[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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