[Federal Register: June 27, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 125)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-08-0488]

 
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Restriction on Travel of Persons (OMB Control No. 0920-0488)--
Reinstatement without Change--National Center for Preparedness, 
Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is requesting OMB 
approval to reinstate without change the information collection 
request, Restriction on Travel of Persons (OMB Control No. 0920-0488). 
This information collection request expired on March 31, 2007.
    CDC is authorized to collect this information under 42 CFR 70.5 
(certain communicable diseases; special requirements). This regulation 
requires that any person who is in the communicable period for cholera, 
plague, smallpox, typhus, or yellow fever or having been exposed to any 
such disease is in the incubation period thereof, to apply for and 
receive a permit from the Surgeon General or his authorized 
representative in order to travel from one State or possession to 
another.
    Control of disease transmission within the States is considered to 
be the province of State and local health authorities, with Federal 
assistance being sought by those authorities on a cooperative basis 
without application of Federal regulations. The regulations in 42 part 
70 were developed to facilitate Federal action in the event of large 
outbreaks requiring a coordinated effort involving several States, or 
in the event of inadequate local control. While it is not known 
whether, or to what extent situations may arise in which these 
regulations would be invoked, contingency planning for domestic 
emergency preparedness is now commonplace. Should these situations 
arise, CDC will use the reporting and recordkeeping requirements 
contained in the regulations to carry out quarantine responsibilities 
as required by law.
    The only cost to respondents is their time to submit the 
application materials. The estimated annualized burden for this data 
collection is 3,600 hours.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                 Average burden
            Regulation                  Respondent             No. of        No. of responses   per response (in
                                                            respondents       per respondent         hours)
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42 CFR 70.3 Application to the     Traveler............              2,000                  1              15/60
 State of Destination for a
 permit.
                                   Attending physician.              2,000                  1              15/60
42 CFR 70.3 Copy of material       State health                          8                250               6/60
 submitted by applicant and         authority.
 permit issued by State health
 authority.
42 CFR 70.4 Report by the master   Master of a vessel                1,500                  1              15/60
 of a vessel or person in charge    or person in charge
 of conveyance of the incidence     of conveyance.
 of a communicable disease
 occurring while in interstate
 travel.
42 CFR 70.4 Copy of material       State health                         20                 75               6/60
 submitted or State or local        authority.
 health authority under this
 provision.
42 CFR 70.5 Application for a      Traveler............              3,750                  1              15/60
 permit to move from State to
 State while in the communicable
 period.
                                   Attending physician.              3,750                  1              15/60
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    Dated: June 20, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E8-14589 Filed 6-26-08; 8:45 am]

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