Application for Registration-DEA 224, Application of Registration Renewal-DEA 224A
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Comment filed on proposed rule and continue
08/10/2021
05/07/2021
OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is not
an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB
Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future
submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. In
accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is withholding approval of this information collection. Prior to the
publication of the final rule, the agency must provide to OMB a summary of all comments pertaining
to the information collection burden imposed by this rule and any changes made in response to
these comments.
table that charts list comparision
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
06/30/2022
36 Months From Approved
09/30/2022
617,979
0
617,979
61,226
0
61,226
9,080,036
0
9,080,036
The DEA implements and enforces titles II and III of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, Pub. L. No. 91-513, 84 Stat. 1242 (1970), as amended (the âCSAâ). 21 U.S.C. 801â971. Through the enactment of the CSA and its amendments, Congress established a closed system of distribution making it unlawful to handle any controlled substance except in a manner authorized by the CSA. In order to maintain this closed system of distribution, the CSA generally requires all persons who handle controlled substances to obtain a registration issued by the Attorney General. 21 U.S.C. 822, 823, 957, and 958.
The regulatory change affecting this information collection, requiring all forms be submitted online, is expected to lower burden. However, the increase in burden hours is a result of adjusting up, the average burden hours per response. Increase in annual cost are attributed to increase in burden hours and adjustment in burden cost per response. The decrease in the number of respondents reflect the change in method for estimating the number of respondents from using the previous year actual registration to a three-year average of the previous three years, as respondents are on a three year registration cycles.
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.