[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10979-10980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03532]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2016-D-2635]


Potential Approach for Defining Durations of Use for Medically 
Important Antimicrobial Drugs Intended for Use In or On Feed: A Concept 
Paper; Request for Comments; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, we, or Agency) is 
extending the comment period for the notice that appeared in the 
Federal Register of January 11, 2021. In that notice, FDA requested 
comments regarding a document entitled ``Potential Approach for 
Defining Durations of Use for Medically Important Antimicrobial Drugs 
Intended for Use In or On Feed: A Concept Paper.'' The Agency is taking 
this action in response to requests for an extension to allow 
interested persons additional time to submit comments.

DATES: FDA is extending the comment period announced in the notice 
published January 11, 2021 (86 FR 1979). Submit either electronic or 
written comments by June 11, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows. Please note that late, 
untimely filed comments will not be considered. Electronic comments 
must be submitted on or before June 11, 2021. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept comments until 
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of June 11, 2021. Comments received 
by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) will be 
considered timely if they are postmarked or the delivery service 
acceptance receipt is on or before that date.

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to https://www.regulations.gov 
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your 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 https://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): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets 
Management Staff, 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-2016-D-2635 for ``Potential Approach for Defining Durations of Use 
for Medically Important Antimicrobial Drugs Intended for Use In or On 
Feed: A Concept Paper.'' Received comments will be placed in the docket 
and, except for those submitted as ``Confidential Submissions,'' 
publicly viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Dockets 
Management Staff between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 240-
402-7500.
     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 https://www.regulations.gov. 
Submit both copies to the Dockets Management Staff. 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: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
the electronic and written/paper comments

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received, go to https://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 Dockets 
Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852, 
240-402-7500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Mussman, Center for Veterinary 
Medicine (HFV-133), Food and Drug Administration, 7500 Standish Pl., 
Rockville, MD 20855, 240-402-0589, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of January 11, 2021, 
FDA published a notice of availability of a document entitled 
``Potential Approach for Defining Durations of Use for Medically 
Important Antimicrobial Drugs Intended for Use In or On Feed: A Concept 
Paper'' with a 90-day comment period.
    Interested persons were originally given until April 12, 2021, to 
comment on the concept paper. The Agency has received requests to allow 
interested persons additional time to comment. The requests conveyed 
concern that the current 90-day comment period does not allow 
sufficient time to develop a comprehensive response. We have concluded 
that it is reasonable to extend the comment period for 60 days. The 
Agency believes that this extension allows adequate time for interested 
persons to submit comments.

    Dated: February 16, 2021.
Lauren K. Roth,
Acting Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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