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Total Burden Hours: 8421 

C. Public Comments 

A 60-day notice was published in the 

Federal Register at 89 FR 59100 on July 

22, 2024. Two comments were received. 

Comment: One commenter supported 

GSA’s use of the CDP Supply Chain 

Questionnaire, and further suggested 

sharing aggregate information from the 

surveys with federal agencies working 

on climate change issues; linking GSA’s 

efforts with other federal and nonfederal efforts to bolster supply chain 

resilience; and considering 

administering the survey on a voluntary 

basis to large federal grantees such as 

state agencies that receive considerable 

federal funding. 

Response: GSA appreciates this 

commenter’s support. GSA already 

shares aggregate information from this 

survey with other federal agencies and 

collaborates with other federal and nonfederal efforts to bolster supply chain 

resilience, and expects to continue to do 

so. GSA does not administer significant 

grants, and notes that CDP Supply 

Chain questionnaires were developed 

for use by private sector respondents 

and are not commonly used by public 

sector respondents, which would 

increases the potential burdens and 

decrease the utility of information 

collected from this type of respondents. 

Comment: One commenter asserted 

that climate change does not exist, and 

requested that GSA ‘‘reimburse the 

taxpayer for this hoax.’’ 

Response: The existence and impacts 

of climate change, including risks to the 

economy and efficiency of federal 

procurement and supply chains, are 

well supported by the Fifth National 

Climate Assessment (‘‘NCA5,’’ https://

nca2023.globalchange.gov), the US 

Government’s preeminent report on 

climate change impacts, risks, and 

responses. The NCA5 was mandated by 

Congress in the Global Change Research 

Act of 1990 and authored by the U.S. 

Global Change Research Program, a 

collaboration between at least fifteen 

U.S. Federal agencies. The NCA5 was 

based on a comprehensive review and 

assessment of information sources 

determined to meet the standards and 

documentation required under the 

Information Quality Act and the 

Foundations for Evidence-Based 

Policymaking Act of 2018, including 

peer-reviewed literature, other 

literature, Indigenous Knowledge, other 

expert and local knowledge, and climate 

data processed and prepared for authors 

by NOAA’s Technical Support Unit. 

NCA5 was thoroughly reviewed by 

Federal Government experts, external 

experts, and the public multiple times 

throughout the report development 

process. An expert external review was 

performed by an ad hoc committee of 

the National Academies of Sciences, 

Engineering, and Medicine. Even if 

climate change were a ‘‘hoax,’’ GSA 

lacks authorities or mechanisms for 

general reimbursements to taxpayers. 

Lois Mandell, 

Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division, 

General Services Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–25–25AE; Docket No. CDC–2024– 

0078] 

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. 

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 2024 Marburg Airport Entry 

Questionnaires. This information 

collection is intended to assess risk for 

infection or exposure to Marburg in 

travelers coming to the United States 

from areas affected by an outbreak of 

Marburg originating in Rwanda. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before December 20, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2024– 

0078 by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.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 

www.regulations.gov. 

Please note: Submit all comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking portal 

(www.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; 

Telephone: 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; 

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 

2024 Marburg Airport Entry 

Questionnaires—New—National Center 

for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 


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Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), National Center for 

Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 

Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Global 

Migration Health (DGMH) requests an 

Emergency approval for a New 

Information Collection Request (ICR). 

Section 361 of the Public Health Service 

(PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 264) authorizes the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

(HHS) to make and enforce regulations 

necessary to prevent the introduction, 

transmission or spread of communicable 

diseases from foreign countries into the 

United States. Under its delegated 

authority, DGMH works to fulfill this 

responsibility through a variety of 

activities, including the operation of 

Port Health Stations at ports of entry 

and administration of foreign quarantine 

regulations; 42 Code of Federal 

Regulation part 71, specifically 42 CFR 

71.20 Public Health prevention 

measures to detect communicable 

disease. This information collection 

concerns CDC’s statutory and regulatory 

authority related to conducting public 

health screening of travelers upon 

arrival to the United States and 

assessing individual travelers for public 

health risk following a report of illness 

from a conveyance. 

CDC has been tasked with conducting 

public health assessments at U.S. 

airports of travelers coming from areas 

experiencing an outbreak of Marburg 

originating in Rwanda. The purpose of 

this information collection is to 

determine the public health risk that 

travelers from areas affected by the 2024 

outbreak of Marburg originating in 

Rwanda may pose. This information 

will be used to: (1) determine if travelers 

have symptoms consistent with Marburg 

virus disease (MVD) and should be 

isolated and medically evaluated upon 

arrival in the U.S.; and (2) assist state 

and local health departments with 

understanding which travelers from the 

region may be at higher risk of becoming 

ill with MVD and should be prioritized 

for taking certain public health 

protection measures, such as isolation 

or quarantine. 

CDC collects international travelers’ 

contact information under authorities in 

the Interim Final Rule: Control of 

Communicable Diseases: Foreign 

Quarantine and CDC’s Order 

Requirement for Airlines and Operators 

to Collect and Transmit Designated 

Information for Passengers and Crew 

Arriving Into the United States; 

Requirement for Passengers to Provide 

Designated Information. Traveler 

contact information is sent to CDC 

though an existing data-sharing 

infrastructure in place between the 

United States Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) and HHS/CDC and 

approved in OMB Control Number 

0920–1354. Contact information for 

travelers who have been to an area 

affected by the outbreak during the 21 

days prior to arrival will be confirmed 

at the port of entry. CDC will share 

contact information for these travelers 

with state and local health departments 

so that they can do possible public 

health follow up, including public 

health assessment of exposure risk and 

monitoring for MVD symptoms, and 

education to travelers. These public 

health interventions will help state and 

local health departments determine the 

appropriate level of follow needed 

based on the traveler’s level of risk and 

rapidly identify any travelers with 

symptoms that may need to be 

prioritized for more targeted public 

health measures, such as quarantine, 

due to a higher risk of exposure to 

Marburg. 

To implement the 2024 Marburg 

Airport Entry Questionnaires 

information collection, CDC will first 

require all travelers from designated 

areas affected by the 2024 outbreak of 

Marburg originating in Rwanda, to 

undergo an initial screening to 

determine if CDC needs to do further 

public health risk assessment or illness 

response at the airport. DHS will refer 

travelers that have been to designated 

areas to another location of the airport 

where CDC will ask initial MVD 

screening questions. DHS will also 

provide the contact information they 

have received to CDC electronically as 

part of the information collection under 

OMB Control Number 0920–1354. CDC 

will escort travelers to the area of the 

initial MVD screening and confirm with 

the traveler that the contact information 

on file is correct. CDC will inform DHS 

if there are any necessary corrections 

needed to the contact information. 

In this initial MVD screening setting, 

CDC will ask basic questions about signs 

or symptoms of illness (e.g., fever, rash, 

diarrhea, etc.) or possible exposure (e.g., 

contact with a person sick with MVD, 

attendance at a funeral, etc.) as well as 

observe travelers to determine if the 

traveler is experiencing any overt signs 

and symptoms of disease, and measure 

their temperature with a noncontact 

thermometer. If a traveler answers 

‘‘Yes’’ to any of these initial screening 

questions, is visibly ill, or has a fever, 

the traveler will then be referred to 

another area of the airport for a public 

health risk assessment by CDC. The 

public health risk assessment will help 

CDC investigate further to determine if 

the traveler could be sick with MVD or 

to get more information about a possible 

exposure to the Marburg virus to 

determine if the traveler is high-risk. 

The CDC staff member doing the 

initial MVD screening will escort the 

traveler to the new area of the airport for 

further public health risk assessment 

questions by other staff members of 

CDC. They will indicate the reason the 

traveler is being referred for further 

public health risk assessment to the new 

CDC staff member. Any traveler who is 

visibly ill or reports signs or symptoms, 

or has an elevated temperature 

measurement, will undergo an illness 

investigation using the Air Travel 

Illness or Death Investigation or 

Traveler Follow up Form that is 

currently approved under OMB Control 

Number 0920–1318. Staff will take 

necessary precautions to prevent 

possible exposures by any ill travelers, 

such as wearing appropriate personal 

protective equipment during any illness 

investigation. 

During the CDC public health risk 

assessment, CDC will ask more detailed 

questions about possible exposures, 

such as symptoms, whether they were 

exposed to a person with MVD, and the 

nature of contact (e.g., provided direct 

health care). Depending on their 

symptoms and how they answer, CDC 

may refer the person for medical care. 

If CDC staff identify any travelers with 

high-risk exposures, management will 

be coordinated directly with the health 

departments of jurisdiction for both the 

airport where traveler is located and 

their final destination. Issuance of 

public health orders under federal or 

state authorities may also be considered. 

Any information from these public 

health risk assessments, as well as 

information related to an illness 

investigation will be recorded in CDC’s 

Port Health Activity Reporting System 

(PHARS), which is covered by the 

System of Records Notice is 09–20– 

0171, Quarantine- and Traveler-Related 

Activities. 

CDC requests OMB approval for an 

estimated 5,110 annual burden hours. 

There is no cost to respondents other 

than their time to participate. 


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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden 

(in hours) 

Traveler ............................... CDC Initial Screening—Marburg ................................ 43,800 1 5/60 3,650 

Traveler ............................... POE Public Health Risk Assessment Form—CDC 

Marburg Response.

4,380 1 20/60 1,460 

Total ............................. ..................................................................................... .................... ........................ .................... 5,110 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Lead, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Public Health Ethics and 

Regulations, 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–25–1360; Docket No. CDC–2024– 

0077] 

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. 

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 continuing information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This notice invites 

comment on a proposed information 

collection project titled CryptoNet Case 

Report Form. The CryptoNet Case 

Report Form will be used by federal, 

state, and local public health officials 

responsible for conducting interviews 

with reported cases of cryptosporidiosis 

in their jurisdiction in order to 

systematically assess core exposure 

elements and risk factors among cases of 

cryptosporidiosis. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before December 20, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2024– 

0077 by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.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 

www.regulations.gov. 

Please note: Submit all comments through 

the Federal eRulemaking portal 

(www.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; 

Telephone: 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; 

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 

CryptoNet Case Report Form (OMB 

Control No. 0920–1360, Exp. 1/31/ 

2025)—Revision—National Center for 

Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 

Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Waterborne Disease Prevention 

Branch (WDPB) in the Division of 

Foodborne, Waterborne, and 

Environmental Diseases (DFWED) works 

to prevent domestic and global waterrelated diseases. The WDPB is 

comprised of five teams, including the 

Domestic Waterborne Disease 

Epidemiology and Response (WDER) 

Team, which focuses on the prevention 

and control of waterborne-related 

diseases and outbreaks in the United 

States. One of the diseases included in 

the team’s work is cryptosporidiosis, an 

acute diarrheal disease caused by 

infection with Cryptosporidium 

parasites. The Case Surveillance 

Program is a subunit within the 

Domestic WDER Team that focuses on 

the data collection and management 

activities of five waterborne diseases, 

including cryptosporidiosis, in the 

United States. The Case Surveillance 

Program’s current scope of work 

includes modernizing data collection 

and management, enabling data 

connections, and improving public data 

access to aid public health action. 

CryptoNet is the first molecular 

tracking system for Cryptosporidium in 


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