[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61412-61413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24756]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60-Day-13-0728]
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 404-639-7570
and send comments to Ron Otten, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an email 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 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. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Title: National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS), OMB
Control No. 0920-0728, Revision Exp. 01/31/2014, Office of
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (OSELS), Public
Health Surveillance and Informatics Program Office (PHSIPO)
{Proposed{time} Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 241) authorizes CDC to
disseminate nationally notifiable condition information. CDC's
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report publishes incidence and
prevalence tables for nationally notifiable conditions for the
reporting of case notification data from 57 reporting jurisdictions (50
states, 2 cities, and 5 territorial health departments) using the
National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) umbrella of
systems and including the National Electronic Telecommunications System
for Surveillance (NETSS) and other surveillance data sources to NNDSS.
Each year, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
establishes the public health surveillance priorities and policies for
the nation which are voted on by the Chief Epidemiologist in each U.S.
State and Territory. In 2012, CSTE members voted to have Leptospirosis
added to the CSTE List of Notifiable Conditions. In response to this
CSTE position statement, the CDC Leptospirosis Program is requesting a
change to NNDSS to include Leptospirosis on the NNDSS list so that
reporting jurisdictions can start submitting core surveillance data to
CDC. The annualized burden hours and cost to reporting jurisdictions to
submit this data to CDC will not change significantly.
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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Weekly Reporting
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States.......................................... 50 52 3 7,800
Territories..................................... 5 52 1.5 390
Cities.......................................... 2 52 3 312
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Annual Reporting
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States.......................................... 50 1 16 800
Territories..................................... 5 1 10 50
Cities.......................................... 2 1 16 32
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 9,384
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Dated: October 2, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI), Office of the Associate
Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-24756 Filed 10-5-12; 8:45 am]
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