Document ID: FDA-2016-N-2066-0002
Agency: fda
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of
Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Certification of
Identity for Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Requests
Posted Date: 2017-04-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19049-19050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08303]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2016-N-2066]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office 
of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Certification of 
Identity for Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Requests

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a 
proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Fax written comments on the collection of information by May 25, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are 
received, OMB recommends that written comments be faxed to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, 
FAX: 202-395-7285, or emailed to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. All 
comments should be identified with the OMB control number 0910-NEW and 
title ``Certification of Identity for Freedom of Information Act and 
Privacy Act Requests.'' Also include the FDA docket number found in 
brackets in the heading of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: JonnaLynn Cappezzuto, Office of 
Operations, Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 
10A63, 11601 Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-3794.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has 
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for 
review and clearance.

Certification of Identity for Freedom of Information Act and Privacy 
Act Requests--OMB Control Number 0910--NEW

    In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA will submit to OMB a request 
to review and approve a new collection of information: Certification of 
Identity for Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Requests. This 
new form provides the FDA with data necessary to identify an individual 
requesting a particular record under the Freedom of Information Act 
(FOIA) and the Privacy Act. The form is available at the following FDA 
FOIA page at: https://www.fda.gov/RegulatoryInformation/FOI/default.htm, although if an individual requests one, we will send it by 
mail or email. The FOIA grants the public a right to access Federal 
records not normally prepared for public distribution. The Privacy Act 
grants a right of access to members of the public who seek access to 
one's own records that are maintained in an Agency's system of records 
(i.e. the records are retrieved by that individual's name or other 
personal identifier). The statutes overlap, and individuals who request 
their own records are processed under both statutes. The Agency may 
need to confirm that the individual making the FOIA or Privacy Act 
request is indeed the same person named in the Agency records.
    Members of the public who wish to access particular records will be 
asked for certain information: Name, citizenship status, social 
security number, address, date of birth, place of birth, signature, and 
date of signature.
    In the Federal Register of August 4, 2016 (81 FR 51455), FDA 
published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed 
collection of information. No comments were received.
    FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows:
    As stated in table 1, the estimates are based on the following: The 
number of FOIA and Privacy Act requests received by FDA each year that 
require a certification of identity in order for FDA to process the 
request. Of the 10,000 requests received per year, only a small number 
require a certification of identity. In some cases, the requesters 
provide their own certification of identity. Therefore, we have 
estimated the number of affected individuals at 60 per year.

                                                     Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden \1\
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                                                                      Number of
                  FDA form No.                       Number of      responses per     Total annual       Average burden per response       Total hours
                                                    respondents       respondent       responses
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3975............................................              60                1               60   0.17 (10 minutes).................              10
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.

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    Dated: April 19, 2017.
Anna K. Abram,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Planning, Legislation, and Analysis.
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