule-communicable-diseases.html. 
Interested members of the public may submit comment regarding this 
report.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 14, 2019.

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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0008 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 
Clifton Road NE, Mailstop H16-4, 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 http://regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided. For access to the docket to read background 
documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions concerning this notice: 
Ashley C. Altenburger, JD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop H16-4, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; telephone 
404-498-1600; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation

    Interested persons or organizations are invited to participate by 
submitting written views, recommendations, and data.
    Please note that comments received, including attachments and other 
supporting materials, are part of the public record and are subject to 
public disclosure. Comments will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, do not include any information in your 
comment or supporting materials that you consider confidential or 
inappropriate for public disclosure. If you include your name, contact 
information, or other information that identifies you in the body of 
your comments, that information will be on public display. CDC will 
review all submissions and may choose to redact, or withhold, 
submissions containing private or proprietary information such as 
Social Security numbers, medical information, inappropriate language, 
or duplicate/near duplicate examples of a mass-mail campaign.

Additional Background

    HHS/CDC published the final rule for the Control of Communicable 
Diseases on January 19, 2017, which included amendments to the domestic 
(interstate) and foreign quarantine regulations for the control of 
communicable diseases. The rule became effective on March 21, 2017. CDC 
regulations at 42 CFR 71.4 (airlines) and 42 CFR 71.5 (vessels) relate 
to the transmission of passenger, crew, and flight/voyage information 
for public health purposes; both contain subsections that state:
    No later than February 21, 2019, the Secretary or Director will 
publish and seek comment on a report evaluating the burden of this 
section on affected entities and duplication of activities in relation 
to mandatory passenger data submissions to [U.S. Department of Homeland 
Security, Customs and Border Patrol] DHS/CBP. The report will 
specifically recommend actions that streamline and facilitate use and 
transmission of any duplicate information collected.
    On February 12, 2019, CDC published a report to its website 
evaluating the burdens these regulatory provisions may have generated 
on the airline and ship industries since they became effective on March 
21, 2017. The report can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/final-rule-communicable-diseases.html. The public comment period will 
end on March 14, 2019.

Sandra Cashman,
Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-02035 Filed 2-11-19; 8:45 am]
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