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OMB Control No: 0920-1335	ICR Reference No: 202110-0920-007
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202108-0920-009
Agency/Subagency: HHS/CDC	Agency Tracking No: 0920-1335
Title: Phased Approach to the Resumption of Cruise Ship Passenger Operations
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 10/29/2021
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/28/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/28/2021
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	04/30/2022	6 Months From Approved	10/31/2021
Responses	66,356	0	90,415
Time Burden (Hours)	24,289	0	69,755
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,001,067	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 Extension of an existing Information Collection Request is submitted to allow collection to continue for an additional three years. The resumption of passenger voyages in the U.S. has facilitated the introduction and sustained transmission of COVID-19 among cruise ships, despite high vaccination rates among both crew and passengers, highlighting the continued need to temporarily extend CDC’s public health management to mitigate this risk.

Emergency Justfication: The Temporary Extension and Modification of the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order builds upon the phased-in approach to resume cruise ship passenger operations introduced by the current Order and provides a pathway to safer, healthier sailing, both to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks on ships and to prevent passengers and crew from seeding outbreaks at ports and in the communities where they live .CDC cannot reasonably comply with the normal clearance given the fact that COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread rapidly around the world, and the extreme transmissibility of the Delta variant has resulted in rapidly rising numbers of COVID-19 cases. This Extension serves to Extend the approval period for this information collection and will allow CDC to collect data from cruise ship operators after November 1, 2021 when parts of the Order will go into effect.

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	66,356	90,415	-24,059
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	24,289	69,755	-45,466
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,001,067	3,340,578	-1,339,511

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: Modifications made to a number of information collections as a result to the phased approach to resumption of Cruise Ship Operations.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $974,252

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