[Federal Register: March 11, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 46)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-09-0134]
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 omb@cdc.gov.
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 clarify 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)--Extension--National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and
Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) (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 into the United
States. Legislation and existing regulations governing the foreign
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 entering the United States from foreign ports in order
to protect the public's health.
Under the foreign quarantine regulations, the master of a ship or
captain of an airplane entering he United States from a foreign port is
required by public health law to report certain illnesses among
passengers (42 CFR 71.21 (b)). In addition to the aforementioned list
of illnesses which must be reported to CDC, the master of a ship or
captain of an airplane must also report (1) hemorrhagic Fever Syndrome
(persistent fever accompanied by abnormal bleeding from any site); or
(2) acute respiratory syndrome (severe cough or severe respiratory
disease of less than 3 weeks in duration); or (3) acute onset of fever
and severe headache, accompanied by stiff neck or change in level of
consciousness. CDC has the authority to collect personnel health
information to
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protect the health of the public under the authority of section 301 of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.).
This information collection request also includes the Passenger
Locator Information Form. The Passenger Locator Information Form is
used to collect reliable information that assists quarantine officers
in locating, in a timely manner, those passengers and crew who are
exposed to communicable diseases of public health significance while
traveling on a conveyance. HHS 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 the Public Health Service 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 include airline pilots, ships' captains, importers, and
travelers. The nature of the quarantine response dictates which forms
are completed by whom.
There are no costs to respondents except for their time to complete
the forms.
Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Citation Number of responses per per respondent Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours)
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71.21 Radio Report of death/illness............. 9,500 1 2/60 317
71.33(c) Report by persons in isolation or 11 1 3/60 1
surveillance...................................
71.35 Report of death/illness in port........... 5 1 30/60 3
Locator Form used in an outbreak of public 2,700,000 1 5/60 225,000
health significance............................
Locator Form used for reporting of an ill 800 1 5/60 67
passenger(s)...................................
71.51(b)(3) Admission of cats/dogs; death/ 5 1 3/60 1
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 7
Primates.......................................
71.53(e) Recordkeeping.......................... 30 4 30/60 60
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 225,761
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Dated: March 3, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-5116 Filed 3-10-09; 8:45 am]
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