[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2620-2622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00653]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-24-1181; Docket No. CDC-2023-0101]


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 continuing information 
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project 
titled Airline and Traveler Information Collection: Domestic Manifests 
and Passenger Locator Form. These data collection forms align with 
CDC's regulatory and public health mission under the authorities listed 
in CDC regulations to allow CDC to collect passenger and crew 
information from travelers and airlines when there has been a confirmed 
or suspected case of communicable disease aboard a domestic or 
international flight that puts other travelers at public health risk.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before March 18, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2023-
0101 by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.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 www.regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (www.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

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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; Telephone: 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

    Airline and Traveler Information Collection: Domestic Manifests and 
the Passenger Locator Form (42 CFR parts 70 and 71)--Revision--National 
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The goal of this information collection is to ensure that, 
consistent with the authorities in the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) 
and in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), CDC can collect 
conveyance, passenger and crew member manifest information (aka 
manifests) and Passenger Locator Forms (PLF) in the event an individual 
with a confirmed or suspected case of a communicable disease is known 
to have traveled on an interstate flight while infectious or 
potentially infectious and presented a risk of spread to other 
passengers or crew. This information is collected so that CDC can 
initiate the process of contact tracing or provision of other public 
health follow up to prevent further disease spread.
    The intended use of the information is to enable CDC to provide 
contact information to State and local health departments, so they can 
contact travelers in a timely manner to provide them with a 
notification that they may have been exposed to a communicable disease 
and to provide follow-up health information and any recommended 
interventions. In limited circumstances CDC may contact travelers 
directly. There are no statistical sampling or research design methods 
being used. CDC makes a determination of whether or not to collect 
manifest information depending on the risk of communicable disease 
spread during and after travel. There is no subpopulation being 
studied. The universe of respondents is any airline aboard which an 
infectious or potentially infectious individual is confirmed to have 
traveled.
    Data will be analyzed to ensure that timely responses from airlines 
are received and that the manifest information is shared with State and 
local public health departments, who generally bear the responsibility 
of performing the contact investigations. However, there is no 
predetermined methodology to analyze the provision of manifest data 
from an airline.
    The Domestic TB Manifest Order Template and Domestic non-TB 
Manifest Order Template have combined the domestic manifest request 
into one Manifest Order Template to align with current processes and 
needs. In addition, the estimated burden for tuberculosis and other 
infectious diseases domestic manifest orders have been combined into 
one estimate for the domestic manifest order template as the estimated 
time and burden to complete the manifest request is estimated to be 
very similar for all infectious diseases.
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 228,134 annual burden 
hours. There is no cost to respondents other than their time to 
participate.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                            Average
                                                              Number of      Number of     burden per    Total
        Type of respondents                 Form name        respondents   responses per    response     burden
                                                                            respondent     (in hours)    hours
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Airline Medical Officer or           Domestic Manifest               500               1   6 (360/60)      3,000
 Equivalent/Computer and              Order Template.
 Information Systems Manager.
Traveler...........................  Public Health             2,700,000               1         5/60    225,000
                                      Passenger Locator
                                      Form: Outbreak of
                                      Public Health
                                      Significance
                                      (International
                                      Flights).
Traveler...........................  Public Health                  1600               1         5/60        134
                                      Passenger Locator
                                      Form: Limited Onboard
                                      Exposure
                                      (International and
                                      Domestic Flights).
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    Total..........................  ......................  ...........  ..............  ...........    228,134
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health 
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-00653 Filed 1-12-24; 8:45 am]
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