81_FR_42839 81 FR 42713 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002; Extension of Comment Period

81 FR 42713 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002; Extension of Comment Period

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 126 (June 30, 2016)

Page Range42713-42714
FR Document2016-15475

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is extending the comment period for the notice that appeared in the Federal Register of May 5, 2016. In the notice, FDA announced an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. We are taking this action due to maintenance on the Federal eRulemaking portal from July 1 through July 5, 2016.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 126 (Thursday, June 30, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 126 (Thursday, June 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42713-42714]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15475]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2013-N-0065]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public 
Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002; 
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is extending the 
comment period for the notice that appeared in the Federal Register of 
May 5, 2016. In the notice, FDA announced an opportunity for public 
comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the 
Agency. We are taking this action due to maintenance on the Federal 
eRulemaking portal from July 1 through July 5, 2016.

DATES: FDA is extending the comment period on the notice published May 
5, 2016 (81 FR 27140). Submit either electronic or written comments by 
July 12, 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 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-2013-N-0065 for ``Agency Information Collection Activities; 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Registration of Food Facilities 
Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and 
Response Act of 2002.'' 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

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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: In the Federal Register of May 5, 2016 (81 
FR 27140), FDA published a notice giving interested persons until July 
5, 2016, to comment on the information collection provisions of the 
Agency's regulations that require registration for domestic and foreign 
facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold food for human or 
animal consumption in the United States.
    From July 1 through July 5, 2016, the Federal eRulemaking Portal, 
http://www.regulations.gov, is undergoing maintenance. We are, 
therefore, extending the comment period for commenting on the 
information collection provisions of the Agency's regulations that 
require registration for domestic and foreign facilities that 
manufacture, process, pack, or hold food for human or animal 
consumption in the United States. The extended comment period will 
close on July 12, 2016.

    Dated: June 24, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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                                                  in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR                            Dated: June 23, 2016.                                comments, that information will be
                                                  1320.3(c) and includes agency request                   Kathy Greenlee,                                        posted on http://www.regulations.gov.
                                                  or requirements that members of the                     Administrator and Assistant Secretary for                • If you want to submit a comment
                                                  public submit reports, keep records, or                 Aging.                                                 with confidential information that you
                                                  provide information to a third party.                   [FR Doc. 2016–15433 Filed 6–29–16; 8:45 am]            do not wish to be made available to the
                                                  Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44                    BILLING CODE 4154–01–P                                 public, submit the comment as a
                                                  U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal                                                                         written/paper submission and in the
                                                  agencies to provide a 60-day notice in                                                                         manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper
                                                                                                          DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                               Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).
                                                  the Federal Register concerning each
                                                  proposed collection of information,                     HUMAN SERVICES                                         Written/Paper Submissions
                                                  including each proposed extension of an                 Food and Drug Administration                              Submit written/paper submissions as
                                                  existing collection of information,                                                                            follows:
                                                  before submitting the collection to OMB                 [Docket No. FDA–2013–N–0065]                              • Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for
                                                  for approval. To comply with this                       Agency Information Collection                          written/paper submissions): Division of
                                                  requirement, ACL/AoA is publishing                      Activities; Proposed Collection;                       Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food
                                                  notice of the proposed collection of                    Comment Request; Registration of                       and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
                                                  information set forth in this document.                 Food Facilities Under the Public Health                Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
                                                  With respect to the following collection                                                                          • For written/paper comments
                                                                                                          Security and Bioterrorism
                                                  of information, AoA invites comments                                                                           submitted to the Division of Dockets
                                                                                                          Preparedness and Response Act of
                                                  on: (1) Whether the proposed collection                                                                        Management, FDA will post your
                                                                                                          2002; Extension of Comment Period
                                                  of information is necessary for the                                                                            comment, as well as any attachments,
                                                                                                          AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,               except for information submitted,
                                                  proper performance of AoA’s functions,
                                                                                                          HHS.                                                   marked and identified, as confidential,
                                                  including whether the information will
                                                                                                          ACTION:   Notice; extension of comment                 if submitted as detailed in
                                                  have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of                                                                    ‘‘Instructions.’’
                                                  AoA’s estimate of the burden of the                     period.
                                                                                                                                                                    Instructions: All submissions received
                                                  proposed collection of information,                     SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug                           must include the Docket No. FDA–
                                                  including the validity of the                           Administration (FDA or we) is                          2013–N–0065 for ‘‘Agency Information
                                                  methodology and assumptions used; (3)                   extending the comment period for the                   Collection Activities; Proposed
                                                  ways to enhance the quality, utility, and               notice that appeared in the Federal                    Collection; Comment Request;
                                                  clarity of the information to be                        Register of May 5, 2016. In the notice,                Registration of Food Facilities Under the
                                                  collected; and (4) ways to minimize the                 FDA announced an opportunity for                       Public Health Security and Bioterrorism
                                                  burden of the collection of information                 public comment on the proposed                         Preparedness and Response Act of
                                                  on respondents, including through the                   collection of certain information by the               2002.’’ Received comments will be
                                                  use of automated collection techniques                  Agency. We are taking this action due                  placed in the docket and, except for
                                                  when appropriate, and other forms of                    to maintenance on the Federal                          those submitted as ‘‘Confidential
                                                  information technology.                                 eRulemaking portal from July 1 through                 Submissions,’’ publicly viewable at
                                                                                                          July 5, 2016.                                          http://www.regulations.gov or at the
                                                    Section 1327.21 (conflicts of interest)
                                                                                                          DATES: FDA is extending the comment                    Division of Dockets Management
                                                  of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman
                                                                                                          period on the notice published May 5,                  between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
                                                  Program rule requires the State agency
                                                                                                          2016 (81 FR 27140). Submit either                      through Friday.
                                                  and the Ombudsman to identify and                                                                                 • Confidential Submissions—To
                                                                                                          electronic or written comments by July
                                                  take steps to remove or remedy                                                                                 submit a comment with confidential
                                                                                                          12, 2016.
                                                  organizational conflicts of interest                                                                           information that you do not wish to be
                                                                                                          ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
                                                  between the Office and the State agency                                                                        made publicly available, submit your
                                                                                                          as follows:
                                                  or other agency carrying out the                                                                               comments only as a written/paper
                                                  Ombudsman program. Additionally the                     Electronic Submissions                                 submission. You should submit two
                                                  rule requires the Ombudsman to                            Submit electronic comments in the                    copies total. One copy will include the
                                                  identify organizational conflicts of                    following way:                                         information you claim to be confidential
                                                  interest in the Ombudsman program and                     • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://                with a heading or cover note that states
                                                  describe steps taken to remove or                       www.regulations.gov. Follow the                        ‘‘THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS
                                                  remedy conflicts within the annual                      instructions for submitting comments.                  CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.’’ The
                                                  report submitted to the Assistant                       Comments submitted electronically,                     Agency will review this copy, including
                                                  Secretary through the National                          including attachments, to http://                      the claimed confidential information, in
                                                  Ombudsman Reporting System. The                         www.regulations.gov will be posted to                  its consideration of comments. The
                                                  proposed form and instructions are                      the docket unchanged. Because your                     second copy, which will have the
                                                  posted on the ACL/AoA Web site at:                      comment will be made public, you are                   claimed confidential information
                                                  http://www.aoa.acl.gov/AoA_Programs/                    solely responsible for ensuring that your              redacted/blacked out, will be available
                                                  Elder_Rights/Ombudsman/index.aspx.                      comment does not include any                           for public viewing and posted on http://
                                                                                                          confidential information that you or a                 www.regulations.gov. Submit both
                                                    AoA estimates the burden of this                      third party may not wish to be posted,                 copies to the Division of Dockets
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                                                  additional collection of information as                 such as medical information, your or                   Management. If you do not wish your
                                                  follows: Approximately 10 to 30                         anyone else’s Social Security number, or               name and contact information to be
                                                  minutes per respondent, depending on                    confidential business information, such                made publicly available, you can
                                                  the number of conflicts to report, with                 as a manufacturing process. Please note                provide this information on the cover
                                                  52 state Ombudsman programs                             that if you include your name, contact                 sheet and not in the body of your
                                                  responding annually for a range of 8.6                  information, or other information that                 comments and you must identify this
                                                  to 26 hours.                                            identifies you in the body of your                     information as ‘‘confidential.’’ Any


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                                                  42714                         Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 126 / Thursday, June 30, 2016 / Notices

                                                  information marked as ‘‘confidential’’                  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                               do not wish to be made available to the
                                                  will not be disclosed except in                         HUMAN SERVICES                                         public, submit the comment as a
                                                  accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other                                                                         written/paper submission and in the
                                                  applicable disclosure law. For more                     Food and Drug Administration                           manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper
                                                  information about FDA’s posting of                      [Docket No. FDA–2016–D–1099]                           Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).
                                                  comments to public dockets, see 80 FR                                                                          Written/Paper Submissions
                                                  56469, September 18, 2015, or access                    Inorganic Arsenic in Rice Cereals for
                                                                                                          Infants: Action Level; Draft Guidance                     Submit written/paper submissions as
                                                  the information at: http://www.fda.gov/
                                                                                                          for Industry; Supporting Document for                  follows:
                                                  regulatoryinformation/dockets/                                                                                    • Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for
                                                  default.htm.                                            Action Level for Inorganic Arsenic in
                                                                                                          Rice Cereals for Infants; Arsenic in                   written/paper submissions): Division of
                                                     Docket: For access to the docket to                  Rice and Rice Products Risk                            Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food
                                                  read background documents or the                        Assessment: Report; Availability;                      and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
                                                  electronic and written/paper comments                   Extension of the Comment Period                        Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
                                                  received, go to http://                                                                                           • For written/paper comments
                                                  www.regulations.gov and insert the                      AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,               submitted to the Division of Dockets
                                                  docket number, found in brackets in the                 HHS.                                                   Management, FDA will post your
                                                  heading of this document, into the                      ACTION:  Notice of availability; extension             comment, as well as any attachments,
                                                                                                          of the comment period.                                 except for information submitted,
                                                  ‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts
                                                                                                                                                                 marked and identified, as confidential,
                                                  and/or go to the Division of Dockets                    SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug                           if submitted as detailed in
                                                  Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm.                      Administration (FDA or we) is                          ‘‘Instructions.’’
                                                  1061, Rockville, MD 20852.                              extending the comment period for the                      Instructions: All submissions received
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:    FDA                 notice, published in the Federal                       must include the Docket No. FDA–
                                                  PRA Staff, Office of Operations, Food                   Register of April 6, 2016 (81 FR 19976),               2016–D–1099 for ‘‘Inorganic Arsenic in
                                                  and Drug Administration, 8455                           announcing the availability of a draft                 Rice Cereals for Infants: Action Level;
                                                  Colesville Rd., COLE–14526, Silver                      guidance for industry entitled                         Draft Guidance for Industry; Supporting
                                                  Spring, MD 20993–0002, PRAStaff@                        ‘‘Inorganic Arsenic in Rice Cereals for                Document for Action Level for Inorganic
                                                                                                          Infants: Action Level,’’ a supporting                  Arsenic in Rice Cereals for Infants;
                                                  fda.hhs.gov.
                                                                                                          document entitled ‘‘Supporting                         Arsenic in Rice and Rice Products Risk
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:      In the                  Document for Action Level for Inorganic                Assessment: Report; Availability.’’
                                                  Federal Register of May 5, 2016 (81 FR                  Arsenic in Rice Cereals for Infants,’’ and             Received comments will be placed in
                                                  27140), FDA published a notice giving                   a risk assessment report entitled                      the docket and, except for those
                                                  interested persons until July 5, 2016, to               ‘‘Arsenic in Rice and Rice Products Risk               submitted as ‘‘Confidential
                                                  comment on the information collection                   Assessment: Report.’’ We are taking this               Submissions,’’ publicly viewable at
                                                  provisions of the Agency’s regulations                  action due to maintenance on the                       http://www.regulations.gov or at the
                                                                                                          Federal eRulemaking portal in early July               Division of Dockets Management
                                                  that require registration for domestic
                                                                                                          2016.                                                  between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
                                                  and foreign facilities that manufacture,
                                                                                                          DATES: Submit either electronic or                     through Friday.
                                                  process, pack, or hold food for human                                                                             • Confidential Submissions—To
                                                  or animal consumption in the United                     written comments by July 19, 2016.
                                                                                                          ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                     submit a comment with confidential
                                                  States.                                                                                                        information that you do not wish to be
                                                                                                          as follows:
                                                    From July 1 through July 5, 2016, the                                                                        made publicly available, submit your
                                                  Federal eRulemaking Portal, http://                     Electronic Submissions                                 comments only as a written/paper
                                                  www.regulations.gov, is undergoing                        Submit electronic comments in the                    submission. You should submit two
                                                  maintenance. We are, therefore,                         following way:                                         copies total. One copy will include the
                                                  extending the comment period for                          • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://                information you claim to be confidential
                                                  commenting on the information                           www.regulations.gov. Follow the                        with a heading or cover note that states
                                                  collection provisions of the Agency’s                   instructions for submitting comments.                  ‘‘THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS
                                                  regulations that require registration for               Comments submitted electronically,                     CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.’’ The
                                                  domestic and foreign facilities that                    including attachments, to http://                      Agency will review this copy, including
                                                  manufacture, process, pack, or hold                     www.regulations.gov will be posted to                  the claimed confidential information, in
                                                                                                          the docket unchanged. Because your                     its consideration of comments. The
                                                  food for human or animal consumption
                                                                                                          comment will be made public, you are                   second copy, which will have the
                                                  in the United States. The extended
                                                                                                          solely responsible for ensuring that your              claimed confidential information
                                                  comment period will close on July 12,
                                                                                                          comment does not include any                           redacted/blacked out, will be available
                                                  2016.                                                                                                          for public viewing and posted on http://
                                                                                                          confidential information that you or a
                                                    Dated: June 24, 2016.                                 third party may not wish to be posted,                 www.regulations.gov. Submit both
                                                  Leslie Kux,                                             such as medical information, your or                   copies to the Division of Dockets
                                                  Associate Commissioner for Policy.                      anyone else’s Social Security number, or               Management. If you do not wish your
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–15475 Filed 6–29–16; 8:45 am]             confidential business information, such                name and contact information to be
                                                                                                          as a manufacturing process. Please note                made publicly available, you can
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                                                                                                          that if you include your name, contact                 provide this information on the cover
                                                                                                          information, or other information that                 sheet and not in the body of your
                                                                                                          identifies you in the body of your                     comments and you must identify this
                                                                                                          comments, that information will be                     information as ‘‘confidential.’’ Any
                                                                                                          posted on http://www.regulations.gov.                  information marked as ‘‘confidential’’
                                                                                                            • If you want to submit a comment                    will not be disclosed except in
                                                                                                          with confidential information that you                 accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; extension of comment period.
DatesFDA is extending the comment period on the notice published May 5, 2016 (81 FR 27140). Submit either electronic or written comments by July 12, 2016.
ContactFDA PRA Staff, Office of Operations, Food and Drug Administration, 8455 Colesville Rd., COLE-14526, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 42713 

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