[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 81 (Monday, April 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23358-23359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08794]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-20-20MR; Docket No. CDC-2020-0039]


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 ``Leptospirosis and melioidosis 
active hospital-based surveillance in Puerto Rico.'' The project aims 
to identify leptospirosis and melioidosis cases in Puerto Rico by 
establishing active surveillance for both diseases at four hospital 
sites for timelier disease identification and treatment and to improve 
understanding of leptospirosis and melioidosis epidemiology and ecology 
in Puerto Rico for public health control and prevention planning.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before June 26, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0039 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, 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

    Leptospirosis and melioidosis active hospital-based surveillance in 
Puerto Rico--New--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 
Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The project aims to identify leptospirosis and melioidosis cases in 
Puerto Rico by establishing active surveillance for both diseases at 
four hospital sites for timelier disease identification and treatment 
and to improve understanding of leptospirosis and melioidosis 
epidemiology and ecology in Puerto Rico for public health control and 
prevention planning. Both diseases can cause outbreaks after hurricanes 
and flooding, especially in tropical areas, and this project is being 
conducted in response to an increase in leptospirosis cases after 
Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017.
    Participation is voluntary. Participants will be recruited from the 
population presenting to the emergency

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department of the four hospital sites with febrile illness, and will be 
interviewed to gather information on symptoms, possible exposures, and 
medical history, in addition to having diagnostic samples collected to 
test for leptospirosis plus or minus melioidosis (depending on 
presenting symptoms). Participants will then also be interviewed 
approximately two weeks after enrollment to determine illness 
progression and outcome. Patients testing positive for leptospirosis, 
if willing, may have animals sampled from their home or work 
environments, if present, to help determine the animal reservoirs 
related to human leptospirosis illness in Puerto Rico.
    The estimated annualized burden hours requested are 1,675. There is 
no cost to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Patient.......................  PIFA (screening)           7,000               1            5/60             583
Patient.......................  PIFA (full form:           3,000               1           10/60             500
                                 Sections 1-4,
                                 11).
Patient.......................  Consent Form....           3,000               1            6/60             300
Patient.......................  PIFF............           1,000               1           10/60             167
Patient.......................  Animal Household             250               1           30/60             125
                                 Survey.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,675
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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. 2020-08794 Filed 4-24-20; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P