[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 160 (Thursday, August 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51373-51374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21041]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0402]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office 
of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; State Petitions for 
Exemption From Preemption

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a 
proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Fax written comments on the collection of information by 
September 19, 2011.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are 
received, OMB recommends that written comments be faxed to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, 
Fax: 202-395-7285, or e-mailed to [email protected]. All 
comments should be identified with the OMB control number 0910-0277. 
Also include the FDA docket number found in brackets in the heading of 
this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denver Presley, Jr., Office of 
Information Management, Food and Drug Administration, 1350 Piccard Dr., 
PI50-400B, Rockville, MD 20850, 301-796-3793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has 
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for 
review and clearance.

State Petitions for Exemption From Preemption--21 CFR 100.1(d) (OMB 
Control Number 0910-0277)--Extension

    Under section 403A(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(the FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 343-1(b)), States may petition FDA for 
exemption from Federal preemption of State food labeling and standard 
of identity requirements. Section 100.1(d) (21 CFR 100.1(d)) sets forth 
the information a State is required to submit in such a petition. The 
information required under Sec.  100.1(d) enables FDA to determine 
whether the State food labeling or standard of identity requirement 
satisfies the criteria of section 403A(b) of the FD&C Act for granting 
exemption from Federal preemption.
    In the Federal Register of June 10, 2011 (76 FR 34082), FDA 
published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed 
collection of information. No comments were received.
    FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows:

                                 Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden \1\
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                                                     Number of                        Average
         21 CFR section              Number of     responses per   Total annual     burden per      Total hours
                                    respondents     respondent       responses       response
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100.1(d)........................               1               1               1              40              40
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of
  information.

    The reporting burden for Sec.  100.1(d) is minimal because 
petitions for exemption from preemption are seldom submitted by States. 
In the last 3 years, FDA has not received any new petitions for 
exemption from preemption; therefore, the Agency estimates that one or 
fewer petitions will be submitted annually. Although FDA has not 
received any new petitions for exemption from preemption in the last 3 
years, it believes these information collection provisions should be 
extended to provide for the potential future need of a State or local

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government to petition for an exemption from preemption under the 
provisions of section 403A of the FD&C Act.

    Dated: August 12, 2011.
Leslie Kux,
Acting Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2011-21041 Filed 8-17-11; 8:45 am]
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