Notice2025-00163
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
January 8, 2025
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
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 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 creates a Cancer Registry that provides useful data on cancer incidence, trends, and outcomes.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1496-1497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00163]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-25-0469; Docket No. CDC-2024-0105]
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 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 creates a Cancer Registry that
provides useful data on cancer incidence, trends, and outcomes.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before March 10, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2024-
0105 by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> 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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>) 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-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 404-639-7570;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cba4a6a98ba8afa8e5aca4bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f39c9e91b3909790dd949c85">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
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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. 1/31/2026)--Revision--National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In 2021, the most recent year for which complete incidence
information is available, almost 620,000 people died of cancer and more
than 1.8 million were diagnosed with cancer. It is estimated that 17
million Americans are currently alive with a history of cancer. In the
U.S., 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
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 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. 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 2024 provided cancer statistics for 98%
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 populations by race, ethnicity,
and other demographic and tumor characteristics and data on 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 CCRs 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 in
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., 2022). 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 OMB approval for an estimated 200 annual burden hours. 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 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 Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2025-00163 Filed 1-7-25; 8:45 am]
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