Notice2022-00102
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
January 7, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
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 Foreign Quarantine Regulations, which specifies the required reporting of ill persons or deaths occurring during international travel to the United States.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 977-979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00102]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-22-0134; Docket No. CDC-2021-0134]
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 Foreign Quarantine Regulations,
which specifies the required reporting of ill persons or deaths
occurring during international travel to the United States.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before March 8, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0134 by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (<a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>) 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-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#224d4f40624146410c454d54"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="620d0f00220106014c050d14">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
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5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Foreign Quarantine Regulations (42 CFR 71) (OMB Control No. 0920-
0134, Exp. 3/31/2022)--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 (PHSA) (42 U.S.C. 264)
authorizes the Secretary 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. The statute and the existing regulations governing
foreign quarantine activities (42 CFR 71) authorize quarantine officers
and other personnel to inspect and undertake necessary control measures
with respect to conveyances, persons, and shipments of animals and
etiologic agents, in order to protect the public's health. Other
inspection agencies, such as Customs and Border Protection (CBP),
assist quarantine officers in public health screening of persons, pets,
and other importations of public health importance and make referrals
to quarantine station staff when indicated. These practices and
procedures ensure protection against the introduction and spread of
communicable diseases into and within the United States with a minimum
of recordkeeping and reporting procedures, as well as a minimum of
interference with trade and travel.
U.S. Quarantine Stations are located at 20 ports of entry that
include both airports and land border crossings where international
travelers arrive. The jurisdiction of each station includes air,
maritime, and/or land-border ports of entry. Quarantine Station staff
work in partnership with international, federal, state, and local
agencies and organizations to fulfill their mission to reduce morbidity
and mortality among immigrants, refugees, travelers, expatriates, and
other globally mobile populations. This work is performed to prevent
the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable diseases
from foreign countries into the United States or from one State or
possession to another State or possession. When an illness suggestive
of a communicable disease is reported by conveyance operators or port
partners (e.g., Customs and Border Protection), Quarantine Officers
respond to carry out an onsite public health assessment and collect
data from the individual. This response may occur jointly with port
partners. The collection of comprehensive, pertinent public health
information during these responses enables Quarantine Officers to make
an accurate public health assessment and identify appropriate next
steps. For this reason, quarantine station staff need to systematically
interview ill travelers and collect relevant health and epidemiologic
information.
When Quarantine Officers are present at the port of entry, they may
often respond in person to conduct assessment of an ill traveler.
However, there are many instances in which a Quarantine Officer may not
be able to meet a conveyance or border crosser in person, including
(but not limited to) the following: The conveyance arrives at a port of
entry that does not have a Quarantine Station on site; a maritime
vessel is still out at sea when the report comes in; Quarantine
Officers are already responding to another illness report; or the
illness may be reported after hours and Quarantine Officers cannot
arrive in time to meet the conveyance or border crosser without causing
substantial delays to travel. If Quarantine Officers are unable to
respond in-person, they provide phone consultation to port partners
(e.g., Emergency Medical Services (EMS), DHS/CBP, and maritime partners
such as ship medical personnel) on the scene, to determine the public
health importance of the illness. In both circumstances, an interview
of the ill person(s) is required to conduct the public health
assessment, whether in-person, by phone, or through a trained responder
(in consultation with the Quarantine Officer).
Data collected by DGMQ and the Quarantine staff during the initial
report of illness or death, and during the follow-up using the illness
or death response forms, is entered into the Quarantine Activity
Reporting System (QARS). QARS is a secure internet database implemented
in June 2005 to document and track the illnesses and deaths reported to
Quarantine Stations that occurred on conveyances entering the United
States and at land border crossings.
Previously, this information collection also included information
collections related to regulating importations of animals and human
remains, and animal products. CDC plans to submit information
collections related to importations into a new and separate information
collection request. CDC requests approval for an estimated 23,467
annual burden hours with this Revision ICR. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
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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Maritime Vessel Operator....................... 42 CFR 71.21(a) report of illness or 500 1 10/60 83
death from ships--Maritime Conveyance
Illness or Death Investigation Form
Sections 1-4.
Maritime Vessel Operator....................... 42 CFR 71.21(a) report of illness or 100 1 5/60 8
death from ships--Maritime Conveyance
Illness or Death Investigation Form
Section 5.
Maritime Vessel Operator....................... Cumulative Influenza/Influenza-Like 3000 1 2/60 100
Illness (ILI).
Maritime Vessel Operator....................... 42 CFR 71.35 Report of death/illness 5 1 30/60 3
during stay in port (No Form).
Pilot in command............................... 42 CFR 71.21 (b) Death/Illness reports 79,500 1 2/60 2,650
from aircrafts (No form).
Traveler....................................... Airline Travel Illness or Death 79,500 1 15/60 19,875
Investigation and Traveler Follow up
Form.
Traveler....................................... Land Travel Illness or Death 3,000 1 15/60 750
Investigation Form.
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Isolated or Quarantined individuals............ 42 CFR 71.33 Report by persons in 11 1 3/60 1
isolation or surveillance (No Form).
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Total...................................... ....................................... .............. .............. .............. 23,467
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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. 2022-00102 Filed 1-6-22; 8:45 am]
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