83_FR_45424 83 FR 45251 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff; Section 905(j) Reports: Demonstrating Substantial Equivalence for Tobacco Products

83 FR 45251 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff; Section 905(j) Reports: Demonstrating Substantial Equivalence for Tobacco Products

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 173 (September 6, 2018)

Page Range45251-45253
FR Document2018-19353

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (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 ``Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff; Section 905(j) Reports: Demonstrating Substantial Equivalence for Tobacco Products.''

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2011-D-0147]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration 
Staff; Section 905(j) Reports: Demonstrating Substantial Equivalence 
for Tobacco Products

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing 
an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain 
information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(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 ``Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug 
Administration Staff; Section 905(j) Reports: Demonstrating Substantial 
Equivalence for Tobacco Products.''

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the collection 
of information by November 5, 2018.

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 November 5, 2018. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept comments until 
midnight Eastern Time at the end of November 5, 2018. 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-2011-D-0147 for ``Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug 
Administration Staff; Section 905(j) Reports: Demonstrating Substantial 
Equivalence for Tobacco Products.'' Received comments, those filed in a 
timely manner (see ADDRESSES), 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.
     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

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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.thefederalregister.org/fdsys/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 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amber Sanford, Office of Operations, 
Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-12M, 11601 
Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-8867, 
PRAStaff@fda.hhs.gov.

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.

Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff on Section 
905(j) Reports: Demonstrating Substantial Equivalence for Tobacco 
Products

OMB Control Number 0910-0673--Extension

    On June 22, 2009, the President signed the Family Smoking 
Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act) (Pub. L. 111-
31) into law. The Tobacco Control Act amended the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) by adding, among other things, a chapter 
granting FDA authority to regulate the manufacture, marketing, and 
distribution of tobacco products to protect the public health generally 
and to reduce tobacco use by minors.
    The FD&C Act, as amended by the Tobacco Control Act, requires that 
before a new tobacco product may be introduced or delivered for 
introduction into interstate commerce, the new tobacco product must 
undergo premarket review by FDA. FDA must issue an order authorizing 
the commercial distribution of the new tobacco product or find the 
product exempt from the requirements of substantial equivalence under 
section 910(a)(2)(A) of the FD&C Act, before the product may be 
introduced into commercial distribution (section 910 of the FD&C Act 
(21 U.S.C. 387j)).
    FDA has issued a guidance document containing recommendations for 
preparing substantial equivalence reports (SE Reports) under section 
905(j)(1)(A)(i). A tobacco product manufacturer must show that a new 
tobacco product is substantially equivalent, within the meaning of 
section 910, to a tobacco product commercially marketed (other than for 
test marketing) in the United States as of February 15, 2007, or to a 
tobacco product that the Secretary has previously determined, pursuant 
to subsection (a)(3) of section 910, is substantially equivalent and 
that it is in compliance with the requirements of the FD&C Act. The 
comparison product chosen by the tobacco product manufacturer is 
referred to by FDA as the predicate tobacco product.
    The guidance document associated with this collection of 
information contains recommendations on preparing reports intended to 
demonstrate substantial equivalence to a predicate tobacco product and 
compliance with the FD&C Act as required under section 905(j)(1)(A)(i). 
Submission of a section 905(j)(1)(A)(i) report intended to demonstrate 
substantial equivalence and, in response, an order from the Agency 
finding that the new tobacco product is substantially equivalent to a 
predicate tobacco product and in compliance with the requirements of 
the FD& C Act, is one means for a new tobacco product to legally enter 
the market. FDA's guidance entitled ``Demonstrating the Substantial 
Equivalence of a New Tobacco Product: Responses to Frequently Asked 
Questions'' (December 2016). This guidance may be accessed at https://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/Labeling/RulesRegulationsGuidance/default.htm). In that guidance, FDA recommends that certain 
modifications might be addressed in a ``Product Quantity Change 
Report,'' which is a more streamlined SE Reports for certain 
modifications that should be easier for manufacturers to prepare.
    The Tobacco Control Act also gave FDA the authority to issue a 
regulation deeming all other products that meet the statutory 
definition of a tobacco product to be subject to Chapter IX of the FD&C 
Act (section 901(b) (21 U.S.C. 387a(b)) of the FD&C Act). On May 10, 
2016, FDA issued that rule, extending FDA's tobacco product authority 
to all products that meet the definition of tobacco product in the law 
(except for accessories of newly regulated tobacco products), including 
electronic nicotine delivery systems, cigars, hookah, pipe tobacco, 
nicotine gels, dissolvables that were not already subject to the FD&C 
Act, and other tobacco products that may be developed in the future (81 
FR 28974 at 28976) (``the Deeming final rule'').
    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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                                                     Number of
            Activity                 Number of     responses per   Total annual   Average burden    Total hours
                                    respondents     respondent       responses     per response
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Full SE 905(j)(1)(A)(i) and                  683               1             683             300         204,900
 910(a).........................
Full SE 905(j)(1)(A)(i) and                  456               1             456              90          41,040
 910(a) Bundled.................
Product Quantity Change SE                   239               1             239              87          20,793
 Report.........................
Product Quantity Change Bundled              192               1             192              62          11,904
 SE Report......................
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............         278,637
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of
  information.

    FDA's estimates are based on experience with SE Reports, initial 
updated deemed registration and listing data, interactions with the 
industry, and information related to other regulated products. The 
estimated number of SE Reports is expected to increase from an annual 
average of 979 to 1,570.
    When groups of full or product quantity change SE Reports have 
identical content, they may be bundled; when a group of similar reports 
are bundled, the subsequent bundled reports are expected to take less 
time to prepare than the initial report.
    FDA has based these estimates on information it now has available 
from interactions with the industry, information related to other 
regulated products, and FDA expectations regarding the tobacco 
industry's use of the section 905(j) pathway to market their products. 
Table 1 describes the annual reporting burden as a result of the 
implementation of the substantial equivalence requirements of sections 
905(j)(1)(A)(i) and 910(a) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 387j(a)) for an 
SE application.
    FDA estimates that 683 respondents will prepare and submit 683 
section 905(j)(1)(A)(i) SE Reports each year. In addition, anyone 
submitting an SE Report is required to submit an environmental 
assessment (EA) under 21 CFR 25.40. The burden for environmental 
reports has been included in the burden per response for each type of 
SE report. Based on FDA's experience with EAs for currently regulated 
tobacco products, we expect industry to spend 80 hours to prepare an 
environmental assessment for a SE Report. Thus, FDA estimates that it 
will take a manufacturer approximately 300 hours per report to prepare 
an SE Report and the EA for a new tobacco product, which is a total of 
204,900 hours.
    In addition, we estimate receiving 456 Full SE Bundled Reports at 
90 hours per submission for a total of 41,040 hours.
    FDA estimates that it will receive 239 Product Quantity Change SE 
Reports and that it will take a manufacturer approximately 87 hours to 
prepare this report for a total of 20,793 hours. This includes time to 
prepare the environmental assessment, which FDA believes will take less 
time due to the typically more limited modification(s) included in a 
Product Quantity Change SE Report. We estimate receiving 192 Product 
Quantity Change Bundled SE Reports at approximately 62 hours per 
submission for a total of 11,904 hours, this number excludes the time 
for the initial SE Report which was previously account for.
    Therefore, FDA estimates the burden for submission of SE 
information will be 278,637 hours. This is an increase of 106,759 hours 
from the currently approved burden. We attribute this increase to an 
increase in the number of SE Reports we expect related to Deemed 
products (e.g., based on the initial registration and listing 
information).

    Dated: August 31, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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                                                  The Agency has received requests for                 SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug                           comments, that information will be
                                               a 60-day extension of the comment                       Administration (FDA or Agency) is                      posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
                                               period for the six draft guidance                       announcing an opportunity for public                     • If you want to submit a comment
                                               documents. These requests conveyed                      comment on the proposed collection of                  with confidential information that you
                                               concern that the current 90-day                         certain information by the Agency.                     do not wish to be made available to the
                                               comment period does not allow                           Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of                   public, submit the comment as a
                                               sufficient time to develop a meaningful                 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are                       written/paper submission and in the
                                               or thoughtful response to the draft                     required to publish notice in the                      manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper
                                               guidance documents.                                     FEDERAL REGISTER concerning each                       Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).
                                                  FDA has considered these requests                    proposed collection of information,                    Written/Paper Submissions
                                               and is extending the comment period                     including each proposed extension of an
                                               for the six draft guidance documents for                existing collection of information, and                   Submit written/paper submissions as
                                               60 days, until December 10, 2018. The                   to allow 60 days for public comment in                 follows:
                                               Agency believes that a 60-day extension                 response to the notice. This notice                       • Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier (for
                                                                                                                                                              written/paper submissions): Dockets
                                               allows adequate time for interested                     solicits comments on ‘‘Guidance for
                                                                                                                                                              Management Staff (HFA–305), Food and
                                               persons to submit comments.                             Industry and Food and Drug
                                                                                                                                                              Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
                                                                                                       Administration Staff; Section 905(j)
                                               II. References                                                                                                 Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
                                                                                                       Reports: Demonstrating Substantial                        • For written/paper comments
                                                 The following references are on                       Equivalence for Tobacco Products.’’                    submitted to the Dockets Management
                                               display in the Dockets Management
                                                                                                       DATES: Submit either electronic or                     Staff, FDA will post your comment, as
                                               Staff (see ADDRESSES) and are available
                                                                                                       written comments on the collection of                  well as any attachments, except for
                                               for viewing by interested persons
                                                                                                       information by November 5, 2018.                       information submitted, marked and
                                               between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
                                                                                                                                                              identified, as confidential, if submitted
                                               through Friday; they are also available                 ADDRESSES:   You may submit comments
                                                                                                                                                              as detailed in ‘‘Instructions.’’
                                               electronically at https://                              as follows. Please note that late,
                                                                                                                                                                 Instructions: All submissions received
                                               www.regulations.gov.                                    untimely filed comments will not be                    must include the Docket No. FDA–
                                               1. Letter from Robert Falb, Director, U.S.              considered. Electronic comments must                   2011–D–0147 for ‘‘Guidance for
                                                    Policy and Advocacy, Alliance for                  be submitted on or before November 5,                  Industry and Food and Drug
                                                    Regenerative Medicine, to Dr. Peter                2018. The https://www.regulations.gov                  Administration Staff; Section 905(j)
                                                    Marks, Director, Center for Biologics              electronic filing system will accept                   Reports: Demonstrating Substantial
                                                    Evaluation and Research, FDA (July 23,             comments until midnight Eastern Time                   Equivalence for Tobacco Products.’’
                                                    2018).                                             at the end of November 5, 2018.
                                               2. Letter from Sesquile Ramon, Ph.D.,                                                                          Received comments, those filed in a
                                                                                                       Comments received by mail/hand                         timely manner (see ADDRESSES), will be
                                                    Director, Science and Regulatory Affairs,          delivery/courier (for written/paper
                                                    Biotechnology Innovation Organization,                                                                    placed in the docket and, except for
                                                                                                       submissions) will be considered timely                 those submitted as ‘‘Confidential
                                                    to FDA Dockets Management Staff
                                                    (August 3, 2018).                                  if they are postmarked or the delivery                 Submissions,’’ publicly viewable at
                                                                                                       service acceptance receipt is on or                    https://www.regulations.gov or at the
                                                 Dated: August 29, 2018.                               before that date.
                                               Leslie Kux,                                                                                                    Dockets Management Staff between 9
                                               Associate Commissioner for Policy.                      Electronic Submissions                                 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through
                                                                                                                                                              Friday.
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–19303 Filed 9–5–18; 8:45 am]                Submit electronic comments in the                       • Confidential Submissions—To
                                               BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                  following way:                                         submit a comment with confidential
                                                                                                         • Federal eRulemaking Portal:                        information that you do not wish to be
                                                                                                       https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the                made publicly available, submit your
                                               DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                instructions for submitting comments.                  comments only as a written/paper
                                               HUMAN SERVICES                                          Comments submitted electronically,                     submission. You should submit two
                                               Food and Drug Administration                            including attachments, to https://                     copies total. One copy will include the
                                                                                                       www.regulations.gov will be posted to                  information you claim to be confidential
                                               [Docket No. FDA–2011–D–0147]                            the docket unchanged. Because your                     with a heading or cover note that states
                                                                                                       comment will be made public, you are                   ‘‘THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS
                                               Agency Information Collection                           solely responsible for ensuring that your              CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.’’ The
                                               Activities; Proposed Collection;                        comment does not include any                           Agency will review this copy, including
                                               Comment Request; Guidance for                           confidential information that you or a                 the claimed confidential information, in
                                               Industry and Food and Drug                              third party may not wish to be posted,                 its consideration of comments. The
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                                               Administration Staff; Section 905(j)                    such as medical information, your or                   second copy, which will have the
                                               Reports: Demonstrating Substantial                      anyone else’s Social Security number, or               claimed confidential information
                                               Equivalence for Tobacco Products                        confidential business information, such                redacted/blacked out, will be available
                                               AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,                as a manufacturing process. Please note                for public viewing and posted on
                                               HHS.                                                    that if you include your name, contact                 https://www.regulations.gov. Submit
                                                                                                       information, or other information that                 both copies to the Dockets Management
                                               ACTION:   Notice.
                                                                                                       identifies you in the body of your                     Staff. If you do not wish your name and


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                                               contact information to be made publicly                 the information will have practical                   previously determined, pursuant to
                                               available, you can provide this                         utility; (2) the accuracy of FDA’s                    subsection (a)(3) of section 910, is
                                               information on the cover sheet and not                  estimate of the burden of the proposed                substantially equivalent and that it is in
                                               in the body of your comments and you                    collection of information, including the              compliance with the requirements of the
                                               must identify this information as                       validity of the methodology and                       FD&C Act. The comparison product
                                               ‘‘confidential.’’ Any information marked                assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance                 chosen by the tobacco product
                                               as ‘‘confidential’’ will not be disclosed               the quality, utility, and clarity of the              manufacturer is referred to by FDA as
                                               except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20                  information to be collected; and (4)                  the predicate tobacco product.
                                               and other applicable disclosure law. For                ways to minimize the burden of the                       The guidance document associated
                                               more information about FDA’s posting                    collection of information on                          with this collection of information
                                               of comments to public dockets, see 80                   respondents, including through the use
                                                                                                                                                             contains recommendations on preparing
                                               FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access                 of automated collection techniques,
                                                                                                                                                             reports intended to demonstrate
                                               the information at: https://www.gpo.gov/                when appropriate, and other forms of
                                                                                                                                                             substantial equivalence to a predicate
                                               fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-                       information technology.
                                                                                                                                                             tobacco product and compliance with
                                               23389.pdf.
                                                  Docket: For access to the docket to                  Guidance for Industry and Food and                    the FD&C Act as required under section
                                               read background documents or the                        Drug Administration Staff on Section                  905(j)(1)(A)(i). Submission of a section
                                               electronic and written/paper comments                   905(j) Reports: Demonstrating                         905(j)(1)(A)(i) report intended to
                                               received, go to https://                                Substantial Equivalence for Tobacco                   demonstrate substantial equivalence
                                               www.regulations.gov and insert the                      Products                                              and, in response, an order from the
                                               docket number, found in brackets in the                                                                       Agency finding that the new tobacco
                                                                                                       OMB Control Number 0910–0673—
                                               heading of this document, into the                                                                            product is substantially equivalent to a
                                                                                                       Extension
                                               ‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts                                                                         predicate tobacco product and in
                                                                                                          On June 22, 2009, the President                    compliance with the requirements of the
                                               and/or go to the Dockets Management
                                                                                                       signed the Family Smoking Prevention                  FD& C Act, is one means for a new
                                               Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061,
                                                                                                       and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco                      tobacco product to legally enter the
                                               Rockville, MD 20852.
                                                                                                       Control Act) (Pub. L. 111–31) into law.               market. FDA’s guidance entitled
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        The Tobacco Control Act amended the
                                               Amber Sanford, Office of Operations,                                                                          ‘‘Demonstrating the Substantial
                                                                                                       Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act                  Equivalence of a New Tobacco Product:
                                               Food and Drug Administration, Three                     (FD&C Act) by adding, among other
                                               White Flint North, 10A–12M, 11601                                                                             Responses to Frequently Asked
                                                                                                       things, a chapter granting FDA authority              Questions’’ (December 2016). This
                                               Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD                       to regulate the manufacture, marketing,
                                               20852, 301–796–8867, PRAStaff@                                                                                guidance may be accessed at https://
                                                                                                       and distribution of tobacco products to               www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/
                                               fda.hhs.gov.                                            protect the public health generally and               Labeling/RulesRegulationsGuidance/
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the                    to reduce tobacco use by minors.                      default.htm). In that guidance, FDA
                                               PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal                         The FD&C Act, as amended by the                    recommends that certain modifications
                                               Agencies must obtain approval from the                  Tobacco Control Act, requires that                    might be addressed in a ‘‘Product
                                               Office of Management and Budget                         before a new tobacco product may be                   Quantity Change Report,’’ which is a
                                               (OMB) for each collection of                            introduced or delivered for introduction              more streamlined SE Reports for certain
                                               information they conduct or sponsor.                    into interstate commerce, the new                     modifications that should be easier for
                                               ‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined                tobacco product must undergo                          manufacturers to prepare.
                                               in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR                          premarket review by FDA. FDA must
                                               1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests                  issue an order authorizing the                           The Tobacco Control Act also gave
                                               or requirements that members of the                     commercial distribution of the new                    FDA the authority to issue a regulation
                                               public submit reports, keep records, or                 tobacco product or find the product                   deeming all other products that meet the
                                               provide information to a third party.                   exempt from the requirements of                       statutory definition of a tobacco product
                                               Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44                    substantial equivalence under section                 to be subject to Chapter IX of the FD&C
                                               U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal                  910(a)(2)(A) of the FD&C Act, before the              Act (section 901(b) (21 U.S.C. 387a(b))
                                               Agencies to provide a 60-day notice in                  product may be introduced into                        of the FD&C Act). On May 10, 2016,
                                               the FEDERAL REGISTER concerning each                    commercial distribution (section 910 of               FDA issued that rule, extending FDA’s
                                               proposed collection of information,                     the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 387j)).                       tobacco product authority to all
                                               including each proposed extension of an                    FDA has issued a guidance document                 products that meet the definition of
                                               existing collection of information,                     containing recommendations for                        tobacco product in the law (except for
                                               before submitting the collection to OMB                 preparing substantial equivalence                     accessories of newly regulated tobacco
                                               for approval. To comply with this                       reports (SE Reports) under section                    products), including electronic nicotine
                                               requirement, FDA is publishing notice                   905(j)(1)(A)(i). A tobacco product                    delivery systems, cigars, hookah, pipe
                                               of the proposed collection of                           manufacturer must show that a new                     tobacco, nicotine gels, dissolvables that
                                               information set forth in this document.                 tobacco product is substantially                      were not already subject to the FD&C
                                                  With respect to the following                        equivalent, within the meaning of                     Act, and other tobacco products that
                                               collection of information, FDA invites                  section 910, to a tobacco product                     may be developed in the future (81 FR
                                               comments on these topics: (1) Whether                   commercially marketed (other than for                 28974 at 28976) (‘‘the Deeming final
                                               the proposed collection of information                  test marketing) in the United States as               rule’’).
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                                               is necessary for the proper performance                 of February 15, 2007, or to a tobacco                    FDA estimates the burden of this
                                               of FDA’s functions, including whether                   product that the Secretary has                        collection of information as follows:




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                                                                                  Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 173 / Thursday, September 6, 2018 / Notices                                                                                               45253

                                                                                                            TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN 1
                                                                                                                                                                         Number of                                                Average
                                                                                                                                              Number of                                            Total annual
                                                                                     Activity                                                                          responses per                                            burden per              Total hours
                                                                                                                                             respondents                                            responses
                                                                                                                                                                         respondent                                              response

                                               Full SE 905(j)(1)(A)(i) and 910(a) ........................................                                    683                           1                       683                        300          204,900
                                               Full SE 905(j)(1)(A)(i) and 910(a) Bundled .........................                                           456                           1                       456                         90           41,040
                                               Product Quantity Change SE Report ..................................                                           239                           1                       239                         87           20,793
                                               Product Quantity Change Bundled SE Report ....................                                                 192                           1                       192                         62           11,904

                                                    Total ..............................................................................    ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................       278,637
                                                  1 There   are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.


                                                 FDA’s estimates are based on                                            report for a total of 20,793 hours. This                                     representatives to serve on certain
                                               experience with SE Reports, initial                                       includes time to prepare the                                                 device panels of the MDAC in the
                                               updated deemed registration and listing                                   environmental assessment, which FDA                                          CDRH. A nominee may either be self-
                                               data, interactions with the industry, and                                 believes will take less time due to the                                      nominated or nominated by an
                                               information related to other regulated                                    typically more limited modification(s)                                       organization to serve as a nonvoting
                                               products. The estimated number of SE                                      included in a Product Quantity Change                                        industry representative. Nominations
                                               Reports is expected to increase from an                                   SE Report. We estimate receiving 192                                         will be accepted for current and
                                               annual average of 979 to 1,570.                                           Product Quantity Change Bundled SE                                           upcoming vacancies effective with this
                                                 When groups of full or product                                          Reports at approximately 62 hours per                                        notice.
                                               quantity change SE Reports have                                           submission for a total of 11,904 hours,
                                               identical content, they may be bundled;                                   this number excludes the time for the                                        DATES:  Any industry organization
                                               when a group of similar reports are                                       initial SE Report which was previously                                       interested in participating in the
                                               bundled, the subsequent bundled                                           account for.                                                                 selection of an appropriate nonvoting
                                               reports are expected to take less time to                                   Therefore, FDA estimates the burden                                        member to represent industry interests
                                               prepare than the initial report.                                          for submission of SE information will be                                     must send a letter stating that interest to
                                                 FDA has based these estimates on                                        278,637 hours. This is an increase of                                        FDA by October 9, 2018 (see sections I
                                               information it now has available from                                     106,759 hours from the currently                                             and II of this document for further
                                               interactions with the industry,                                           approved burden. We attribute this                                           details). Concurrently, nomination
                                               information related to other regulated                                    increase to an increase in the number of                                     materials for prospective candidates
                                               products, and FDA expectations                                            SE Reports we expect related to Deemed                                       should be sent to FDA by October 9,
                                               regarding the tobacco industry’s use of                                   products (e.g., based on the initial                                         2018.
                                               the section 905(j) pathway to market                                      registration and listing information).
                                               their products. Table 1 describes the                                                                                                                  ADDRESSES:   All statements of interest
                                               annual reporting burden as a result of                                      Dated: August 31, 2018.                                                    from industry organizations interested
                                               the implementation of the substantial                                     Leslie Kux,                                                                  in participating in the selection process
                                               equivalence requirements of sections                                      Associate Commissioner for Policy.                                           of nonvoting industry representative
                                               905(j)(1)(A)(i) and 910(a) of the FD&C                                    [FR Doc. 2018–19353 Filed 9–5–18; 8:45 am]                                   nomination should be sent to Margaret
                                               Act (21 U.S.C. 387j(a)) for an SE                                         BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                                       Ames (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                                               application.                                                                                                                                           CONTACT). All nominations for
                                                 FDA estimates that 683 respondents                                                                                                                   nonvoting industry representatives
                                               will prepare and submit 683 section                                       DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                                     should be submitted electronically by
                                               905(j)(1)(A)(i) SE Reports each year. In                                  HUMAN SERVICES                                                               accessing the FDA Advisory Committee
                                               addition, anyone submitting an SE                                                                                                                      Membership Nomination Portal: https://
                                               Report is required to submit an                                           Food and Drug Administration                                                 www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/
                                               environmental assessment (EA) under                                       [Docket No. FDA–2018–N–3179]                                                 FACTRSPortal/FACTRS/index.cfm or by
                                               21 CFR 25.40. The burden for                                                                                                                           mail to Advisory Committee Oversight
                                               environmental reports has been                                            Request for Nominations on Public                                            and Management Staff, Food and Drug
                                               included in the burden per response for                                   Advisory Panels of the Medical                                               Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
                                               each type of SE report. Based on FDA’s                                    Devices Advisory Committee                                                   Ave., Bldg. 32, Rm. 5103, Silver Spring,
                                               experience with EAs for currently                                                                                                                      MD 20993–0002. Information about
                                               regulated tobacco products, we expect                                     AGENCY:           Food and Drug Administration,                              becoming a member of an FDA advisory
                                               industry to spend 80 hours to prepare                                     HHS.                                                                         committee can also be obtained by
                                               an environmental assessment for a SE                                      ACTION:       Notice.                                                        visiting FDA’s website at https://
                                               Report. Thus, FDA estimates that it will                                                                                                               www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/
                                               take a manufacturer approximately 300                                     SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug                                                 default.htm.
                                               hours per report to prepare an SE Report                                  Administration (FDA) is requesting that
                                               and the EA for a new tobacco product,                                     any industry organizations interested in                                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                               which is a total of 204,900 hours.                                        participating in the selection of                                            Margaret Ames, Division of Workforce
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                                                 In addition, we estimate receiving 456                                  nonvoting industry representatives to                                        Management, Center for Devices and
                                               Full SE Bundled Reports at 90 hours per                                   serve on certain panels of the Medical                                       Radiological Health, Food and Drug
                                               submission for a total of 41,040 hours.                                   Devices Advisory Committee (MDAC or                                          Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
                                                 FDA estimates that it will receive 239                                  Committee) in the Center for Devices                                         Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 5264, Silver Spring,
                                               Product Quantity Change SE Reports                                        and Radiological Health (CDRH) notify                                        MD 20993, 301–796–5960, Fax: 301–
                                               and that it will take a manufacturer                                      FDA in writing. FDA is also requesting                                       847–8505, email: margaret.ames@
                                               approximately 87 hours to prepare this                                    nominations for nonvoting industry                                           fda.hhs.gov.


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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DatesSubmit either electronic or written comments on the collection of information by November 5, 2018.
ContactAmber Sanford, Office of Operations, Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-12M, 11601 Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-8867, [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 45251 

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