[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6546-6547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02266]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-20-20HF; Docket No. CDC-2020-0012]


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 ``2019 Novel Coronavirus Airport 
Entry Questionnaires and Aircraft Contact Investigations Information 
Collection,'' which will provide CDC with the ability to perform 
enhanced public health assessments of travelers from China, or other 
areas affected by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, to 
determine risk of infection with 2019-nCoV, and to facilitate any 
necessary public health follow-up.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 6, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0012 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

    2019 Novel Coronavirus Airport Entry Questionnaires and Contact 
Investigations--New Emergency--National Center for Emerging Zoonotic 
and Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have been tasked 
with conducting risk assessment activities at international U.S. 
airports to detect individuals ill or at risk of being ill with 2019-
nCoV. This primarily involves travelers coming from China. As the 
outbreak evolves, travelers from

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additional countries may be assessed for risk of 2019-nCoV infection at 
U.S. airports.
    The information collected will be limited to that necessary to 
confirm the individual's identity, establish their travel itinerary, 
and make a public health risk assessment. This includes travel 
itinerary data, information about who the traveler is, and contact and 
locating information sufficient to complete potential follow-up after 
arrival. CDC will also observe travelers to determine if the traveler 
is experiencing any overt signs and symptoms of disease, as well as ask 
basic questions about signs or symptoms of illness. The information 
also includes a field for a temperature, which will be taken via a non-
contact thermometer. CDC will require all travelers from Wuhan, China, 
and any symptomatic travelers from China, to provide information as 
part of an initial public health risk assessment. Travelers from other 
areas may be required to answer questions as part of a risk assessment 
if there is a demonstrated risk of exportation to the United States.
    If an individual from an area where the virus is spreading has a 
fever, answers ``Yes'' to any of the symptom questions, or has visible 
signs of specific symptoms, they will be required to undergo a further 
public health evaluation that will ask more in-depth health and 
exposure-related questions.
    In the event that there is a repatriation of U.S. citizens or other 
groups from foreign countries to the United States, and those 
individuals are coming from areas experiencing an outbreak of 2019-
nCoV, individuals may be required to respond to a pre-boarding health 
screening and a questionnaire to assess their risk of infection 
depending on the risk of exposure. CDC may monitor individuals 
repatriated to the United States from areas experiencing an outbreak of 
2019-nCoV for symptoms associated with the disease for a period of up 
to two weeks (14 days) after arrival, depending on exposure risks and 
whether or not they develop symptoms.
    CDC is also seeking authorization to ask state and local health 
departments to administer questionnaires to air travelers who may have 
been exposed to a case of 2019-nCoV. In the event a confirmed case of 
2019-nCoV flew to the United States, CDC will distribute the 
questionnaires to state health departments and ask them to make contact 
with their respective residents to determine if additional public 
health follow-up is needed. CDC will then ask the state health 
department to return the completed questionnaires. In limited 
circumstances, CDC may make direct contact with the at-risk travelers. 
There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated burden hours requested are 36,751.

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                             Number of    Average burden
                   Respondent                                      Form                      Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                                                            respondents     respondent     (in minutes)        hours
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Traveler.......................................  United States Travel Health Declaration         100,000               1           10/60          16,667
                                                  (English or Mandarin Chinese).
Traveler.......................................  United States Travel Health Declaration           5,000               1           15/60           1,250
                                                  for Repatriation.
Traveler.......................................  2019n-CoV Supplemental Questionnaire...           5,000               1           15/60           1,250
Traveler.......................................  Preboarding Health Screen..............           5,000               1            5/60             417
Traveler.......................................  2019-nCoV Air CI Basic Questionnaire...           5,500               1           30/60           2,750
Traveler.......................................  2019-nCoV Air CI Follow-up                        5,500               1           30/60           2,750
                                                  Questionnaire.
Traveler.......................................  2019-nCoV Daily Symptom Check..........           5,000              28            5/60          11,667
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    Total......................................  .......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          36,751
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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. 2020-02266 Filed 2-4-20; 8:45 am]
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