[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 43 (Monday, March 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13393-13394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04669]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-21-21DI; Docket No. CDC-2021-0018]


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 CryptoNet Case Report Form. The 
CryptoNet Case Report Form will be used by federal, state, and local 
public health officials responsible for conducting interviews with 
reported cases of cryptosporidiosis in their jurisdiction in order to 
systematically assess core exposure elements and risk factors among 
cases of cryptosporidiosis.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before May 7, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0018 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

    CryptoNet Case Report Form--New--National Center for Emerging and 
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Waterborne Disease Prevention Branch (WDPB) in the Division of 
Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED) works to 
prevent domestic and global water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) 
related disease. The WDPB is comprised of four teams, including the 
Domestic WASH Epidemiology Team, which focuses on the prevention and 
control of waterborne and WASH-related disease and outbreaks in the 
United States. One of the diseases included in the team's

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work is cryptosporidiosis, an acute diarrheal disease caused by 
infection with Cryptosporidium parasites.
    The Case Surveillance node is a sub-unit within the Domestic WASH 
Epidemiology Team which focuses on the data collection and management 
activities of six waterborne diseases, including cryptosporidiosis, in 
the United States. The Case Surveillance node's current scope of work 
includes modernizing data collection and management, enabling data 
connections, and improving public data access to aid public health 
action.
    CryptoNet is the first molecular tracking system for 
Cryptosporidium in the United States. To meet the needs of the 
CryptoNet, the Case Surveillance node, and the needs of local 
officials, the CryptoNet case report form (CRF) was developed. The CRF 
includes a set of data elements that can be used to identify exposure 
trends in outbreak- and non-outbreak-associated Cryptosporidium cases, 
to generate hypotheses about the source(s) of infection in clusters or 
outbreaks, and to identify strategies to prevent and control 
Cryptosporidium cases, clusters, or outbreaks.
    Data from the CRF will be used by federal, state, and local public 
health officials responsible for conducting interviews with reported 
cases of cryptosporidiosis in their jurisdiction in order to 
systematically assess core exposure elements and risk factors among 
cases of cryptosporidiosis. Collected data will be used by CDC staff to 
inform cryptosporidiosis sporadic case and cluster and outbreak 
prevention and control strategies. CRF data elements and the CRF form 
were designed for administration via telephone interviews with 
individuals ill with cryptosporidiosis, or their designated proxy.
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 125 annual burden hours. 
Providing information is voluntary, and there are no costs to 
respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondents           Form name       respondents    responses per   response  (in    (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Individuals ill with            CryptoNet Case               500               1           15/60             125
 cryptosporidiosis, or their     Report Form.
 designated proxy.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             125
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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. 2021-04669 Filed 3-5-21; 8:45 am]
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