Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
| Published date | 01 March 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 12003 |
| Record Number | 2021-04179 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Centers For Disease Control And Prevention,Health And Human Services Department |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 38 (Monday, March 1, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 38 (Monday, March 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12003-12004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04179]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-21-1039; Docket No. CDC-2021-0013]
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 Cause-Specific Absenteeism in
Schools and Evaluation of Influenza Transmission within Student
Households. This collection is designed as an evaluation of cause-
specific absenteeism in school and evaluation of influenza and SARS-
CoV-2 within student households.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 30, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0013 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, 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
Cause-Specific Absenteeism in Schools and Evaluation of Influenza
Transmission within Student Households (OMB Control No. 0920-1039, Exp.
3/31/2021)--Reinstatement with Change--National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
This information collection aims to improve our understanding of
the role of influenza-like illness (ILI)-specific absenteeism in
schools in predicting community-wide influenza transmission and to
detect within-household transmission of influenza in households from
which a student has been absent from school due to ILI. Insights gained
from this information collection will be
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used to strengthen the evidence-base of CDC's Pre-Pandemic Guidance
prior to the next pandemic.
School children are frequently the main introducers of influenza to
their families. Evaluating influenza transmission within households
where students are absent from school because of ILI may serve as an
additional layer of influenza surveillance and could contribute to
understanding of influenza transmission dynamics within the surrounding
community. This aims to enhance current knowledge and understanding
around the introduction of influenza infection to households that have
school-age children, as well as within-household influenza
transmission.
CDC requests a three-year approval for this Reinstatment. Estimated
annualized burden hours requested for this collection are 449. 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
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Parent/guardians of students Screening Form.. 345 1 5/60 29
or students 18 or older.
Parent/guardians of students Acute 300 1 15/60 75
or students 18 or older. Respiratory
Infection and
Influenza
Surveillance
Form.
Student....................... Biospecimen 300 1 5/60 25
Collection Day
0.
Household Members............. Household Study 720 3 5/60 120
Form Days 0, 7,
14.
Parent/guardians of students Household Study 300 2 5/60 80
or students 18 or older. Form Days 7, 14.
Household Members............. Biospecimen 720 3 5/60 120
Collection Days
0, 7, 14.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 449
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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.
[FR Doc. 2021-04179 Filed 2-26-21; 8:45 am]
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