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OMB Control No: 0920-1335	ICR Reference No: 202105-0920-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202104-0920-004
Agency/Subagency: HHS/CDC	Agency Tracking No: 0920-21DA
Title: Phased Approach to the Resumption of Cruise Ship Passenger Operations
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 04/23/2021
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 05/08/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 05/06/2021
Terms of Clearance: Previous terms continue: CDC will work with their OMB Desk Officer to transition this into a standard package in the near future.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2021	10/31/2021	10/31/2021
Responses	89,965	0	89,965
Time Burden (Hours)	69,530	0	69,530
Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,340,578	0	3,340,578

Abstract: As part of its Phased Approach to the Resumption of Passenger Operations, CDC will collect information from cruise ships operating or intending to operate in U.S. waters. This phased approach includes increased reporting of COVID-19 and COVID-19 like illnesses as well as a number of information collections designed to ensure cruise ships can prevent, detect, and respond to outbreaks of COVID-19. This Non-Substantive Change Request is submitted to make changes to the following documents: Technical Instructions, Operational Documents, and Request for Approval to Conduct a Simulated Voyage Prior to Issuance of COVID-19 Conditional Sailing Certificate. This Non-Substantive Change Request results in no additional changes to currently approved information collection instruments and no change in burden hours.

Emergency Justfication: On October 30, 2020, CDC announced a Framework for Conditional Sailing Order for cruise ships through November 1, 2021 to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 from cruise ships into communities and protect public health and safety. The requirements in the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order highlight the need for further action before cruise ships can safely resume passenger operations in the United States. CDC will require a phased approach to resuming passenger operations. During the initial phases, cruise ship operators must demonstrate adherence to testing, quarantine and isolation, and social distancing requirements to protect crew members while they build the laboratory capacity needed to test future passengers. Subsequent phases include simulated voyages to test cruise ship operators’ ability to mitigate COVID-19 risk, certification for ships that meet specific requirements, and return to passenger voyages in a manner that mitigates COVID-19 risk among passengers, crew members, and communities. CDC’s Framework for Conditional Sailing Order prohibits a cruise ship operator from commencing or continuing any passenger operations without a COVID-19 Conditional Sailing Certificate issued by HHS/CDC. CDC requests that the proposed project, COVID-19 Conditional Sailing Certificate be processed in accordance with section 1320.13, Emergency Processing. CDC has determined that this information is essential to CDC’s COVID-19 emergency response. Unrestricted cruise ship travel has the potential to exacerbate and amplify the spread of SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) the virus that causes COVID-19. While the actions taken by cruise ship operators to advance their public health response to COVID-19 are encouraging, further public health oversight is needed to provide uniform standards for mitigating the communicable disease risk to crew and prospective passengers as the industry attempts to move towards limited passenger oper

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC CFR 71 Name of Law: Foreign Quarantine
   US Code: 42 USC 264 Name of Law: PHSA
   US Code: 42 USC CFR 70 Name of Law: Interstate Quarantine

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	89,965	89,965
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	69,530	69,530
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,340,578	3,340,578

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,162,112

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Yes

Agency Contact: Jeffrey Zirger 404 639-7118 wtj5@cdc.gov

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