Notice2025-20580
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
November 21, 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 Maritime Illness Database and Reporting System (MIDRS). This data collection is designed to allow the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) to monitor acute gastroenteritis (AGE) illness on cruise ships, conduct sanitation inspections, perform epidemiologic investigations when outbreaks occur, and formulate public health recommendations to prevent future transmission and outbreaks.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 223 (Friday, November 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52668-52670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20580]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-25-1260; Docket No. CDC-2025-0684]
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 Maritime Illness Database and Reporting System (MIDRS). This
data collection is designed to allow the Vessel Sanitation Program
(VSP) to monitor acute gastroenteritis (AGE) illness on cruise ships,
conduct sanitation inspections, perform epidemiologic investigations
when outbreaks occur, and formulate public health recommendations to
prevent future transmission and outbreaks.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before January 20, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2025-
0684 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#f19e9c93b1929592df969e87"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1e71737c5e7d7a7d30797168">[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
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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
Maritime Illness Database and Reporting System (MIDRS) (OMB Control
No. 0920-1260, Exp. 3/31/2026)--Extension--National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The purpose of this Extension Information Collection Request (ICR)
is to request a three-year Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) Clearance for
CDC's Maritime Illness Database and Reporting System (MIDRS)
surveillance system. Operationally, CDC has divided the
responsibilities for enforcing foreign quarantine regulations between
the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) and the Division of Global
Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ). VSP takes the lead on overseeing acute
gastroenteritis (AGE) illness surveillance and outbreak investigation
activities on passenger ships using MIDRS, while DGMQ monitors all non-
AGE illnesses and deaths on passenger vessels as well as all diseases
of public health concern on all other conveyances with international
itineraries bound for the U.S. under ``Foreign Quarantine Regulations
(42 CFR part 71)'' (OMB Control No. 0920-0134, Exp. 03/31/2026). The
MIDRS data collection system consists of a surveillance system that
receives information electronically through a web portal or email
receiver; data can also be submitted by phone or email and entered in
MIDRS by VSP. AGE cases reported in MIDRS are cumulative totals for the
entire voyage and do not represent the number of active AGE cases at
any given port of call or at disembarkation. The AGE log, 72-hour food/
activity history questionnaires and other required documentation are
completed and maintained on the ship.
Data collected as a part of this data collection will allow VSP to
quickly detect AGE outbreaks, provide epidemiologic and sanitation
guidance to stop the outbreak, craft public health recommendations to
prevent future outbreaks, and monitor AGE illness trends to identify
important changes over time. There are two types of respondents for
this data collection: Cruise ship medical staff or other designated
personnel who report AGE cases; and AGE cases who provide information
for the 72-hour food/activity history questionnaires. Of note, VSP will
not receive any information from or about the AGE cases; this
information is collected and owned by the cruise line and maintained on
the ship as part of the AGE case's medical record. VSP reviews these
records during operational inspections to confirm they are available if
needed, and if there is an AGE outbreak or report of unusual AGE
illness for a particular voyage.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 5,769,395 annual burden
hours. There are no costs to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Cruise ship medical staff or AGE Illness 270 30 3/60 405
other designated personnel. Report 24 hours
before arrival
(via web portal
or email
receiver).
AGE Illness 30 30 3/60 45
Report 24 hours
before arrival
(via email or
phone).
AGE Illness 216 30 3/60 320
Report 4 hours
before arrival
(via web portal
or email
receiver).
AGE Illness 24 30 3/60 36
Report 4 hours
before arrival
(via email or
phone).
Special Reports 180 4 3/60 36
exceeding 2%-3%
AGE Threshold
(via web
portal, email
receiver,
email, or
phone).
Daily AGE Logs.. 180 12 3/60 108
Recordkeeping of 300 1 8,760 2,628,000
AGE
Surveillance
Records.
Cruise ship crew.............. 72-hour Food/ 18,000 1 10/60 3,000
Activity 9,720,000 1 3/60 486,000
History
Template (AGE
cases).
Three-day Pre-
embarkation AGE
Illness
Assessment (all
crew members).
Interviews to 90,000 2 5/60 15,000
Determine AGE
Status
(initial, 24-
hr, 48-
hr)*asymptomati
c cabin mates
and immediate
contacts of
symptomatic
crew.
Last Symptom 18,000 1 3/60 900
Check and
Return to Work
Clearance (food
and nonfood
employees).
Cruise ship passengers........ 72-hour food/ 45,000 1 10/60 7,500
activity
history
questionnaires
(AGE cases).
Cruise ship engineering staff Recordkeeping of 300 1 8,760 2,628,000
or other designated personnel. Engineering and
Sanitation
Records.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 5,769,395
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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. 2025-20580 Filed 11-20-25; 8:45 am]
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