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
04/30/2022
6 Months From Approved
10/31/2021
66,356
0
90,415
24,289
0
69,755
2,001,067
0
3,340,578
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 CDCâs public health management to mitigate this risk.
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.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Cruie Ship Operator - Remote and In-Person Inspection