[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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