Notice2024-18907
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; 1028-NEW Wildlife Morbidity-Mortality or Disease Surveillance Event Reporting
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Published
August 23, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentGeological Survey
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) is proposing a new information collection in use without OMB approval.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68185-68187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18907]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GR.24.NC00.UMR10.NB; OMB Control Number 1028-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; 1028-NEW
Wildlife Morbidity-Mortality or Disease Surveillance Event Reporting
AGENCY: Geological Survey, Department of the 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) National Wildlife Health Center
(NWHC) is proposing a new information collection in use without OMB
approval.
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DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 23, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written 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 Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Please provide a
copy of your comments 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#0e697d2367606861516d6162626b6d7a6761607d4e7b7d697d20696178"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2047530d494e464f7f434f4c4c454354494f4e5360555347530e474f56">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference
OMB Control Number 1028-NEW Wildlife Morbidity in the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this information collection request (ICR), contact Katherine
Richgels by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c6adb4afa5aea1a3aab586b3b5a1b5e8a1a9b0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="670c150e040f00020b14271214001449000811">[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 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 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.
A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on
April 19, 2022 (87 FR 23228). No comments were received.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) How the agency might 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 response.
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 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 in the diagnostic evaluation of specimens submitted to the NWHC
and to provide situational awareness of wildlife health issues,
including potential zoonotic disease threats of interest to human- and
agricultural-health agencies, and species/population impacts to assist
management agencies with management decisions. The 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; where the carcass was
collected or sample was taken; capture methods and sample type; species
sampled; 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 of the person
reporting the event or submitting the sample. The NWHC reports back the
results of diagnostic testing and cause of death (if applicable) to the
submitter and other parties, such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Migratory Bird Coordinators, as applicable and provides generalized
information to all 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).
Wildlife health information is shared in international health
monitoring efforts through the NWHC's role (along with the Canadian
Wildlife Health Cooperative) as a Collaborating Centre for Research,
Diagnosis, and Surveillance of Wildlife Pathogens within the World
Organization for Animal Health. The NWHC is also a Reference Center for
Wildlife Health and Wildlife Disease, a member of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture National Animal Health Laboratory Network, and a Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Reference Center for
Wildlife Health and Wildlife Disease Diagnostics.
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 approval.
Respondents/Affected Public: Employees of State, Federal, or Tribal
agencies, often but not limited to, those with land management
authority. Other organizations such as universities or non-government
entities often working in partnership or under permit with management
agencies.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 539.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1723.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Approximately 2-285 min.
May vary depending on activity and data provided.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1101.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Per wildlife health event, or surveillance
sampling effort, frequency depends on the number of events experienced
by an agency/management unit and specimen collection effort.
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Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.).
Katherine Richgels,
Chief, Ecology and Epidemiology Branch.
[FR Doc. 2024-18907 Filed 8-22-24; 8:45 am]
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