Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
| Published date | 05 February 2020 |
| Record Number | 2020-02266 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Centers For Disease Control And Prevention,Health And Human Services Department |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6546-6547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02266]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-20-20HF; Docket No. CDC-2020-0012]
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 proposed and/or
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection project titled ``2019 Novel Coronavirus Airport
Entry Questionnaires and Aircraft Contact Investigations Information
Collection,'' which will provide CDC with the ability to perform
enhanced public health assessments of travelers from China, or other
areas affected by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, to
determine risk of infection with 2019-nCoV, and to facilitate any
necessary public health follow-up.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 6, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0012 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to Regulations.gov. Please note: Submit all comments through the
Federal eRulemaking portal (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, of the Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
1600 Clifton Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 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; and
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.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
2019 Novel Coronavirus Airport Entry Questionnaires and Contact
Investigations--New Emergency--National Center for Emerging Zoonotic
and Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have been tasked
with conducting risk assessment activities at international U.S.
airports to detect individuals ill or at risk of being ill with 2019-
nCoV. This primarily involves travelers coming from China. As the
outbreak evolves, travelers from
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additional countries may be assessed for risk of 2019-nCoV infection at
U.S. airports.
The information collected will be limited to that necessary to
confirm the individual's identity, establish their travel itinerary,
and make a public health risk assessment. This includes travel
itinerary data, information about who the traveler is, and contact and
locating information sufficient to complete potential follow-up after
arrival. CDC will also observe travelers to determine if the traveler
is experiencing any overt signs and symptoms of disease, as well as ask
basic questions about signs or symptoms of illness. The information
also includes a field for a temperature, which will be taken via a non-
contact thermometer. CDC will require all travelers from Wuhan, China,
and any symptomatic travelers from China, to provide information as
part of an initial public health risk assessment. Travelers from other
areas may be required to answer questions as part of a risk assessment
if there is a demonstrated risk of exportation to the United States.
If an individual from an area where the virus is spreading has a
fever, answers ``Yes'' to any of the symptom questions, or has visible
signs of specific symptoms, they will be required to undergo a further
public health evaluation that will ask more in-depth health and
exposure-related questions.
In the event that there is a repatriation of U.S. citizens or other
groups from foreign countries to the United States, and those
individuals are coming from areas experiencing an outbreak of 2019-
nCoV, individuals may be required to respond to a pre-boarding health
screening and a questionnaire to assess their risk of infection
depending on the risk of exposure. CDC may monitor individuals
repatriated to the United States from areas experiencing an outbreak of
2019-nCoV for symptoms associated with the disease for a period of up
to two weeks (14 days) after arrival, depending on exposure risks and
whether or not they develop symptoms.
CDC is also seeking authorization to ask state and local health
departments to administer questionnaires to air travelers who may have
been exposed to a case of 2019-nCoV. In the event a confirmed case of
2019-nCoV flew to the United States, CDC will distribute the
questionnaires to state health departments and ask them to make contact
with their respective residents to determine if additional public
health follow-up is needed. CDC will then ask the state health
department to return the completed questionnaires. In limited
circumstances, CDC may make direct contact with the at-risk travelers.
There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total
estimated burden hours requested are 36,751.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Respondent Form Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in minutes) hours
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Traveler....................................... United States Travel Health Declaration 100,000 1 10/60 16,667
(English or Mandarin Chinese).
Traveler....................................... United States Travel Health Declaration 5,000 1 15/60 1,250
for Repatriation.
Traveler....................................... 2019n-CoV Supplemental Questionnaire... 5,000 1 15/60 1,250
Traveler....................................... Preboarding Health Screen.............. 5,000 1 5/60 417
Traveler....................................... 2019-nCoV Air CI Basic Questionnaire... 5,500 1 30/60 2,750
Traveler....................................... 2019-nCoV Air CI Follow-up 5,500 1 30/60 2,750
Questionnaire.
Traveler....................................... 2019-nCoV Daily Symptom Check.......... 5,000 28 5/60 11,667
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Total...................................... ....................................... .............. .............. .............. 36,751
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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