[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.
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