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Service in April 1953. In August of
1960, the National Office of Vital
Statistics was reorganized as the
Division of Vital Statistics in the newly
created National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS), which is now part of
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
One of the functions of NCHS is to
plan and administer a program to
provide statistics on births, deaths, fetal
deaths, marriages, and divorces reported
in the National Vital Statistics System.
This includes promoting the uniform
collection of data on these events and
providing technical assistance to the
registration areas; conducting follow-

back surveys to expand the scope of
national vital statistics beyond the data
available from vital records; preparing
life tables and analyses of life table
phenomena; and investigating the
quality and reliability of data and
methodology. One part of this function
is to provide national final counts of
marriage, and divorce occurrences
following the end of each year. The
collection of the data is authorized by
42 U.S.C. 242k. Provisional counts of
marriages and divorces are disseminated
electronically. This form is the sole
source of final counts for these two
events.

This data has been published since
1937 and is the sole source of this
information at the national level. The
data are used by the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) and
by other government, academic, and
private research organizations in
tracking changes in trends of vital
events. The counts of events requested
on the form are necessary to the
administration of this portion of the
program.
CDC requests OMB approval for an
estimated 46 annual burden hours.
There are no costs to respondents other
than their time.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Form name

State, Territory, and New Mexico County Officials.

Annual Vital Statistics Occurrence Report .....

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Public Health Ethics and
Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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0618]

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 National
Environmental Assessment Reporting
System (NEARS). This system collects
data from foodborne illness outbreak

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environmental assessments routinely
conducted by local, state, territorial, or
tribal food safety programs in health
departments during foodborne outbreak
investigations.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before December 1,
2025.
You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2025–
0618 by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS
H21–8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329;
Telephone: 404–639–7570; Email: omb@
cdc.gov.
ADDRESSES:

Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention

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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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
National Environmental Assessment
Reporting System (NEARS) (OMB
Control No. 0920–0980, Exp. 2/26/
2026)—Revision—National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)
Background and Brief Description
CDC is requesting OMB approval for
the National Environmental Assessment
Reporting System (NEARS) to collect
data from outbreak environmental
assessments routinely conducted by
local, state, territorial, or tribal food
safety programs during foodborne
outbreak investigations. Prior to the
development of NEARS, environmental
assessment data were not collected at
the national level. The data reported
through this surveillance system
provides timely information on the
causes of outbreaks, including
environmental factors associated with
outbreaks, and are essential to
environmental public health regulators’
efforts to respond more effectively to
outbreaks and prevent future, similar
outbreaks. NEARS was developed by the
Environmental Health Specialists
Network (EHS-Net), a collaborative
network of CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), and
state and local food safety programs.
The network consists of environmental
health specialists (EHS),
epidemiologists, and laboratorians.
EHS-Net developed a standardized
protocol for identifying, reporting, and
analyzing data relevant to foodborne
illness outbreak environmental
assessments. While conducting
environmental assessments during
foodborne outbreak investigations is
routine for food safety program officials,

Series (EATS). This e-Learning course
provides training to staff on how to use
a systems approach in foodborne illness
outbreak environmental assessments.
We estimate the burden of this training
to be a maximum of 10 hours.
Respondents will only take this training
one time. Assuming a maximum
participation of up to six new programs
and approximately five staff being
trained at each program, the estimated
annual burden associated with this
training is 300 hours.
Program respondents (one official
from each participating program) will
record environmental assessment data
on pen and paper for each establishment
associated with an outbreak. Most
outbreaks are associated with only one
establishment; however, some are
associated with multiple
establishments. We estimate a
maximum of four establishments will be
associated with any given outbreak.
Recording for each assessment will take
about 25 minutes. The burden for this
activity is 460 hours.
Program respondents will conduct a
manager interview with each
establishment associated with an
outbreak and initially record the data
with pen and paper. Each interview will
take about 15 minutes. The burden for
this activity is 276 hours.
Respondents will also report this
environmental assessment and manager
interview data into the NEARS webbased system. This data entry is
expected to take approximately 25
minutes for the environmental
assessment data and 20 minutes for each
manager interview (assuming a
maximum of four). The burden for this
activity is 207 hours.
The retail food managers interviewed
are another group of respondents.
Again, assuming a maximum number of
276 outbreaks, the estimated annual
burden is 276 hours.
The total estimated annual burden for
this information collection is 1,579
hours. There is no cost to respondents
other than their time.

reporting information from the
environmental assessments to CDC is
not routine. Local, state, federal,
territorial, and tribal food safety
programs are the primary respondents
for this data collection. One official
from each participating program will
report environmental assessment data
on outbreaks. These programs are
typically located in public health or
agriculture agencies. In the U.S., there
are approximately 3,000 such agencies.
It is not possible to determine exactly
how many outbreaks will occur in the
future, nor where they will occur. Forty
(40) programs reported outbreaks to
NEARS from 2021–2024. Based on our
experience over those years, we expect
a maximum of six additional sites (two
per year) to register with and report data
to NEARS over the next approval cycle,
for a total of 46 reporting programs. We
also expect each program to report an
average of six outbreaks annually.
The activities associated with NEARS
that require a burden estimate consist of
training, observing, interviewing
managers, and reporting the data. The
first activity is the training for the new
food safety program personnel
participating in NEARS. These staff will
be encouraged to attend a Microsoft
Teams/Zoom Meeting (i.e., webinar)
training session on using the NEARS
data entry system, conducted by CDC
staff. Training burden is based on the
maximum expected participation from
the reporting programs which could be
up to 10 additional local and state
health departments. We estimate the
burden of this training to be a maximum
of two hours. Respondents will only be
required to take this training one time.
Assuming a maximum participation of
up to six new programs and about five
staff being trained at each participating
program, the total estimated annual
burden associated with this training is
60 hours.
New food safety program personnel
participating in NEARS will also be
encouraged to complete CDC’s
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Number of
respondents

Type of respondents

Form name

Food safety program personnel ........

NEARS introduction training ............
NEARS e-learning (screenshots) .....
NEARS environmental assessment
data (recording form).
NEARS manager interview (recording form).
NEARS web entry (screenshots) .....
NEARS manager interview ..............

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Total burden
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30
30
46
46
46

1
1
24
24
6

2
10
25/60
15/60
45/60

60
300
460
276
207

1,104

1

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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Form name

Number of
respondents

Number of
responses per
respondent

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burden per
response
(in hours)

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

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Type of respondents

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

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Public Health Ethics and
Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
has submitted the information
collection request titled ‘‘Emerging
Infections Program (EIP)’’ to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. CDC previously
published a ‘‘Proposed Data Collection
Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations’’ notice on July 14,
2025, to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. CDC
received no comments. This notice
serves to allow an additional 30 days for
public and affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this
proposed information collection project.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
that:
(a) 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;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agencies estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
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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
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.
Comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. 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
Emerging Infections Program (OMB
Control No. 0920–0978, Exp. 9/30/
2027)—Revision—National Center for
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Emerging Infections Programs
(EIPs) are population-based centers of
excellence established through a
network of state health departments
collaborating with academic
institutions; local health departments;
public health and clinical laboratories;
infection control professionals; and
healthcare providers. EIPs assist in
local, state, and national efforts to
prevent, control, and monitor the public
health impact of infectious diseases.
Activities of the EIPs fall into the
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epidemiologic and laboratory activities;
(3) implementation and evaluation of
pilot prevention/intervention projects;
and (4) flexible response to public
health emergencies. Activities of the
EIPs are designed to: (1) address issues
that the EIP network is particularly
suited to investigate; (2) maintain
sufficient flexibility for emergency
response and new problems as they
arise; (3) develop and evaluate public
health interventions to inform public
health policy and treatment guidelines;
(4) incorporate training as a key
function; and (5) prioritize projects that
lead directly to the prevention of
disease.
Activities in the EIP Network to
which all applicants must participate
are:
• Active Bacterial Core surveillance
(ABCs): active population-based
laboratory surveillance for invasive
bacterial diseases.
• Foodborne Diseases Active
Surveillance Network (FoodNet): active
population-based laboratory
surveillance to monitor the incidence of
select enteric diseases.
• Influenza: active population-based
surveillance for laboratory confirmed
influenza-related hospitalizations.
• Healthcare-Associated InfectionsCommunity Interface (HAIC)
surveillance: active population-based
surveillance for healthcare-associated
pathogens and infections.
A Revision is being submitted to make
existing collection instruments clearer
and to add a new form specifically
surveying laboratory practices. This
form will allow the EIP to better detect,
identify, track changes in laboratory
testing methodology, gather information
about laboratory utilization in the EIP
catchment area to ensure that all cases
are being captured, and survey EIP staff
to evaluate program quality.
CDC requests OMB approval for an
estimated 40,733 annual burden hours.
There is no cost to respondents other
than their time.

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