[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33680-33681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11793]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-20-20HN]


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 ``National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS)'' 
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 February 25, 2020 to 
obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC received two 
non-substantive, and one substantive comment and replied with a 
standard CDC response. 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

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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

    National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS)--New--National Center for 
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (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). 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 request approval for an estimated 747 annual burden hours. 
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
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Epidemiologist........................  National Outbreak                     59              38           20/60
                                         Reporting System, Data
                                         Dictionary NORS
                                         Foodborne Disease
                                         Transmission, Person-to-
                                         Person Disease
                                         Transmission, Animal
                                         Contact, Environmental
                                         Contamination, Unknown
                                         Transmission Mode, Form
                                         52.13. NORS Waterborne
                                         Disease Transmission,
                                         Form 52.12.
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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. 2020-11793 Filed 6-1-20; 8:45 am]
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