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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 or 

send an email to omb@cdc.gov. 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 

Who’s at Risk: From Hazards to 

Communities—An Approach for 

Operationalizing CDC Guidelines to 

Determine Risks, and Define, Locate, 

and Reach At-Risk Populations in 

Public Health Emergencies—New— 

Office of Public Health Preparedness 

and Response (OPHPR), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Risk Assessment, Mapping, and 

Planning (RAMP) tool is currently being 

developed by CDC for public health and 

medical emergency planners (especially 

Public Health Emergency Preparedness 

and Hospital Preparedness Program 

awardees) to assess and quantify risk, 

identify and map at-risk populations, 

and to determine response objectives for 

hazard-specific public health emergency 

plans at all jurisdictional levels in the 

United States. 

To assist in developing this tool, CDC 

will conduct key informant interviews/ 

focus groups with public health and 

emergency management professionals 

from across the United States. To 

understand the needs of at-risk 

populations, CDC will also administer 

an anonymous survey to respondents 

from Los Angeles County Department of 

Public Health clinics. 

CDC seeks to obtain subject matter 

expertise and feedback for pilot testing 

the RAMP tool and anonymous 

demographic information from LA 

County DPH clinic guests. CDC will use 

the data to develop the RAMP tool. 

Public health and emergency manager 

respondents in pre-identified partner 

jurisdictions will participate in the 

interview and focus groups. 

CDC will offer Los Angeles 

Department of Public Health Clinic 

guests the Community Emergency 

Preparedness Survey in order to 

determine community perspectives on 

several emergency preparedness and 

response topics. CDC will offer the 

Community Emergency Preparedness 

Survey anonymously to three separate 

types of community members: LA 

County Public Health Center Clients, LA 

County Community Partner 

Stakeholders, and LA County 

Community Residents. 

CDC will collect information with the 

use of paper surveys. CDC will enter the 

information from the paper survey into 

a secured database. CDC will lock all 

paper surveys in the secure offices of 

the Los Angeles County Department of 

Public Health Emergency Preparedness 

and Response Division. CDC will 

disseminate and report results in 

aggregate form only. The total number of 

estimated annual burden hours is 226. 

There are no costs to the respondents 

other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Public Health and Medical Emergency Planners.Focus Group Questionnaire .......................... 100 1 1 

LA County Public Health Center Guests ....... Community Emergency Preparedness Survey.500 1 5/60 

LA County Community Partner Stakeholders Community Emergency Preparedness Survey.500 1 5/60 

LA County Community Residents .................. Community Emergency Preparedness Survey.500 1 5/60 

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 Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10653] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing 

an opportunity for the public to 

comment on CMS’ intention to collect 

information from the public. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the 

PRA), federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information (including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information) and to allow 

60 days for public comment on the 

proposed action. Interested persons are 

invited to send comments regarding our 

burden estimates or any other aspect of 

this collection of information, including 

the necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions, 

the accuracy of the estimated burden, 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected, and the use of automated 

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information technology to minimize the 

information collection burden. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

January 8, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: When commenting, please 

reference the document identifier or 

OMB control number. To be assured 

consideration, comments and 

recommendations must be submitted in 

any one of the following ways: 

1. Electronically. You may send your 

comments electronically to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ 

to find the information collection 

document(s) that are accepting 

comments. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address: CMS, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 

Division of Regulations Development, 

Attention: Document Identifier/OMB 

Control Number __, Room C4–26–05, 

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

To obtain copies of a supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed collection(s) summarized in 

this notice, you may make your request 

using one of following: 

1. Access CMS’ Web site address at 

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995. 

2. Email your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov. 

3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at 

(410) 786–1326. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Parham at (410) 786–4669. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Contents 

This notice sets out a summary of the 

use and burden associated with the 

following information collections. More 

detailed information can be found in 

each collection’s supporting statement 

and associated materials (see 

ADDRESSES). 

CMS–10653 Coverage of Certain 

Preventive Services Under the 

Affordable Care Act 

Under the 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. 

The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is 

defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) and includes agency requests 

or requirements that members of the 

public submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to a third party. 

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA 

requires federal agencies to publish a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information, before 

submitting the collection to OMB for 

approval. To comply with this 

requirement, CMS is publishing this 

notice. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Coverage of 

Certain Preventive Services Under the 

Affordable Care Act; Use: The 2017 

interim final regulations titled 

‘‘Religious Exemptions and 

Accommodations for Coverage of 

Certain Preventive Services Under the 

Affordable Care Act’’ and ‘‘Moral 

Exemptions and Accommodations for 

Coverage of Certain Preventive Services 

Under the Affordable Care Act’’ expand 

exemptions for religious beliefs and 

moral convictions for certain entities or 

individuals whose health plans may 

otherwise be subject to a mandate of 

contraceptive coverage through 

guidance issued pursuant to the Patient 

Protection and Affordable Care Act. The 

interim final rules extend the exemption 

to health insurance issuers that hold 

religious or moral objections in certain 

circumstances. The interim final rules 

also allow plan participants and 

enrollees with sincerely held religious 

or moral objections to request coverage 

that does not include contraceptive 

services. 

The interim final rules also leave the 

accommodation process in place as an 

optional process for objecting entities 

who wish to use it voluntarily. To avoid 

contracting, arranging, paying, or 

referring for contraceptive coverage, an 

organization seeking to be treated as an 

eligible organization may self-certify (by 

using EBSA Form 700), prior to the 

beginning of the first plan year to which 

an accommodation is to apply, that it 

meets the definition of an eligible 

organization. The eligible organization 

must provide a copy of its selfcertification to each health insurance 

issuer that would otherwise provide 

such coverage in connection with the 

health plan (for insured group health 

plans or student health insurance 

coverage). The issuer that receives the 

self-certification must provide separate 

payments for contraceptive services for 

plan participants and beneficiaries (or 

students and dependents). For a selfinsured group health plan, the selfcertification must be provided to its 

third party administrator. An eligible 

organization may alternatively submit a 

notification to HHS as an alternative to 

submitting the EBSA Form 700 to the 

eligible organization’s health insurance 

issuer or third party administrator. A 

health insurance issuer or third party 

administrator providing or arranging 

payments for contraceptive services for 

participants and beneficiaries in plans 

(or student enrollees and covered 

dependents in student health insurance 

coverage) of eligible organizations must 

provide a written notice to such plan 

participants and beneficiaries (or such 

student enrollees and covered 

dependents) informing them of the 

availability of such payments. 

Eligible organizations can revoke at 

any time the accommodation process if 

participants and beneficiaries receive 

written notice of such revocation from 

the issuer or third party administrator in 

accordance with guidance issued by the 

Secretary, and if the accommodation 

process is currently being utilized, such 

revocation will be effective on the first 

day of the first plan year that begins on 

or after thirty days after the date of 

revocation. Form Number: CMS–10653 

(OMB control number 0938–1344); 

Frequency: On Occasion; Affected 

Public: Private Sector; Number of 

Respondents: 110; Number of 

Responses: 274,629; Total Annual 

Hours: 181. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Usree 

Bandyopadhyay at 410–786–6650. For 

all other issues call (410) 786–1326.) 

Dated: November 3, 2017. 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office 

of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2016–D–1504] 

Recurrent Herpes Labialis: Developing 

Drugs for Treatment and Prevention; 

Guidance for Industry; Availability 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA or Agency) is 

announcing the availability of a 

guidance for industry entitled 

‘‘Recurrent Herpes Labialis: Developing 

Drugs for Treatment and Prevention.’’ 

The purpose of this guidance is to assist 

sponsors in all phases of development 

of treatments for recurrent herpes 


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