[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52494-52495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24520]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-09-0469]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and

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Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail to [email protected]. 
Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments 
should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System 
(OMB no. 0920-0469 exp. Date 1/31/2010)--Revision--National Center for 
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    In 1992, Congress passed the Cancer Registries Amendment Act, which 
established the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR). The NPCR 
provides support for central cancer registries (CCR) that collect, 
manage and analyze data about cancer cases. The NPCR-funded CCR, which 
are located in states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories, 
report information to CDC annually through the National Program of 
Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR CSS) (OMB No. 0920-
0469, exp. 1/31/2010). CDC plans to request OMB approval to continue 
collecting this information for three years.
    The NPCR CSS allows CDC to collect, aggregate, evaluate and 
disseminate cancer incidence data at the national level, and is the 
primary source of information for United States Cancer Statistics 
(USCS), which CDC has published annually since 2002. The NPCR CSS also 
allows CDC to monitor cancer trends over time, describe geographic 
variation in cancer incidence throughout the country, and provide 
incidence data on minority populations and rare cancers. These 
activities and analyses further support CDC's planning and evaluation 
efforts for State and national cancer control and prevention. In 
addition, datasets can be made available for secondary analysis.
    Each responding CCR is asked to report a cumulative file containing 
incidence data from the first diagnosis year for which the cancer 
registry collected data with the assistance of NPCR funds (e.g., 1995) 
through 12 months past the close of the most recent diagnosis year 
(e.g., 2007). Because cancer incidence data are already collected and 
aggregated at the State level the additional burden of reporting the 
information to CDC is small. Information is transmitted to CDC 
electronically once per year.
    The Revision request will include changes. First, data definitions 
will be updated to reflect changes in national standards for cancer 
diagnosis and coding. In addition, the number of respondents will 
decrease. Respondents will be 45 State-based CCR, the CCR of the 
District of Columbia, the CCR of Puerto Rico, and the CCR that 
aggregates information from 10 flag territories and freely associated 
States in the Pacific Islands. States that receive sole funding from 
the National Cancer Institute are not included as respondents. The 
adjusted number of respondents will result in a reduction in the total 
estimated burden hours for the NPCR CSS. The estimated burden per 
response will not change.
    There are no costs to respondents except their time. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 96.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Number of     Average  burden
                         Respondents                              Number of      responses per    per  response
                                                                 respondents       respondent       (in hours)
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Central Cancer Registries in States, Territories, and the                  48                1                2
 District of Columbia........................................
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    Dated: October 5, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-24520 Filed 10-9-09; 8:45 am]
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