The Administrative Procedures Act (5
U.S.C. 553(e)) provides that every agency shall give an interested
person the right to petition for issuance, amendment, or repeal of
a rule. Sectrion 10.30 (21 CFR 10.30) sets forth the format and
procedures by which an interested person may submit to FDA, in
accordance with Sec. 10.20 (21 CFR 10.20) (submission of documents
to the Dockets Management Branch), a citizen petition requesting
the Commissioner to issue, amend, or revoke a regulation or order,
or to take or refrain from taking any other form of administrative
action.
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.