[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58607-58608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26782]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-18-0213, Docket No. CDC-2017-0107]


Proposed Data Collections 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 effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled the National Vital Statistics 
Report Forms. These are the data collection forms used by State and/or 
county vital registration offices to report to the Federal government 
(a) provisional counts of births, deaths, and infant deaths at the end 
of each month and (b) annual counts of marriages and divorces/
annulments in support of the National Vital Statistics System. This 
submission contains no changes to the actual data collection forms. 
However, the number of respondent for the monthly and annual forms have 
shifted from 91 and 58 respectively to 58 and 91, since the 33 New 
Mexico Counties only send marriage and divorce information that is now 
only captured in the annual report.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before February 12, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0107 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: 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 agency name 
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments 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 Leroy A. Richardson, 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 the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below. The OMB is particularly 
interested in comments that will help:
    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. 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 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

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Proposed Project

    National Vital Statistics Report Forms (OMB Control Number 0920-
0213, expires 04/30/2018)--Revision--National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The compilation of national vital statistics dates back to the 
beginning of the 20th century and has been conducted since 1960 by the 
Division of Vital Statistics of the National Center for Health 
Statistics, CDC. The collection of the data is authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
242k. This submission requests approval to collect the monthly and 
annually summary statistics for three years.
    The Monthly Vital Statistics Report forms provide counts of monthly 
occurrences of births, deaths, and infant deaths. Similar data have 
been published since 1937 and are the sole source of these data at the 
National level. The data are used by the Department of Health and Human 
Services and by other government, academic, and private research and 
commercial organizations in tracking changes in trends of vital events. 
Respondents for the Monthly Vital Statistics Reports Form are 
registration officials in each State and Territory, the District of 
Columbia, and New York City. This form is also designed to collect 
counts of monthly occurrences of births, deaths, and infant deaths 
immediately following the month of occurrence.
    The Annual Vital Statistics Occurrence Report Form collects final 
annual counts of marriages and divorces by month for each State and 
Territory, the District of Columbia, and New York City as well as 33 
counties in New Mexico. These final counts are usually available from 
State or county officials about eight months after the end of the data 
year. The data are widely used by government, academic, private 
research, and commercial organizations in tracking changes in trends of 
family formation and dissolution.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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State, Territory, and other     Monthly Vital                 58              12            8/60              93
 officials.                      Statistics
                                 Report.
State, Territory, and New       Annual Vital                  91               1           30/60              46
 Mexico County Officials.        Statistics
                                 Occurrence
                                 Report.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             139
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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. 2017-26782 Filed 12-12-17; 8:45 am]
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