[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59380-59381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24006]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-20-1181; Docket No. CDC-2019-0100]
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 proposed and/or
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection project titled Airline and Traveler Information
Collection: Domestic Manifests and the Passenger Locator Form that
enables CDC to collect contact information and facilitate public health
follow-up of at-risk travelers in the event a sick person is confirmed
on board an aircraft.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before January 3, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0100 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (regulations.gov) 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, of the Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
1600 Clifton Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-
7570; Email: [email protected].
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; and
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.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Airline and Traveler Information Collection: Domestic Manifests and
the Passenger Locator Form (OMB Control No. 0920-1181, Exp. 05/31/
2020)--Revision--Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ),
National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases (NCEZID),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Stopping a communicable disease outbreak--whether it is naturally
occurring or intentionally caused--requires the use of the most rapid
and effective public health tools available. Basic public health
practices, such as collaborating with airlines in the identification
and notification of potentially exposed contacts, are critical tools in
the fight against the introduction, transmission, and spread of
communicable diseases in the United States.
The collection of timely, accurate, and complete contact
information enables Quarantine Public Health Officers in CDC's Division
of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) to notify state and local
health departments in order for them to make contact with individuals
who may have been exposed to a contagious person during travel and
identify appropriate next steps. In order to collect this contact
information, (i.e., a manifest), CDC is seeking approval for domestic
airline and traveler information orders under current authorities in 42
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 70.10. This activity is already
current practice.
CDC also requests continued approval to use the Passenger Locator
Form (PLF) for the collection of traveler information from individuals
on domestic flights and international flights under 42 CFR 70.10 and 42
CFR 71.20, respectively. The PLF, a form developed by the International
Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in concert with its international
member states and other aviation organizations, is used when there is a
confirmation or strong suspicion that an individual(s) aboard a flight
is infected with or exposed to a communicable disease that is a threat
to co-travelers, and CDC is made aware of the individual(s) prior to
arrival in the United States. This prior awareness can provide CDC with
an opportunity to collect traveler contact information directly from
the traveler prior to departure from the arrival airport.
CDC estimates that for each set of airline and traveler information
ordered, airlines require approximately six hours to review the order,
search their records, and send those records to CDC. CDC anticipates
that travelers will need approximately five minutes to complete the
PLF. There is no cost to respondents other than their time perform
these actions. For manifest information, CDC does not have a specified
format for these submissions, only that it is one acceptable to both
CDC and the respondent.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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Airline Medical Officer or Domestic TB 2 1 360/60 12
Equivalent/Computer and Manifest
Information Systems Manager. Template or
Informal
Manifest
Request.
Airline Medical Officer or Domestic Non-TB 48 1 360/60 288
Equivalent/Computer and Manifest
Information Systems Manager. Template or
Informal
Manifest
Request.
Traveler...................... Public Health 2,700,000 1 5/60 225,000
Passenger
Locator Form:
Outbreak of
public health
significance*
(international
flights).
Traveler...................... Public Health 800 1 5/60 67
Passenger
Locator Form:
Limited onboard
exposure
[dagger]
(international
flights).
Traveler...................... Public Health 800 1 5/60 67
Passenger
Locator Form
(domestic
flights).
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 225,434
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-24006 Filed 11-1-19; 8:45 am]
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