Notice2022-05300
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
March 14, 2022
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a proposed and/ or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Assessing the Availability of COVID-19 Testing at U.S. Airports. This project is designed to collect information on the availability of testing for COVID-19 to travelers at U.S. airports.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14266-14267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05300]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-22-22DF; Docket No. CDC-2022-0034]
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 efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a proposed and/
or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection project titled Assessing the Availability of
COVID-19 Testing at U.S. Airports. This project is designed to collect
information on the availability of testing for COVID-19 to travelers at
U.S. airports.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 13, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0034, by either 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 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 <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 Jeff 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:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4827252a082b2c2b662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e6898b84a6858285c8818990">[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 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 shall have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected;
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology (e.g.,
permitting electronic submissions of responses); and
(5) Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Information Collection for Assessing the Availability of COVID-19
Testing at U.S. Airports--New--National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC), National
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division
of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), Quarantine and Border Health
Services Branch (QBHSB) requests approval for a new information
collection request. This project pertains to collecting information on
the availability of testing for COVID-19 to travelers at U.S. airports.
The respondents are airport directors or their designees at 522
airports in the continental United States, the District of Columbia, or
any territory or possession of the United States. These airports serve
passenger-carrying operations conducted on certified air carriers. This
project will initially pilot with a sample of 100 airports and
subsequently expand to include the remaining 422 Schedule A passenger-
carrying U.S. or territorial airports following the initial rollout,
for a total of 522 airports. The 100 sampled airports were selected
based on the following criteria: (1) Having more than 1,000
international arrivals in 2019, or (2) having a CDC quarantine station,
or if not meeting one of the above criteria, and (3) ranking among the
top in domestic arrival passenger volume for 2019 (U.S. Bureau of
Transportation). These airports represent 89% of domestic and
international travel for 2019.
To achieve DGMQ's mission, QBHSB works with domestic and
international programs to protect the U.S. public by preventing
importation of infectious disease through travel. Some U.S. airports
have facilitated COVID-19 testing locations for departing or arriving
domestic and international travelers (passengers and crew). QBHSB seeks
to regularly obtain comprehensive and updated information on COVID-19
testing activities occurring at U.S. airports, which allows CDC to
monitor trends in testing offered at airports. The information
collected in this project will be used primarily to ascertain the scope
of testing activities and to eventually provide information to the
traveling public on testing availability at U.S. airports. Existing
surveillance systems do not collect this type of information, thereby
preventing CDC from monitoring airport testing trends and improving
program effectiveness, particularly during an emergency response.
Currently, CDC is requesting this data be sent by airport directors
or their designees at least twice per year, with monthly reminder
emails being sent to encourage response. The consequences of reducing
this frequency would be the inability to obtain comprehensive and
updated information in a timely manner which could affect program
improvement.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 33,060 annual burden
hours. There is no cost to the respondents other than their time.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Airport directors or managers COVID-19 Airport 522 20 190/60 33,060
(All airports). Testing Planner
web form.
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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. 2022-05300 Filed 3-11-22; 8:45 am]
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