[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7098-7099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01620]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-21-21BZ; Docket No. CDC-2021-0006]


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 request for 
emergency clearance of the information collection titled Requirement 
for Proof of Negative Covid-19 Test Result for All Airline Passengers 
Arriving into The United States from The United Kingdom. This 
collection accompanies a CDC Order of the same name, and is designed to 
ensure public health authorities in the United States can confirm that 
individuals have received a negative test result for COVID-19 prior to 
departing the United Kingdom and arriving in the United States.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before March 29, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0006 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, of the 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

    Requirement for Proof of Negative COVID-19 test result for all 
airline passengers arriving into the United States from the United 
Kingdom--New--National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious 
Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    This information collection accompanies the Notice and Order named 
above. Pursuant to 42 CFR 71.20 and as set forth in greater detail 
below, this Notice and Order prohibit the introduction into the United 
States of any airline passenger departing from the UK unless the 
passenger has a negative pre-departure test result for COVID-19. The 
test must be a viral test that was conducted on a specimen collected 
during the three calendar days preceding the flight's departure 
(Qualifying Test). Passengers must retain written or electronic 
documentation reflecting the negative Qualifying Test result presented 
to the airline and produce such results upon request to any U.S. 
government official or a cooperating state or local public health 
authority.
    Pursuant to 42 CFR 71.31(b) and as set forth in greater detail 
below, this Notice and Order constitutes a controlled free pratique to 
any airline with an aircraft arriving into the United States from the 
UK. Pursuant to the controlled free pratique, the airline must comply 
with the following conditions in order to receive permission for the 
aircraft to enter and disembark passengers in the United States:

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     Airline must verify that every passenger--two years of age 
or older--onboard the flight has attested to having received a negative 
Qualifying Test result.
     Airline must confirm that every passenger onboard the 
aircraft has documentation reflecting a negative Qualifying Test 
result.
    CDC is requiring that individuals retain copies of their negative 
tests. CDC anticipates this will result in no significant costs or 
burden in either hard copy or electronic form. CDC is also requiring 
that the airlines retain the attestation of negative test provided by 
the passenger. As long as the attestation conforms to Attachment A of 
the Order, either electronic or hard copy retention is acceptable. CDC 
anticipates that any hard copy attestation would be digitized and 
result in negligible storage costs. Estimated annual burden hours 
requested are 266,667.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total  burden
      Type of respondent            Form name       respondents    responses per   response  (in    (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Traveler (3rd Party             Proof of a             1,000,000               1           15/60         250,000
 Disclosure).                    negative COVID-
                                 19 test.
Airline Desk Agent............  Review of proof        1,000,000               1            1/60          16,667
                                 of negative
                                 COVID-19 test.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............         266,667
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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. 2021-01620 Filed 1-25-21; 8:45 am]
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