Justification for Change

Request for nonmaterial/non-substantive

change to an OMB approved information collection

0920-0134 Foreign Quarantine Regulations

In February 2013, CDC promulgated the final rule pertaining to requirements for the importation of nonhuman primates. Requirements for Importers of Nonhuman Primates (2/15/2013, Vol. 78, No. 32 /p. 11522) consolidates into a revised 42 CFR 71.53 (Attachment 1) the requirements historically found in 42 CFR part 71.53 and those found in the procedures to obtain the Special Permit to Import Cynomolgus, African Green, or Rhesus Monkeys into the United States. The Federal Register Notice (Attachment 2), published in 1990, outlining the Special Permit process has been withdrawn. The final rule also extends the time period for registration/permit renewal from 180 days to two years. CDC feels these regulatory changes balance the public health risks posed by the importation of nonhuman primates with the burden imposed by regulating their importation.

In an effort to streamline information collection pertaining to nonhuman primate importation, CDC requests a nonmaterial/non-substantive change to OMB Number 0920-0134 Foreign Quarantine Regulations (expiring 07/31/2015). Specifically, CDC requests that CDC form 75.10A Application for Registration as an Importer of Nonhuman Primates (71.53(g) (Attachment 3)) and the Documentation (formerly Recordkeeping) requirement (71.53(h)) be removed from OMB Number 0920-0134 and placed in another CDC information collection, OMB Number 0920-0263 Special Permit to Import Cynomolgus, African Green, or Rhesus Monkeys into the United States (expiring 06/30/2014). The hours transitioned from OMB Number 0920-0134 to OMB Number 0920-0263 will be accounted for in a revision package to OMB Number 0920-0263. This move will consolidate all nonhuman primate related information collection into one information collection package.

Specific information collections to be removed from OMB Number 0920-0134:

Non-Human Primate Importer	71.53(g) Importer Registration – Nonhuman Primates	40	1	10/60	7
Non-Human Primate Importer	71.53(h) Documentation (logs submitted, no form)	30	4	30/60	60

The change in burden is a decrease of 67 hours requested in OMB Number 0920-0134. The number of burden hours requested for 0920-0134 as a result of this change is 227,263.

No other changes are requested.

Adjustments in burden estimates for these portions of this information collection are being requested in a subsequent revision request for OMB Number 0920-0263.