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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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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–25–1255; Docket No. CDC–2024–
0096]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
a continuing information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This notice invites
comment on a proposed information
collection project titled Emergency
Cruise Ship Outbreak Investigations
(CSOIs). The Vessel Sanitation Program
(VSP) conducts CSOIs in response to
acute gastroenteritis (AGE) outbreaks on
cruise ships within the VSP’s
jurisdiction.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before January 24,
2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2024–
0096 by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE, MS H21–8, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
www.regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
(www.regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to
the address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
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proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS
H21–8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329;
telephone: 404–639–7570; email: omb@
cdc.gov.
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 the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments that will help:
1. 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;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
4. 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 submissions
of responses; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Emergency Cruise Ship Outbreak
Investigations (CSOIs (OMB Control No.
0920–1255, Exp. 3/31/2025)—
Extension—National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Established in 1975 as a cooperative
activity with the cruise ship industry,
the Centers for Disease Control and
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Prevention (CDC) Vessel Sanitation
Program (VSP) develops and
implements comprehensive operational
public health programs to minimize the
risk of gastrointestinal illness. VSP
coordinates and conducts public health
inspections, ongoing surveillance of
gastrointestinal illness, and outbreak
investigations on cruise ships.
Under the authority of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264 and
269), VSP is requesting a three-year
Extension Information Collection
Request (ICR) for an existing Generic
Clearance. This ICR will provide for the
quick turnaround necessary to conduct
emergency Cruise Ship Outbreak
Investigations (CSOIs) in response to
acute gastroenteritis (AGE) outbreaks.
CSOIs are used to determine causative
agents and their sources, modes of
transmission, or risk factors. VSP’s
jurisdiction includes passenger vessels
carrying 13 or more people sailing from
foreign ports and within 15 days of
arriving at a U.S. port.
VSP uses its syndromic surveillance
system called the Maritime Illness and
Death Reporting System (MIDRS) (OMB
Control No. 0920–1260, expiration date
03/31/2026) to collect aggregate data
about the number of people onboard
ships in VSP’s jurisdiction who are
experiencing AGE symptoms. When the
levels of illness meet VSP’s alert
threshold (i.e., at least 2% in either the
passenger or crew populations), a
special report is made to VSP via
MIDRS and VSP provides
environmental health and
epidemiologic assistance. VSP considers
an outbreak to be ≥3% of reportable
AGE cases in either passenger or crew
populations.
When a cruise ship has an AGE
outbreak, VSP often must deploy a
response team to meet the ship in port
within 24 hours of reaching the
outbreak threshold. In some cases, the
response team must board the ship
before its U.S. arrival and sail back to
the U.S. port of disembarkation to
conduct a more detailed and
comprehensive epidemiologic and
environmental health evaluation of the
outbreak.
VSP can ascertain a causative agent,
sources of exposure, modes of
transmission, and risk factors by
gathering the following types of
information from both the affected and
(seemingly) unaffected populations:
• Demographic information,
• Pre-embarkation travel information,
• Symptoms, including type, onset,
duration,
• Contact with people who were sick
or their body fluids,
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• Participation in ship and onshore
activities,
• Locations of eating and drinking,
and
• Foods and beverages consumed
both on the ship and on shore. Rapid
and flexible data collection is
imperative given the mobile
environment, the remaining duration of
the voyage left for investigation, and the
loss to follow-up if delays allow
passengers to disembark and leave the
ship, including those returning to
locations outside of the United States.
This Generic Clearance will cover
investigations that meet all the
following criteria:
• The investigation is urgent in
nature (i.e., timely data are needed to
Type of respondents
Cruise
Cruise
Cruise
Cruise
Cruise
Cruise
ship
ship
ship
ship
ship
ship
Number of
respondents
Form name
• Investigations conducted for the
primary purpose of program evaluation,
surveillance, needs assessment, or
research (e.g., to contribute to
generalizable knowledge).
• Investigations with data collection
expected for greater than 30 days.
VSP estimates 10 CSOIs annually in
response to cruise ship AGE outbreaks.
The estimated number of respondents is
1,300 per CSOI, for a total of 13,000
respondents per year. The average time
burden is 15 minutes for each
respondent. Therefore, the total
estimated annual burden in hours is
4,063. There is no cost to respondents
other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
(in hours)
crew ............................
crew ............................
crew ............................
passenger ...................
passenger ...................
passenger ...................
Self-administered questionnaire ....
Interview ........................................
Biospecimen collection ..................
Self-administered questionnaire ....
Interview ........................................
Biospecimen collection ..................
3,000
450
300
10,000
1,500
1,000
1
1
1
1
1
1
15/60
15/60
15/60
15/60
15/60
15/60
750
113
75
2,500
375
250
Total ........................................
........................................................
........................
........................
........................
4,063
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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inform rapid public health action to
prevent or reduce morbidity or
mortality).
• The investigation is characterized
by undetermined agents, undetermined
sources, undetermined modes of
transmission, or undetermined risk
factors.
• One or more CDC staff (including
trainees and fellows) will be deployed
to the field.
• Data collection is completed in 30
days or less (most CSOIs involve two to
five days of data collection).
This Generic Clearance excludes each
of the following:
• Investigations related to non-urgent
outbreaks or events.
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
has submitted the information
collection request titled ‘‘Environmental
Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net)
Program’’ 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 August 9,
2024, to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. CDC
received three comments related to the
previous notice. This notice serves to
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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
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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
Environmental Health Specialists
(EHS-Net) Program (OMB Control
Number 0920–0792, Exp. 1/31/2025)—
Revision—National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), is requesting a three-year
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
approval for a Revision of this Generic
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-25-1255; Docket No. CDC-2024-0096]
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 effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project
titled Emergency Cruise Ship Outbreak Investigations (CSOIs). The
Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) conducts CSOIs in response to acute
gastroenteritis (AGE) outbreaks on cruise ships within the VSP's
jurisdiction.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before January 24, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2024-
0096 by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to www.regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (www.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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; telephone: 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 the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. 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;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
4. 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
submissions of responses; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Emergency Cruise Ship Outbreak Investigations (CSOIs (OMB Control
No. 0920-1255, Exp. 3/31/2025)--Extension--National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Established in 1975 as a cooperative activity with the cruise ship
industry, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vessel
Sanitation Program (VSP) develops and implements comprehensive
operational public health programs to minimize the risk of
gastrointestinal illness. VSP coordinates and conducts public health
inspections, ongoing surveillance of gastrointestinal illness, and
outbreak investigations on cruise ships.
Under the authority of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264
and 269), VSP is requesting a three-year Extension Information
Collection Request (ICR) for an existing Generic Clearance. This ICR
will provide for the quick turnaround necessary to conduct emergency
Cruise Ship Outbreak Investigations (CSOIs) in response to acute
gastroenteritis (AGE) outbreaks. CSOIs are used to determine causative
agents and their sources, modes of transmission, or risk factors. VSP's
jurisdiction includes passenger vessels carrying 13 or more people
sailing from foreign ports and within 15 days of arriving at a U.S.
port.
VSP uses its syndromic surveillance system called the Maritime
Illness and Death Reporting System (MIDRS) (OMB Control No. 0920-1260,
expiration date 03/31/2026) to collect aggregate data about the number
of people onboard ships in VSP's jurisdiction who are experiencing AGE
symptoms. When the levels of illness meet VSP's alert threshold (i.e.,
at least 2% in either the passenger or crew populations), a special
report is made to VSP via MIDRS and VSP provides environmental health
and epidemiologic assistance. VSP considers an outbreak to be >=3% of
reportable AGE cases in either passenger or crew populations.
When a cruise ship has an AGE outbreak, VSP often must deploy a
response team to meet the ship in port within 24 hours of reaching the
outbreak threshold. In some cases, the response team must board the
ship before its U.S. arrival and sail back to the U.S. port of
disembarkation to conduct a more detailed and comprehensive
epidemiologic and environmental health evaluation of the outbreak.
VSP can ascertain a causative agent, sources of exposure, modes of
transmission, and risk factors by gathering the following types of
information from both the affected and (seemingly) unaffected
populations:
Demographic information,
Pre-embarkation travel information,
Symptoms, including type, onset, duration,
Contact with people who were sick or their body fluids,
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Participation in ship and onshore activities,
Locations of eating and drinking, and
Foods and beverages consumed both on the ship and on
shore. Rapid and flexible data collection is imperative given the
mobile environment, the remaining duration of the voyage left for
investigation, and the loss to follow-up if delays allow passengers to
disembark and leave the ship, including those returning to locations
outside of the United States.
This Generic Clearance will cover investigations that meet all the
following criteria:
The investigation is urgent in nature (i.e., timely data
are needed to inform rapid public health action to prevent or reduce
morbidity or mortality).
The investigation is characterized by undetermined agents,
undetermined sources, undetermined modes of transmission, or
undetermined risk factors.
One or more CDC staff (including trainees and fellows)
will be deployed to the field.
Data collection is completed in 30 days or less (most
CSOIs involve two to five days of data collection).
This Generic Clearance excludes each of the following:
Investigations related to non-urgent outbreaks or events.
Investigations conducted for the primary purpose of
program evaluation, surveillance, needs assessment, or research (e.g.,
to contribute to generalizable knowledge).
Investigations with data collection expected for greater
than 30 days.
VSP estimates 10 CSOIs annually in response to cruise ship AGE
outbreaks. The estimated number of respondents is 1,300 per CSOI, for a
total of 13,000 respondents per year. The average time burden is 15
minutes for each respondent. Therefore, the total estimated annual
burden in hours is 4,063. There is no cost 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 Total burden (in
respondents respondent (in hours) hours)
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Cruise ship crew............ Self- 3,000 1 15/60 750
administered
questionnaire.
Cruise ship crew............ Interview...... 450 1 15/60 113
Cruise ship crew............ Biospecimen 300 1 15/60 75
collection.
Cruise ship passenger....... Self- 10,000 1 15/60 2,500
administered
questionnaire.
Cruise ship passenger....... Interview...... 1,500 1 15/60 375
Cruise ship passenger....... Biospecimen 1,000 1 15/60 250
collection.
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Total................... ............... .............. .............. .............. 4,063
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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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