Notice2026-00719
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
January 15, 2026
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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 Activity Illness and Death Reporting. This data collection is designed to ensure that CDC is able to prevent the introduction, transmission or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the United States and includes requirements for reporting illnesses and deaths among maritime travelers to CDC.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 10 (Thursday, January 15, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1794-1796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00719]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-26-1335; Docket No. CDC-2025-1047]
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 Activity Illness and Death Reporting. This data
collection is designed to ensure that CDC is able to prevent the
introduction, transmission or spread of communicable diseases from
foreign countries into the United States and includes requirements for
reporting illnesses and deaths among maritime travelers to CDC.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before March 16, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2025-
1047 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.
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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#acc3c1ceeccfc8cf82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0e61636c4e6d6a6d20696178">[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
Maritime Activity Illness and Death Reporting (OMB Control No.
0920-1335, Exp. 1/31/2026)--Revision--National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The goal of this information collection is to ensure that,
consistent with the authorities in the Public Health Service Act and 42
CFR parts 70 and 71, CDC is able to prevent the introduction,
transmission or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries
into the United States or from one State or possession into any other
State or possession. This information collection focuses on collecting
information necessary to conduct public health response and follow up
related to certain illnesses and deaths among a ship's passengers or
crew, including travelers who have disembarked or were removed from the
ship due to illness or death. It includes requirements for reporting
illnesses and deaths among maritime travelers to CDC.
To monitor respiratory illnesses occurring onboard cruise voyages,
CDC further requests that ships submit cumulative reporting of acute
respiratory illness (ARI) (e.g., influenza) once per voyage and earlier
if 3% or more of crew or passengers are ill with an ARI. Thus, the
purpose of this information collection is to facilitate the reporting
of illness and deaths for travelers on maritime conveyances in CDC's
reporting jurisdiction operating or intending to operate in U.S.
waters. Historically, these maritime-related data collection activities
were approved under different OMB control numbers, including ARI
surveillance (0920-1335, Exp. 1/31/2026), maritime illness and death
reporting (0920-0134, Exp. 3/31/2026), and pathogen-specific enhanced
data collection (0920-0900, Exp. 9/30/2027). With this current
submission, CDC is requesting a Revision with the aim of improving
efficiency of CDC's maritime activities through aggregation under one
OMB Control Number.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 828 annual burden hours.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time to participate.
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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Maritime Vessel Operator/Ship Maritime 500 1 10/60 83
Clinician. Conveyance
Illness or
Death
Investigation
(Sections 1-4).
Maritime Vessel Operator/Ship Maritime 100 1 5/60 8
Clinician. Conveyance
Illness or
Death
Investigation
(Section 5).
Maritime Vessel Operator/Ship Cruise Ship 100 40 10/60 667
Clinician. Cumulative ARI
Reporting (<3%).
Maritime Vessel Operator/Ship Cruise Ship 100 3 10/60 50
Clinician. Cumulative ARI
Reporting (3%
or more).
Maritime Vessel Operator/Ship Influenza 10 1 10/60 2
Clinician. Outbreak
Enhanced Data
Collection.
Maritime Vessel Operator/Ship TB Maritime 17 1 10/60 3
Clinician. Contact
Investigation
Worksheet.
Maritime Vessel Operator/Ship Varicella 74 1 10/60 12
Clinician. Outbreak
Enhanced Data
Collection.
Maritime Vessel Operator/Ship 42 CFR 71.35 5 1 30/60 3
Clinician. Report of Death
Illness During
Stay in Port
(verbal, no
form).
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 828
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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. 2026-00719 Filed 1-14-26; 8:45 am]
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