[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59380-59381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24006]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-20-1181; Docket No. CDC-2019-0100]


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 effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled Airline and Traveler Information 
Collection: Domestic Manifests and the Passenger Locator Form that 
enables CDC to collect contact information and facilitate public health 
follow-up of at-risk travelers in the event a sick person is confirmed 
on board an aircraft.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before January 3, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0100 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, of 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 the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. 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;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. 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, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Airline and Traveler Information Collection: Domestic Manifests and 
the Passenger Locator Form (OMB Control No. 0920-1181, Exp. 05/31/
2020)--Revision--Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), 
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. In order to collect this contact 
information, (i.e., a manifest), CDC is seeking approval for domestic 
airline and traveler information orders under current authorities in 42 
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 70.10. This activity is already 
current practice.
    CDC also requests continued approval to use the Passenger Locator 
Form (PLF) for the collection of traveler information from individuals 
on domestic flights and international flights under 42 CFR 70.10 and 42 
CFR 71.20, respectively. The PLF, a form 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 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 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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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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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      Domestic TB                    2               1          360/60              12
 Equivalent/Computer and         Manifest
 Information Systems Manager.    Template or
                                 Informal
                                 Manifest
                                 Request.
Airline Medical Officer or      Domestic Non-TB               48               1          360/60             288
 Equivalent/Computer and         Manifest
 Information Systems Manager.    Template or
                                 Informal
                                 Manifest
                                 Request.
Traveler......................  Public Health          2,700,000               1            5/60         225,000
                                 Passenger
                                 Locator Form:
                                 Outbreak of
                                 public health
                                 significance*
                                 (international
                                 flights).
Traveler......................  Public Health                800               1            5/60              67
                                 Passenger
                                 Locator Form:
                                 Limited onboard
                                 exposure
                                 [dagger]
                                 (international
                                 flights).
Traveler......................  Public Health                800               1            5/60              67
                                 Passenger
                                 Locator Form
                                 (domestic
                                 flights).
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............         225,434
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-24006 Filed 11-1-19; 8:45 am]
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