The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (FD&C Act) requires FDA to issue an order under section
910(c)(1)(A)(i) (order after review of a premarket application)
before a new tobacco product may be commercially marketed in the
United States. An order under section 910(c)(1)(A)(i) is not
required, however, if a manufacturer submits under section
905(j)(1)(A)(i) a report for the new tobacco product and FDA issues
an order finding that the tobacco product is substantially
equivalent to a tobacco product commercially marketed in the United
States as of February 15, 2007, and in compliance with the FD&C
Act. This ICR requests information from manufacturers of tobacco
products who submit a report to FDA under section 905(j)(1)(A)(i)
demonstrating that their new tobacco product is substantially
equivalent to a predicate tobacco product. FDA has issued a
guidance document with recommendations on preparing substantial
equivalence reports in which a tobacco manufacturer must show that
a new tobacco product is substantially equivalent to a tobacco
product commercially marketed in the United States as of February
15, 2007, or to a tobacco product that the Secretary has previously
determined is substantially equivalent and in compliance with the
FD&C Act. For tobacco product substantial equivalence
reporting, the new tobacco product is compared to a single
predicate tobacco product to determine substantial
equivalence.
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.