[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 81 (Monday, April 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23357-23358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08787]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-20-1181]


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 Traveler Information Collection: 
Domestic Manifests and the Passenger Locator Form (42 CFR parts 70 and 
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 November 
4, 2019 to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC 
did not receive comments related to the previous notice. This notice 
serves to 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 Traveler Information Collection: Domestic Manifests and 
the Passenger Locator Form (OMB Control No. 0920-1181, 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

    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 timely, accurate, and complete 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 order to collect this contact 
information, aka a manifest, CDC is seeking approval for domestic 
airline and traveler information orders under current authorities in 42 
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 70.10. This activity is already 
current practice.
    CDC also requests continued approval to use the Passenger Locator 
Form (PLF) for the collection of traveler information from individuals 
on domestic flights and international flights under 42 CFR 70.10 and 42 
CFR 71.20, respectively. The PLF, a formed developed by the 
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in concert with its 
international member states and other aviation organizations, is used 
when there is a confirmation or strong suspicion that an individual(s) 
aboard a flight is infected with or exposed to a communicable disease 
that is a threat to co-travelers, and CDC is made aware of the 
individual(s) prior to arrival in the United States. This prior 
awareness can provide CDC with an opportunity to collect traveler 
contact information directly from the traveler prior to departure from 
the arrival airport.
    CDC estimates that for each set of airline and traveler information 
ordered, airlines require approximately six hours to review the order, 
search their records, and send those records to CDC. CDC anticipates 
that travelers will need approximately five minutes to complete the 
PLF. There is no cost to respondents other than their time perform 
these actions. For manifest information, CDC does not have a specified 
format for these submissions, only that it is one acceptable to both 
CDC and the respondent. The total number of hours requested as part of 
this 225,734.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Airline Medical Officer or Equivalent/  Domestic TB Manifest                   2               1          360/60
 Computer and Information Systems        Template or Informal
 Manager.                                Manifest Request.
Airline Medical Officer or Equivalent/  Domestic Non-TB Manifest              98               1          360/60
 Computer and Information Systems        Template or Informal
 Manager.                                Manifest Request.

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Traveler..............................  Public Health Passenger        2,700,000               1            5/60
                                         Locator Form: Outbreak
                                         of public health
                                         significance*
                                         (international flights).
Traveler..............................  Public Health Passenger              800               1            5/60
                                         Locator Form: Limited
                                         onboard exposure
                                         [dagger] (international
                                         flights.
Traveler..............................  Public Health Passenger              800               1            5/60
                                         Locator Form (domestic
                                         flights).
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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. 2020-08787 Filed 4-24-20; 8:45 am]
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