Notice2024-28321
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
December 3, 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 Symptom Monitoring and Feedback. This information collection is designed to conduct post-arrival symptom monitoring of travelers who have been in the outbreak area and evaluate the impact of rerouting and public health entry screening on travelers.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 95795-95797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28321]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-25-25BN; Docket No. CDC-2024-0098]
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 Symptom Monitoring and Feedback. This
information collection is designed to conduct post-arrival symptom
monitoring of travelers who have been in the outbreak area and evaluate
the impact of rerouting and public health entry screening on travelers.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before February 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2024-
0098 by either of the following methods:
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<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#f6999b94b6959295d8919980"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0867656a486b6c6b266f677e">[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 Symptom Monitoring and Feedback--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 (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 Port Health 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 responsibility to ensure the
successful implementation of traveler monitoring to prevent the
transmission or spread of communicable diseases into the United States.
On February 21, 2020, CDC issued an interim final rule (IFR) to
amend its Foreign Quarantine regulations, to enable CDC to require
airlines to collect, and provide to CDC, certain data regarding
passengers and crew arriving from foreign countries for the purposes of
health education, treatment, prophylaxis, or other appropriate public
health interventions, including travel restrictions. CDC's authority
for collecting data for travelers arriving in the United States is
contained in 42 CFR 71. Under this IFR, airlines must transmit these
data to CDC within 24 hours of an order. The 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 requiring the
collection of this information was issued on October 25, 2021 and went
into effect on November 8, 2021. Under this order, airlines may
transmit the required information using the existing data-sharing
infrastructure in place between the United States Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) and HHS/CDC or they must retain the information
for a minimum of 30 days and transmit it to CDC within 24 hours upon
request. This information collection for contact information is already
approved under OMB Control No. 0920-1354.
In September 2024, an outbreak of Marburg virus was detected in the
Republic of Rwanda. DHS has instructed airlines to redirect flights
carrying persons who have recently traveled from or were otherwise
present within Rwanda to land at designated U.S. airports. CDC is
conducting public health entry screening at these designated U.S.
airports of travelers coming from Rwanda. The purpose of public health
entry screening is to detect ill travelers or travelers arriving from
regions affected by the outbreak who are at risk of becoming ill with
Marburg to facilitate post-arrival management. This information
collection has been approved under OMB Control Number 0920-1443.
CDC will utilize information collected during public health entry
screening (approved under OMB Control Number 0920-1443) to determine
which travelers should be monitored for Marburg symptoms in accordance
with CDC's interim recommendations for post-arrival public health
management of travelers from Rwanda. Monitoring of travelers will be
done via text message and web survey and will take place over a period
of 21 days from the traveler's last documented Marburg exposure. Text
messages and web survey will be available in English and with an
additional translated Kinyarwanda version. The information collected
will allow CDC to identify the level of follow up necessary based on
the level of risk of exposure to Marburg and determine if additional
risk assessment and/or targeted public health measures are needed.
Information collected from travelers during symptom monitoring will be
shared with state and local health departments through existing secure
data-sharing infrastructure. This information collection is necessary
to facilitate post-arrival public health management of travelers as
specified in CDC interim recommendations for management of U.S.-based
healthcare personnel who have been in Rwanda and interim
recommendations for post-arrival public health management of travelers
from Rwanda. At the end of the 21-day monitoring period, CDC will
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send a final survey to travelers intended to evaluate the impact of
rerouting and public health entry screening on travelers. The results
of this final survey will allow CDC to identify the most efficient
channels for reaching travelers and refine public health messaging for
travelers coming from the outbreak area.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 2,833 annual burden
hours. There is no cost to respondents other than their time to
participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number Avg. burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hrs.) (in hrs.)
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Traveler................... 2024 Marburg 438 21 1/60 153
Symptom Monitoring
Daily Group.
2024 Marburg 438 21 5/60 767
Symptom Monitoring
Daily Group--Web
Survey for
Symptomatic
Travelers.
Traveler................... 2024 Marburg 3,942 3 1/60 197
Symptom Monitoring
Weekly Group.
2024 Marburg 3,942 3 5/60 986
Symptom Monitoring
Weekly Group--Web
Survey for
Symptomatic
Travelers.
Traveler................... 2024 Marburg 4,380 1 10/60 730
Response Survey of
Travelers.
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Total.................. ................... .............. .............. .............. 2,833
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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. 2024-28321 Filed 12-2-24; 8:45 am]
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