[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 222 (Monday, November 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66309-66310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25447]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-22-22AQ; Docket No. CDC-2021-0122]


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 ``Requirement for Airlines and 
Operators to Collect and Transmit Designated Information for Passengers 
and Crew Arriving Into the United States; Requirement for Passengers to 
Provide Designated Information,'' which will provide CDC with the 
ability to collect traveler contact information from passengers and 
airlines to facilitate any necessary public health follow-up.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before January 21, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0122 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffery M. Zirger, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE, MS H21-8, 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 Jeffery M. Zirger, of

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the Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS H21-8, 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;
    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; and
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Information Collection for the Requirement for Airlines and 
Operators to Collect and Transmit Designated Information for Passengers 
and Crew Arriving Into the United States; Requirement for Passengers to 
Provide Designated Information (42 CFR part 71.4, 71.20, 71.31, and 
71.32)--New--National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious 
Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a component 
of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has the 
regulatory authority to collect contact information from airlines under 
42 CFR 71. CDC exercises this authority to ensure that public health 
agencies across the United States can provide appropriate public health 
follow-up to travelers who may be ill or exposed to a communicable 
disease.
    CDC announces the requirement for all airlines and operators to 
collect and/or maintain passenger and crew contact information 
(designated information), and for passengers to provide such 
information to airlines and operators, on flights arriving into the 
United States. This includes flights with intermediate stops in the 
United States between the flight's foreign point of origin and the 
final destination. Unless otherwise transmitted to the U.S. Government 
via established U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data 
systems, airlines and operators are required to retain the designated 
information for 30 days and transmit it within 24 hours of a request 
from CDC. Accurate and complete contact information is needed to 
protect the health of travelers and U.S. communities and for the 
purposes of public health follow-up.
    CDC estimates burden to passengers and airline staff to be 
6,191,028 hours.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Passenger providing             Passenger             12,300,000               1            2/60         410,000
 information to airline staff    ``Acknowledgeme
 (call centers).                 nt'' and
                                 collection of
                                 information
                                 from passengers.
Passenger providing             Passenger              6,150,000               1            2/60         205,000
 information to airline staff    ``Acknowledgeme
 (airport check-in or gate       nt'' and
 agent).                         collection of
                                 information
                                 from passengers.
Passenger providing             Passenger             44,280,000               1            2/60       1,476,000
 information to travel agents.   ``Acknowledgeme
                                 nt'' and
                                 collection of
                                 information
                                 from passengers.
Passenger entering information  Passenger             60,270,000               1            2/60       2,009,000
 electronically.                 ``Acknowledgeme
                                 nt'' and
                                 collection of
                                 information
                                 from passengers.
Airline staff (call centers)..  Passenger             12,300,000               1            2/60         410,000
                                 ``Acknowledgeme
                                 nt'' and
                                 collection of
                                 information
                                 from passengers.
Airline staff (airport check-   Passenger              6,150,000               1            2/60         205,000
 in or gate agent).              ``Acknowledgeme
                                 nt'' and
                                 collection of
                                 information
                                 from passengers.
Travel Agents.................  Passenger             44,280,000               1            2/60       1,476,000
                                 ``Acknowledgeme
                                 nt'' and
                                 collection of
                                 information
                                 from passengers.
Database administrator--Set up  No Form.........              11              11            5/60              10
 SAMS account.
Database administrator--        No Form.........              22               5           10/60              18
 Transmit JSON or .cvs data
 via SAMS or SFTP.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............       6,191,028
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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. 2021-25447 Filed 11-19-21; 8:45 am]
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