Notice2022-13889
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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Published
June 29, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38759-38760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13889]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-22-0488]
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 Interstate Travel of Persons: Report of
Illness or Death (42 CFR part 70) 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 April 1, 2022 to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. CDC received one comment 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 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
Interstate Travel of Persons: Report of Illness or Death (42 CFR
part 70)--Revision--National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and
Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264)
authorizes the Secretary of the Department 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, or from one State or possession into any other
State or possession. Regulations pertaining to preventing the
importation and spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries
(42 CFR part 71) are administered by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC). Regulations pertaining to interstate control of
communicable diseases (42 CFR part 70) are also administered by CDC.
Regulations found at 42 CFR part 70.4 require that the master of a
vessel or a person in charge of a conveyance engaged in interstate
traffic, on which a suspected case of communicable disease develops
shall notify the local health authority at the next port of call,
station, or stop, and take such measures to prevent the spread of the
disease as the local health authority directs. There is no standard
form, however CDC posts guidance for airlines related to these
regulations on CDC's website: <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/air/reporting-deaths-illness/guidance-reporting-onboard-deaths-illnesses.html">https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/air/reporting-deaths-illness/guidance-reporting-onboard-deaths-illnesses.html</a>.
Section 70.11 Report of death or illness onboard aircraft operated
by an airline states:
(a) The pilot in command of an aircraft operated by an airline who
is conducting a commercial passenger flight in interstate traffic under
a regular schedule shall report as soon as practicable to the Director
the occurrence onboard of any deaths or the presence of ill persons
among passengers or crew and take such measures as the Director may
direct to
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prevent the potential spread of the communicable disease, provided that
such measures do not affect the airworthiness of the aircraft or the
safety of flight operations.
(b) The pilot in command of an aircraft operated by an airline who
reports in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section shall be
deemed to satisfy the reporting obligation under 42 CFR 70.4.
For the purposes of these regulations, ill person means an
individual who:
(1) Has a fever (a measured temperature of 100.4 [deg]F [38 [deg]C]
or greater, or feels warm to the touch, or gives a history of feeling
feverish) accompanied by one or more of the following: Skin rash,
difficulty breathing, persistent cough, decreased consciousness or
confusion of recent onset, new unexplained bruising or bleeding
(without previous injury), persistent diarrhea, persistent vomiting
(other than air sickness), headache with stiff neck, appears obviously
unwell; or
(2) Has a fever that has persisted for more than 48 hours; or
(3) Has symptoms or other indications of communicable disease, as
the CDC may announce through posting of a notice in the Federal
Register.
Control of disease transmission within the United States is largely
considered to be the province of State and local health authorities,
with Federal assistance being sought by those authorities on a
cooperative basis, without application of Federal regulations. The
regulations at 42 CFR part 70 were developed to facilitate Federal
action in the event of large outbreaks requiring a coordinated effort
involving several States, or in the event in inadequate local control.
While it is not known whether, or to what extent, situations may arise
in which these regulations would be invoked, contingency planning for
domestic emergency preparedness is not uncommon. If a domestic
emergency occurs, the reporting and record keeping requirements
contained in the regulations will be used by CDC to carry out
quarantine responsibilities as required by law, specifically, to
prevent the spread of communicable diseases from one State or
possession into any other State or possession.
The data collected under 70.4 and 70.11 is also a critical part of
CDC's routine and emergency response operations. It involves the
collection of reports of illnesses that occur aboard domestic flights
or maritime voyages within the U.S. For routine reports of illness
aboard domestic voyages airplane captains will continue to report
electronically (e.g., verbally via radio to Air Traffic Control or the
airlines' points of contact [e.g., Operations Center, Flight Control,
Airline Station Manager]). Masters of maritime vessels engaged in
interstate travel may report via email or other electronic method.
The reporting of required and requested signs and symptoms of
disease outlined above, as well as any death, is the minimum necessary
to meet statutory and regulatory obligations, and is consistent with
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards for
aircraft.
CDC anticipates certain cost burdens to respondents and record
keepers due to the requirements. These costs fall into the following
categories:
For reports of death or communicable disease made by a pilot in
command of an aircraft, or a master of a vessel or person in charge of
a conveyance engaged in interstate traffic, the requested burden is
approximately 186 hours. This total is estimated from approximately
1,600 domestic reports of death or communicable disease a year, 1,400
being from aircrafts, and approximately 200 from other conveyances
(water vessels, buses, or trains) with an average burden of seven
minutes per report. There is no standard form for reporting to CDC or
the health departments and there is no cost to respondents other than
their time to participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Pilot in command................... 42 CFR 70.11 Report of 1,400 1 7/60
death or illness onboard
aircraft operated by
airline (No Form).
Master of vessel or person in 42 CFR 70.4 Report by the 200 1 7/60
charge of conveyance. master of a vessel or
person in charge of
conveyance of the
incidence of a
communicable.
disease occurring while in
interstate travel (No
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. 2022-13889 Filed 6-28-22; 8:45 am]
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