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, 27523 [2023-09249]

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• Food and Drug Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 27523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09249]



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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: Submit written comments (including recommendations) on the 
collection of information by June 1, 2023.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are 
received, OMB recommends that written comments be submitted to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public 
Comments'' or by using the search function. The OMB control number for 
this information collection is 0910-0832. Also include the FDA docket 
number found in brackets in the heading of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Showalter, Office of 
Operations, Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-
12M, 11601 Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 240-994-7399, 
[email protected].

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 0910-0832--Extension

    This information collection supports Form FDA 3975 entitled 
``Certification of Identity,'' which is used by FDA to identify an 
individual requesting a particular record under the Freedom of 
Information Act (FOIA) and the Privacy Act. The form is available on 
our website (https://www.fda.gov/media/107210/download); although if an 
individual requests one, we will send it by mail or email. The form is 
required only if an individual makes a FOIA request or Privacy Act 
request for their own records but has not provided sufficient assurance 
of identity in the incoming request.
    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. Respondents to the 
information collection are asked for certain information including 
name, citizenship status, social security number, address, date of 
birth, place of birth, signature, and date of signature.
    In the Federal Register of November 7, 2022 (87 FR 67040), 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:

                                                     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.......................................              24                1               24   0.17 (10 minutes)......................               4
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.

    We have adjusted our burden estimate to reflect actual submissions, 
which results in a decrease to the currently approved burden.

    Dated: April 27, 2023.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2023-09249 Filed 5-1-23; 8:45 am]
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