[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 137 (Friday, July 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42500-42501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17554]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-15-15VA]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a)
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; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; (d) 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 submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be
directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written
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comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
National Disease Surveillance Program III--CDC Support for Case
Investigation, Contact Tracing, and Case Reports--New--National Center
for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The international outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West
Africa began March 10, 2014. The initial cases were from southern
Guinea, near its rural border with Liberia and Sierra Leone. Highly
mobile populations contributed to increasing waves of person-to-person
transmission of EVD that occurred in multiple countries in West Africa.
The CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center on July 9, 2014 to
help coordinate technical assistance and control activities with
international partners and to deploy teams of public health experts to
the affected countries.
The operations turned to the United States (U.S.) when the first
imported case of EVD was diagnosed in Texas on September 30, 2014. In
response, on October 11, 2014, the CDC Quarantine Stations and the
Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Patrol mobilized to
screen, detect, and refer arriving travelers who were potential persons
at risk for EVD to appropriate state, territorial, and local (STL)
authorities. The CDC also increased its commitment to support STL
public health authorities to combat and control the spread of EVD
within their jurisdictions.
Thus in 2014, the CDC requested and received an expedited emergency
review and approval from OMB of an information collection request to
initiate multiple urgently needed information collections in West
Africa, at U.S. ports of entry, and within STL jurisdictions. These
information collections allowed the agency to accomplish its primary
mission on many fronts to quickly prevent public harm, illness, and
death from the uncontrolled spread of EVD.
This new collection of information is designed to allow CDC to
conduct active disease surveillance in support of and at the request of
STL authorities among respondents that may include the general public,
workers, and STL authorities. This should cut down on the need for
multiple steps in emergency requests that were experienced in the first
year of the 2014 Ebola virus response.
There are no costs to the respondents other than their time. The
total annualized burden requested is 14,702 hours.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Avg. burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hrs.)
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General Public--Case............... Ebola Virus Disease Case 15 1 30/60
Investigation Form--United
States.
General Public--Case............... Symptom Monitoring Form.... 15 42 5/60
General Public--Person Under Ebola Virus Disease Person 300 1 10/60
Investigation (PUI). Under Investigation (PUI)
Form.
General Public--Person Under Symptom Monitoring Form.... 300 42 5/60
Investigation (PUI).
General Public--Contact............ Ebola Virus Disease Contact 105 1 10/60
Tracing Form--United
States.
General Public--Contact............ Symptom Monitoring Form.... 105 42 5/60
Healthcare Workers................. Ebola Virus Disease 600 15 10/60
Tracking Form for
Healthcare Workers with
Direct Patient Contact.
Healthcare Workers................. Symptom Monitoring Form.... 600 57 5/60
Laboratory Personnel............... Ebola Tracking Form for 600 15 10/60
Laboratory Personnel.
Laboratory Personnel............... Symptom Monitoring Form.... 600 57 5/60
Environmental Services Personnel... Ebola Tracking Form for 600 15 10/60
Environmental Services
Personnel.
Environmental Services Personnel... Symptom Monitoring Form.... 600 57 5/60
State, Territorial, and Local White House Evening Report. 15 42 10/60
Public Health Authorities and
Their Delegates.
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Total.......................... ........................... .............. .............. ..............
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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. 2015-17554 Filed 7-16-15; 8:45 am]
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