Att 2_60dy FRN

57486

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 221 / Thursday, November 15, 2018 / Notices

for modernizing surveillance systems as
part of NNDSS Modernization Initiative
(NMI) implementation, separate burden
hours incurred for annual data
reconciliation and submission, and

separate one-time burden hours
incurred for the addition of new
diseases and data elements. These
estimates are based on information from
CDC employees that manage the NMI

effort and conduct site visits to provide
technical assistance to help the public
health departments modernize their
surveillance systems. The estimated
annual burden is 19,527 hours.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of
respondents

Form name

States ............................................
States ............................................
States ............................................
States ............................................
States ............................................
Territories ......................................
Territories ......................................
Territories ......................................
Territories ......................................
Territories ......................................
Freely Associated States ..............
Freely Associated States ..............
Cities .............................................
Cities .............................................
Cities .............................................
Cities .............................................
Cities .............................................

Weekly (Automated) .........................................................
Weekly (Non-automated) ..................................................
Weekly (NMI Implementation) ..........................................
Annual ...............................................................................
One-time Addition of Diseases and Data Elements ........
Weekly (Automated) .........................................................
Weekly, Quarterly (Non-automated) .................................
Weekly (NMI Implementation) ..........................................
Annual ...............................................................................
One-time Addition of Diseases and Data Elements ........
Weekly, Quarterly (Non-automated) .................................
Annual ...............................................................................
Weekly (Automated) .........................................................
Weekly (Non-automated) ..................................................
Weekly (NMI Implementation) ..........................................
Annual ...............................................................................
One-time Addition of Diseases and Data Elements ........

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting Lead, Information Collection Review
Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office
of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2018–24968 Filed 11–14–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60 Day–19–1235; Docket No. CDC–2018–
0100]

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.
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 ‘‘Assessments to Inform Program
Refinement for HIV, other STD, and

khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES

VerDate Sep<11>2014

19:10 Nov 14, 2018

Jkt 247001

Pregnancy Prevention among Middle
and High-School Aged Youth,’’ a
generic information collection package
that supports qualitative and
quantitative data collection from
adolescents (ages 11–19) and their
parents/caregivers for the purpose of
needs assessment and program
refinement for programs and services
designed to prevent HIV, other sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs), and
pregnancy among middle and high
school aged adolescents.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before January 14,
2019.
You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2018–
0100 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
ADDRESSES:

AGENCY:

SUMMARY:

Number of
respondents

PO 00000

Frm 00088

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

Number of
responses per
respondent

50
10
50
50
50
1
5
5
5
1
3
3
2
2
2
2
2

52
52
52
1
1
52
56
52
1
1
56
1
52
52
52
1
1

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
20/60
2
4
75
27
20/60
20/60
4
5
2
20/60
5
20/60
2
4
75
27

the information collection plan and
instruments, contact Leroy A.
Richardson, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta, Georgia
30329; phone: 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,

E:\FR\FM\15NON1.SGM

15NON1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 221 / Thursday, November 15, 2018 / Notices
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
Assessments to Inform Program
Refinement for HIV, other STD, and
Pregnancy Prevention among Middle
and High-School Aged Youth—
Revision—Division of Adolescent and
School Health, National Center for HIV/
AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB
Prevention, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).

khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES

Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) requests three-year
OMB approval for the revision of a
generic information collection package
(OMB #0920–1235) that supports
collection of quantitative and qualitative
information from adolescents (ages 11–
19) and their parents/caregivers for the
purpose of needs assessment and
program refinement for programs and
services to prevent HIV, other sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs), and
pregnancy among middle and high
school aged adolescents.
NCHHSTP conducts behavioral and
health service assessments and research
projects as part of its response to the
domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic, STD
prevention, TB elimination and viral
hepatitis control with national, state,
and local partners. Adolescents are a
population with specific developmental,
health and social, and resource needs,
and their health risk factors and access
to health care are addressed as a
primary mission by the Division of
Adolescent and School Health (DASH),
and adolescents are a population of
interest for several other NCHHSTP
divisions. The assessment and research
conducted by NCHHSTP is one pillar
upon which recommendations and
guidelines are revised and updated.
Recommendations and guidelines for

VerDate Sep<11>2014

16:53 Nov 14, 2018

Jkt 247001

adolescent sexual risk reduction require
that foundation of scientific evidence.
Assessment of programmatic practices
for adolescents helps to assure effective
and evidence-based sexual risk
reduction practices and efficient use of
resources. Such assessments also help to
improve programs through better
identification of strategies relevant to
adolescents as a population as well as
specific sub-groups of adolescents at
highest risk for HIV and other STDs so
that programs can be better tailored for
them.
The information collection requests
under this generic package are intended
to allow for data collection with two
types of respondents:
• Adolescents (11–19 years old) of
middle and high school age; and
• Parents and/or caregivers of
adolescents of middle and high school
age. For the purposes of this generic
package, parents/caregivers include the
adult primary caregiver(s) for a child’s
basic needs (e.g., food, shelter, and
safety). This includes biological parents;
other biological relatives such as
grandparents, aunts, uncles, or siblings;
and non-biological parents such as
adoptive, foster, or stepparents.
The types of information collection
activities included in this generic
package are:
(1) Quantitative data collection
through electronic, telephone, or paper
questionnaires to gather information
about programmatic and service
activities related to the prevention of
HIV and other STDs among adolescents
of middle- and high-school age.
(2) Qualitative data collection through
electronic, telephone, or paper means to
gather information about programmatic
and service activities related to the
prevention of HIV and other STDs
among adolescents of middle- and highschool age. Qualitative data collection
may involve focus groups and in-depth
interviewing through group interviews,
and cognitive interviewing.
For adolescents, data collection
instruments will include questions on
demographic characteristics;
experiences with programs and services
to reduce the risk of HIV and other STD
transmission; and knowledge, attitudes,
behaviors, and skills related to sexual
risk and protective factors on the
individual, interpersonal, and
community levels.

PO 00000

Frm 00089

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

57487

For parents and caregivers, data
collection instruments will include
questions on demographic
characteristics as well as parents’/
caregivers’ (1) perceptions about
programs and services provided to
adolescents; (2) knowledge, attitudes,
and perceptions about their adolescents’
health risk and protective behaviors;
and (3) parenting knowledge, attitudes,
behaviors, and skills.
Any data collection request put
forward under this generic clearance
will identify the programs and/or
services to be informed or refined with
the information from the collection and
will include a cross-walk of data
elements to the aspects of the program
the project team seeks to inform or
refine. Because this request includes a
wide range of possible data collection
instruments, specific requests will
include items of information to be
collected and copies of data collection
instruments. It is expected that all data
collection instruments will be pilottested, and will be culturally,
developmentally, and age appropriate
for the adolescent populations included.
Similarly, parent data collection
instruments will be pilot-tested, and the
data collection instruments will reflect
the culture, developmental stage, and
age of the parents’ adolescent children.
All data collection procedures will
receive review and approval by an
Institutional Review Board for the
Protection of Human Subjects and
follow appropriate consent and assent
procedures as outlined in the IRBapproved protocols and these will be
described in the individual information
collection requests put forward under
this generic package.
The table below provides the
estimated annualized response burden
for up to 15 individual data collections
per year. Average burden per response
is based on pilot testing and timing of
quantitative and qualitative instrument
administration during previous studies.
Response times include the time to read
and respond to consent forms and to
read or listen to instructions. The
proposed information collections
combine for a total estimated
annualized burden of up to 57,584
hours for respondents. Participation of
respondents is voluntary. There is no
cost to the respondents other than their
time.

E:\FR\FM\15NON1.SGM

15NON1

57488

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 221 / Thursday, November 15, 2018 / Notices
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Number of
responses per
respondent

Total burden
(in hours)

Form name

Middle and High School Age Adolescents.
Middle and High School Age Adolescents.
Middle and High School Age Adolescents.
Parents/caregivers of adolescents ....
Parents/caregivers of adolescents ....

Youth Questionnaire ........................

20,000

1

50/60

16,667

Pre/Post youth questionnaire ...........

10,000

2

50/60

16,667

Youth interview/focus group guide ...

3,000

2

1.5

9,000

Parent/Caregiver questionnaire .......
Parent/Caregiver
interview/focus
group guide.

7,500
3,000

2
2

25/60
1.5

6,250
9,000

Total ...........................................

...........................................................

........................

........................

........................

57,584

Jeffery M. Zirger,
Acting Lead, Information Collection Review
Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office
of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2018–24966 Filed 11–14–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60 Day–19–0978; Docket No. CDC–2018–
0098]

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 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 Emerging Infections Program
(EIP). The EIP is a population-based
surveillance activity performed via
active, laboratory case finding that is
used for detecting, identifying, and
monitoring emerging pathogens.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before January 14,
2019.
SUMMARY:

khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES

Number of
respondents

Type of respondents

You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2018–
0098 by any of the following methods:

ADDRESSES:

VerDate Sep<11>2014

16:53 Nov 14, 2018

Jkt 247001

• 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: 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:

PO 00000

Frm 00090

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

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
Emerging Infections Program OMB#
0920–0978 Exp. Date: 05/31/2021—
Revision—National Center for Emerging
and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
(NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Emerging Infections Programs
(EIPs) are population-based centers of
excellence established through a
network of state health departments
collaborating with academic
institutions; local health departments;
public health and clinical laboratories;
infection control professionals; and
healthcare providers. EIPs assist in
local, state, and national efforts to
prevent, control, and monitor the public
health impact of infectious diseases.
Activities of the EIPs fall into the
following general categories: (1) Active
surveillance; (2) applied public health
epidemiologic and laboratory activities;
(3) implementation and evaluation of

E:\FR\FM\15NON1.SGM

15NON1