Notice2021-11872
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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Published
June 7, 2021
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 107 (Monday, June 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30318-30320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11872]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-21-20PE]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
collection request titled Operational Readiness Review 2.0 to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. CDC
previously published a ``Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations'' notice on June 23, 2020 to obtain
comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC did not receive
comments related to the previous notice. This notice serves to allow an
additional 30 days for public and affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
(a) 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;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) 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 submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570. Comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the
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search function. Direct written comments and/or suggestions regarding
the items contained in this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Provide written comments within 30
days of notice publication.
Proposed Project
Operational Readiness Review 2.0--Existing Information Collection
in Use Without an OMB Control Number--Center for Preparedness and
Response (CPR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
To help evaluate the country's public health emergency preparedness
and response capacity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's
Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR) administers the Public
Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement. The PHEP
program is a critical source of funding for 62 state, local, and
territorial jurisdictions, including four major metropolitan areas
(Chicago, Los Angeles County, New York City, and Washington, DC) to
build and strengthen their ability to respond to and recover from
public health emergencies.
The Operational Readiness Review (ORR) is a rigorous, evidence-
based assessment used to evaluate PHEP recipients' planning and
operational functions. The previous version of the ORR evaluated a
jurisdiction's ability to execute a large emergency response requiring
medical countermeasure (MCM) distribution and dispensing. The purpose
of the new ORR 2.0 is to expand measurement and evaluation to all 15
Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capabilities, which
serve as national standards for public health preparedness planning.
The capabilities are: 1--Community Preparedness, 2--Community Recovery,
3--Emergency Operations Coordination, 4--Emergency Public Information
and Warning, 5--Fatality Management, 6--Information Sharing, 7--Mass
Care, 8--Medical Countermeasure Dispensing and Administration, 9--
Medical Materiel Management and Distribution, 10--Medical Surge, 11--
Nonpharmaceutical Intervention, 12--Public Health Laboratory Testing,
13--Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation, 14--
Responder Safety and Health, and 15--Volunteer Management. These
capabilities serve as national standards for public health preparedness
planning.
The ORR 2.0 will have three modules: Descriptive, planning, and
operational, which will allow DSLR to analyze the data for the
development of descriptive statistics and to monitor the progress of
each recipient towards performance goals. The four major metropolitan
areas have additional reporting requirements that are incorporated into
the operational module. The intended outcome of the ORR 2.0 is to
assist CDC in identifying strengths and challenges facing preparedness
programs across the nation, and to identify opportunities for
improvement and further technical support.
Information will be collected from respondents using the new
Operational Readiness Review (ORR) 2.0 platform, but a backup paper
option is available for jurisdictions that require it. Information
collected from respondents is a requirement of the PHEP Cooperative
Agreement for participants to receive funding. CDC requests a three-
year approval for this information collection. The total annualized
burden estimate is 3,055 hours. There is no cost to respondents other
than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Avg. burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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All PHEP Awardees: State, local, Descriptive Module: 62 1 3
territorial, and metropolitan area Jurisdictional
jurisdictions. structure sheet.
Critical contact sheet 62 1 80/60
(CCS).
Jurisdictional data 62 1 2.5
sheet (JDS).
Partner planning sheet.. 62 1 8
Workforce development 62 1 1.5
and training.
All PHEP Awardees: State, local, Planning Module: 62 1 1
territorial, and metropolitan area Capability 1. 62 1 1
jurisdictions. Capability 2............
Capability 3............ 62 1 2
Capability 4............ 62 1 1.5
Capability 5............ 62 1 2.5
Capability 6............ 62 1 1
Capability 7............ 62 1 2
Capability 8............ 62 1 3
Capability 9............ 62 1 195/60
Capability 10........... 62 1 2
Capability 11........... 62 1 1.5
Capability 12........... 62 1 1.5
Capability 13........... 62 1 2.5
Capability 14........... 62 1 1.5
Capability 15........... 62 1 75/60
All PHEP Awardees: State, local, Operations Module: Ops 1 62 3 20/60
territorial, and metropolitan area Ops 2................... 62 3 15/60
jurisdictions.
Tabletop exercise (TTX). 62 1 1.5
Partner role (Par1)..... 62 1 15/60
Access and functional 62 1 0.5
needs exercise
accommodations or
actions (Par2).
Joint exercise with 62 1 6/60
emergency management
and health care
coalitions (Par3).
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Vaccination of critical 62 1 12/60
workforce (functional
exercise, full-scale
exercise, or incident).
Vaccination of critical 62 1 12/60
workforce (point of
dispensing/dispensing/
vaccination clinic
setup).
Vaccination of critical 62 1 12/60
workforce (immunization
information system).
Five-year distribution 62 1 0.5
FSE OR five-year
pandemic influenza full-
scale exercise.
PHEP Awardees: Major Metropolitan Area Facility setup drill.... 4 1 45/60
Jurisdictions. Site activation drill... 4 1 1
Staff notification and 4 1 1
assembly drill.
Dispensing throughput 4 1 12/60
drill.
Five-year dispensing 4 1 6/60
full-scale exercise or
incident.
Five-year dispensing 4 1 6/60
full-scale exercise for
each point of
dispensing site
exercised.
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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. 2021-11872 Filed 6-4-21; 8:45 am]
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