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appropriate methods, interventions, and 

instruments. 

This request includes studies 

investigating the utility and 

acceptability of proposed recruitment 

methods, intervention contents and 

delivery, questionnaire domains, 

individual questions, and interactions 

with project staff or electronic data 

collection equipment. These activities 

will also provide information about how 

respondents answer questions and ways 

in which question response bias and 

error can be reduced. Overall, these 

development activities are intended to 

provide information that will increase 

the success of the surveillance or 

research project through increasing 

response rates and decreasing response 

error thereby decreasing future data 

collection burden to the public. The 

studies that will be covered under this 

request will include one or more of the 

following investigational modalities: (1) 

Focus group and individual interviews; 

(2) cognitive interviews for development 

and testing of specific data collection 

instruments; (3) component testing of 

instruments developed from qualitative 

research or communication methods; (4) 

testing of behavioral interventions; (5) 

public acceptance of intervention and 

prevention methods; (6) utilizing 

computer-assisted instruments 

(including Web-based technology). 

Respondents who will participate in 

individual and group interviews 

(qualitative, cognitive, and computerassisted development activities) are 

selected purposely from those who 

respond to recruitment advertisements. 

In addition to utilizing advertisements 

for recruitment, respondents who will 

participate in research on survey 

methods may be selected purposively or 

systematically from within an ongoing 

surveillance or research project. 

CDC estimates that in a given year, 

46,529 individuals will participate in 10 

different information collection 

activities each year, each lasting 

between 6–12 months. 

Participation of respondents is 

voluntary and there is no cost to the 

respondents other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

hours per 

response 

Total 

response 

burden 

(hrs) 

General public and health care providers ............ Screener ........................................ 81200 1 10/60 13533 

General public and health care providers ............ Consent Forms ............................. 40600 1 5/60 3383 

General public and health care providers ............ Individual interview ........................ 6600 1 1 6600 

General public and health care providers ............ Group interview ............................. 4000 1 2 8000 

General public and health care providers ............ Individual Survey ........................... 30000 1 30/60 15000 

Total .................................................................. ....................................................... .................... .................... .................... 46517 

Dated: March 3, 2009. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60 Day–09–0134] 

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. 

Alternatively, to obtain a copy of the 

data collection plans and instrument, 

call 404–639–5960 and send comments 

to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Reports 

Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, 

NE., MS–D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30333; 

comments may also be sent by e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 

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 a 

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 

clarify 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 information technology. Written 

comments should be received within 60 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Foreign Quarantine Regulations (42 

CFR part 71), (OMB Control No. 0920– 

0134)—Extension—National Center for 

Preparedness, Detection, and Control of 

Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Section 301 of the Public Health 

Service Act (PHSA) (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 into 

the United States. Legislation and 

existing regulations governing the 

foreign quarantine activities (42 CFR 

part 71) authorize quarantine officers 

and other personnel to inspect and 

undertake necessary control measures 

with respect to conveyances, persons, 

and shipments of animals and etiologic 

agents entering the United States from 

foreign ports in order to protect the 

public’s health. 

Under the foreign quarantine 

regulations, the master of a ship or 

captain of an airplane entering he 

United States from a foreign port is 

required by public health law to report 

certain illnesses among passengers (42 

CFR 71.21 (b)). In addition to the 

aforementioned list of illnesses which 

must be reported to CDC, the master of 

a ship or captain of an airplane must 

also report (1) hemorrhagic Fever 

Syndrome (persistent fever 

accompanied by abnormal bleeding 

from any site); or (2) acute respiratory 

syndrome (severe cough or severe 

respiratory disease of less than 3 weeks 

in duration); or (3) acute onset of fever 

and severe headache, accompanied by 

stiff neck or change in level of 

consciousness. CDC has the authority to 

collect personnel health information to 


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protect the health of the public under 

the authority of section 301 of the 

Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.). 

This information collection request 

also includes the Passenger Locator 

Information Form. The Passenger 

Locator Information Form is used to 

collect reliable information that assists 

quarantine officers in locating, in a 

timely manner, those passengers and 

crew who are exposed to communicable 

diseases of public health significance 

while traveling on a conveyance. HHS 

delegates authority to CDC to conduct 

quarantine control measures. Currently, 

with the exception of rodent inspections 

and the cruise ship sanitation program, 

inspections are performed only on those 

vessels and aircraft which report illness 

prior to arrival or when illness is 

discovered upon arrival. Other 

inspection agencies assist quarantine 

officers in public health screening of 

persons, pets, and other importations of 

public health significance and make 

referrals to the Public Health Service 

when indicated. These practices and 

procedures assure protection against the 

introduction and spread of 

communicable diseases into the United 

States with a minimum of 

recordkeeping and reporting as well as 

a minimum of interference with trade 

and travel. 

Respondents include airline pilots, 

ships’ captains, importers, and travelers. 

The nature of the quarantine response 

dictates which forms are completed by 

whom. 

There are no costs to respondents 

except for their time to complete the 

forms. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Citation Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

respondent 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

71.21 Radio Report of death/illness .............................................................. 9,500 1 2/60 317 

71.33(c) Report by persons in isolation or surveillance ................................ 11 1 3/60 1 

71.35 Report of death/illness in port ............................................................. 5 1 30/60 3 

Locator Form used in an outbreak of public health significance .................... 2,700,000 1 5/60 225,000 

Locator Form used for reporting of an ill passenger(s) ................................... 800 1 5/60 67 

71.51(b)(3) Admission of cats/dogs; death/illness ........................................ 5 1 3/60 1 

71.51(d) Dogs/cats: Certification of Confinement, Vaccination .................... 1,200 1 15/60 300 

71.52(d) Turtle Importation Permits .............................................................. 10 1 30/60 5 

71.53(d) Importer Registration—Nonhuman Primates .................................. 40 1 10/60 7 

71.53(e) Recordkeeping ................................................................................ 30 4 30/60 60 

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 225,761 

Dated: March 3, 2009. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

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Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Board of Scientific Counselors, 

National Center for Health Statistics: 

Notice of Charter Renewal 

This gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463) of October 6, 1972, that the Board 

of Scientific Counselors, National 

Center for Health Statistics, Department 

of Health and Human Services, has been 

renewed for a 2-year period through 

January 19, 2011. 

For information, contact Virginia 

Cain, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, Board 

of Scientific Counselors, National 

Center for Health Statistics, Department 

of Health and Human Services, 3311 

Toledo Road, Room 7204, Mailstop P08, 

Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone 

301/458–4395 or fax 301/458–4020. 

The Director, Management Analysis 

and Services Office, 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. 

Dated: February 3, 2009. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E9–5152 Filed 3–10–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special 

Emphasis Panel (SEP): Data 

Coordinating Center for Autism and 

Other Development Disabilities 

Research, Program Announcement 

Number (PA) DD09–002; Epidemiologic 

and Surveillance and Epidemiologic 

Research of Duchenne and Becker 

Muscular Dystrophy, PA DD06–002 

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the aforementioned meeting. 

Time and Date: 1 p.m.–4 p.m., March 26, 

2009 (Closed). 

Place: Teleconference. 

Status: The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with provisions set 

forth in Section 552b(c)(4) and (6), Title 5 

U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, 

Management Analysis and Services Office, 

CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92–463. 

Matters to be Discussed: The meeting will 

include the review, discussion, and 

evaluation of the application received in 

response to ‘‘Data Coordinating Center for 

Autism and Other Development Disabilities 


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