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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–23–0997; Docket No. CDC–2023–
0016]

Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:

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 the opportunity to comment on
a continuing information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This notice invites
comment on a proposed information
collection project titled Standardized
National Hypothesis Generating
Questionnaire (NHGQ). This
questionnaire collects exposure
information from ill people involved in
a suspected multistate foodborne
outbreak, and aids public health
investigators in identifying the potential
source of infection.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before May 9, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2023–
0016 by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffery M. Zirger, Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE, MS H21–8, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
www.regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
(www.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 Jeffery M. Zirger, of
the Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS
H21–8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329;

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Telephone: 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 the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments that will help:
1. 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;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
4. 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 submissions
of responses; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Standardized National Hypothesis
Generating Questionnaire (SNHGQ)
(OMB Control No. 0920–0997, Exp. 5/
31/2023)—Revision—National Center
for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious
Disease (NCEZID), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
It is estimated that each year roughly
one in six Americans get sick, 128,000
are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of
foodborne diseases. CDC and partners
ensure rapid and coordinated
surveillance, detection, and response to
multistate outbreaks, to limit the
number of illnesses, and to learn how to
prevent similar outbreaks from
happening in the future.

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Conducting interviews during the
initial hypothesis-generating phase of
multistate foodborne disease outbreaks
presents numerous challenges. In the
United States there is not a standard,
national form or data collection system
for illnesses caused by many enteric
pathogens. Data elements for hypothesis
generation must be developed and
agreed upon for each investigation. This
process can take several days to weeks
and may cause interviews to occur long
after a person becomes ill.
CDC requests a revision to this project
in order to collect standardized
information, called the Standardized
National Hypothesis-Generating
Questionnaire (SNHGQ), from
individuals who have become ill during
a multistate foodborne disease event.
Since the questionnaire is designed to
be administered by public health
officials as part of multistate hypothesisgenerating interview activities, this
questionnaire is not expected to entail
significant burden to respondents.
The Standardized National
Hypothesis-Generating Core Elements
Project was established with the goal to
define a core set of data elements to be
used for hypothesis generation during
multistate foodborne investigations.
These elements represent the minimum
set of information that should be
available for all outbreak-associated
cases identified during hypothesis
generation. The core elements would
ensure that similar exposures would be
ascertained across many jurisdictions,
allowing for rapid pooling of data to
improve the timeliness of hypothesisgenerating analyses and shorten the
time to pinpoint how and where
contamination events occur.
The SNHGQ was designed as a data
collection tool for the core elements, to
be used when a multistate cluster of
enteric disease infections is identified.
The questionnaire is designed to be
administered over the phone by public
health officials to collect core elements
data from case-patients or their proxies.
Both the content of the questionnaire
(the core elements) and the format were
developed through a series of working
groups comprised of local, state, and
federal public health partners.
Since the last revision of the SNHGQ
in 2019, CDC has investigated over 470
suspected multistate foodborne and
enteric clusters of infection involving
over 26,000 ill people. In these
investigations, an outbreak vehicle has
been identified in 199 cases. These
outbreaks have led to many product
recalls and countless regulatory actions
that have removed millions of pounds of
contaminated vehicles out of commerce.
In almost all instances, the SNHGQ or

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iterations of the SNHGQ have been
instrumental in the successful
investigation of these outbreaks. The
questionnaire has allowed investigators
to more efficiently and effectively
interview ill persons as they are
identified. Because these exposures are
captured in a common, standard format,
we have been able to share and analyze
data rapidly across jurisdictional lines.

Faster interview response and analysis
times have allowed for more rapid
epidemiologic investigation and quicker
regulatory action, thus helping to
prevent thousands of additional
illnesses from occurring and spurring
industry to adopt and implement new
food safety measures in an effort to
prevent future outbreaks.

CDC requests OMB approval for an
estimated 3,000 annualized burden
hours (approximately 4,000 individuals
identified during the hypothesisgenerating phase of outbreak
investigations with 45 minutes/
response). There are no costs to
respondents other than their time to
participate.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Number of
responses per
respondent

Total burden
(in hours)

Form name

Ill individuals identified as part of an
outbreak investigation.

Standardized National Hypothesis
Generating Questionnaire.

4,000

1

45/60

3,000

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

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

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

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

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

3,000

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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hereby given of the following meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the
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the Director, Strategic Business
Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief
Operating Officer, CDC, pursuant to
Public Law 92–463. The grant
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disclose confidential trade secrets or
commercial property such as patentable
material, and personal information
concerning individuals associated with
the grant applications, the disclosure of
which would constitute a clearly
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Name of Committee: Disease,
Disability, and Injury Prevention and
Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP)—
CE23–005, Panel A, Research Grants to
Inform Firearm-Related Violence and
Injury Prevention Strategies (R01).
Dates: April 17–18, 2023.
Times: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., EDT.
Place: Crowne Plaza Atlanta
Perimeter at Ravinia, 4355 Ashford

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Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mikel Walters, Ph.D., Scientific Review
Officer, National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control, CDC, 4770
Buford Highway NE, Mailstop S106–9,
Atlanta, Georgia 30341; Telephone:
(404) 639–0913; Email: MWalters@
cdc.gov.
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Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Dan
Hartley, Ed.D., Scientific Review
Officer, Office of Extramural Programs,
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, CDC, 1095
Willowdale Road, Morgantown, West
Virginia 26505; Telephone: (304) 285–
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Operating Officer, CDC, pursuant to
Public Law 92–463. The grant
applications and the discussions could
disclose confidential trade secrets or
commercial property such as patentable
material, and personal information
concerning individuals associated with
the grant applications, the disclosure of
which would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy.
Name of Committee: Disease,
Disability, and Injury Prevention and
Control Special Emphasis Panel;
(SEP)—RFA–OH–22–005, Commercial
Fishing Occupational Safety Research
Cooperative Agreement; and RFA–OH–
22–006, Commercial Fishing
Occupational Safety Training Project
Grants.
Date: May 17, 2023.
Time: 1 p.m.–5 p.m., EDT.
Place: Video-Assisted Meeting.
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