58416 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 193 / Thursday, October 6, 2005 / Notices 

Office of the Secretary (OS), Department 

of Health and Human Services, is 

publishing the following summary of a 

proposed collection for public 

comment. Interested persons are invited 

to send comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including any 

of the following subjects: (1) The 

necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: Regular Clearance, Extension 

of a currently approved collection. 

Title of Information Collection: 

Service Use and Transition of Private 

Long-Term Care Insurance. 

Form/OMB No.: OS–0990–0268. 

Use: This is a longitudinal study of an 

admission cohort of private long-term 

care insurance claimants. A 

representative sample of claimants from 

nine companies will be followed for 

twenty months to better understand 

how they select and use services. 

Frequency: Reporting. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 

1,650.00. 

Total Annual Responses: 6,755.00. 

Average Burden per Response: 1⁄2

hour. 

Total Annual Hours: 3,720.00. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access the HHS Web 

site address at http://www.hhs.gov/ 

oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-mail your 

request, including your address, phone 

number, OMB number, and OS 

document identifier, to 

naomi.cook@hhs.gov, or call the Reports 

Clearance Office on (202) 690–6162. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be 

received with 60-days, and directed to 

the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at 

the following address: 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Office of the Secretary, 

Assistant Secretary for Budget, 

Technology, and Finance, Office of 

Information and Resource 

Management, Attention: Naomi Cook 

(0990–0268), Room 531–H, 200 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington DC 20201. 

Dated: September 28, 2005. 

Robert E. Polson, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–20102 Filed 10–5–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–05–0134] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of 

information collection requests under 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 

Officer at (404) 371–5983 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Foreign Quarantine Regulations, OMB 

No. 0920–0134—Revision—National 

Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description: 

Section 361 of the Public Health 

Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 264) 

authorizes the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services (DHHS) to make and 

enforce regulations necessary to prevent 

the introduction, transmission, or 

spread of communicable diseases from 

foreign countries into the United States. 

Legislation and the existing regulations 

governing 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 health. 

Under foreign quarantine regulations, 

the master of a ship or captain of an 

airplane entering the United States from 

a foreign port is required by public 

health law to report certain illnesses 

among passengers (42 CFR 71.21)(b). In 

this revision, CDC proposes adding two 

additional reporting requirements. First, 

in addition to the aforementioned list of 

required illnesses to be reported, CDC is 

asking that reports be made for the 

following conditions, which may 

indicate a reportable illness: (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 personal health 

information to protect the health of the 

public under the authority of section 

301 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

U.S.C.). 

Second, CDC proposes adding the 

Passenger Locator Form currently under 

OMB control number 0920–0664 to 

OMB control number 0920–0134. The 

Passenger Locator 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 importance 

while traveling on a conveyance. 

Additional burden hours for the 

voluntary reporting of additional certain 

illnesses and the Passenger Locator 

Form are reflected in the burden hour 

table below. DHHS 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 PHS 

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 airplane pilots, 

ships’ captains, importers, and travelers. 

The nature of the quarantine response 

would dictate which forms are 

completed by whom. There are no costs 

to respondents except for their time. 

The total estimated annual burden 

hours are 225,759. 

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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Citation Form number/ 

former OMB# 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average burden per 

respondent 

(in hours) 

Reporting: 

71.21 Radio report death/illness .............................................................. ........................ 9,500 1 2/60 

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

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

Used in an outbreak of public health significance ................................... 0920–0664 2,700,000 1 5/60 

Used for reporting of an ill passenger(s) .................................................. 0920–0664 800 1 5/60 

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

71.51(d) Dogs/cats: certification of confinement, vaccination .................. CDC 75.37 1,200 1 15/60 

71.52(d) Turtle importation permits .......................................................... ........................ 10 1 30/60

71.53(d) Importer registration—nonhuman primates ............................... CDC 75.10A 40 1 10/60 

Total (Reporting) ................................................................................ ........................ 2,711,571 

Recordkeeping: 

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

Dated: September 30, 2005. 

Betsey Dunaway, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60 Day–05–05CX] 

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. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call 404–371–5983 and 

send comments to Seleda Perryman, 

CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 

Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, 

Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an 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 

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; and (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. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

A Survey of University Field Biology 

Training Programs to Assess Zoonosis 

Education, Animal Handling and 

Personal Protective Equipment 

Training—New—Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), National 

Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID). 

Background and Brief Description 

Field Biologists and members of allied 

disciplines (Ecology, Conservation 

Biology, Wildlife Biology, Mammalogy, 

etc.) frequently come in contact with 

wild animals, many of which may carry 

diseases transmissible to humans 

(zoonotic diseases). Examples of these 

diseases include Rabies, Hantavirus 

Pulmonary Syndrome, Leptospirosis, 

Tularemia and many others. The recent 

death of a Wildlife Sciences graduate 

student from occupationally-acquired 

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome 

highlights the vulnerability of this 

population to zoonotic diseases. The 

graduate student’s exposure was 

thought to be due to inadequate 

understanding of the risk of zoonotic 

disease and need for proper animal 

handling and personal protective 

equipment (PPE) use. 

Throughout the field biology 

community, there are no universally 

accepted standards for zoonosis risk 

reduction education, safe animal 

handling or PPE use. While it may be 

difficult to re-train seasoned biologists 

who have established habits related to 

animal handling and PPE use, new 

members of the community (i.e. 

undergraduate and graduate students) 

may represent an opportunity for timely 

intervention. By developing proper 

animal handling and PPE use habits 

early in their careers, field biologists can 

minimize their exposure to potentially 

fatal zoonotic illnesses. 

The proposed survey asks 85 

Department Chairs (or Program 

Directors, as surrogates) of university 

training programs in field-related 

biological sciences about their 

programs’ policies regarding zoonotic 

disease education, safe animal handling 

training, and PPE training and use. The 

survey consists of an introductory letter 

and a self-administered, Web-based 

questionnaire e-mailed to persons at 

universities in the United States. The 

study objectives are to describe current 

knowledge, attitudes and practices of 

educational institutions and their 

faculty regarding zoonotic disease risks 

and protection of undergraduate and 

graduate students, and to determine 

what types of national guidelines on 

zoonotic disease risk reduction in 

university training programs are needed. 

If these data were not collected, it 

would make it more difficult to create 

logical and appropriate national 

guidelines for zoonotic risk reduction in 

university training programs. This data 

collection supports the CDC’s broader 

research agenda of understanding the 

determinants of illness in vulnerable 

populations. There is no cost to the 

respondents other than their time.