Notice2022-22932
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
October 21, 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 information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled 2022 Ebola Airport Entry Questionnaires. The purpose of this information collection is to determine the public health risk posed by travelers from areas affected by the 2022 outbreak of Ebola originating in Uganda.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 203 (Friday, October 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64047-64049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22932]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-23-1375; Docket No. CDC-2022-0124]
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 information
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project
titled 2022 Ebola Airport Entry Questionnaires. The purpose of this
information collection is to determine the public health risk posed by
travelers from areas affected by the 2022 outbreak of Ebola originating
in Uganda.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before December 20,
2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0124 by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.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://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.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 H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 404-639-7570;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#610e0c03210205024f060e17"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="26494b446645424508414950">[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
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
2022 Ebola Airport Entry Questionnaires--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 (CDC), National
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of
Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) recently had a New Emergency
Information Collection Request (ICR) approved for 2022 Ebola Airport
Entry Questionnaires (OMB Control No. 0920-1375).
Section 361 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 264)
(Attachment A1) 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. Under its delegated
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authority, DGMQ works to fulfill this responsibility through a variety
of activities, including the operation of Quarantine Stations at ports
of entry and administration of foreign quarantine regulations; 42 Code
of Federal Regulation part 71 (Attachment A2), specifically 42 CFR
71.20 Public health prevention measures to detect communicable disease.
This ICR concerns CDC's statutory and regulatory authority related to
conducting public health screening of travelers upon arrival to the
United States and assessing individual travelers for public health risk
following a report of illness from a conveyance.
The purpose of this information collection is to determine the
public health risk that travelers from areas affected by the 2022
outbreak of Ebola originating in Uganda may pose. This information will
be used to: (1) determine if travelers have symptoms consistent with
Ebola and should be isolated and medically evaluated upon arrival in
the US; and (2) assist state and local health departments with
understanding which travelers from the region may be at higher risk of
becoming ill with Ebola and should be prioritized for taking certain
public health protection measures, such as quarantine.
CDC collects international travelers' contact information under
authorities in the Interim Final Rule: Control of Communicable
Diseases: Foreign Quarantine and CDC's Order Requirement for Airlines
and Operators to Collect and Transmit Designated Information for
Passengers and Crew Arriving Into the United States; Requirement for
Passengers to Provide Designated Information. Traveler contact
information is sent to CDC though an existing data-sharing
infrastructure in place between the United States Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) and HHS/CDC and approved in OMB Control 0920-
1354. Contact information for travelers who have been to an area
affected by the outbreak during the 21 days prior to arrival will be
confirmed at the port of entry. CDC will share contact information for
these travelers with state and local health departments so that they
can do possible public health follow up, including public health
assessment of exposure risk and monitoring for Ebola symptoms, and
education to travelers. These public health interventions will help
state and local health departments determine the appropriate level of
follow-up needed based on the traveler's level of risk, and rapidly
identify any travelers with symptoms that may need to be prioritized
for more targeted public health measures, such as quarantine, due to a
higher risk of exposure to Ebola.
To implement the 2022 Ebola Entry Questionnaire information
collection, CDC will first require all travelers from designated areas
affected by the 2022 outbreak of Ebola originating in Uganda, to
undergo an initial Ebola screening to determine if CDC needs to do
further public health risk assessment or illness response at the
airport. DHS will refer travelers that have been to designated areas to
another location of the airport where CDC will ask initial Ebola
screening questions. DHS will also provide the contact information they
have received to CDC electronically as part of the information
collection under OMB Control No. 0920-1354. CDC will escort travelers
to the area of the initial Ebola screening and confirm with the
traveler that the contact information on file is correct. CDC will
inform DHS if there are any necessary corrections needed to the contact
information.
In this initial Ebola screening setting, CDC will ask basic
questions about signs or symptoms of illness (e.g., fever, or vomiting,
or diarrhea, etc.) or possible exposure (e.g., contact with a person
sick with Ebola, attendance at a funeral, etc.) as well as observe
travelers to determine if the traveler is experiencing any overt signs
and symptoms of disease and measure their temperature with a noncontact
thermometer. If a traveler answers ``Yes'' to any of these initial
screening questions, is visibly ill, or has a fever, the traveler will
then be referred to another area of the airport for a public health
risk assessment by CDC. The public health risk assessment will help CDC
investigate further to determine if the traveler could be sick with
Ebola or to get more information about a possible exposure to the Ebola
virus to determine if the traveler is high-risk.
The CDC staff member doing the initial Ebola screening will escort
the traveler to the new area of the airport for further public health
risk assessment questions by other staff members of CDC. They will
indicate the reason the traveler is being referred for further public
health risk assessment to the new CDC staff member. Any person who is
visibly ill or reports signs or symptoms, or has an elevated
temperature measurement, will undergo an illness investigation using
the Air Travel Illness or Death Investigation or Traveler Follow up
Form that is currently approved under OMB Control No. 0920-1318. Staff
will take necessary precautions to prevent possible exposures by any
ill travelers, such as wearing appropriate personal protective
equipment during any illness investigation.
During the CDC public health risk assessment, CDC will ask more
detailed questions about possible exposures, such as symptoms, whether
they were exposed to a person with Ebola, and the nature of contact
(e.g., provided direct healthcare). Depending on their symptoms and how
they answer, CDC may refer the person for medical care. If CDC staff
identify any travelers with high-risk exposures, management will be
coordinated directly with the health departments of jurisdiction for
both the airport where traveler is located and their final destination.
Issuance of public health orders under federal or state authorities may
also be considered. Any information from these public health risk
assessments, as well as information related to an illness investigation
will be recorded in CDC's Quarantine Activity Reporting System, which
is covered by the System of Records Notice 09-20-0171, Quarantine-and
Traveler-Related Activities.
CDC anticipates certain time and cost burdens to respondents and
record keepers due to the requirements and requests OMB approval for an
estimated 6,260 burden hours. There is no cost to respondents other
than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Information Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Respondent collection form respondents responses per response (in hours (in
respondent hours) hours)
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Traveler...................... Initial 53,655 1 5/60 4,47
Screening
Questions.
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Traveler...................... Public Health 5,635 1 20/60 1,789
Assessment for
Travelers From
Ebola Outbreak-
Affected
Countries.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 6,260
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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. 2022-22932 Filed 10-20-22; 8:45 am]
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