[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34435-34437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14709]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-15-15AMG; Docket No. CDC-2015-0040]
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 efforts 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. This notice invites comment on the FoodNet
Population Survey which is a telephone-based survey to gather
information to estimate the total number of acute diarrheal illnesses
in the U.S. and assess the frequency of exposures commonly associated
with foodborne illness.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 17, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2015-
0040 by any of the following methods:
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Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, 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. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted 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 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 OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
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 a collection of
information, to search data sources, to complete and review the
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Proposed Project
FoodNet Population Survey--Existing Collection In Use Without an
OMB Control Number--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic
Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Foodborne illnesses represent a significant public health burden in
the United States. It is estimated that each year, 48 million Americans
(1 in 6) become ill, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die as the
result of a foodborne illness. Since 1996, the Foodborne Diseases
Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) has conducted active population-
based surveillance for Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora,
Listeria, Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 and
non-O157, Shigella, Vibrio, and Yersinia infections. Data from FoodNet
serves as the nation's ``report card'' on food safety by monitoring
progress toward CDC Healthy People 2020 objectives.
Evaluation of efforts to control foodborne illnesses can only be
done effectively if there is an accurate estimate of the total number
of illness that occur and if these estimates are recalculated and
monitored over time. Estimates of the total burden start with accurate
and reliable estimates of the number of acute gastrointestinal illness
episodes that occur in the general community. To more precisely
estimate this and to describe the frequency of important exposures
associated with illness, FoodNet created the Population Survey.
The FoodNet Population Survey is a survey of persons residing in
the surveillance area. Data are collected on the prevalence and
severity of acute gastrointestinal illness in the general population,
describe common symptoms associated with diarrhea, and determine the
proportion of persons with diarrhea who seek medical care. The survey
also collects data on exposures (e.g. food, water, animal contact)
commonly associated with foodborne illness. Information about food
exposures in the general public has proved invaluable during outbreak
investigations. The ability to compare exposures reported by outbreak
cases to the `background' exposure in the general population allows
investigators to more quickly pinpoint a source and enact control
measures.
To date, five 12-month cycles of the survey have been completed:
1996-1997, 1998-1999, 2000-2001, 2002-2003, and 2006-2007. Data has
been shared with participating state health departments and multiple
programs at CDC, is available to the public through a summary report
posted to the FoodNet Web site, and also available via individual data
requests. More than two dozen manuscripts highlighting population
survey data have been published.
CDC seeks approval for an OMB Control number to continue this
important work. There is no cost to the respondents other than their
time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hrs.) (in hrs.)
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U.S. General Population....... Population 18,000 1 20/60 6,000
Survey.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 6,000
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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.
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