Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations, 61426-61427 [E8-24568]

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• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 201 (Thursday, October 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61426-61427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24568]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-08-0134]


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. 
Alternatively, to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instrument, call 404-639-5960 and send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, 
CDC Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333; comments may also be sent by e-mail to omb@cdc.gov.
    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 a 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 information technology. Written comments 
should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Foreign Quarantine Regulations (42 CFR part 71) (OMB Control No. 
0920-0134)--Revision--National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and 
Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC)

Background and Brief Description

    Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264) 
authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make and 
enforce regulations necessary to prevent the introduction, 
transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries 
into the United States. Legislation and the existing regulations 
governing foreign quarantine activities (42 CFR part 71) authorize 
quarantine officers and other personnel to inspect and undertake 
control measures with respect to conveyances, persons, and shipments of 
animals and etiologic agents entering the United States from foreign 
ports in order to protect the public health.
    Under foreign quarantine regulations, the master of a ship or 
commander of an airplane entering the United States from a foreign port 
is required by public health law to report certain illnesses among 
passengers (42 CFR 71.21(b)). CDC recently reviewed 42 CFR part 71 and 
determined that five data collection requirements and one recordkeeping 
requirement had not been included in previous information collection 
request submissions. Thus, in this request to OMB, CDC is requesting 
approval for an additional 2,902 burden hours.
    The first additional data collection requirement is the designation 
of yellow fever vaccination clinics. Under 42 CFR 71.3, the Director of 
CDC delegates to states the responsibility for designation of yellow 
fever vaccination clinics to states and territories. States and 
territories then designate the clinics, based on application by the 
facilities and presentation of evidence. Under the regulation, 
facilities must provide evidence of adequate facilities and 
professionally trained personnel for handling, storage, and 
administration of the vaccine. The designated center must also comply 
with any instruction issued by the CDC Director for handling, storage, 
and administration of the vaccine. CDC estimates that approximately 500 
professional staff are added each year as a registered stamp holder for 
the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis. The 
estimated time to gather records and apply to become a stamp holder is 
one hour. The additional burden for this provision is 500 hours.
    The second additional data collection requirement is found in 42 
CFR 71.55(c). This provision requires that the remains of a person who 
died of a communicable disease listed in Sec.  71.32(b) may not be 
brought back into a U.S. port unless the body is (a) Properly embalmed 
and placed in a hermetically sealed casket, (b) cremated, or (c) 
accompanied by a permit issued by the Director of CDC. CDC has 
determined that the issuance of a permit implies a data collection 
requirement. CDC estimates a maximum of 5 respondents annually with an 
average burden of one hour per respondent, for an increase of 5 hours 
for this provision.
    The last three data collection requirements are found under Sec.  
71.56. CDC established this section by Interim Final Rule in 2003 (68 
FR 62353). This section prohibits the importation of African rodents, 
or any rodents whose native habitat is Africa, or any products derived 
from such rodents. Those wishing to import such animals or products may 
apply to the Director of CDC for an exemption to this prohibition and 
may appeal the Director's decision. Finally, an individual or company 
may appeal a CDC order causing an animal to be quarantined, re-exported 
or destroyed. These data collection requirements were originally 
approved by OMB under OMB Control No. 0920-0615. This approval expired 
July 31, 2004. Although CDC collected data from less than 9 respondents 
annually since the Interim Final Rule went into effect, CDC wishes to 
reinstate the data collection requirement following recent review of 42 
CFR 71. This reinstatement is for 22 burden hours.
    Finally, Sec.  71.21(c) requires reporting of the number of cases 
(including zero) of gastrointestinal illness in passengers and crew 
recorded in the ship's medical log during the current cruise. CDC had 
already included the reporting

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requirement in its information collection request, but had not included 
the recordkeeping requirement of the medical log. In addition, CDC is 
changing the requirement from reporting gastrointestinal illness to 
reporting all diseases of public health significance. This submission 
includes the medical log recordkeeping requirement, for an additional 
2,375 burden hours.
    Respondents include airline pilots, ships' captains, importers, 
medical professionals, and travelers. The nature of the quarantine 
response dictates which forms are completed by whom.
    There are no costs to respondents except their time to complete the 
forms.

                                       Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                               Average burden
                Citation                      Number of       Responses per    per respondent   Total burden (in
                                             respondents       respondent        (in hours)          hours)
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71.21 Radio report death/illness........             9,500                 1              2/60               317
71.21(c) Medical log....................             9,500                 1             15/60             2,375
71.3 Designation of yellow fever                       500                 1                 1               500
 vaccination centers....................
71.33(c) Report by person(s) in                         11                 1              3/60                 1
 isolation or surveillance..............
71.35 Report of death/illness in port...                 5                 1             30/60                 3
Outbreak of public health significance..         2,700,000                 1              5/60           225,000
Reporting of ill passenger(s)...........               800                 1              5/60                67
71.51(b)(3) Admission of cats/dogs;                      5                 1              3/60                 1
 death/illness..........................
71.51(d) Dogs/cats; certification of                 1,200                 1             15/60               300
 confinement, vaccination...............
71.52(d) Turtle importation permits.....                10                 1             30/60                 5
71.53(d) Importer registration--nonhuman                40                 1             10/60                67
 primates...............................
71.53(d) Recordkeeping..................                30                 4             30/60                60
71.55 Permit for dead body..............                 5                 1                 1                 5
71.56(a)(ii) Request for exemption......                12                 1                 1                12
71.56(a)(iii) Appeal....................                 5                 1                 1                 5
71.56(c) Appeal.........................                 5                 1                 1                 5
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    Total...............................  ................  ................  ................           228,723
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    Dated: October 1, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-24568 Filed 10-15-08; 8:45 am]
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