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Products from these formative
research studies will be used for
prevention of disease. Findings from
these studies may also be presented as
evidence to disease-specific National
Advisory Committees, to support
revisions to recommended prevention
and intervention methods, as well as
new recommendations.
Much of CDC’s health communication
takes place within campaigns that have
fairly lengthy planning periods—
timeframes that accommodate the
standard Federal process for approving
data collections. Short term qualitative
interviewing and cognitive research
techniques have previously proven
invaluable in the development of
scientifically valid and populationappropriate methods, interventions, and
instruments.
This request includes studies
investigating the utility and
acceptability of proposed sampling and
recruitment methods, intervention
contents and delivery, questionnaire
domains, individual questions, and
interactions with project staff or
electronic data collection equipment.

Number of
respondents

and material development, (2) cognitive
interviewing for development of specific
data collection instruments, (3)
methodological research, (4) usability
testing of technology-based instruments
and materials, (5) field testing of new
methodologies and materials, (6)
investigation of mental models for
health decision-making to inform health
communication messages, and (7)
organizational needs assessments to
support development of capacity.
Respondents who will participate in
individual and group interviews
(qualitative, cognitive, and computer
assisted development activities) are
selected purposively from those who
respond to recruitment advertisements.
In addition to utilizing advertisements
for recruitment, respondents who will
participate in research on survey
methods may be selected purposively or
systematically from within an ongoing
surveillance or research project.
Participation of respondents is
voluntary. There is no cost to
participants other than their time. The
total estimated annual burden is 20,000
hours.
Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
hours per
response

Total
response
burden
(hrs.)

Type of respondent

Form name

General public and health care providers.

Screener ...........................................

10,000

1

15/60

2,500

Interview ...........................................
Focus group interview ......................
Survey ..............................................

5,000
5,000
5,000

1
1
1

1
2
30/60

5,000
10,000
2,500

...........................................................

25,000

........................

........................

20,000

Total ...........................................

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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These activities will also provide
information about how respondents
answer questions and ways in which
question response bias and error can be
reduced.
This request also includes collection
of information from public health
programs to assess needs related to
initiation of a new program activity or
expansion or changes in scope or
implementation of existing program
activities to adapt them to current
needs. The information collected will be
used to advise programs and provide
capacity-building assistance tailored to
identify needs.
Overall, these development activities
are intended to provide information that
will increase the success of the
surveillance or research projects
through increasing response rates and
decreasing response error, thereby
decreasing future data collection burden
to the public. The studies that will be
covered under this request will include
one or more of the following
investigational modalities: (1)
Structured and qualitative interviewing
for surveillance, research, interventions

Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).

AGENCY:

ACTION:

Notice with comment period.

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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 proposed and/or continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This notice invites comment on a
proposed information collection project
titled ‘‘Poison Center Collaborations for
Public Health Emergencies.’’ This
information collection is designed to
create a timely mechanism which will
allow a network of regional, state and
local poison centers, supported by CDC,
to obtain critical exposure and health
information during a public health
emergency.

SUMMARY:

CDC must receive written
comments on or before October 22,
2019.

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You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2019–
0070 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
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
Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
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 Jeffrey M. Zirger,
ADDRESSES:

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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 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; and
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

back, adverse health effects must have
occurred and a response is needed to
prevent further morbidity and mortality.
The event must meet the criteria below:
(1) The event is a public health
emergency causing adverse health
effects.
(2) Timely data are urgently needed to
inform rapid public health action to
prevent or reduce injury, disease, or
death.
(3) The event is characterized by a
natural or man-made disaster,
contaminated food or water, a new or
existing consumer product, or an
emerging public health threat.
(4) The event has resulted in calls to
a poison center, and the poison center
agrees to conduct the call-back data
collection.
(5) The event is domestic.
(6) Data collection will be completed
in 60 days or less.
Trained poison center staff will
conduct the call-back telephone survey,
after administering consent.
Respondents will include individuals
who call poison centers about exposures
related to the select public health
emergencies. These respondents include
adults, 18 years and older; adolescents,
15 to less than 18 years; and parents or
guardians on behalf of their children
less than 15 years of age.
The total estimate of 300 annual
respondents is based on poison center
experience which assumes two
incidents per year with approximately
150 respondents per event. The average
burden per respondent is approximately
40 minutes for the call-back
questionnaire. We anticipate a total
annualized burden of 200 hours. There
is no cost to the respondents other than
their time.

other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Poison Center Collaborations for
Public Health Emergencies (OMB
Control No. 0920–1166, Exp. 2/29/
2020)—Extension—National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) is requesting a threeyear Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
clearance for an extension to the
Generic Information Collection Request
(Generic ICR) titled Poison Center
Collaborations for Public Health
Emergencies (OMB Control No. 0920–
1166).
CDC’s key partner, the American
Association of Poison Control Centers
(AAPCC), is a national network of 55
poison centers working to prevent and
treat poison exposures. The goal for this
new Generic ICR is to create a timely
mechanism to allow poison centers, in
collaboration with CDC, to obtain
critical exposure and health information
during public health emergencies. This
information is not captured during
initial poison center calls about triage
and treatment of potential poison
exposures. Additional data collections
are needed quickly to further
characterize exposures, risk factors, and
illnesses.
When a public health emergency of
interest to CDC and AAPCC occurs, the
CDC and AAPCC hold a meeting to
mutually decide whether the incident
needs further investigation. For a public
health emergency to be selected for call-

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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents

Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
hours

Type of respondent

Form name

Adult Poison Center Callers .............
Adolescent Poison Center Callers ....
Parent or Guardian Poison Center
Callers.

Call-back Questionnaire for Self ......
Call-back Questionnaire for Self ......
Call-back Questionnaire for Proxy ...

210
30
60

1
1
1

40/60
40/60
40/60

140
20
40

Total ...........................................

...........................................................

........................

........................

........................

200

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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019–18212 Filed 8–22–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Centers for Disease Control and
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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
has submitted the information
collection request titled National
Program of Cancer Registries Cancer
Surveillance System to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. CDC previously
published a ‘‘Proposed Data Collection
Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations’’ notice on May 30,
2019 to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. CDC did
not receive comments related to the
previous notice. This notice serves to
allow an additional 30 days for public
and affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this
proposed information collection project.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
that:
(a) 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;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agencies estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
(d) 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
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses; and
(e) Assess information collection
costs.

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To request additional information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the information collection plan and
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
send an email to [email protected]. Direct
written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the items contained in this
notice to the Attention: CDC Desk
Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202)
395–5806. Provide written comments
within 30 days of notice publication.
Proposed Project
National Program of Cancer Registries
Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR CSS)
(OMB Control No. 0920–0469, Exp. 6/
30/2019)—Reinstatement with Change—
National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion
(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In 2015, the most recent year for
which complete information is
available, almost 596,000 people died of
cancer and more than 1.6 million were
diagnosed with cancer. It is estimated
that 15.8 million Americans are
currently alive with a history of cancer.
In the U.S., state/territory-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/territorybased 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 No. 0920–0469).
CDC plans to request OMB approval to
reinstate collecting this information for
three years. Data definitions will be
updated to reflect changes in national
standards for cancer diagnosis and
coding. The number of respondents has
been updated to reflect the increased
number of states/territories supported
by CDC, but the burden per respondent
will not change.

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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 2018
provided cancer statistics for 100% of
the United States 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 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 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 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., 2016). 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 other than
their time. The total estimated
annualized burden hours are 200 for the
Standard NPCR CSS Report.

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