[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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