[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70549-70550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27557]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day-20-1180; Docket No. CDC-2019-0092]


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 Vessel and Traveler 
Information Collection (42 CFR part 71) that enables CDC to order air 
carriers and maritime vessels to provide certain contact information 
for travelers in the event there is a confirmed illness onboard that 
poses a public health risk.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before February 21, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0092 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 Vessel and Traveler Information Collection (42 CFR part 
71) (0920-1180 expires 05/31/2020)--Revision--Division of Global 
Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), National Center for Emerging Zoonotic 
and Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers

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for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Under the Public Health Service Act (42 United States Code 264), 
and under 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 71.4 and 71.5, CDC can 
order air carriers and maritime vessels arriving from another country 
to submit a certain information related to passengers and crew that CDC 
believes were exposed to co-traveler infected with a communicable 
disease of public health concern.
    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 pertinent 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 the event that there is a confirmed case of communicable disease 
of public health concern aboard an aircraft or maritime vessel, CDC 
collects manifest information for those passengers and crew at risk for 
exposure. This specific manifest information collection differs 
depending on the communicable disease that is confirmed during air or 
maritime travel. CDC then uses this passenger and crew manifest 
information to coordinate with state and local health departments so 
they can follow-up with residents who live or are currently located in 
their jurisdiction. In general, state and local health departments are 
responsible for the contact investigations. In rare cases, CDC may use 
the manifest data to perform the contact investigation directly. In 
either case, CDC works with state and local health departments to 
ensure individuals are contacted and provided appropriate public health 
follow-up.
    CDC estimates that for each traveler manifest ordered, airlines 
require approximately six hours to review the order, search their 
records, and send those records to CDC. There is no cost to respondents 
other than their time perform these actions. The total estimated hourly 
burden to respondents as a result of this information collection is 600 
hours per year. While CDC has included maritime conveyance manifest 
orders in the public health rationale for this information collection, 
these orders are rare and are not included in the burden table.

                                        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      International TB              51               1          360/60             306
 Equivalent/Computer and         Manifest
 Information Systems Manager.    Template.
Airline Medical Officer or      International                 49               1          360/60             294
 Equivalent/Computer and         Non-TB Manifest
 Information Systems Manager.    Template.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             600
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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. 2019-27557 Filed 12-20-19; 8:45 am]
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