[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6556-6557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02405]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-22-22CH Docket No. CDC-2022-0016]


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 the National School COVID-19 
Prevention Study. This information collection request is designed to 
obtain data from a nationally representative sample of K-12 public 
schools in the United States to describe the prevalence of COVID-19 
prevention strategies (e.g., mask use, physical distancing) that K-12 
schools are implementing, including changes over time and differences 
by school-level characteristics and examine associations between 
school-level COVID-19 prevention strategies and COVID-19 transmission 
related outcomes in the school and larger community.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 5, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0016 by either 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 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection 
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7118; 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

    The National School COVID-19 Prevention Study--New--National Center 
for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC requests a one-year approval for a new information collection 
titled the National School COVID-19 Prevention Study (NSCPS) for the 
collection of information using a series of surveys to be administered 
to school-level designees (e.g., principals) in a nationally 
representative sample of K-12 schools. The NSCPS has a longitudinal 
study design and involves five waves of data collection. This project 
will gather information on school-level COVID-19 prevention strategies 
and COVID-19 related outcomes for the last two data waves; the first 
three waves have been previously approved under the Public Health 
Emergency PRA Waiver. These data will inform CDC guidance for COVID-19 
prevention in school settings.
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 900 annual burden hours. 
There are no costs to respondents other than their time to participate.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of                    Total response
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   Average hours       burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response       (hours)
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School-level Administrator      NSCPS Wave 4 and             600               2           45/60             900
 (e.g., principal).              5 Questionnaire.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             900
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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. 2022-02405 Filed 2-3-22; 8:45 am]
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