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total estimated annual burden hours for 

the proposed project are 4,250 hours. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Avg. burden 

per response 

(in hrs.) 

Total burden 

(in hrs.) 

Physicians ...................... Retrospective MRI Assessment for Acute Flaccid Myelitis: Patient Summary Form.6 8,500 5/60 4,250 

Total ........................ .............................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ 4,250 

Leroy A. Richardson, 

Chief, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the 

Associate Director for Science, Office of the 

Director, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2015–11513 Filed 5–12–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–15–0728; Docket No. CDC–2015– 

0033] 

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 efforts to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

government information, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This notice invites 

comment on a proposed revision of the 

National Notifiable Diseases 

Surveillance System (NNDSS) 

information collection. The NNDSS is 

the nation’s public health surveillance 

system that monitors the occurrence and 

spread of diseases and conditions that 

are nationally notifiable or under 

national surveillance. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before July 13, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2015– 

0033 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, 

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. All relevant comments 

received will be posted without change 

to Regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

access to the docket to read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: All public comment should be 

submitted 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 the 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 OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Proposed Project 

National Notifiable Diseases 

Surveillance System (OMB Control No. 

0920–0728, Expires 01/31/2017)— 

Revision—Center for Surveillance, 

Epidemiology and Laboratory Services 

(CSELS), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Public Health Services Act (42 

U.S.C. 241) authorizes CDC to 

disseminate nationally notifiable 

condition information. The Nationally 

Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System 

(NNDSS) is based on data collected at 

the state, territorial and local levels as 

a result of legislation and regulations in 

those jurisdictions that require health 

care providers, medical laboratories, 

and other entities to submit healthrelated data on reportable conditions to 

public health departments. These 


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reportable conditions, which include 

infectious and non-infectious diseases, 

vary by jurisdiction depending upon 

each jurisdiction’s health priorities and 

needs. Infectious disease agents and 

environmental hazards often cross 

geographical boundaries. Each year, the 

Council of State and Territorial Disease 

Epidemiologists (CSTE), supported by 

CDC, determines which reportable 

conditions should be designated 

nationally notifiable and voluntarily 

submitted to CDC so that information 

can be shared across jurisdictional 

boundaries and both surveillance and 

prevention and control activities can be 

coordinated at regional and national 

levels. 

CDC requests a three-year approval for 

a revision the NNDSS information 

collection. This Revision includes 

requests for approval to receive: (1) Case 

notification data for Chikungunya, 

Dengue-like illness, Non-HPS 

Hantavirus, and Acute Flaccid Myelitis; 

(2) new laboratory and vaccine data 

elements for all conditions; and (3) new 

disease-specific data elements for 

Mumps, Pertussis, and Sexually 

Transmitted Diseases. 

Although this Revision includes case 

notifications that were not part of the 

last NNDSS Revision, the estimate of the 

average burden per response based on 

the burden tables from all of the 

consolidated applications has not 

changed. The burden on the states and 

cities is estimated to be 10 hours per 

response and the burden on the 

territories is estimated to be 5 hours per 

response. The addition of new vaccine, 

laboratory, and disease-specific data 

elements do not add any additional 

burden because the states, territories, 

and cities already collect those data 

elements. There will be no increase in 

burden for the states, territories, and 

cities to send those data elements to 

CDC. The estimated annual burden is 

28,340 hours. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Avg. burden 

per response 

(in hrs.) 

Total burden 

(in hrs.) 

States ................................................ Weekly and Annual .......................... 50 52 10 26,000 

Territories .......................................... Weekly and Annual .......................... 5 52 5 1,300 

Cities ................................................. Weekly and Annual .......................... 2 52 10 1,040 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 28,340 

Leroy A. Richardson, 

Chief, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the 

Associate Director for Science, Office of the 

Director, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2015–11514 Filed 5–12–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60 Day–15–15AGK; Docket No. CDC–2015– 

0032] 

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 efforts to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

government information, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This notice invites 

comment on a new information 

collection request entitled, 

‘‘Understanding Barriers and 

Facilitators to HIV prevention for Men 

Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)’’ to 

conduct qualitative research with most 

at risk HIV-negative MSM. The research 

is intended to understand issues 

surrounding HIV risk for MSM, identify 

influences of high risk behaviors and to 

investigate risk management and 

resiliency among HIV-negative MSM. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before July 13, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2015– 

0032 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, 

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. All relevant comments 

received will be posted without change 

to Regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

access to the docket to read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: All public comment should be 

submitted 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 the 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 OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

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) 


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