[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5123-5124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01723]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-16-0469; Docket No. CDC-2016-0013]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
revision of the National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer 
Surveillance System information collection, which provides useful data 
on cancer incidence and trends.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 1, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0013 by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions 
for submitting comments.
    Mail: Attn. Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the individual 
submitter and/or agency's name and Docket Number listed above. All 
relevant comments received will be posted without change to 
Regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. For 
access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, 
go to Regulations.gov.

    Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 
address listed above.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection, before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below. Comments are invited on: 
(a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology; and, (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs 
of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide 
information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose 
or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the 
time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and 
utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, 
validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining 
information, and disclosing and providing information; to train 
personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to 
search data sources, to complete and review the collection of 
information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information.

Proposed Project

    National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System 
(NPCR CSS, OMB No. 0920-0469, exp. 5/31/2016)--Revision--National 
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health

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Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    In 2012, the most recent year for which complete information is 
available, more than 580,000 people died of cancer and more than 1.5 
million were diagnosed with cancer. It is estimated that 13.8 million 
Americans are currently alive with a history of cancer (2). In the 
U.S., state-based cancer registries are the only method for 
systematically collecting and reporting population based information 
about cancer incidence and outcomes such as survival. These data are 
used to measure the changing incidence and burden of each cancer; 
identify populations at increased or increasing risk; target preventive 
measures; and measure the success or failure of cancer control efforts 
in the U.S.
    In 1992, Congress passed the Cancer Registries Amendment Act which 
established the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR). The NPCR 
provides support for state-based cancer registries that collect, manage 
and analyze data about cancer cases. The state-based cancer registries 
report information to CDC through the National Program of Cancer 
Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR CSS), (OMB No. 0920-0469 5/
31/2016). CDC plans to request OMB approval to continue collecting this 
information for three years. Data definitions will be updated to 
reflect changes in national standards for cancer diagnosis and coding, 
but the number of respondents and the burden per respondent will not 
change.
    The NPCR CSS allows CDC to collect, aggregate, evaluate and 
disseminate cancer incidence data at the national level. The NPCR CSS 
is the primary source of information for United States Cancer 
Statistics (USCS), which CDC has published annually since 2002. The 
latest USCS report published in 2015 provided cancer statistics for 99% 
of the United States population from all cancer registries whose data 
met national data standards. Prior to the publication of USCS, cancer 
incidence data at the national level were available for only 14% of the 
population of the United States.
    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 racial/ethnic 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.
    Respondents are NPCR-supported central cancer registries (CCR) in 
45 U.S. states, 2 territories, and the District of Columbia. Thirty-
eight CCRs submit data elements specified for the Standard NPCR CSS 
Report. Ten specialized CCRs submit data elements specified for the 
Enhanced NPCR CSS Report, which includes additional information about 
treatment and follow-up for cases of breast, colorectal, and chronic 
myeloid leukemia cases diagnosed in 2011. Each CCR is asked to transmit 
two data files to CDC per year. The first file, submitted in January, 
is a preliminary report consisting of one year of data for the most 
recent year of available data. CDC evaluates the preliminary data for 
completeness and quality and provides a report back to the CCR. The 
second file, submitted by November, contains cumulative cancer 
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., 2014). The cumulative file is used for analysis and reporting.
    The burden for each file transmission is estimated at two hours per 
response. Because cancer incidence data are already collected and 
aggregated at the state level the additional burden of reporting the 
information to CDC is small.
    All information is transmitted to CDC electronically. Participation 
is required as a condition of the cooperative agreement with CDC. There 
are no costs to respondents except their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondents           Form name       respondents    responses per   response  (in    (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Central Cancer Registries in    Standard NPCR                 38               2               2             152
 States, Territories and the     CSS Report.                  10               2               2              40
 District of Columbia.          Enhanced NPCR
                                 CSS Report.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             192
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-01723 Filed 1-29-16; 8:45 am]
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