[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 104 (Thursday, May 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25056-25057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11216]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-19-0469; Docket No. CDC-2019-0031]
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 a proposed
information collection project titled National Program of Cancer
Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR CSS). The NPCR CSS provides
useful data on cancer incidence and trends.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before July 29, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0031 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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.
Proposed Project
National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System
(OMB No. 0920-0469, Exp. 6/30/2019)--Revision--National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In 2015, the most recent year for which complete information is
available, almost 596,000 people died of cancer and more than 1.6
million were diagnosed with cancer. It is estimated that 15.8 million
Americans are currently alive with a history of cancer. In the U.S.,
state/territory-based cancer registries are the only method for
systematically collecting and reporting population based information
about cancer incidence and outcomes such as
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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/territory-based cancer registries that
collect, manage and analyze data about cancer cases. The state/
territory-based cancer registries report information to CDC through the
National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR
CSS), (OMB Control No. 0920-0469). 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. The number of respondents has been updated to
reflect the increased number of states/territories supported by CDC,
but 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 2018 provided cancer statistics for
100% of the United States population from all cancer registries in the
United States. 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
46 U.S. states, three territories, and the District of Columbia. Fifty
CCRs submit data elements specified for the Standard NPCR CSS Report.
Each CCR is asked to transmit two data files to CDC per year. The first
NPCR CSS Standard 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 NPCR CSS Standard
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., 2016). 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. The total estimated annual burden hours
is 200. There are no costs to respondents except 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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Central Cancer Registries in Standard NPCR 50 2 2 200
States, Territories, and the CSS Report.
District of Columbia.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 200
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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