61384 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 200 / Monday, October 18, 2004 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–05–AC] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call the CDC Reports 

Clearance Officer on (404) 498–1210. 

CDC is requesting an emergency 

clearance for this data collection with a 

two week public comment period. CDC 

is requesting OMB approval of this 

package 7 days after the end of the 

public comment period. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Send comments to Seleda 

M. Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports 

Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, 

MS–D24, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an 

e-mail to omb@cdc.gov. Written 

comments should be received within 14 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 

(SARS) Research—New—National 

Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

As part of the effort taken by CDC to 

learn more about the epidemiology and 

clinical dynamics of infection with 

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 

(SARS) coronavirus, CDC’s National 

Center for Infectious Diseases would 

like to collect information in the event 

of a re-emergence of SARS. Protocols 

have been developed for the study of 

SARS transmission, dynamics of 

infection and SARS infection during 

pregnancy. Information on symptoms of 

illness, activities during periods of 

contact with a SARS case or within a 

SARS-affected area and outcomes of 

illness will be requested from SARS 

case-patients, contacts of SARS casepatients, health care professionals and 

state and local public health providers. 

Data will be used for research to 

contribute to the global understanding 

of SARS illness and refine methods of 

SARS infection control. Expedited 

clearance is necessary so that data may 

be collected immediately in the event of 

SARS re-emergence this fall. There is no 

cost to the respondents.

Form Respondents 

No. of 

Respondents 

Estimated 

No. of 

responses/

respondent 

Avg. 

burden 

per response 

(in 

hours) 

Total 

burden 

(hours) 

1. Transmission protocol: Clinical Baseline Questionnaire for 

SARS Cases.

Health departments, clinicians ... 100 1 1 100 

2. Transmission protocol: Follow-up Questionnaire ....................... SARS cases and contacts ......... 500 5 10/60 417 

3. Transmission protocol: Characterization of SARS Tool for Data 

Collection.

Health departments, clinicians ... 50 1 1 50 

4. Transmission protocol: Baseline Questionnaire for Contacts .... Health departments .................... 300 1 15/60 75 

5. Transmission protocol: Questionnaire for Household Information.Health departments .................... 300 1 10/60 50 

6. Transmission protocol: Questionnaire for Close Household 

Contacts.

Health departments, clinicians ... 300 1 15/60 75 

7. Transmission protocol: Questionnaire for Airline Contacts ........ Quarantine officers, health dept. 1,000 1 30/60 500 

8. Transmission protocol: Questionnaire for Health Care Worker 

Contacts.

Health departments, clinicians ... 300 1 15/60 75 

9. Pregnancy protocol: Pregnancy, Delivery and Follow-up Data 

Collection Tools.

Health departments, clinicians ... 50 1 40/60 33 

Total ......................................................................................... ................................................ 2900 1375 

Dated: October 8, 2004. 

Alvin Hall, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–04–040W] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of 

information collection requests under 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 

Officer at (404) 498–1210 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Human 

Resources and Housing Branch, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 

395–6974. Written comments should be 

received within 30 days of this notice.