[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 131 (Monday, July 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40361-40362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16645]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-12-0556]


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 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) 639-7570 or send an email 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

    Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Program Reporting System 
(0920-0559, exp. 9/30/2012)--Revision--National Center for Chronic 
Disease and Public Health Promotion (NCDDPHP), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The ART program reporting system is used to comply with Section 
2(a) of Pub. L. 102-493 (known as the Fertility Clinic Success Rate and 
Certification Act of 1992 (FCSRCA)), 42 U.S.C. 263a-1(a)). FCSRCA 
requires each ART program to annually report to the Secretary through 
the CDC pregnancy success rates achieved by each ART program, the 
identity of each embryo laboratory used by such ART program, and 
whether the laboratory is certified or has applied for certification 
under the Act. The reporting system allows CDC to publish an annual 
success rate report to Congress as specified by the FCSRCA.
    CDC requests OMB approval to continue information collection for 
three years. This Revision request includes an increase in the total 
estimated burden hours due to an increase in the estimated number of

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responding clinics and an increase in the estimated number of responses 
per respondent. In addition, this Revision request describes 
implementation of a brief, one-time optional feedback survey at the end 
of the data submission for each reporting year. The feedback survey 
will elicit information about ART reporting system usability as well as 
respondents' perspectives on the usefulness of the information 
collection.
    Information is collected electronically through the National ART 
Surveillance System (NASS), a web-based interface, or by electronic 
submission of NASS-compatible files. The NASS includes information 
about all ART cycles initiated by any of the ART programs practicing in 
the United States and its territories. The system also collects 
information about the pregnancy outcome of each cycle as well as a 
number of data items deemed important to explain variability in success 
rates across ART programs and individuals.
    Respondents are the 484 ART programs in the United States. 
Approximately 440 ART programs are expected to report an average of 339 
ART cycles each. The burden estimate includes the time for collecting, 
validating, and reporting the requested information. Information is 
collected on an annual schedule.
    There are no costs to the respondents other than their time. The 
total estimated annualized burden hours are 96,960.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
              Respondents                       Form name           respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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ART Programs..........................  NASS....................             440             339           39/60
                                        Feedback Survey.........             176               1            2/60
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Deputy Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the 
Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-16645 Filed 7-6-12; 8:45 am]
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