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• Participation in ship and onshore 

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 United States. 

This Generic Clearance will cover 

investigations that meet all 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. 

• Data collection is completed in 30 

days or less (most CSOIs involve two to 

five days of data collection). 

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. 

VSP estimates 10 CSOIs annually in 

response to cruise ship AGE outbreaks. 

The estimated number of respondents is 

1,300 per CSOI, for a total of 13,000 

respondents per year. The average time 

burden is 15 minutes for each 

respondent. Therefore, the total 

estimated annual burden in hours is 

4,063. There is no cost to respondents 

other than their time. 

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) 

Cruise ship crew ............................ Self-administered questionnaire .... 3,000 1 15/60 750 

Cruise ship crew ............................ Interview ........................................ 450 1 15/60 113 

Cruise ship crew ............................ Biospecimen collection .................. 300 1 15/60 75 

Cruise ship passenger ................... Self-administered questionnaire .... 10,000 1 15/60 2,500 

Cruise ship passenger ................... Interview ........................................ 1,500 1 15/60 375 

Cruise ship passenger ................... Biospecimen collection .................. 1,000 1 15/60 250 

Total ........................................ ........................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 4,063 

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 

[30Day–25–0792] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 

has submitted the information 

collection request titled ‘‘Environmental 

Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) 

Program’’ to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. CDC previously published a 

‘‘Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations’’ notice on August 9, 

2024, to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. CDC 

received three comments related to the 

previous notice. This notice serves to 

allow an additional 30 days for public 

and affected agency comments. 

CDC will accept all comments for this 

proposed information collection project. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

that: 

(a) 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; 

(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agencies estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

(d) 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 submission of 

responses; and 

(e) Assess information collection 

costs. 

To request additional information on 

the proposed project or to obtain a copy 

of the information collection plan and 

instruments, call (404) 639–7570. 

Comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collection should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Direct written 

comments and/or suggestions regarding 

the items contained in this notice to the 

Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by 

fax to (202) 395–5806. Provide written 

comments within 30 days of notice 

publication. 

Proposed Project 

Environmental Health Specialists 

(EHS-Net) Program (OMB Control 

Number 0920–0792, Exp. 1/31/2025)— 

Revision—National Center for 

Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The National Center for 

Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC), is requesting a three-year 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

approval for a Revision of this Generic 


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Clearance for data collections to support 

research focused on identifying and 

addressing environmental factors 

associated with foodborne illness 

outbreaks and other food safety issues. 

These data are essential to 

environmental public health regulators’ 

efforts to respond more effectively to 

and prevent future outbreaks and food 

safety-associated events. 

An estimated 47.8 million foodborne 

illnesses occur annually in the United 

States, resulting in 127,839 

hospitalizations, and 3,037 deaths 

annually. These figures indicate that 

foodborne illness is a significant 

problem in the U.S. Reducing foodborne 

illness requires identification and 

understanding of the environmental 

factors that cause these illnesses. CDC 

needs to know how and why food 

becomes contaminated with foodborne 

illness pathogens. This information can 

then be used to determine effective food 

safety prevention methods. Ultimately, 

these actions can lead to increased 

regulatory program effectiveness and 

decreased foodborne illness. The 

purpose of this food safety research 

program is to identify and understand 

environmental factors associated with 

foodborne illness and outbreaks. This 

program is conducted by the 

Environmental Health Specialists 

Network (EHS-Net), a collaborative 

project of CDC, FDA, USDA, and local 

and state sites. 

Environmental factors associated with 

foodborne illness include both food 

safety practices (e.g., inadequate 

cleaning practices) and the factors in the 

environment associated with those 

practices (e.g., worker and retail food 

establishment characteristics). To 

understand these factors, we need to 

collect data from those who prepare 

food (i.e., food workers) and on the 

environments in which the food is 

prepared (i.e., retail food establishment 

kitchens). Thus, data collection methods 

for this generic package include: (1) 

manager and worker interviews/ 

information collection instruments; and 

(2) observation of kitchen environments. 

Both methods allow data collection on 

food safety practices and environmental 

factors associated with those practices. 

To date, EHS-Net has conducted six 

studies under this Generic Clearance. 

The data from these studies have been 

disseminated to environmental public 

health/food safety regulatory programs 

and the food industry in the form of 

presentations at conferences and 

meetings, scientific journal 

publications, and website postings. Data 

from these studies have been presented 

in 13 articles in peer-reviewed scientific 

journals, in multiple presentations at 

national food safety conferences, and on 

CDC’s website. 

The current package is a Revision of 

the previous PRA clearance from 2021. 

This package includes the potential for 

sites to offer incentives to participants 

in EHS-Net data collection activities. 

This will not result in an increased cost 

to the Federal Government because the 

cost of incentives is included in the 

existing EHS-Net cooperative 

agreement. The annual cost to the 

Federal Government has increased by a 

maximum of $614 per year to cover the 

cost of Spanish translation of the 

manager and worker interview forms by 

the CDC Multilingual Services Team. 

CDC requests OMB approval for an 

estimated 844 annual burden hours. 

There is no change in the estimated 

annualized burden hours from the 

previous PRA Clearance and there is no 

cost to respondents other than their time 

to participate. 

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours 

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Retail managers .............................................. Manager Telephone Recruiting Script ........... 889 1 3/60 

Manager Interview/Assessment ..................... 400 1 30/60 

Observation .................................................... 400 1 30/60 

Retail food workers ......................................... Worker Recruiting/Informed Consent Script .. 2,000 1 2/60 

Worker Interview/Assessment ........................ 2,000 1 10/60 

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 Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifiers: CMS–10387] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing 

an opportunity for the public to 

comment on CMS’ intention to collect 

information from the public. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information (including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information) and to allow 

60 days for public comment on the 

proposed action. Interested persons are 

invited to send comments regarding our 

burden estimates or any other aspect of 

this collection of information, including 

the necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions, 

the accuracy of the estimated burden, 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected, and the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology to minimize the 

information collection burden. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

January 24, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: When commenting, please 

reference the document identifier or 

OMB control number. To be assured 

consideration, comments and 

recommendations must be submitted in 

any one of the following ways: 

1. Electronically. You may send your 

comments electronically to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ 

to find the information collection 

document(s) that are accepting 

comments. 

2. By Regular Mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address: CMS, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 

Division of Regulations Development, 


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