[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 67 (Friday, April 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24004-24005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07287]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-24-24EE; Docket No. CDC-2024-0023]


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 information 
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project 
titled DFWED National Hypothesis Generation and Investigation Module. 
The proposed data collection will define a core set of standardized 
data elements and forms used for outbreak investigations and 
surveillance activities for a variety of enteric illnesses.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before June 4, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2024-
0023 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 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

    DFWED National Hypothesis Generation and Investigation Module--
New--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases 
(NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases 
(DFWED) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) aims to 
protect public health through the prevention and control of disease, 
disability, and death caused by foodborne, enteric, waterborne, and 
environmentally transmitted infections. To overcome challenges 
presented by the changing landscape of enteric diseases, the need for 
comprehensive hypothesis generating questionnaires focused on a range 
of settings, activities, and potential modes of transmission are 
essential to guide prevention and control activities. The submitted 
forms standardize hypothesis generating instruments used during enteric 
disease outbreak investigations and surveillance. This includes 
foodborne, waterborne, and zoonotic disease surveillance and outbreak 
investigations. In addition, enhanced surveillance for antibiotic 
resistant isolates is also included in this package.
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 5,852 annual burden 
hours. There is no cost to respondents other than their time to 
participate.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Cluster and outbreak case       National                   4,000               1           45/60           3,000
 patients.                       Hypothesis
                                 Generating
                                 Questionnaire.
Cluster and outbreak case       Foodborne Focus            4,000               1           20/60           1,333
 patients.                       Questionnaire.
Cluster and outbreak case       Animal Contact               450               1          30 min             225
 patients.                       Focus
                                 Questionnaire.
Shigellosis case patients.....  Shigella                    1500               1           45/60           1,125
                                 Hypothesis
                                 Generating
                                 Questionnaire.
Nontyphoidal Salmonella, STEC,  NARMS SIRI                   305               1           15/60              77
 Vibrio, or Campylobacter case   Questionnaire
 patients whose bacterial        Module 1.
 isolates have concerning
 antimicrobial resistance.
Nontyphoidal Salmonella         NARMS SIRI                   130               1           10/60              22
 (except Newport strain),        Questionnaire
 STEC, or Vibrio case patients   Module 2.
 whose bacterial isolates have
 concerning antimicrobial
 resistance.
Multidrug-resistant Salmonella  NARMS SIRI                   125               1           15/60              32
 Newport case patients.          Questionnaire
                                 Module 3.
Campylobacter case patients     NARMS SIRI                    50               1           25/60              21
 whose bacterial isolates have   Questionnaire
 concerning antimicrobial        Module 4.
 resistance.
Salmonella Typhi or Paratyphi   NARMS SIRI                    50               1           20/60              17
 case patients whose bacterial   Questionnaire
 isolates have concerning        Module 5.
 antimicrobial resistance.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           5,852
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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. 2024-07287 Filed 4-4-24; 8:45 am]
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