[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 201 (Thursday, October 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61426-61427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24568]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-08-0134]
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.
Alternatively, to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
instrument, call 404-639-5960 and send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar,
CDC Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333; comments may also be sent by e-mail to [email protected].
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 a 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 information technology. Written comments
should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Foreign Quarantine Regulations (42 CFR part 71) (OMB Control No.
0920-0134)--Revision--National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and
Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC)
Background and Brief Description
Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264)
authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) 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 foreign quarantine activities (42 CFR part 71) authorize
quarantine officers and other personnel to inspect and undertake
control measures with respect to conveyances, persons, and shipments of
animals and etiologic agents entering the United States from foreign
ports in order to protect the public health.
Under foreign quarantine regulations, the master of a ship or
commander of an airplane entering the United States from a foreign port
is required by public health law to report certain illnesses among
passengers (42 CFR 71.21(b)). CDC recently reviewed 42 CFR part 71 and
determined that five data collection requirements and one recordkeeping
requirement had not been included in previous information collection
request submissions. Thus, in this request to OMB, CDC is requesting
approval for an additional 2,902 burden hours.
The first additional data collection requirement is the designation
of yellow fever vaccination clinics. Under 42 CFR 71.3, the Director of
CDC delegates to states the responsibility for designation of yellow
fever vaccination clinics to states and territories. States and
territories then designate the clinics, based on application by the
facilities and presentation of evidence. Under the regulation,
facilities must provide evidence of adequate facilities and
professionally trained personnel for handling, storage, and
administration of the vaccine. The designated center must also comply
with any instruction issued by the CDC Director for handling, storage,
and administration of the vaccine. CDC estimates that approximately 500
professional staff are added each year as a registered stamp holder for
the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis. The
estimated time to gather records and apply to become a stamp holder is
one hour. The additional burden for this provision is 500 hours.
The second additional data collection requirement is found in 42
CFR 71.55(c). This provision requires that the remains of a person who
died of a communicable disease listed in Sec. 71.32(b) may not be
brought back into a U.S. port unless the body is (a) Properly embalmed
and placed in a hermetically sealed casket, (b) cremated, or (c)
accompanied by a permit issued by the Director of CDC. CDC has
determined that the issuance of a permit implies a data collection
requirement. CDC estimates a maximum of 5 respondents annually with an
average burden of one hour per respondent, for an increase of 5 hours
for this provision.
The last three data collection requirements are found under Sec.
71.56. CDC established this section by Interim Final Rule in 2003 (68
FR 62353). This section prohibits the importation of African rodents,
or any rodents whose native habitat is Africa, or any products derived
from such rodents. Those wishing to import such animals or products may
apply to the Director of CDC for an exemption to this prohibition and
may appeal the Director's decision. Finally, an individual or company
may appeal a CDC order causing an animal to be quarantined, re-exported
or destroyed. These data collection requirements were originally
approved by OMB under OMB Control No. 0920-0615. This approval expired
July 31, 2004. Although CDC collected data from less than 9 respondents
annually since the Interim Final Rule went into effect, CDC wishes to
reinstate the data collection requirement following recent review of 42
CFR 71. This reinstatement is for 22 burden hours.
Finally, Sec. 71.21(c) requires reporting of the number of cases
(including zero) of gastrointestinal illness in passengers and crew
recorded in the ship's medical log during the current cruise. CDC had
already included the reporting
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requirement in its information collection request, but had not included
the recordkeeping requirement of the medical log. In addition, CDC is
changing the requirement from reporting gastrointestinal illness to
reporting all diseases of public health significance. This submission
includes the medical log recordkeeping requirement, for an additional
2,375 burden hours.
Respondents include airline pilots, ships' captains, importers,
medical professionals, and travelers. The nature of the quarantine
response dictates which forms are completed by whom.
There are no costs to respondents except their time to complete the
forms.
Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours
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Average burden
Citation Number of Responses per per respondent Total burden (in
respondents respondent (in hours) hours)
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71.21 Radio report death/illness........ 9,500 1 2/60 317
71.21(c) Medical log.................... 9,500 1 15/60 2,375
71.3 Designation of yellow fever 500 1 1 500
vaccination centers....................
71.33(c) Report by person(s) in 11 1 3/60 1
isolation or surveillance..............
71.35 Report of death/illness in port... 5 1 30/60 3
Outbreak of public health significance.. 2,700,000 1 5/60 225,000
Reporting of ill passenger(s)........... 800 1 5/60 67
71.51(b)(3) Admission of cats/dogs; 5 1 3/60 1
death/illness..........................
71.51(d) Dogs/cats; certification of 1,200 1 15/60 300
confinement, vaccination...............
71.52(d) Turtle importation permits..... 10 1 30/60 5
71.53(d) Importer registration--nonhuman 40 1 10/60 67
primates...............................
71.53(d) Recordkeeping.................. 30 4 30/60 60
71.55 Permit for dead body.............. 5 1 1 5
71.56(a)(ii) Request for exemption...... 12 1 1 12
71.56(a)(iii) Appeal.................... 5 1 1 5
71.56(c) Appeal......................... 5 1 1 5
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Total............................... ................ ................ ................ 228,723
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Dated: October 1, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-24568 Filed 10-15-08; 8:45 am]
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