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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 [www.gpo.gov]
[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:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.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-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 www.regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (www.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-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 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

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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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