[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 18 (Thursday, January 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4921-4923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01684]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2009-N-0380]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Product Jurisdiction: Assignment of Agency Component 
for Review of Premarket Applications

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an 
opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain 
information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(the PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the 
Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information 
including each proposed extension of an existing collection of 
information and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the 
notice. This notice solicits comments on the procedure by which an 
applicant may obtain an assignment or designation determination for 
combination products.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the collection 
of information by March 28, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to http://www.regulations.gov 
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your

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comment will be made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring 
that your comment does not include any confidential information that 
you or a third party may not wish to be posted, such as medical 
information, your or anyone else's Social Security number, or 
confidential business information, such as a manufacturing process. 
Please note that if you include your name, contact information, or 
other information that identifies you in the body of your comments, 
that information will be posted on http://www.regulations.gov.
     If you want to submit a comment with confidential 
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public, 
submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').

Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
     Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper 
submissions): Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Division of 
Dockets Management, FDA will post your comment, as well as any 
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, 
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. 
FDA-2009-N-0380 for ``Product Jurisdiction: Assignment of Agency 
Component for Review of Premarket Applications.'' Received comments 
will be placed in the docket and, except for those submitted as 
``Confidential Submissions,'' publicly viewable at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Division of Dockets Management between 9 
a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with 
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly 
available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You 
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information 
you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states 
``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' The Agency will 
review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in 
its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the 
claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be 
available for public viewing and posted on http://www.regulations.gov. 
Submit both copies to the Division of Dockets Management. If you do not 
wish your name and contact information to be made publicly available, 
you can provide this information on the cover sheet and not in the body 
of your comments and you must identify this information as 
``confidential.'' Any information marked as ``confidential'' will not 
be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other 
applicable disclosure law. For more information about FDA's posting of 
comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or 
access the information at: http://www.fda.gov/regulatoryinformation/dockets/default.htm.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in 
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the 
prompts and/or go to the Division of Dockets Management, 5630 Fishers 
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FDA PRA Staff, Office of Operations, 
Food and Drug Administration, 8455 Colesville Rd., COLE-14526, Silver 
Spring, MD 20993-0002, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 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. 
``Collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 
1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests or requirements that members of 
the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a 
third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) 
requires Federal Agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal 
Register concerning each proposed collection of information including 
each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, 
before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with 
this requirement, FDA is publishing notice of the proposed collection 
of information set forth in this document.
    With respect to the following collection of information, FDA 
invites comments on these topics: (1) Whether the proposed collection 
of information is necessary for the proper performance of FDA's 
functions, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of FDA's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques, when 
appropriate, and other forms of information technology.
Product Jurisdiction: Assignment of Agency Component for Review of 
Premarket Applications 21 CFR Part 3 (OMB Control Number 0910-0523)--
Extension
    This regulation relates to Agency management and organization and 
has two purposes. The first is to implement section 503(g) of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(g)), as added by 
the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-629), and amended by 
the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-
250), by specifying how FDA will determine the organizational component 
within FDA assigned to have primary jurisdiction for the premarket 
review and regulation of products that are comprised of any combination 
of: (1) A drug and a device; (2) a device and a biological product; (3) 
a biological product and a drug; or (4) a drug, a device, and a 
biological product. The second purpose of this regulation is to enhance 
the efficiency of Agency management and operations by providing 
procedures for classifying and determining which Agency component is 
designated to have primary jurisdiction for any drug, device, or 
biological product where such jurisdiction is unclear or in dispute.
    The regulation establishes a procedure by which an applicant may 
obtain an assignment or designation determination. The regulation 
requires that the request include the identity of the applicant, a 
comprehensive description of the product and its proposed use, and the 
applicant's recommendation as to which Agency component should have 
primary jurisdiction, with an accompanying statement of reasons. The 
information submitted would be used by FDA as the basis for making the 
assignment or designation decision. Most information required by the 
regulation is already required for premarket applications affecting 
drugs, devices, biological products, and combination products. The 
respondents will be businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows:

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                                                     Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden \1\
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                                                                                         Numberr of
                            21 CFR Part                                 Number of      responses per     Total annual    Average burden    Total hours
                                                                       respondents       respondent       responses       per response
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3                                                                                84                1               84               24            2,016
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.

    These burden estimates are based on the number of applications FDA 
received over the past fiscal year.

    Dated: January 25, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-01684 Filed 1-27-16; 8:45 am]
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