[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10691-10692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03651]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-20-20HN; Docket No. CDC-2020-0016]


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 National Outbreak Reporting 
System (NORS). NORS collects data on all waterborne and foodborne 
disease outbreaks and enteric disease outbreaks transmitted by contact 
with environmental sources, infected persons or animals, or unknown 
modes of transmission.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 27, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0016 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: 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;

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    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

    National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS)--New--National Center for 
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease (NCEZID), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) is a web-based 
platform that is used by local, state, and territorial health 
departments in the United States to report all waterborne and foodborne 
disease outbreaks and enteric disease outbreaks transmitted by contact 
with environmental sources, infected persons or animals, or unknown 
modes of transmission to the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention. CDC analyzes outbreak data to determine trends and develop 
and refine recommendations for prevention and control of foodborne, 
waterborne, and enteric disease outbreaks. NORS was previously approved 
as part of OMB Control No. 0920-0004, and is being pulled into its own 
information collection request to allow for more timely updates to 
information collection instruments, as necessary for public health 
surveillance.
    CDC requests approval for an estimated 747 annualized burden hours. 
There is no cost to respondents other than their time.

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                                              Average
                                                                                             Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
              Type of respondents                               Form name                   respondents   responses  per   response  (in    (in hours)
                                                                                                             respondent       hours)
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Epidemiologist.................................  NORS Foodborne Disease Transmission,                 59              38           20/60             747
                                                  Person-to-Person Disease Transmission,
                                                  Animal Contact, Environmental
                                                  Contamination, Unknown Transmission
                                                  Mode, Form 52.13.
                                                 NORS Waterborne Disease Transmission,
                                                  Form 52.12.
                                                 National Outbreak Reporting System,
                                                  Data Dictionary.
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    Total......................................  .......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             747
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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. 2020-03651 Filed 2-24-20; 8:45 am]
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