10750 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 36 / Thursday, February 23, 2012 / Notices 

Background and Brief Description 

The compilation of national vital 

statistics dates back to the beginning of 

the 20th century and has been 

conducted since 1960 by the Division of 

Vital Statistics of the National Center for 

Health Statistics, CDC. The collection of 

the data is authorized by 42 U.S.C. 242k. 

This submission requests approval to 

collect the monthly and annually 

summary statistics for three years. 

The Monthly Vital Statistics Report 

forms provide counts of monthly 

occurrences of births, deaths, infant 

deaths, marriages, and divorces. Similar 

data have been published since 1937 

and are the sole source of these data at 

the National level. The data are used by 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services and by other government, 

academic, and private research and 

commercial organizations in tracking 

changes in trends of vital events. The 

respondents are the registration officials 

in the 50 States, the District of 

Columbia, New York City, Puerto Rico, 

Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 

and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands. In addition, 33 local 

(county) officials in New Mexico who 

record marriages occurring and divorces 

and annulments granted in each county 

of New Mexico will use this form. This 

form, which takes about 10 minutes to 

complete, is designed to collect counts 

of monthly occurrences of births, 

deaths, infant deaths, marriages, and 

divorces immediately following the 

month of occurrence. 

The Annual Vital Statistics 

Occurrence Report Form collects final 

annual counts of marriages and divorces 

by month for the United States and for 

each State. The statistical counts 

requested on this form differ from 

provisional estimates obtained on the 

Monthly Vital Statistics Report Form in 

that they represent complete counts of 

marriages, divorces, and annulments 

occurring during the months of the prior 

year. These final counts are usually 

available from State or county officials 

about eight months after the end of the 

data year. The data are widely used by 

government, academic, private research, 

and commercial organizations in 

tracking changes in trends of family 

formation and dissolution. The 58 

Respondents for the Annual Vital 

Statistics Occurrence Report Form, 

which takes about 30 minutes to 

complete, are registration officials in 

each State and Territory, the District of 

Columbia, and New York City. 

There are no costs to respondents 

other than their time to participate; the 

data are routinely available in each 

reporting office as a by-product of 

ongoing activities. The total estimated 

annualized burden hours are 211. 

TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondent 

Number of 

responses per 

respondents 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

State, Territory and New Mexico County officials.Monthly Vital Statistics Report ....................... 91 12 10/60 

State, Territory and Other officials .................. Annual Vital Statistics Occurrence Report ..... 58 1 30/60 

Kimberly S. Lane, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4173 Filed 2–22–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60 Day-12–0010] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

In compliance with the requirement 

of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call 404–639–7570 and 

send comments to Kimberly Lane, CDC 

Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton 

Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or 

send an email to omb@cdc.gov. 

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; and (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. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

The National Birth Defects Prevention 

Study (NBDPS), (OMB 0920–0010)— 

Reinstatement Without Change— 

National Center on Birth Defects and 

Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

CDC has been monitoring the 

occurrence of serious birth defects and 

genetic diseases in Atlanta since 1967 

through the Metropolitan Atlanta 

Congenital Defects Program (MACDP). 

The MACDP is a population-based 

surveillance system for birth defects in 

the 5 counties of Metropolitan Atlanta. 

Its primary purpose is to describe the 

spatial and temporal patterns of birth 

defects occurrence and serves as an 

early warning system for new 

Teratogens. 

The National Birth Defects Prevention 

Study (NBDPS) formerly the Birth 

Defects Risk Factor Surveillance Study 

(BDRFS) began in 1997. The NBDPS is 

a case-control study of major birth 

defects that includes cases identified 

from existing birth defect surveillance 

registries in nine states, including 

metropolitan Atlanta. NBDPS control 

infants are randomly selected from birth 

certificates or birth hospital records. 

Mothers of case and control infants are 

interviewed using a computer-assisted 

telephone interview. The interview 

takes approximately one hour to 

complete. A maximum of four hundred 

interviews are planned per year per 

center, 300 cases and 100 controls 

resulting in a maximum interview 

burden of 400 hours for each of the 

centers each year. 

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Parents are also asked to collect cheek 

cells from themselves and their infant 

for DNA. The collection of cheek cells 

by the mother, father, and infant takes 

about 10 minutes per person. Each 

person rubs 1 brush inside the left cheek 

and 1 brush inside the right cheek for 

a total of 2 brushes per person. 

Collection of the cheek cells takes 

approximately 1–2 minutes, but the 

estimate of burden is 10 minutes to 

account for reading and understanding 

the consent form and specimen 

collection instructions and mailing back 

the completed kits. The anticipated 

maximum burden for collection of the 

cheek cells is 200 hours per center per 

year. 

Information gathered from both the 

interviews and the DNA specimens have 

been and will continue to be used to 

study independent genetic and 

environmental factors as well as geneenvironment interactions for a broad 

range of carefully classified birth 

defects. 

This request is submitted to obtain 

OMB clearance for three additional 

years. 

There are no costs to the respondents 

other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS PER CENTER

Respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per response 

Total burden 

hours 

NBDPS case/control interview ......................................................................... 400 1 1 400 

Biologic Specimen Collection .......................................................................... 1,200 1 10/60 200 

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 600 

Kimberly S. Lane, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4170 Filed 2–22–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects: Data Collection for 

some of the Children’s Bureau Funded 

Discretionary Programs. 

Title: Performance Measurement OnLine Tool (PMOTOOL). 

OMB No.: New Collection. 

Description: The Performance 

Measurement On-Line Tool 

(PMOTOOL) was designed by the 

Children’s Bureau to collect data, in an 

automated format, from specified 

discretionary grants funded by the 

Children’s Bureau. The data collected 

by this instrument will be submitted by 

individual discretionary grantees 

funded under the following programs: 

Abandoned Infants Assistance Program, 

Infant Adoption Awareness Program, 

Adoption Opportunities Program, Child 

Abuse and Neglect Program and the 

Child Welfare Training Program. 

Grantees will submit this information 

on a semi-annual basis in conjunction 

with their semi-annual program 

progress report. 

The purpose of this data collection is 

to assist the Children’s Bureau in using 

the aggregated data to examine the 

social impact or public benefit under 

each funded federal program. These 

measurable outcomes will serve as 

evidence that the federally funded 

programs are making progress toward 

achieving broad, legislated program 

goals. 

Respondents: Selected clusters of 

competitive grant programs funded by 

the Children’s Bureau. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of respondents Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Performance Measurement 

On-Line Tool.

Abandoned Infants Assistance 

Program Range 20–30.

2 per fiscal year ...................... One hour per response field .. Range 40–60 

Performance Measurement 

On-Line Tool.

Infant Adoption Awareness 

Program Range 6.

2 per fiscal year ...................... One hour per response field .. Range 12 

Performance Measurement 

On-Line Tool.

Adoption Opportunities Program Range 45–55.2 per fiscal year ...................... One hour per response field .. Range 90– 

110 

Performance Measurement 

On-Line Tool.

Child Abuse and Neglect Program Range 30–40.2 per fiscal year ...................... One hour per response field .. Range 60–80 

Performance Measurement 

On-Line Tool.

Child Welfare Training Program Range 40–50.2 per fiscal year ...................... One hour per response field .. Range 80– 

100 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 282–350. 

In compliance with the requirements 

of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families is soliciting public comment 

on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

Copies of the proposed collection of 

information can be obtained and 

comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447, 

Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. 

Email address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests 

should be identified by the title of the 

information collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments 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) 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

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