In the guidance document, FDA requests
tobacco health document submissions from manufacturers and
importers of tobacco products based on the statutory requirements
and compliance dates. As indicated in the guidance, all
manufacturers and importers of tobacco products are required to
provide immediate and ongoing submission of health documents
developed after June 22, 2009. However, FDA generally does not
intend to enforce the requirement at this time with respect to all
such health documents, so long as a specified set of documents,
those developed between June 23, 2009, and December 31, 2009, are
provided at least 90 days prior to the delivery for introduction of
tobacco products into interstate commerce. Thereafter,
manufacturers should preserve all health documents, including those
that relate to products for further manufacturing and those
developed after December 31, 2009, for future submission to FDA.
Respondents submit information through a facilitative electronic
form or in paper form using Form FDA 3743. In both forms, FDA
requests information including: submitter identification, submitter
point of contact, submission format and contents (as applicable),
confirmation statement, document categorization (as applicable),
document readability and accessibility, and document metadata. The
information collected will inform FDA's regulatory processes and
decision making such as, development of good manufacturing
practices, review standards for new tobacco products, and
regulation of modified risk tobacco products, among
others.
We have added 200 hours based
on new authority provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2022. Additionally, we have removed the mailing costs that were
assumed as capital costs as we no longer believe this is a capital
cost. We now estimate the burden for this collection to be 1,800
hours.
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.