Application for Registration-DEA 224, Application of Registration Renewal-DEA 224A
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
04/18/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
06/30/2022
617,086
617,979
124,766
61,226
17,679,160
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.