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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 73 / Tuesday, April 15, 2008 / Notices
Dated: April 9, 2008.
Jerry A. Holmberg,
Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on
Blood Safety and Availability.
[FR Doc. E8–7986 Filed 4–14–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry
Statement of Organization, Functions
and Delegations of Authority
Part J (Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry) of the Statement
of Organization, Functions, and
Delegations of Authority of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (50 FR 25129–25130, dated
June 17, 1985, as amended most
recently at 71 FR 58396–5 8397, dated
October 3, 2006) is amended to reflect
the reorganization of the Office of the
Director, Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry.
Section J–B, Organization and
Functions, is hereby amended as
follows:
After item (9) of the functional
statement for the Office of the Director
(JAA), Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (J), add the following:
(10) serves as primary liaison between
ATSDR and the National Center for
Health Marketing on communications
and marketing science, and its
associated research and practice.
Delete in their entirety the title and
functional statement for the Office of
Communications (JAA4).
Dated: April 2, 2008.
Joseph Henderson,
Acting Chief Operating Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. E8–7855 Filed 4–14–08; 8:45 am]

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
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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
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Proposed Project
Quarantine Station Illness Response
Forms—Airline, Maritime, Land/Border
Crossing—New—National Center for
Preparedness, Detection, and Control of
Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
CDC proposes to collect patient-level
clinical, epidemiologic, and
demographic data from ill travelers and
their possible contacts in order to fulfill
its regulatory responsibility to prevent
the importation of communicable
diseases from foreign countries (42 CFR
Part 71) and interstate control of
communicable diseases in humans (42
CFR Part 70).
Background and Brief Description

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Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects.
Alternatively, to obtain a copy of the
data collection plans and instrument,
call 404–639–5960 and send comments
to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Reports
Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road,
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30333;
comments may also be sent by e-mail to
[email protected].
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 a
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
clarify 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 information technology. Written
comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.

Section 361 of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 264)
authorizes the Secretary of Health and
Human Services to make and enforce
regulations necessary to prevent the
introduction, transmission or spread of
communicable diseases from foreign
countries into the United States. The
regulations that implement this law, 42
CFR Parts 70 and 71, authorize
quarantine officers and other personnel
to inspect and undertake necessary
control measures with respect to
conveyances (e.g., airplanes, cruise
ships, trucks, etc.), persons, and
shipments of animals and etiologic
agents in order to protect the public
health. The regulations also require
conveyances to immediately report an
‘‘ill person’’ or any death on board to
the Quarantine Station prior to arrival in

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the United States. An ‘‘ill person’’ is
defined in statute by:
—Fever (≥100 °F or 38 °C) persisting ≥48
hours
—Fever (≥100 °F or 38 °C) AND rash,
glandular swelling, or jaundice
—Diarrhea (≥3 stools in 24 hours or
greater than normal amount)
The SARS situation and concern
about pandemic influenza and other
communicable diseases have prompted
CDC Quarantine Stations to recommend
that all illnesses be reported prior to
arrival.
CDC Quarantine Stations are currently
located at 20 international U.S. Ports of
Entry. When a suspected illness is
reported to the Quarantine Station,
officers promptly respond to this report
by meeting the incoming conveyance
(when possible), collecting information
and evaluating the patient(s), and
determining whether an ill person can
safely be admitted into the U.S. If
Quarantine Station staff are unable to
meet the conveyance, the crew or
medical staff of the conveyance are
trained to complete the required
documentation and forward it (using a
secure system) to the Quarantine Station
for review and follow-up.
To perform these tasks in a
streamlined manner and ensure that all
relevant information is collected in the
most efficient and timely manner
possible, Quarantine Stations use a
number of forms—the Airline Screening
and Illness Response Form, the Ship
Illness/Death Reporting Form, and the
Land/Border Crossing Form—to collect
data on passengers with suspected
illness and other travelers/crew who
may have been exposed to an illness.
These forms are also used to respond to
a report of a death aboard a conveyance.
The purpose of all three forms is the
same: to collect information that helps
quarantine officials detect and respond
to potential public health
communicable disease threats. All three
forms collect the following categories of
information: Demographics and mode of
transportation, clinical and medical
history, and any other relevant facts
(e.g., travel history, traveling
companions, etc.). As part of this
documentation, quarantine public
health officers look for specific signs
and symptoms common to the nine
quarantinable diseases (Pandemic
influenza; SARS; Cholera; Plague;
Diphtheria; Infectious Tuberculosis;
Smallpox; Yellow fever; and Viral
Hemorrhagic Fevers), as well as most
communicable diseases in general.
These signs and symptoms include
fever, difficulty breathing, shortness of
breath, cough, diarrhea, jaundice, or

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signs of a neurological infection. The
forms also collect data specific to the
traveler’s conveyance.
These data are used by Quarantine
Stations to make decisions about a
passenger’s suspected illness as well as
its communicability. This in turn
enables Quarantine Station staff to assist
conveyances in the public health
management of passengers and crew.
The estimated total burden on the
public, included in the chart below, can

vary a great deal depending on the
severity of the illness being reported,
the number of contacts, the number of
follow-up inquiries required, and who is
recording the information (e.g.,
Quarantine Station staff versus the
conveyance medical authority). In all
cases, Quarantine Stations have
implemented practices and procedures
that balance the health and safety of the
American public against the public’s

desire for minimal interference with
their travel and trade. Whenever
possible, Quarantine Station staff obtain
information from other documentation
(e.g., manifest order, other airline
documents) to reduce the amount of the
public burden.
There is no cost to respondents other
than their time to complete the survey.
The annualized burden for this data
collection is 172 hours.

ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN
Number of
respondents

Respondents

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
hours

Airline Illness or Death Investigation Form ......................................................
International Maritime Illness or Death Report ................................................
International Maritime Illness or Death Investigation Form .............................
Land Border Illness or Death Investigation Form ............................................

1320
200
200
60

1
1
1
1

6/60
3/60
7/60
6/60

132
10
24
6

Total ..........................................................................................................

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........................

........................

172

Dated: April 8, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports and Clearance Officer, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention

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 404–639–5960, send
comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 1600
Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an e-mail to
[email protected].
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

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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

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Number of
responses per
respondent

2009 and 2011 National Youth
Tobacco Surveys (NYTS)—Revision—
National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion
(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The purpose of this request is to
renew OMB clearance of the National
Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) (OMB
No. 0920–0621; exp. date December 31,
2008), a national school-based study to
be conducted in 2009 and 2011. The
NYTS was previously funded by the
American Legacy Foundation in 1999,
2000, and 2002. The NYTS was funded
by CDC in 2004 and additional surveys
were conducted in 2004 and 2006. The
proposed revision will incorporate
minor changes to the burden estimate
and the survey instrument.
The NYTS is the most comprehensive
source of nationally representative
tobacco data among students in grades
9–12, moreover, the NYTS is the only
source of such national data for students
in grades 6–8. The NYTS covers the

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following topics related to youth
tobacco use: use of cigarettes, smokeless
tobacco, cigars, pipes, bidis, and
kreteks; knowledge and attitudes; media
and advertising; access to tobacco
products and enforcement of restrictions
on access; school curriculum;
environmental tobacco smoke exposure;
and cessation. The NYTS provides
national estimates of tobacco use
behaviors, information about exposure
to pro- and anti-tobacco influences, and
information about racial and ethnic
disparities in tobacco-related topics.
Information collected through the NYTS
is used to identify trends over time, to
inform the development of tobacco
cessation programs for youth, and to
evaluate the effectiveness of existing
interventions and programs.
Tobacco use is a major preventable
cause of morbidity and mortality in the
U.S. and is one of the 28 focus areas in
Healthy People 2010. Within the
Healthy People 2010 focus area of
tobacco use, the NYTS provides data
relevant to six health objectives. The
survey also provides data to monitor
one of the 10 leading health indicators
for Healthy People 2010 that addresses
tobacco use.
In Spring 2009 and Spring 2011, the
NYTS will be conducted among
nationally representative samples of
students attending public and private
schools in grades 6–12. The NYTS is
administered to students as an optically
scannable, eight-page booklet of
multiple-choice questions. Information
supporting the NYTS also will be
collected from state-, district-, and
school-level administrators and

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