Notice2022-08274
Agency Information Collection Activities; Wildlife Morbidity/Mortality or Disease Surveillance Event Reporting
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Published
April 19, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentGeological Survey
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing an existing collection without an OMB number.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 23228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08274]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX21xxxx; OMB Control Number 1028-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Wildlife Morbidity/
Mortality or Disease Surveillance Event Reporting
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing an existing collection
without an OMB number.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
June 21, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request
(ICR) by mail to U.S. Geological Survey, Information Collections
Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#82e5f1afebece4eddde1edeeeee7e1f6ebedecf1c2f7f1e5f1ace5edf4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bddace90d4d3dbd2e2ded2d1d1d8dec9d4d2d3cefdc8cedace93dad2cb">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1028-NEW in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Katherine Richgels by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#94ffe6fdf7fcf3f1f8e7d4e1e7f3e7baf3fbe2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4229302b212a25272e3102373125316c252d34">[email protected]</span></a> or by telephone at 608-381-2492. Individuals in the
United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services offered within their country to
make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
You may also view the ICR at: <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA, we provide the
general public and other Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. It
also helps the public understand our information collection
requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format.
We are soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the proper
functions of the USGS; (2) will this information be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how
might the USGS enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how might the USGS minimize the
burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use
of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personally identifiable information
(PII) in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your PII--may be made publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to withhold your PII from public review,
we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Abstract: The USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) collects
information on the presence of highly consequential wildlife diseases
and the occurrence of wildlife morbidity/mortality events nationwide to
aid in outbreak investigations conducted by land-management agencies
and as part of their mission-critical activities associated with
response to animal health emergencies (Emergency Support Function 11).
The collected information is used to provide situational awareness of
potential zoonotic disease threats to human- and agricultural-health
agencies and to assist land-management agencies with management
decisions. NWHC requests that state, federal, and tribal natural-
resource managers report wildlife morbidity and mortality events and
collaborate on national-scale surveillance. Reported information
includes the location, land ownership, and date(s) where the event
occurred or sample was taken; capture methods and sample type, species
sampled, and individual characteristics such as sex, age, and size; any
clinical signs or other event history observed; habitat characteristics
known to affect the suspected disease process, such as habitat type,
habitat cover, temperature, precipitation, or others; laboratory-
confirmed or suspected diagnoses; and contact information for the
person reporting the event or submitting the sample. NWHC reports back
the results of diagnostic testing and cause of death (if applicable) to
the submitter and provides generalized information to registered users
through our WHISPers platform, where users can search and download
current and historical trends in wildlife diseases (in accordance with
the open data policy and FAIR standards).
Title of Collection: Wildlife morbidity/mortality or disease
surveillance event reporting.
OMB Control Number: 1028-NEW.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: An existing collection without an OMB number.
Respondents/Affected Public: Employees of state, federal, or tribal
agencies with wildlife-management authority.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 400.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 400.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 15 min.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 100.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Per wildlife health event, frequency
depends on the number of events experienced by an agency/management
unit.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, nor is a person required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).
Jonathan Sleeman,
Director, National Wildlife Health Center.
[FR Doc. 2022-08274 Filed 4-18-22; 8:45 am]
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