[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 74 (Thursday, April 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21235-21237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07976]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30-Day-20-1180]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information 
collection request titled Airline and Vessel Traveler Information 
Collection (42 CFR part 71) to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed 
Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' 
notice on December 23, 2019 to obtain comments from the public and 
affected agencies. CDC received two comments related to the previous 
notice. This notice serves to

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allow an additional 30 days for public and affected agency comments.
    CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information 
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly 
interested in comments that:
    (a) 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;
    (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    (d) 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 submission of responses; and
    (e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570. Comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Direct 
written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in 
this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management 
and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 
395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice 
publication.

Proposed Project

    Airline and Vessel Traveler Information Collection (42 CFR part 71) 
(OMB Control No. 0920-1180, 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

    Under the Public Health Service Act (42 United States Code Sec.  
264), and under 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Sec. Sec.  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 or infected with a 
communicable disease that poses a risk of spread in the United States.
    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 communicable disease during travel and identify appropriate public 
health interventions.
    In the event that there is a confirmed case or suspected exposure 
of communicable disease of public health concern aboard an aircraft or 
maritime vessel, or an outbreak in a geographic location, CDC can 
require that airlines provide certain traveler contact information at 
risk for exposure. The information collection differs depending on the 
communicable disease that is confirmed or suspected during air or 
maritime travel, or in a geographic location during an outbreak. CDC 
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 this public 
health follow-up. 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 so that individuals can receive 
appropriate public health follow-up.
    This revision is requesting minor changes to the verbiage of the 
international manifest order forms used under 42 CFR 71.4(a) and (b) to 
clarify the information required by CDC to conduct a contact 
investigation and to provide general grammatical improvements to 
enhance clarity. The number of estimated international manifests 
ordered from the air carriers in response to a confirmed case or 
suspected exposure after arrival is increased given CDC's experience 
with the 2019 measles outbreak and the current COVID-19 outbreak.
    Additionally, under the Interim Final Rule published on February 7, 
2020 adding 42 CFR 71.4(d),and the subsequent February 18, 2020 Order 
under 42 CFR 71.31 and 71.4, CDC is seeking through this revision to 
update the estimated burden and outline the information collection 
process associated with the requirement that airlines collect contact 
information from travelers and provide that information to CDC via 
existing mechanisms, such as PNR, APIS, and eAPIS, on a continuous 
basis following an order from the Director.
    While CDC can require maritime vessels to submit traveler 
information under 42 CFR 71.5, this happens very rarely (less than 10 
times on an annual basis) and so the burden is not accounted for in 
this Notice.
    The total estimated hourly burden to respondents as a result of 
this information collection is 1,835,134 hours per year. While CDC has 
included maritime conveyance manifest orders in the public health 
rationale for this information collection, these orders occur less than 
10 times a year and are not included in the burden table. CDC does not 
anticipate any cost burden to respondents under the manifest process as 
outlined in 42 CFR 71.4(a) and (b), as this only requires airlines to 
provide the information if it is available and maintained.
    Under the February 7, 2020 IFR, CDC anticipates that some 12 US 
major carriers and 61 major foreign carriers will modify their data 
systems, or contract with third party reservation system providers, to 
ensure that the information required under the IFR is transmitted using 
existing mechanisms to CBP (e.g., PNR, APIS, eAPIS). CDC estimates that 
these changes will cost approximately $700,000 per carrier for a total 
cost of $51,100,000. Smaller revenue airlines will also have access to 
eAPIS to submit the information if they do not plan to modify their 
data systems. That functionality is already available under the 
management of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
          Type of respondent                    Form name           respondents    responses per   response (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Airline Medical Officer or Equivalent/  International TB                      51               1          360/60
 Computer and Information Systems        Manifest Template.
 Manager.
Airline Medical Officer or Equivalent/  International Non-TB                 249               1          360/60
 Computer and Information Systems        Manifest Template.
 Manager.
International Passengers (3rd party     No Form.................     110,000,000               1           .5/60
 disclosure).
Airline staff.........................  No Form.................     110,000,000               1           .5/60
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
revention.
[FR Doc. 2020-07976 Filed 4-15-20; 8:45 am]
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