Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 154 / Friday, August 13, 2021 / Notices 44725 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Lead, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17353 Filed 8–12–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–21–0792] 

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 April 5, 

2021 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 

Environmental Health Specialists 

Network (EHS-Net) Program (OMB 

Control No. 0920–0792, Exp. 8/31/ 

2021)—Revision—National Center for 

Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The CDC is requesting a three-year 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

clearance for this generic clearance. 

This Revision information collection 

request (ICR) will allow the 

Environmental Health Specialists 

Network (EHS-Net) to collect research 

data focused on identifying and 

addressing the environmental causes of 

foodborne illness. 

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, and it 

needs to be understood how and why 

food becomes contaminated with 

foodborne illness pathogens. This 

information can then be used to 

determine effective food safety 

prevention methods, increase regulatory 

program effectiveness, and decrease 

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 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 five 

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. 

The current package differs from the 

previous package in three primary ways, 

described below. 

• The sites in which data will be 

collected differ. CDC funded a renewal 

of the EHS-Net cooperative agreement in 

2020; as a result, one site was dropped 

from the agreement (California), and one 

was added (Franklin County, Ohio). The 

other sites remained the same. These 

are: Harris County, Texas; Minnesota; 

New York; New York City, New York; 

Rhode Island; Southern Nevada Health 

District, Nevada; and Tennessee. 

• Since the previous PRA clearance, 

the National Center for Environmental 

Health (NCEH) Human Subjects 

Coordinator has determined that EHSNet information collections are not 

human subjects research, and thus, do 

not require IRB review or approval. 

• The annual burden estimate has 

been revised downward by 933 hours 

from 1,777 hours in 2018 to 844 hours 

in 2021. We estimated interviewing 10 

workers per restaurant in the last cycle; 

we have revised this down to five 

workers per restaurant. 

There is no cost to the respondents 

other than their time. The total annual 

time burden requested is 844 hours. 


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44726 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 154 / Friday, August 13, 2021 / Notices 

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 Scientific Integrity, Office of Science, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17345 Filed 8–12–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–21–21HE; Docket No. CDC–2021– 

0081] 

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 One Health Case Investigation 

Form for Animals with SARS–CoV–2. 

This proposed information collection is 

designed to improve the scientific 

community’s understanding of SARS– 

CoV–2 infections in animals. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before October 12, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2021– 

0081 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

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–D74, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. CDC will post, without 

change, all relevant comments to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: Submit all comments 

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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

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 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 

One Health Case Investigation Form 

for Animals with SARS–CoV–2—New— 

National Center for Emerging and 

Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The proposed collection includes a 

standardized form that collects and 

compiles epidemiologic data on animals 

infected with SARS–CoV–2, including 

exposure history to people or other 

sources, clinical presentation, 

diagnostic testing data, and the risk the 

animal may pose of transmitting SARS– 

CoV–2 to human or animal hosts. The 

form is intended to guide state, tribal, 

local and territorial health officials 

conducting an epidemiological 

investigation when an animal with 

suspected or confirmed SARS–CoV–2 

infection is identified. Data collected 

will focus primarily on animal subjects, 

and there is no Personal Identifiable 

Information (PII) requested on the form. 

Steps have been taken to minimize 

duplication of effort, including 

consultation with state, tribal, local, 

territorial, and federal partners 

(including USDA and FDA), and 

international agencies. 

The epidemiological information on 

animals infected with SARS–CoV–2 that 

is collected will be used to refine 

guidance and recommendations, 

identify high-risk exposures and 

transmission events, and advance 

surveillance directives for future 

emerging infectious diseases. CDC 

requests approval for an estimated 1,000 


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