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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–VRP–OPH-NPS0034076; PPWOVPADH0, PPMPRHS1Y.Y00000
(222); OMB Control Number 1024-0286]
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
[INSERT DATE 60 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER].
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
phadrea_ponds@nps.gov (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 maria_said@nps.gov (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.).

Signed:
Phadrea Ponds,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-19578 Filed: 9/9/2022 8:45 am; Publication Date: 9/12/2022]