[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19093-19095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06916]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day-22-0488; Docket No. CDC-2022-0043]


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 Interstate Travel of Persons: 
Report of Illness or Death (42 CFR part 70). This collection gathers 
information on the required reporting of ill persons

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or deaths occurring during interstate travel, primarily air travel.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before May 31, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0043 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: 404-639-7570; 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;
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Interstate Travel of Persons: Report of Illness or Death (42 CFR 
part 70) (OMB Control No. 0920-0488, Exp. 6/30/2022)--Revision--
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264) 
authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services 
to make and enforce regulations necessary to prevent the introduction, 
transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries 
into the United States, or from one State or possession into any other 
State or possession. CDC administers regulations pertaining to 
interstate control of communicable diseases (42 CFR part 70), and 
sections 42 CFR parts 70.4 and 70.11 include requirements reports of 
ill persons or death if occurring during interstate travel.
    The intended use of the information is to ensure that CDC can 
assess and respond to reports of ill persons or death that occur on 
conveyances engaged in interstate travel and assist state and local 
health authorities if an illness or death occurs that poses a risk to 
public health. Generally, the primary source of this information is 
aircraft traveling within the United States.
    There are no standard forms associated with this information 
collection. Reporting requirements imposed by the regulations have been 
reduced and streamlined by reliance upon State and local health 
departments to manage most situations occurring within their 
jurisdictions. If submission of information under these regulations 
becomes necessary, all information may be submitted in the most 
expeditious manner practical. At this time, all reporting of a 
communicable disease or death is accomplished electronically, e.g., via 
Air Traffic Control or via the airlines' points of contact (e.g., 
Operations Center, Flight Control, Airline Station Manager.)
    For reports of ill persons or death on a conveyance engaged in 
interstate traffic, the total burden is estimated from 1,600 
respondents submitting domestic reports of death or communicable 
disease in 2021. This is a significant increase due to reports of 
illness from the COVID-19 pandemic, with an average burden of seven 
minutes per report. CDC requests approval for an estimated 186 annual 
burden hours. There is no cost to respondents other than the time 
required to make the report of illness or death.

                                                            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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Pilot in command...............................  42 CFR 70.11 Report of death or illness           1,400               1            7/60             163
                                                  onboard aircraft operated by airline.
Master of vessel or person in charge of          42 CFR 70.4 Report by the master of a               200               1            7/60              23
 conveyance.                                      vessel or person in charge of
                                                  conveyance of the incidence of a
                                                  communicable disease occurring while
                                                  in interstate travel.
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    Total......................................  .......................................           1,600  ..............  ..............             186
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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. 2022-06916 Filed 3-31-22; 8:45 am]
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