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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1500-1501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00162]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30 Day-25-1360]

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 ``CryptoNet Case Report Form'' 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 October 21, 2024 to obtain comments from 
the public and affected agencies. CDC did not receive 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

    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 water-related 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 focus 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 the United States. To meet the needs of the 
CryptoNet and Case Surveillance Program, and the needs of local 
officials, the CryptoNet case report form (CRF) was developed. The CRF 
includes a set of data elements that can be used to identify exposures 
trends in outbreak- and non-outbreak-associated Cryptosporidium cases, 
to generate hypotheses about the sources of infection in clusters or 
outbreaks, and to identify strategies to prevent and control 
Cryptosporidium cases, clusters, or outbreaks.
    Data from the CRF 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 
systemically assess core exposure elements and risk factors among cases 
of cryptosporidiosis. Collected data will be used by CDC staff to 
inform cryptosporidiosis sporadic

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case, cluster, and outbreak prevention and control strategies. CRF data 
elements and the CRF were designed for administration via telephone 
interviews with individuals ill with cryptosporidiosis, or their 
designated proxy.
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 125 annual burden hours. 
Providing information is voluntary, and there are no costs to 
respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
         Type of  respondents                   Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Individuals ill with                    CryptoNet Case Report                500               1           15/60
 cryptosporidiosis, or their             Form.
 designated proxy.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health 
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2025-00162 Filed 1-7-25; 8:45 am]
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