2022-19578. Agency Information Collection Activities; Office of Public Health Disease Reporting and Surveillance Forms

AGENCY:

National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of Information Collection; request for comment.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the National Park Service (NPS) are proposing to renew an information collection.

DATES:

Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before November 14, 2022.

ADDRESSES:

Send your comments on this information collection request (ICR) by mail to the NPS Information Collection Clearance Officer (ADIR-ICCO), 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, (MS-242) Reston, VA 20191 (mail); or by email at [e-mail] (email). Please reference Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1024-0286 in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request additional information about this ICR, contact Dr. Maria Said, Branch Chief, U.S. Public Health Service Epidemiology, Office of Public Health, National Park Service, Washington, DC 20240 (mail) or at [e-mail] (email). Please reference OMB Control Number 1024-0286 in the subject line of your comments. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point of contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all information collections require approval under the PRA.

As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies to comment on new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format.

We are especially interested in public comment addressing the following:

(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether or not the information will have practical utility.

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used.

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected.

(4) How might the agency 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 submission of response.

Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Abstract: The National Park Service Protection, Interpretation, and Research in System (54 U.S.C. 100101 et seq.), and the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S. Code Chapter 6A) give the NPS Office of Public Health (OPH) broad authority to collect public health data using NPS Forms 10-685— Concession Employee Illness Report and 10-686— Tour Vehicle Passenger Illness Report. The forms collect information on the symptoms, duration, and location of illness which allows public health workers to respond rapidly and appropriately to address health and safety incidents within the park system.

The Disease Reporting and Surveillance System (DRSS) provides data on the symptoms, duration, and location of illness, which allows public health workers to work rapidly and appropriately to address the incidents. This data provides parks, OPH staff, managers of park concessioners, and park clinic concessioners with an early warning system for potential outbreaks to inform public health interventions.

Title of Collection: Office of Public Health Disease Reporting and Surveillance Forms.

OMB Control Number: 1024-0286.

Form Number: NPS Forms 10-685 and 10-686.

Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals/households and private sector.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 390.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 390.

Estimated Completion Time per Response: Concession Employee Illness: 10 minutes; Tour Vehicle Passenger Illness: 15 minutes.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 73.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Phadrea Ponds,

Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.