An animal drug application or
supplemental animal drug application submitted by a person subject
to application fees is considered incomplete and will not be
accepted for filing by FDA until all fees owed by such person have
been paid. Section 740(e) of the FD&C Act. The purpose of
collecting this information is to provide persons subject to fees
an opportunity to obtain a waiver or reduction of certain animal
drug user fees in advance of the submission of certain applications
or in advance of the invoicing of the other annual fees.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.