Notice2025-10906
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
June 16, 2025
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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 National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS). NORS collects data on all waterborne and foodborne disease outbreaks, certain fungal disease outbreaks, and enteric disease outbreaks transmitted by contact with environmental sources, infected persons or animals, or unknown modes of transmission.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25284-25285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10906]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-25-1304; Docket No. CDC-2025-0025]
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 National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS). NORS collects data on
all waterborne and foodborne disease outbreaks, certain fungal disease
outbreaks, and enteric disease outbreaks transmitted by contact with
environmental sources, infected persons or animals, or unknown modes of
transmission.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before August 15, 2025.
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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2025-
0025 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#26494b446645424508414950"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9cf3f1fedcfff8ffb2fbf3ea">[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
National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) (OMB Control No. 0920-
1304, Exp. 8/31/2025)--Extension--National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) is a web-based
platform that is used by local, state, and territorial health
departments in the United States to report all waterborne and foodborne
disease outbreaks, certain fungal disease outbreaks, and enteric
disease outbreaks transmitted by contact with environmental sources,
infected persons or animals, or unknown modes of transmission to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). State, local, and
territorial health departments investigate such outbreaks within their
jurisdictions in accordance with respective jurisdictional guidelines
for investigation. NORS reporting forms are then completed based on
information collected through the state or local health department
investigation (secondary data collection). CDC analyzes outbreak data
to determine trends and develop and refine recommendations for
prevention and control of foodborne, waterborne, and enteric disease
outbreaks. No changes have been made to the previously approved data
collection elements. Minor clarifications have been made to the
description of select (<5) fields to ensure compliance with Executive
Order 14168: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And
Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government. NORS data are
currently transmitted to CDC through a secure, web-based reporting
system hosted by CDC (ITSO/AHB). Starting approximately September 2025,
NORS will become a module housed in One CDC Data Platform (1CDP), a
secure, cloud-based platform. Although a paper form for NORS is
available as a reference tool, no paper forms are collected by CDC; all
data must be submitted electronically to CDC via the cloud-based
platform.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 1,160 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 burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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Epidemiologist................ Form 52.14...... 59 59 20/60 1,160
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 1,160
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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. 2025-10906 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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