[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 240 (Monday, December 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74099-74101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29220]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-15-0900]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
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 to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the below
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or send comments to Leroy A.
Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an
email to [email protected].
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval. 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;(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; and (e)
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
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a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Contact Investigation Outcome Reporting Forms (OMB Control No.
0920-0900, expiration date: October 31, 2017)- Revision -National
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division
of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of
Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) requests revision to a currently
approved information collection, OMB Control Number 0920-0900, Contact
Investigation Outcome Reporting Forms. CDC is requesting the addition
of Ebola-specific information collection tools to supplement the CDC's
routine contact investigation activities so that CDC can better assess
the risk to individuals who may have been exposed to a confirmed case
of Ebola while traveling to or within the United States. These forms
were approved by OMB under an emergency clearance, OMB Control Number
0920-1032. The additional forms to be added are as follows:
Ebola Airline passenger exposure questionnaire--This
contact investigation form gathers information from airline passengers
who traveled on plane(s) and sat within a 3 foot area around the
suspected case and travel companions of the suspected case to determine
the level of exposure and risk, as well as other passengers who may
have had contact with the case's bodily fluids. Information gathered in
this form is shared with the CDC to determine risk level. Risk levels
are outlined in CDC's Movement and Monitoring Guidance.
Ebola exposure Assessment Flight Crew--The flight exposure
questionnaire is used to ascertain the same relevant information
included in the passenger questionnaire for all crew who worked on
flight(s) and came into contact with Ebola patient(s).
Ebola exposure Assessment Cleaning Crew--This form
collects the same information as the flight crew exposure
questionnaire, used to determine the level of exposure a member of the
cleaning crew who serviced a flight with an ill patient(s).
Ebola exposure Assessment Airport or other port of entry
staff--This questionnaire is utilized for airport staff who may have
come into contact with a person ill with Ebola. Airport staff members
are identified through conversations with airport authority to
determine which employees carried out tasks that would have put them in
contact with the ill person or their body fluids.
Passengers of other commercial conveyance Ebola exposure
questionnaire--This questionnaire collects the same information as the
airline passenger questionnaire but will be utilized for passengers of
commercial conveyance that is land- or waterborne
Finally, the introduction and confirmation script is to be
used by CDC staff manning open call lines available for persons who
traveled on planes that carried suspected or confirmed patients with
Ebola. As with the other questionnaires, this script assesses the risk
of a plan passenger who was not in the immediate vicinity of the Ebola
patient but still has concerns about the level of exposure and risk of
contracting the virus.
CDC is not proposing any changes to the routine contact
investigation forms already approved under this information collection
request.
The total burden associated with this revision is 10,949 hours,
including both standard contact investigation forms and updated forms
to account for Ebola transmission. There are no costs to respondents
other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per burden per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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State/local health department staff....... General Contact Investigation Outcome 12 1 5/60 1
Reporting Form (Air).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers General Contact Investigation Outcome 100 1 5/60 8
Reporting Form (Maritime_word version).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers General Contact Investigation Outcome 100 1 5/60 8
Reporting Form (Maritime_Excel version).
State/local health department staff....... General Contact Investigation Outcome 12 1 5/60 1
Reporting Form (Land).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers TB Contact Investigation Outcome Reporting 1,244 1 5/60 104
Form (Air).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers TB Contact Investigation Outcome Reporting 150 1 5/60 13
Form (Maritime_word version).
State/local health department staff....... TB Contact Investigation Outcome Reporting 150 1 5/60 13
Form (Maritime_Excel version).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers Measles Contact Investigation Outcome 964 1 5/60 80
Reporting Form (Air).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers Measles Contact Investigation Outcome 63 1 5/60 5
Reporting Form (Maritime_word version).
State/local health department staff....... Measles Contact Investigation Outcome 63 1 5/60 5
Reporting Form (Maritime_excel version).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers Rubella Contact Investigation Outcome 95 1 5/60 8
Reporting Form (Air).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers Rubella Contact Investigation Outcome 12 1 5/60 1
Reporting Form (Maritime -word version).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Managers Rubella Contact Investigation Outcome 12 1 5/60 1
Reporting Form (Maritime_excel version).
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Passenger................................. Ebola Airline Exposure Assessment Passenger. 3,400 2 20/60 2,267
Flight Crew............................... Ebola Airline Exposure Assessment Flight 2,400 2 20/60 1,600
Crew.
Cleaning Crew............................. Ebola Airline Exposure Assessment Cleaning 1,200 2 20/60 800
Crew.
Airport or Other Port of Entry Staff...... Ebola Airline Exposure Assessment Airport or 1,000 2 20/60 667
Other Port of Entry Staff.
Passengers on other commercial conveyances Ebola Exposure Questionnaire for Passengers 1,800 2 20/60 1,200
on other commercial conveyances.
Traveler.................................. Script_Introduction and Confirmation........ 50,000 1 5/60 4,167
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Total................................. ............................................ .............. .............. .............. 10,949
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-29220 Filed 12-12-14; 8:45 am]
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