[Federal Register: May 3, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 85)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-04-47]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports
Clearance Officer on (404) 498-1210.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E11,
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project
Foreign Quarantine Regulations, OMB No. 0920-0134--Extension--
National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background
Section 361 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 264)
authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to make
and enforce regulations necessary to prevent the introduction,
transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries
into the United States. Legislation and the existing regulations
governing quarantine activities (42 CFR part 71) authorize quarantine
officers and other personnel to inspect and undertake necessary control
measures with respect to conveyances, persons, and shipments of animals
and etiologic agents in order to protect the public health. DHHS
delegates authority to CDC to conduct quarantine control measures.
Currently, with the exception of rodent inspections and the cruise ship
sanitation program, inspections are performed only on those vessels and
aircraft which report illness prior to arrival or when illness is
discovered upon arrival. Other inspection agencies assist quarantine
officers in public health screening of persons, pets, and other
importations of public health significance and make referrals to PHS
when indicated. These practices and procedures assure protection
against the introduction and spread of communicable diseases into the
United States with a minimum of recordkeeping and reporting as well as
a minimum of interference with trade and travel.
Respondents would include airplane pilots, ships' captains,
importers, and travelers. The nature of the quarantine response would
dictate which forms are completed by whom. Thus, the respondents'
portion of the information below is replaced by the requisite form
title. There is no cost to respondents.
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Number of Avg. burden
Respondents Number of responses/ per respondent Total burden
respondents respondent (in hrs.) hours
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Radio reporting of death/illness:
Aircraft.................................... 1 130 2/60 4
Cruise ships................................ 90 23 1/60 34
Other ships................................. 22 1 1/60 0.40
Report by persons held in isolation/surveillance 11 1 30/60 5.50
Report of death or illness on carrier during 5 1 3/60 0.25
stay in port...................................
Requirements for admission of dogs and cats:
(1)......................................... 5 1 3/60 0.25
(2)......................................... 2,650 1 15/60 662.50
Application for permits to import turtles....... 10 1 30/60 5
Requirements for registered importers of
nonhuman primates:
(1)......................................... 40 1 10/60 6.70
(2)......................................... 50 1 30/60 25
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Total................................... .............. .............. .............. 744
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Dated: April 23, 2004.
Bill J. Atkinson,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-9937 Filed 4-30-04; 8:45 am]
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