Notice2024-24305
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
October 21, 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 proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled 2024 Marburg Traveler Monitoring Assessment. This information collection is intended to determine the number of travelers coming to the United States from Rwanda, where a Marburg outbreak is occurring, that are enrolled by jurisdictions into monitoring, if recommended, and the proportion of travelers that completed monitoring.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84152-84154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24305]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-25-25AF; Docket No. CDC-2024-0079]
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 2024 Marburg Traveler Monitoring Assessment. This information
collection is intended to determine the number of travelers coming to
the United States from Rwanda, where a Marburg outbreak is occurring,
that are enrolled by jurisdictions into monitoring, if recommended, and
the proportion of travelers that completed monitoring.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before December 20,
2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2024-
0079 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#731c1e11331017105d141c05"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cfa0a2ad8facabace1a8a0b9">[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
2024 Marburg Traveler Monitoring Assessment--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
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Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Global
Migration Health (DGMH) requests an Emergency approval for a New
information collection. Section 361 of the Public Health Service (PHS)
Act (42 U.S.C. 264) 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
authority, DGMH 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, specifically 42 CFR 71.20 Public health
prevention measures to detect communicable disease. This information
collection 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 inform CDC and
interagency decision makers on state/local health department activities
related to travelers coming from areas affected by an Marburg outbreak
originating in Rwanda. This information will be used to: (1) gather
feedback from state and local health department partners on CDC's
interim guidance and post-arrival management of travelers; (2) assess
the quality of contact information provided to states by determining
the proportion of travelers that state and local health departments
were able to contact for recommended assessment and monitoring; and (3)
inform the development of future guidance and recommendations for post-
arrival traveler management during Marburg outbreaks abroad.
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 for in OMB Control
Number 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 Marburg symptoms, and
education to travelers. These public health interventions will help
state and local health departments determine the appropriate level of
follow needed based on the traveler's level of risk and rapidly
identify any travelers with symptoms that could which travelers may
need to be prioritized for more targeted public health measures, such
as quarantine, due to a higher risk of exposure to Marburg.
CDC is currently sharing contact information and public health
assessment of exposure risk to Marburg for travelers with state and
local health departments through existing data-sharing infrastructure.
State and local health departments utilize the contact information
provided by CDC to prioritize and identify the level of follow up
needed based on the level of risk of exposure to Marburg and determine
additional if additional targeted public health measures are necessary.
State/local health department partners are contacting travelers in
order to determine if they are symptomatic and require additional
screening for possible Marburg infection. The purpose of this
evaluation will be to gather feedback from state and local health
departments regarding traveler monitoring activities and determine the
usability of contact information and public health risk assessment
information shared by CDC. A one-time survey at the end of the response
will collect information related to resources needed by health
department for this response.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 630 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 (in
respondent (in hours) hours)
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State/Local Health Department.... CDC--Marburg Virus 70 104 5/60 607
Disease Healthcare
Worker Monitoring
2024.
State/Local Health Department.... MVD Final 70 1 20/60 23
Survey_10.08.2024.
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Total........................ .................... ............ ............... ........... 630
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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. 2024-24305 Filed 10-18-24; 8:45 am]
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