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determined and fixed by the Secretary 

of the Treasury after considering private 

consumer rates of interest on the date 

that the Department of Health and 

Human Services becomes entitled to 

recovery. The rate cannot be lower than 

the Department of Treasury’s current 

value of funds rate or the applicable rate 

determined from the ‘‘Schedule of 

Certified Interest Rates with Range of 

Maturities’’ unless the Secretary waives 

interest in whole or part, or a different 

rate is prescribed by statute, contract, or 

repayment agreement. The Secretary of 

the Treasury may revise this rate 

quarterly. The Department of Health and 

Human Services publishes this rate in 

the Federal Register. 

The current rate of 107⁄8%, as fixed by 

the Secretary of the Treasury, is certified 

for the quarter ended September 30, 

2011. This interest rate is effective until 

the Secretary of the Treasury notifies the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services of any change. 

Dated: March 28, 2012. 

Margie Yanchuk, 

Director, Office of Financial Policy and 

Reporting. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60-Day–12–0856] 

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 or send 

comments to Ron Otten, at 1600 Clifton 

Road, MS D–74, 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 

National Quitline Data Warehouse 

(OMB No. 0920–0856, exp. 7/31/2012)— 

Extension—National Center for Chronic 

Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Despite the high level of public 

knowledge about the adverse effects of 

smoking, tobacco use remains the 

leading preventable cause of disease and 

death in the United States. Tobacco use 

results in approximately 440,000 deaths 

annually, including approximately 

38,000 deaths from secondhand smoke 

exposure. Adults who smoke contribute 

to $92 billion annually in lost worker 

productivity, and die an average of 14 

years earlier than nonsmokers. Although 

the prevalence of current smoking 

among adults decreased significantly 

since its peak in the 1960s, overall 

smoking prevalence among U.S. adults 

has remained virtually unchanged 

during the past five years. Large 

disparities in smoking prevalence 

continue to exist among members of 

racial/ethnic minority groups and 

individuals of low socioeconomic 

status. 

The National Tobacco Control 

Program (NTCP) was established by 

CDC to reduce tobacco use and tobaccorelated disease, disability, and death. 

The NTCP’s four goal areas are: (1) The 

prevention of initiation of tobacco use 

among young people, (2) the elimination 

of nonsmokers’ exposure to secondhand 

smoke, (3) the promotion of quitting 

among adults and young people, and (4) 

the elimination of tobacco-related 

disparities. Essential elements of this 

approach include state, community, and 

health systems interventions and 

assessments of their impact; cessation 

services; media campaigns designed to 

educate the public about the harmful 

effects of tobacco; surveillance; and 

program evaluation. Many interventions 

are designed to serve individuals who 

are at highest risk for tobacco-related 

health problems due to disparities 

among demographic subgroups in the 

U.S. in their tobacco use. 

Quitlines are effective, populationbased interventions that increase 

successful quitting. Quitlines provide 

telephone-based tobacco cessation 

services that help tobacco users quit 

through individualized, tailored 

counseling and self-help materials. 

Quitline counseling that includes 

counselor-initiated calls or proactive 

counseling has been shown to increase 

the odds of tobacco abstinence by 

approximately 60%. Tobacco cessation 

quitlines overcome many of the barriers 

to tobacco cessation classes and 

traditional clinics because they are free 

and available at the caller’s 

convenience. They are also costeffective because they offer multiple 

services centrally that may be 

unavailable locally. The demand for 

quitline services has increased over 

time. Unfortunately, quitlines remain 

under-funded and services are not 

available to everyone who seeks to 

access them. CDC estimates that 6 to 8 

percent of tobacco users could 

potentially be reached by quitlines, 

however—primarily due to lack of 

resources—only 1 to 2 percent of 

tobacco users are currently using 

quitlines. 

CDC has directly supported state 

quitlines since 2004, when CDC and the 

National Cancer Institute (NCI) created 

the National Network of Tobacco 

Cessation Quitlines Initiative to provide 

greater access to counseling for tobacco 

cessation. As part of the Initiative, NCI 

established a toll-free national portal 

number, 1–800–QUIT–NOW, which 

automatically transfers callers to their 

state quitline. Quitlines now exist in all 

U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and 

five U.S. territories. 

In 2009, CDC used one-time American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 

funding to support expansion of quitline 

services and standardization of the 

client-level information collected in 

conjunction with those services. In 

2010, CDC established the National 

Quitline Data Warehouse (NQDW) to 

compile national information about 

quitline services based on uniform 

caller intake and follow-up protocols 

(OMB No. 0920–0856, exp. 7/31/2012). 

The Minimum Data Set for this 

information collection was developed in 

collaboration with a number of 

stakeholders and tobacco control 

organizations, including the North 

American Quitline Consortium (NAQC). 

Information collected through the 

NQDW is being used to quantify and 

improve quitline services and to plan 

and assess the effectiveness of tobacco 

control programs, including the NTCP. 

This information collection is 

authorized by the Public Health Service 

Act. 

CDC requests OMB approval to 

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three years. During this period, a 

number of critical tobacco control 

activities will be implemented, such as 

the Department of Health and Human 

Service’s first National Tobacco 

Education Campaign and a variety of 

state-based activities made possible by 

the Affordable Care Act (ACA) funds, 

including further quitline 

enhancements. The NQDW will provide 

essential information for monitoring and 

evaluating these efforts; improving 

understanding of quitline promotions 

and caller usage patterns; developing 

service benchmarks; increasing the 

number of tobacco users who quit each 

year; and aiding efforts to reduce 

mortality, morbidity, and health care 

costs related to tobacco use. 

The Intake Questionnaire will be 

administered to an estimated 730,000 

callers per year across all states, the 

District of Columbia, and participating 

U.S. territories. The estimated burden 

for completing the Intake Questionnaire 

interview is ten minutes for callers who 

seek personal counseling or services, 

and one minute for callers who seek 

information on behalf of someone else. 

A seven-month Follow-up 

Questionnaire will be administered to 

an average of 28,900 callers per year. 

The estimated burden per response is 

seven minutes. 

In addition, the Tobacco Control 

Manager for each state, district, or 

territory will be asked to complete a 

quarterly, web-based Quitline Services 

Questionnaire describing the services 

provided through their quitline. The 

estimated burden per response is seven 

minutes. 

All information will be collected 

electronically. There are no costs to 

respondents other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Caller who contacts the Quitline on 

behalf of someone else.

Intake Questionnaire ........................ 230,000 1 1/60 3,833 

Caller who contacts the Quitline for 

personal use.

500,000 1 10/60 83,333 

Quitline caller who received a 

Quitline service.

Follow-up Questionnaire .................. 28,900 1 7/60 3,372 

Tobacco Control Manager ................ Quitline Services Questionnaire ....... 52 4 7/60 24 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 90,562 

Dated: March 29, 2012. 

Ron A. Otten, 

Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office 

of the Associate Director for Science (OADS), 

Office of the Director, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

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BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60-Day–12–0556] 

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 Ron Otten, at 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 

Assisted Reproductive Technology 

(ART) Program Reporting System exp. 

9/30/2012—Revision—National Center 

for Chronic Disease Prevention and 

Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Section 2(a) of Public Law 102–493 

(known as the Fertility Clinic Success 

Rate and Certification Act of 1992 

(FCSRCA), 42 U.S.C. 263a–1(a)) requires 

that each assisted reproductive 

technology (ART) program shall 

annually report to the Secretary through 

the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention: (1) Pregnancy success rates 

achieved by such ART program, and (2) 

the identity of each embryo laboratory 

used by such ART program and whether 

the laboratory is certified or has applied 

for such certification under the Act. The 

required information is currently 

reported by ART programs to CDC as 

specified in the Assisted Reproductive 

Technology (ART) Program Reporting 

System (OMB no. 0920–0556, exp. 9/30/ 

2012). CDC seeks to extend OMB 

approval for a period of three years and 

to implement a brief, one-time optional 

feedback survey to clinics for each 

reporting year. The revised total burden 

estimate includes an anticipated 

increase in the number of participating 

clinics from 430 to 440 and an increase 

in the average number of responses per 

respondent from 321 to 339. There is a 

2-minute increase to the estimated 

burden per response. 

The currently approved program 

reporting system, also known as the 

National ART Surveillance System 

(NASS), includes information about all 

ART cycles initiated by any of the ART 

programs in the United States. An ART 

cycle is considered to begin when a 

woman begins taking ovarian 

stimulatory drugs or starts ovarian 

monitoring with the intent of having 

embryos transferred. The system also 

collects information about the 

pregnancy outcome of each cycle, as 

well as a number of data items deemed 


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