[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 222 (Monday, November 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66308-66309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25448]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-22-0469; Docket No. CDC-2021-0123]


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. This information collection 
provides useful data on cancer incidence and trends.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before January 21, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0123 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 H21-8, 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection 
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE, MS H21-8, 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;
    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; and
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System 
(OMB Control No. 0920-0469, Exp. 12/31/2022)--Revision--National Center 
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    In 2018, the most recent year for which complete incidence 
information is available, almost 600,000 people died of cancer and more 
than 1.7 million were diagnosed with cancer. It is estimated that 16.3 
million Americans are currently alive with a history of cancer. In the 
United States, state/territory-based central cancer registries (CCR) 
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

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each cancer; identify populations at increased or increasing risk; 
target preventive measures; and measure the success or failure of 
cancer control efforts in the United States.
    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 No. 0920-0469, Exp. 12/31/2022). 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. No changes to the total estimated 
annualized burden hours or number of respondents are anticipated.
    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 the United States Cancer 
Statistics (USCS), which CDC has published annually since 2002. The 
latest USCS report, published in 2021, provided cancer statistics for 
99% of the U.S. 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 data 
available. 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., 2018). 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. CDC 
requests approval for an estimated 200 annual burden hours. 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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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.
[FR Doc. 2021-25448 Filed 11-19-21; 8:45 am]
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