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for final review and approval. The
description will include a discussion of
the project’s purpose, information
collection methods and instrument(s),
and estimated burden.
CDC requests OMB approval for a
total estimated annualized burden of
54,000 hours. There is no cost to
respondents other than their time.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
respondent
(in hrs.)
Form name
State, Territorial, or Tribal government staff or
delegate.
Local/County/City government staff or delegate.
Web, telephone, in-person, focus group ........
800
30
1
Web, telephone, in-person, focus group ........
3,000
10
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Public Health Ethics and
Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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Number of
respondents
Type of respondents
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
has submitted the information
collection request titled ‘‘Standardized
National Hypothesis Generating
Questionnaire’’ to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. CDC previously
published a ‘‘Proposed Data Collection
Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations’’ notice on March 10,
2023 to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. CDC
received two non-substantive comments
related to the previous notice. This
notice serves to allow an additional 30
days for public and affected agency
comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this
proposed information collection project.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
that:
(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,
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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.
Comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Direct written
comments and/or suggestions regarding
the items contained in this notice to the
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by
fax to (202) 395–5806. Provide written
comments within 30 days of notice
publication.
Proposed Project
Standard National Hypothesis
Generating Questionnaire (OMB Control
No. 0920–0997)—Reinstatement—
National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
It is estimated that each year roughly
one in six Americans get sick, 128,000
are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of
foodborne diseases. CDC and partners
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ensure rapid and coordinated
surveillance, detection, and response to
multistate outbreaks, to limit the
number of these illnesses, and to learn
how to prevent similar outbreaks from
happening in the future.
Conducting interviews during the
initial hypothesis-generating phase of
multistate foodborne disease outbreaks
presents numerous challenges. In the
United States there is not a standard,
national form or data collection system
for illnesses caused by many enteric
pathogens. Data elements for hypothesis
generation must be developed and
agreed upon for each investigation. This
process can take several days to weeks
and may cause interviews to occur long
after a person becomes ill.
CDC requests a Reinstatement of this
project, called the Standardized
National Hypothesis-Generating
Questionnaire, to collect standardized
information from individuals who have
become ill during a multistate
foodborne disease event. Since the
questionnaire is designed to be
administered by public health officials
as part of multistate hypothesisgenerating interview activities, this
questionnaire is not expected to entail
significant burden to respondents.
The Standardized National
Hypothesis-Generating Core Elements
Project was established with the goal to
define a core set of data elements to be
used for hypothesis generation during
multistate foodborne investigations.
These elements represent information
that should be available for all outbreakassociated cases identified during
hypothesis generation. The core
elements would ensure that similar
exposures would be ascertained across
many jurisdictions, allowing for rapid
pooling of data to improve the
timeliness of hypothesis-generating
analyses and to shorten the time to
pinpoint how and where contamination
events occur.
The Standardized National
Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire
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(SNHGQ) was designed as a data
collection tool for the core elements, to
be used when a multistate cluster of
enteric disease infections is identified.
The questionnaire is designed to be
administered over the phone by public
health officials to collect core elements
data from case-patients or their proxies.
Both the content of the questionnaire
(the core elements) and the format were
developed through a series of working
groups comprised of local, state, and
federal public health partners.
Since the last revision of the SNHGQ
in 2019, CDC has investigated over 470
possible multistate foodborne and
enteric clusters of infection involving
over 26,000 ill people. Of which, an
outbreak vehicle has been identified in
199 of these investigations. These
outbreaks have led to many recalls and
countless regulatory actions that have
removed millions of pounds of
contaminated vehicles out of commerce.
In almost all instances, the SNHGQ or
iterations of the SNHGQ have been
instrumental in the successful
investigation of these outbreaks. The
questionnaire has allowed investigators
to more efficiently and effectively
interview ill persons as they are
identified. Because these exposures are
captured in a common, standard format,
we have been able to share and analyze
data rapidly across jurisdictional lines.
Faster interview response and analysis
times have allowed for more rapid
epidemiologic investigation and quicker
regulatory action, thus helping to
prevent thousands of additional
illnesses from occurring and spurring
industry to adopt and implement new
food safety measures in an effort to
prevent future outbreaks.
The total estimated annualized
burden requested is 3,000 hours
(approximately 4,000 individuals
identified during the hypothesisgenerating phase of outbreak
investigations with 45 minutes/
response). There are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of respondents
Form name
Ill individuals identified as part of an outbreak
investigation.
Standardized National Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire.
Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Public Health Ethics and
Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices; Amended Notice of Meeting
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
announces an amendment to the
following meeting of the Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices
(ACIP). This meeting is open to the
public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie Thomas, Committee
Management Specialist, Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices,
National Center for Immunization and
Respiratory Diseases, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE, Mailstop H24–8,
Atlanta, Georgia 30329–4027.
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Telephone: (404) 639–8836; Email:
ACIP@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given of a change in the meeting
of the Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices (ACIP); June 21,
2023, 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., EDT, June 22,
2023, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., EDT, and June
23, 2023, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., EDT (times
subject to change, see the ACIP website
for updates: https://www.cdc.gov/
vaccines/acip/), in the
original Federal Register notice.
Notice of the virtual meeting was
published in the Federal Register on
Friday, May 5, 2023, Volume 88,
Number 87, pages 29132–29133.
Notice of the virtual meeting is being
amended to update the times in the
dates section, the matters to be
considered, and the procedure for oral
public comment, which should read as
follows:
Dates: The meeting will be held on
June 21, 2023, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., EDT,
June 22, 2023, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., EDT,
and June 23, 2023, 8 a.m. to 2:40 p.m.,
EDT (times subject to change, see the
ACIP website for updates: https://
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/
index.html).
Written comments must be received
between June 5–16, 2023.
Matters To Be Considered: The agenda
will include discussions on mpox
vaccines, influenza vaccines,
pneumococcal vaccines, meningococcal
vaccines, polio vaccine, respiratory
syncytial virus vaccine pediatric/
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maternal, respiratory syncytial virus
vaccine in adults, dengue vaccines,
chikungunya vaccine, informational
session by CDC Immunization Safety
Office, and COVID–19 vaccines.
Recommendation votes on influenza
vaccines, pneumococcal vaccines, polio
vaccines, and respiratory syncytial virus
vaccine in adults are scheduled.
Vaccines for Children votes on
influenza and pneumococcal vaccines
are scheduled. Agenda items are subject
to change as priorities dictate. For more
information on the meeting agenda, visit
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/
meetings/.
Procedure for Oral Public Comment:
All persons interested in making an oral
public comment on June 21 or June 22,
2023, at the ACIP meeting must submit
a request at https://www.cdc.gov/
vaccines/acip/meetings/ no
later than 11:59 p.m., EDT, June 16,
2023, according to the instructions
provided.
If the number of persons requesting to
speak is greater than can be reasonably
accommodated during the scheduled
time, CDC will conduct a lottery to
determine the speakers for the
scheduled public comment session.
CDC staff will notify individuals
regarding their request to speak by email
by June 20, 2023. To accommodate the
significant interest in participation in
the oral public comment session of
ACIP meetings, each speaker will be
limited to three minutes, and each
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-23-0997]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
collection request titled ``Standardized National Hypothesis Generating
Questionnaire'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed Data Collection
Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' notice on March 10,
2023 to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC
received two non-substantive comments related to the previous notice.
This notice serves to allow an additional 30 days for public and
affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
(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. Comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Direct
written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in
this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202)
395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice
publication.
Proposed Project
Standard National Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire (OMB Control
No. 0920-0997)--Reinstatement--National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
It is estimated that each year roughly one in six Americans get
sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases.
CDC and partners ensure rapid and coordinated surveillance, detection,
and response to multistate outbreaks, to limit the number of these
illnesses, and to learn how to prevent similar outbreaks from happening
in the future.
Conducting interviews during the initial hypothesis-generating
phase of multistate foodborne disease outbreaks presents numerous
challenges. In the United States there is not a standard, national form
or data collection system for illnesses caused by many enteric
pathogens. Data elements for hypothesis generation must be developed
and agreed upon for each investigation. This process can take several
days to weeks and may cause interviews to occur long after a person
becomes ill.
CDC requests a Reinstatement of this project, called the
Standardized National Hypothesis-Generating Questionnaire, to collect
standardized information from individuals who have become ill during a
multistate foodborne disease event. Since the questionnaire is designed
to be administered by public health officials as part of multistate
hypothesis-generating interview activities, this questionnaire is not
expected to entail significant burden to respondents.
The Standardized National Hypothesis-Generating Core Elements
Project was established with the goal to define a core set of data
elements to be used for hypothesis generation during multistate
foodborne investigations. These elements represent information that
should be available for all outbreak-associated cases identified during
hypothesis generation. The core elements would ensure that similar
exposures would be ascertained across many jurisdictions, allowing for
rapid pooling of data to improve the timeliness of hypothesis-
generating analyses and to shorten the time to pinpoint how and where
contamination events occur.
The Standardized National Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire
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(SNHGQ) was designed as a data collection tool for the core elements,
to be used when a multistate cluster of enteric disease infections is
identified. The questionnaire is designed to be administered over the
phone by public health officials to collect core elements data from
case-patients or their proxies. Both the content of the questionnaire
(the core elements) and the format were developed through a series of
working groups comprised of local, state, and federal public health
partners.
Since the last revision of the SNHGQ in 2019, CDC has investigated
over 470 possible multistate foodborne and enteric clusters of
infection involving over 26,000 ill people. Of which, an outbreak
vehicle has been identified in 199 of these investigations. These
outbreaks have led to many recalls and countless regulatory actions
that have removed millions of pounds of contaminated vehicles out of
commerce. In almost all instances, the SNHGQ or iterations of the SNHGQ
have been instrumental in the successful investigation of these
outbreaks. The questionnaire has allowed investigators to more
efficiently and effectively interview ill persons as they are
identified. Because these exposures are captured in a common, standard
format, we have been able to share and analyze data rapidly across
jurisdictional lines. Faster interview response and analysis times have
allowed for more rapid epidemiologic investigation and quicker
regulatory action, thus helping to prevent thousands of additional
illnesses from occurring and spurring industry to adopt and implement
new food safety measures in an effort to prevent future outbreaks.
The total estimated annualized burden requested is 3,000 hours
(approximately 4,000 individuals identified during the hypothesis-
generating phase of outbreak investigations with 45 minutes/response).
There are no costs to 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
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Ill individuals identified as part Standardized National 4,000 1 45/60
of an outbreak investigation. Hypothesis Generating
Questionnaire.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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