[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58609-58611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26784]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-18-0910; Docket No. CDC-2017-0108]


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 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 the proposed 
extension of the existing information Message Testing for Tobacco 
Communication Activities (MTTCA). CDC's Office on Smoking and Health 
has used the MTTCA clearance to support the development and testing of 
tobacco-related health messages, including messages supporting CDC's 
National Tobacco Education Campaign (NTEC) called the Tips from Former 
Smokers[supreg] campaign.

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

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0108 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

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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.

Proposed Project

    Message Testing for Tobacco Communication Activities (MTTCA)(OMB 
Control Number 0920-0910, expires 03/31/2018)--Extension--National 
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    In 2012, CDC's Office on Smoking and Health obtained OMB approval 
of a generic clearance plan to support the development and testing of 
tobacco-related health messages, including messages disseminated 
through multiple phases of a media campaign (Message Testing for 
Tobacco Communication Activities (MTTCA), OMB No. 0920-0910, expiration 
1/31/2015). In 2014, OSH obtained approval for a modification to the 
MTTCA clearance that granted a three-year extension and an increase in 
respondents and burden hours (MTTCA, OMB Control Number 0920-0910, exp. 
3/31/2018). This MTTCA clearance was approved with 44,216 annualized 
responses and 10,998 annualized burden hours. CDC's authority to 
collect information for public health purposes is provided by the 
Public Health Service Act (41 U.S.C. 241) Section 301.
    CDC has employed the MTTCA data collection plan to collect 
information about adult smokers' and nonsmokers' attitudes and 
perceptions, and to pretest draft messages and materials for clarity, 
salience, appeal, and persuasiveness. The MTTCA clearance has been used 
to obtain OMB approval for a variety of message testing activities, 
with particular emphasis on communications supporting CDC's National 
Tobacco Education Campaign (NTEC) called the Tips from Former 
Smokers[supreg] campaign. This national campaign is designed to 
increase public awareness of the health consequences of tobacco use and 
exposure to secondhand smoke. The MTTCA clearance has also supported 
formative research relating to the development of health messages that 
are not specifically associated with the national campaign.
    Information collection modes under the MTTCA plan that are 
supported include in-depth interviews; in-person focus groups; online 
focus groups; computer-assisted, in-person, or telephone interviews; 
and online surveys. Each project approved under the MTTCA framework is 
outlined in a project-specific Information Collection Request that 
describes its purpose and methodology. Messages developed from MTTCA 
data collection have been disseminated via multiple media channels 
including television, radio, print, out-of-home, and digital formats.
    CDC requests OMB approval to extend the MTTCA generic information 
collection plan, without changes, for three years. No modification is 
requested for information collection activities, methodology, 
respondents, or burden from the existing generic clearance. The 
extension is needed to support CDC's planned information collections 
and to accommodate additional needs that CDC may identify during the 
next three years. For example, the MTTCA generic plan may be used to 
facilitate the development of tobacco-related health communications of 
interest for CDC's collaborative efforts with other federal partners 
including, but not limited to, the Food and Drug Administration's 
Center for Tobacco Products. At this time, the respondents and burden 
outlined in the existing MTTCA clearance are expected to be sufficient 
to test tobacco related messages developed by CDC for the general U.S. 
population and subpopulations of interest. The MTTCA clearance should 
not replace the need for additional generic clearance mechanisms of HHS 
and other federal partners that may need to test tobacco messages 
related to their campaigns and initiatives.
    The existing MTTCA clearance was granted approval for a total of 
132,648 respondents and 32,994 burden hours over a three-year period 
(annualized number of respondents of 44,216 and annualized burden hours 
to 10,998). To date, there have been 57,612 respondents and 10,515 
burden hours used for this project, leaving a balance of 75,036 
respondents and 22,479 burden hours (annualized number of respondents 
of 25,012 and annualized burden hours to 7,256 for each of the three 
years in the requested extension).
    CDC will continue to use the MTTCA clearance to develop and test 
messages and materials. Participation is voluntary and there are no 
costs to respondents, other than 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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General Public and Special      Screening.......        * 25,012               1            2/60             834
 Populations.
                                Short Surveys/            16,000               1           10/60           2,667
                                 employment
                                 application
                                 (Online,
                                 Bulletin Board,
                                 etc.).
                                Medium Surveys             9,012               1           25/60           3,755
                                 (Online).
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           7,256
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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. 2017-26784 Filed 12-12-17; 8:45 am]
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