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Report. Over the three-year period of
this information collection request, the

total estimated annualized burden for
the current 53 current recipients is 424

hours. A three-year approval period is
requested for the proposed collection.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
(in hours)

Form name

State and Territorial Health Department Tobacco Control Program
Staff.

Evaluation Reporting Template for
National and State Tobacco Control Program.

53

1

8

424

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424

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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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Mine Safety and Health Research
Advisory Committee (MSHRAC)
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
CDC announces the following meeting
for the Mine Safety and Health Research
Advisory Committee (MSHRAC). This is
a virtual meeting. It is open to the
public, limited only by web conference
lines (500 web conference lines are
available).

SUMMARY:

The meeting will be held on
December 8, 2021, from 10:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m., EST, and December 9, 2021,
from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., EST.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to attend, please
contact Ms. Berni Metzger by email at
M.Metzger@cdc.hhs.gov or by telephone
at (412) 386–4541 at least 5 business
days in advance of the meeting. She will
provide you with the Zoom web
conference access information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George W. Luxbacher, P.E., Ph.D.,
Designated Federal Officer, MSHRAC,
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH), CDC, 2400
Century Parkway NE, Atlanta, GA
30345, Telephone: (404) 498–2808;
Email: GLuxbacher@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose: This committee is charged
with providing advice to the Secretary,
DATES:

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Department of Health and Human
Services; the Director, CDC; and the
Director, NIOSH, on priorities in mine
safety and health research, including
grants and contracts for such research,
30 U.S.C. 812(b)(2), Section 102(b)(2).
Matters To Be Considered: The agenda
will include discussions on NIOSH
mining safety and health research
organizational structure, capabilities,
projects, and outcomes; updates on
MINER Act extramural research; and the
Mining Program Strategic Plan. The
meeting will also include an update
from the NIOSH Associate Director for
Mining. Agenda items are subject to
change as priorities dictate.
The Director, Strategic Business
Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal
Register notices pertaining to
announcements of meetings and other
committee management activities, for
both the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry.
Kalwant Smagh,
Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit,
Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
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0109]

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:

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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 Emergency Cruise Ship Outbreak
Investigations (CSOIs). This collection is
designed to allow the CDC Vessel
Sanitation Program (VSP) to prevent the
introduction, transmission, or spread of
acute gastroenteritis (AGE) via cruise
ships entering the United States from
foreign countries.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before December 13,
2021.
SUMMARY:

You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2021–
0109 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 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
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
ADDRESSES:

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H21–8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone:
404–639–7118; 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.

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Proposed Project
Emergency Cruise Ship Outbreak
Investigations (CSOIs) (OMB Control
No. 0920–1255, Exp. 03/31/2022)—
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,
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Prevention (CDC) Vessel Sanitation
Program (VSP) develops and
implements comprehensive sanitation
programs to minimize the risk of
gastrointestinal diseases, by
coordinating and conducting
operational inspections, ongoing
surveillance of gastrointestinal illness,
and outbreak investigations on vessels.
Under the authority of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264 and
269), the VSP is requesting a three-year
Extension Information Collection
Request (ICR) for an existing generic
clearance. This ICR will provide for the
quick turn-around necessary to conduct
emergency Cruise Ship Outbreak
Investigations (CSOIs) in response to
acute gastroenteritis (AGE) outbreaks.
CSOIs are used to determine the
causative agents and their sources,
modes of transmission, or risk factors.
The 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 04/30/2022) 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 remote
environmental health and
epidemiologic assistance is provided.
VSP considers an outbreak to be ≥3% of
reportable AGE cases in either guest or
crew populations. When assistance is
needed due to AGE outbreaks on cruise
ships, this often requires VSP to deploy
a response team to meet the ship in port
within 24 hours of reaching the
outbreak threshold, and in some cases,
deploying the response team to 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.
Causative agent, sources of exposure,
modes of transmission, and risk factors
can be ascertained by gathering the
following types of information from
both the affected and (seemingly)
unaffected populations:

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• Demographic information,
• Pre-embarkation travel information,
• Symptoms, including type, onset,
duration,
• Contact with people who were sick
or their body fluids,
• Participation in ship and shore
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 U.S.
This generic clearance will cover
investigations that meet all of 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.
• Most CSOIs involve two to five days
of data collection; data collection is
completed in 30 days or less.
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.
The VSP estimates 10 CSOIs annually
in response to cruise ship AGE
outbreaks. The estimated number of
respondents is 2,500 per CSOI, for a
total of 25,000 respondents per year.
The average time burden is 15 minutes
for each respondent. Therefore, the total
estimated annual burden in hours is
6,250. There is no cost to respondents
other than their time.

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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
(in hours)

Form name

Cruise Ship Passengers or Crew .....
Cruise Ship Passengers or Crew .....

Questionnaire ...................................
Interview ...........................................

24,750
250

1
1

15/60
15/60

6,188
62

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

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

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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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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–22–1304; Docket No. CDC–2021–
0110]

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 National Outbreak Reporting
System (NORS). NORS collects data on
all waterborne and foodborne disease
outbreaks and enteric disease outbreaks
transmitted by contact with
environmental sources, infected persons
or animals, or unknown modes of
transmission.

SUMMARY:

CDC must receive written
comments on or before December 13,
2021.

DATES:

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Number of
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Type of respondents

You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2021–
0110 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

ADDRESSES:

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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
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
H21–8, 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,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;

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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
National Outbreak Reporting System
(NORS) (OMB Control No. 0920–1304,
Exp. 9/30/2023)—Revision—National
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic
Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The National Outbreak Reporting
System (NORS) is a web-based platform
that is used by local, state, and
territorial health departments in the
United States to report all waterborne
and foodborne disease outbreaks and
enteric disease outbreaks transmitted by
contact with environmental sources,
infected persons or animals, or
unknown modes of transmission to the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). CDC analyzes
outbreak data to determine trends and
develop and refine recommendations for
prevention and control of foodborne,
waterborne, and enteric disease
outbreaks.
This Revision request is being
submitted to improve clarity and
readability, combining two separate but
related outbreak reporting forms (52.12
and 52.13) into a single outbreak
reporting form (Form 52.14).
Overlapping sections have been
combined, and existing questions
reorganized for clarity. Some additional
questions have been added to the form
to address current gaps in national
outbreak surveillance.
CDC requests approval for 1,160
annual burden hours. There are no costs
to respondents other than their time.

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