[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 38 (Monday, March 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12003-12004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04179]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-21-1039; Docket No. CDC-2021-0013]


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 Cause-Specific Absenteeism in 
Schools and Evaluation of Influenza Transmission within Student 
Households. This collection is designed as an evaluation of cause-
specific absenteeism in school and evaluation of influenza and SARS-
CoV-2 within student households.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 30, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0013 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

    Cause-Specific Absenteeism in Schools and Evaluation of Influenza 
Transmission within Student Households (OMB Control No. 0920-1039, Exp. 
3/31/2021)--Reinstatement with Change--National Center for Emerging and 
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    This information collection aims to improve our understanding of 
the role of influenza-like illness (ILI)-specific absenteeism in 
schools in predicting community-wide influenza transmission and to 
detect within-household transmission of influenza in households from 
which a student has been absent from school due to ILI. Insights gained 
from this information collection will be

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used to strengthen the evidence-base of CDC's Pre-Pandemic Guidance 
prior to the next pandemic.
    School children are frequently the main introducers of influenza to 
their families. Evaluating influenza transmission within households 
where students are absent from school because of ILI may serve as an 
additional layer of influenza surveillance and could contribute to 
understanding of influenza transmission dynamics within the surrounding 
community. This aims to enhance current knowledge and understanding 
around the introduction of influenza infection to households that have 
school-age children, as well as within-household influenza 
transmission.
    CDC requests a three-year approval for this Reinstatment. Estimated 
annualized burden hours requested for this collection are 449. 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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Parent/guardians of students    Screening Form..             345               1            5/60              29
 or students 18 or older.
Parent/guardians of students    Acute                        300               1           15/60              75
 or students 18 or older.        Respiratory
                                 Infection and
                                 Influenza
                                 Surveillance
                                 Form.
Student.......................  Biospecimen                  300               1            5/60              25
                                 Collection Day
                                 0.
Household Members.............  Household Study              720               3            5/60             120
                                 Form Days 0, 7,
                                 14.
Parent/guardians of students    Household Study              300               2            5/60              80
 or students 18 or older.        Form Days 7, 14.
Household Members.............  Biospecimen                  720               3            5/60             120
                                 Collection Days
                                 0, 7, 14.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             449
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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. 2021-04179 Filed 2-26-21; 8:45 am]
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