[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 215 (Monday, November 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78156-78158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26829]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-17-16BBS]
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
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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
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Airline and Traveler Information Collection: Domestic Manifests and
the Passenger Locator Form--Existing Information Collection in use
without an OMB Control Number--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.
Under the Public Health Service Act (42 United States Code 264) and
under 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 70.2 CDC can order airlines
traveling between states to submit a data set, including airline flight
details, and passenger and crew member information, if CDC reasonably
believes that a traveler exposed to or infected with a communicable
disease of public health concern could have put other passengers at
risk for a communicable disease.
In order to collect this data set, aka a manifest, CDC seeking
approval for domestic airline and traveler information orders under
current authorities in 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 70.2. This
activity is already current practice.
Additionally, CDC requests to transition the Passenger Locator Form
(PLF), previously included and approved by OMB in 0920-0134 Foreign
Quarantine Regulations, into this Information Collection Request.
Further, CDC is requesting approval for the use of the PLF for the
collection of traveler information from individuals on domestic
flights. The PLF, a formed 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 conducts
this information collection under its regulations at 42 CFR 70.6 for
domestic flights and 71.32 and 71.33 for flights arriving from foreign
countries.
CDC seeks a three-year OMB clearance for this information
collection request.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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 to 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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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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Airline Medical Officer or Equivalent/ Domestic TB Manifest 1 1 360/60
Computer and Information Systems Template.
Manager.
Airline Medical Officer or Equivalent/ Domestic Non-TB Manifest 28 1 360/60
Computer and Information Systems Template.
Manager.
Traveler.............................. Public Health Passenger 2,700,000 1 5/60
Locator Form: Outbreak
of public health
significance
(international flights).
Traveler.............................. Public Health Passenger 800 1 5/60
Locator Form: Limited
onboard exposure
(international flights.
Traveler.............................. Public Health Passenger 800 1 5/60
Locator Form (domestic
flights).
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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. 2016-26829 Filed 11-4-16; 8:45 am]
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