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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Private Sector Organization Senior Leader .... Interview Plan ................................................. 45 1 1 

Private Sector Organization Manager ............ Survey Plan .................................................... 100 1 15/60 

Leroy A. Richardson, 

Chief, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the 

Associate Director for Science, Office of the 

Director, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–17–0199; Docket No. CDC–2017– 

0058] 

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 to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This notice invites 

comment on the Import Permit 

Applications information collection 

project. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before November 27, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2017– 

0058 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, 

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. All relevant comments 

received will be posted without change 

to Regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

access to the docket to read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: All public comments 

should be submitted 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 Leroy A. 

Richardson, of the 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 OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden is the 

total time, effort, or financial resources 

expended by persons to generate, 

maintain, retain, disclose, or provide 

information to or for a Federal agency. 

This includes the time needed to review 

instructions; to develop, acquire, install 

and utilize technology and systems for 

the purpose of collecting, validating and 

verifying information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel to respond to a collection of 

information, search data sources, and 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and to transmit or 

otherwise disclose the information. 

Proposed Project 

Importation of Etiologic Agents (42 

CFR 71.54) (OMB Control No. 0920– 

0199, exp. 12/31/2019)—Revision— 

Office of Public Health Preparedness 

and Response (OPHPR), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Section 361 of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264), as 

amended, authorizes the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services to make 

and enforce such regulations as are 

necessary to prevent the introduction, 

transmission, or spread of 

communicable diseases from foreign 

countries into the States or possessions, 

or from one State or possession into any 

other State or possession. Part 71 of 

Title 42, Code of Federal Regulations 

(Foreign Quarantine) sets forth 

provisions to prevent the introduction, 

transmission, and spread of 

communicable disease from foreign 

countries into the United States. 

Subpart F—Importations—contains 

provisions for the importation of 

infectious biological agents, infectious 

substances, and vectors (42 CFR 71.54); 

requiring persons that import these 

materials to obtain a permit issued by 

the CDC. 

The Application for Permit to Import 

Biological Agents, Infectious Substances 

and Vectors of Human Disease into the 

United States form is used by laboratory 

facilities, such as those operated by 

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government agencies, universities, and 

research institutions to request a permit 

for the importation of biological agents, 

infectious substances, or vectors of 

human disease. This form currently 

requests applicant and sender contact 

information; description of material for 

importation; facility isolation and 

containment information; and personnel 

qualifications. CDC plans to revise this 

application to: 

(1) Based on processing applications, 

remove questions that duplicative or not 

required to process the import permit 

request such as CDC plans to revise this 

application to request information on 

where the imported material will be 

stored at the recipient facility and who 

would be responsible for this location 

and revise the format for the form to 

ease of user to complete the form. 

(2) Request information the biosafety 

officer’s contact information for the 

permittee to provide biosafety 

information in case the permittee is 

unavailable. 

These additional data requests will 

not affect the burden hours. 

In addition, CDC proposes to revise 

the Application for Permit to Import 

Biological Agents, Infectious Substances 

and Vectors of Human Disease into the 

United States form to verify that the 

recipient for subsequent transfers has 

implemented biosafety measures 

commensurate with the hazard posed by 

the infectious biological agent, 

infectious substance, and/or vector to be 

imported, and the level of risk given its 

intended use. CDC believes that it will 

take the applicant additional 10 minutes 

to complete this section for subsequent 

transfers. Estimates of burden for the 

additional questions survey are based 

on information obtained from the CDC 

import permit database on the number 

of permits issued for 2016 for 

subsequent transfers, which is 380 

permits. 

The Application for Permit to Import 

or Transport Live Bats form is used by 

laboratory facilities such as those 

operated by government agencies, 

universities, research institutions, and 

for educational, exhibition, or scientific 

purposes to request a permit for the 

importation, and any subsequent 

distribution after importation, of live 

bats. This form currently requests the 

applicant and sender contact 

information; a description and intended 

use of bats to be imported; and facility 

isolation and containment information. 

CDC plans to revise this application to 

add a question about what personal 

protective measures will be used. This 

additional data request will not affect 

the burden hours. 

Estimates of burden for the survey are 

based on information obtained from the 

CDC import permit database on the 

number of permits issued on annual 

basis since 2010. The total estimated 

burden for the one-time data collection 

is 1592. 

There are no costs to respondents 

except their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Applicants Requesting to Import Biological Agents, Infectious Substances and Vectors.Application for Permit to Import Biological Agents, Infectious Substances and Vectors of Human 

Disease into the United States.

2380 1 30/60 1190 

Applicants Requesting to Import Biological Agents, Infectious Substances and Vectors.Application for Permit to Import Biological Agents, Infectious Substances and Vectors of Human 

Disease into the United States 

Guidance.

2380 1 10/60 397 

Applicants Requesting to Import Live 

Bats.

Application for a Permit to Import 

Live Bats.

10 1 20/60 3 

Applicants Requesting to Import Live 

Bats.

Application for a Permit to Import 

Live Bats.

10 1 10/60 2 

Total ........................................... .......................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1592 

Leroy A. Richardson, 

Chief, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the 

Associate Director for Science, Office of the 

Director, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–17–17HO] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) has submitted the 

following information collection request 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for 

the proposed information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information are encouraged. Your 

comments should address any of the 

following: (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