[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 107 (Monday, June 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30318-30320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11872]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-21-20PE]


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 Operational Readiness Review 2.0 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 June 23, 2020 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

[[Page 30319]]

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

    Operational Readiness Review 2.0--Existing Information Collection 
in Use Without an OMB Control Number--Center for Preparedness and 
Response (CPR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    To help evaluate the country's public health emergency preparedness 
and response capacity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 
Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR) administers the Public 
Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement. The PHEP 
program is a critical source of funding for 62 state, local, and 
territorial jurisdictions, including four major metropolitan areas 
(Chicago, Los Angeles County, New York City, and Washington, DC) to 
build and strengthen their ability to respond to and recover from 
public health emergencies.
    The Operational Readiness Review (ORR) is a rigorous, evidence-
based assessment used to evaluate PHEP recipients' planning and 
operational functions. The previous version of the ORR evaluated a 
jurisdiction's ability to execute a large emergency response requiring 
medical countermeasure (MCM) distribution and dispensing. The purpose 
of the new ORR 2.0 is to expand measurement and evaluation to all 15 
Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capabilities, which 
serve as national standards for public health preparedness planning. 
The capabilities are: 1--Community Preparedness, 2--Community Recovery, 
3--Emergency Operations Coordination, 4--Emergency Public Information 
and Warning, 5--Fatality Management, 6--Information Sharing, 7--Mass 
Care, 8--Medical Countermeasure Dispensing and Administration, 9--
Medical Materiel Management and Distribution, 10--Medical Surge, 11--
Nonpharmaceutical Intervention, 12--Public Health Laboratory Testing, 
13--Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation, 14--
Responder Safety and Health, and 15--Volunteer Management. These 
capabilities serve as national standards for public health preparedness 
planning.
    The ORR 2.0 will have three modules: Descriptive, planning, and 
operational, which will allow DSLR to analyze the data for the 
development of descriptive statistics and to monitor the progress of 
each recipient towards performance goals. The four major metropolitan 
areas have additional reporting requirements that are incorporated into 
the operational module. The intended outcome of the ORR 2.0 is to 
assist CDC in identifying strengths and challenges facing preparedness 
programs across the nation, and to identify opportunities for 
improvement and further technical support.
    Information will be collected from respondents using the new 
Operational Readiness Review (ORR) 2.0 platform, but a backup paper 
option is available for jurisdictions that require it. Information 
collected from respondents is a requirement of the PHEP Cooperative 
Agreement for participants to receive funding. CDC requests a three-
year approval for this information collection. The total annualized 
burden estimate is 3,055 hours. There is no cost to respondents other 
than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                     Number of      Avg. burden
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All PHEP Awardees: State, local,        Descriptive Module:                   62               1               3
 territorial, and metropolitan area      Jurisdictional
 jurisdictions.                          structure sheet.
                                        Critical contact sheet                62               1           80/60
                                         (CCS).
                                        Jurisdictional data                   62               1             2.5
                                         sheet (JDS).
                                        Partner planning sheet..              62               1               8
                                        Workforce development                 62               1             1.5
                                         and training.
All PHEP Awardees: State, local,        Planning Module:                      62               1               1
 territorial, and metropolitan area      Capability 1.                        62               1               1
 jurisdictions.                         Capability 2............
                                        Capability 3............              62               1               2
                                        Capability 4............              62               1             1.5
                                        Capability 5............              62               1             2.5
                                        Capability 6............              62               1               1
                                        Capability 7............              62               1               2
                                        Capability 8............              62               1               3
                                        Capability 9............              62               1          195/60
                                        Capability 10...........              62               1               2
                                        Capability 11...........              62               1             1.5
                                        Capability 12...........              62               1             1.5
                                        Capability 13...........              62               1             2.5
                                        Capability 14...........              62               1             1.5
                                        Capability 15...........              62               1           75/60
All PHEP Awardees: State, local,        Operations Module: Ops 1              62               3           20/60
 territorial, and metropolitan area     Ops 2...................              62               3           15/60
 jurisdictions.
                                        Tabletop exercise (TTX).              62               1             1.5
                                        Partner role (Par1).....              62               1           15/60
                                        Access and functional                 62               1             0.5
                                         needs exercise
                                         accommodations or
                                         actions (Par2).
                                        Joint exercise with                   62               1            6/60
                                         emergency management
                                         and health care
                                         coalitions (Par3).

[[Page 30320]]

 
                                        Vaccination of critical               62               1           12/60
                                         workforce (functional
                                         exercise, full-scale
                                         exercise, or incident).
                                        Vaccination of critical               62               1           12/60
                                         workforce (point of
                                         dispensing/dispensing/
                                         vaccination clinic
                                         setup).
                                        Vaccination of critical               62               1           12/60
                                         workforce (immunization
                                         information system).
                                        Five-year distribution                62               1             0.5
                                         FSE OR five-year
                                         pandemic influenza full-
                                         scale exercise.
PHEP Awardees: Major Metropolitan Area  Facility setup drill....               4               1           45/60
 Jurisdictions.                         Site activation drill...               4               1               1
                                        Staff notification and                 4               1               1
                                         assembly drill.
                                        Dispensing throughput                  4               1           12/60
                                         drill.
                                        Five-year dispensing                   4               1            6/60
                                         full-scale exercise or
                                         incident.
                                        Five-year dispensing                   4               1            6/60
                                         full-scale exercise for
                                         each point of
                                         dispensing site
                                         exercised.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2021-11872 Filed 6-4-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P