Notice2024-00653
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
January 16, 2024
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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 continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Airline and Traveler Information Collection: Domestic Manifests and Passenger Locator Form. These data collection forms align with CDC's regulatory and public health mission under the authorities listed in CDC regulations to allow CDC to collect passenger and crew information from travelers and airlines when there has been a confirmed or suspected case of communicable disease aboard a domestic or international flight that puts other travelers at public health risk.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2620-2622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00653]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-24-1181; Docket No. CDC-2023-0101]
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 continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project
titled Airline and Traveler Information Collection: Domestic Manifests
and Passenger Locator Form. These data collection forms align with
CDC's regulatory and public health mission under the authorities listed
in CDC regulations to allow CDC to collect passenger and crew
information from travelers and airlines when there has been a confirmed
or suspected case of communicable disease aboard a domestic or
international flight that puts other travelers at public health risk.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before March 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2023-
0101 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
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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#91fefcf3d1f2f5f2bff6fee7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2cdcfc0e2c1c6c18cc5cdd4">[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
Airline and Traveler Information Collection: Domestic Manifests and
the Passenger Locator Form (42 CFR parts 70 and 71)--Revision--National
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The goal of this information collection is to ensure that,
consistent with the authorities in the Public Health Service Act (PHSA)
and in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), CDC can collect
conveyance, passenger and crew member manifest information (aka
manifests) and Passenger Locator Forms (PLF) in the event an individual
with a confirmed or suspected case of a communicable disease is known
to have traveled on an interstate flight while infectious or
potentially infectious and presented a risk of spread to other
passengers or crew. This information is collected so that CDC can
initiate the process of contact tracing or provision of other public
health follow up to prevent further disease spread.
The intended use of the information is to enable CDC to provide
contact information to State and local health departments, so they can
contact travelers in a timely manner to provide them with a
notification that they may have been exposed to a communicable disease
and to provide follow-up health information and any recommended
interventions. In limited circumstances CDC may contact travelers
directly. There are no statistical sampling or research design methods
being used. CDC makes a determination of whether or not to collect
manifest information depending on the risk of communicable disease
spread during and after travel. There is no subpopulation being
studied. The universe of respondents is any airline aboard which an
infectious or potentially infectious individual is confirmed to have
traveled.
Data will be analyzed to ensure that timely responses from airlines
are received and that the manifest information is shared with State and
local public health departments, who generally bear the responsibility
of performing the contact investigations. However, there is no
predetermined methodology to analyze the provision of manifest data
from an airline.
The Domestic TB Manifest Order Template and Domestic non-TB
Manifest Order Template have combined the domestic manifest request
into one Manifest Order Template to align with current processes and
needs. In addition, the estimated burden for tuberculosis and other
infectious diseases domestic manifest orders have been combined into
one estimate for the domestic manifest order template as the estimated
time and burden to complete the manifest request is estimated to be
very similar for all infectious diseases.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 228,134 annual burden
hours. There is no cost to respondents other than their time to
participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response burden
respondent (in hours) hours
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Airline Medical Officer or Domestic Manifest 500 1 6 (360/60) 3,000
Equivalent/Computer and Order Template.
Information Systems Manager.
Traveler........................... Public Health 2,700,000 1 5/60 225,000
Passenger Locator
Form: Outbreak of
Public Health
Significance
(International
Flights).
Traveler........................... Public Health 1600 1 5/60 134
Passenger Locator
Form: Limited Onboard
Exposure
(International and
Domestic Flights).
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Total.......................... ...................... ........... .............. ........... 228,134
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-00653 Filed 1-12-24; 8:45 am]
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