An Information Collection Request (ICR) is a federal agency's request for approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), agencies must justify why the information is needed and how it will be used.

Federal agencies are required to submit an ICR whenever they create, renew, modify, or discontinue an information collection. Each ICR includes a description of the collection, supporting materials and documentation (such as forms, surveys, or scripts), and proof that the agency has met the requirements of the PRA.

The ICR is submitted to the The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within OMB for review and approval. OIRA grants approval for a maximum of three years, after which the collection must be renewed through a new ICR submission.

ICRs are publicly available on RegInfo.gov, and additional guidance can be found in the FAQs.

Note: Presidential Action influences are notated for ICRs received between January 20, 2025 and July 19, 2025.

Showing 20 of 595 results

Reference Number
Title
Agency
Received
Expires
Request Type
Presidential Action
202211-0607-001CF Standard Application Process Portal DOC/CENSUS 2022-12-06 2025-12-31
RCF New
Standard Application Process Portal

Key Information

Received

2022-12-06
Concluded

2022-12-06
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
3145-0271

Authorizing Statutes

44 USC 3583 (View Law)

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202211-3041-006 Safety Standard for Clothing Storage Units CPSC 2022-11-25 2025-12-31
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Safety Standard for Clothing Storage Units

Key Information

Received

2022-11-25
Concluded

2022-12-28
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
3041-0191
Previous ICR

202202-3041-001

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

15 USC Chapter 47 (View Law)

Abstract

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) has determined that there is an unreasonable risk of injury and death, particularly to children, associated with clothing storage units (CSUs) tipping over. To address this risk, the Commission is issuing a rule addressing the stability of CSUs. This rule requires CSUs to be tested for stability, exceed minimum stability requirements, bear labels containing safety information and identification information, and display a hang tag providing performance and technical data about the stability of the CSU. The Commission issues this rule under the authority of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA).

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202211-3095-001 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request for Assistance and Consent NARA 2022-11-10 2025-12-31
Revision of a currently approved collection
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request for Assistance and Consent

Key Information

Received

2022-11-10
Concluded

2022-12-13
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
3095-0068
Previous ICR

201911-3095-002

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice
30-Day FRN View Notice

Abstract

In order to fulfill its government-wide statutory mission, the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) provides varying types of assistance to its customers, which requires communicating with government departments and agencies regarding the customers’ FOIA/Privacy Act request/appeal. Handling requests for OGIS Assistance must conform to the legal requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Privacy Act of 1974. Authority for the requirements set forth in this form is also contained in 5 U.S.C. 552a(b). OGIS will use the information submitted in the form to provide the requested assistance. Without the information submitted in this form, OGIS would be unable to fulfill its mission.

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202211-3145-001 National Science Foundation (NSF) Polar Media Program Application Form for the Arctic and the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) NSF 2022-11-03 2025-12-31
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
National Science Foundation (NSF) Polar Media Program Application Form for the Arctic and the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP)

Key Information

Received

2022-11-03
Concluded

2022-12-14
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
3145-0272

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice
30-Day FRN View Notice

Abstract

The purpose of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Polar Media Program is to raise awareness of the United States’ scientific and operational activities in the Arctic region and in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Members of the media can apply and be selected for the program whose reporting targets these activities and covers multiple media channels that will reach large and targeted audiences. This program supports the President's Memorandum Regarding Antarctica, Memorandum 6646, that “The United States Antarctic Program shall be maintained at a level providing an active and influential presence in Antarctica designed to support the range of U.S. Antarctic interests.”

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202211-3145-002 Standard Application Process Portal NSF 2022-11-04 2025-12-31
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Standard Application Process Portal

Key Information

Received

2022-11-04
Concluded

2022-12-05
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved with change
OMB Control #
3145-0271

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice
30-Day FRN View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

44 USC 3583 (View Law)

Abstract

The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (44 U.S.C. 3583) mandates that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) establish a standard application process (SAP) for requesting access to certain confidential data assets. While the adoption of the SAP is required for statistical agencies and units designated under the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018 (CIPSEA), it is recognized that other agencies and organizational units within the Executive Branch may benefit from the adoption of the SAP to accept applications for access to confidential data assets. The SAP is to be a process through which agencies, the Congressional Budget Office, State, local, and Tribal governments, researchers, and other individuals, as appropriate, may apply to access confidential data assets held by a federal statistical agency or unit for the purposes of developing evidence. With the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy (ICSP) as advisors, the entities upon whom this requirement is levied are working with the SAP Project Management Office (PMO) and with OMB to implement the SAP. The SAP Portal is to be a single web-based common application designed to collect information from individuals requesting access to confidential data assets from federal statistical agencies and units. Specifically, the recognized statistical agencies and units are required to implement a common application process which includes an application form, the criteria for determining whether to grant an applicant access to a confidential data asset, timeframes for prompt determinations, an appeals process for adverse determinations, and reporting requirements for full transparency of the process.

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202209-1513-003 Notices Relating to Payment of Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax by Electronic Fund Transfer TREAS/TTB 2022-10-31 2025-12-31
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Notices Relating to Payment of Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax by Electronic Fund Transfer

Key Information

Received

2022-10-31
Concluded

2022-12-07
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
1513-0097
Previous ICR

201904-1513-006

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice
30-Day FRN View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

26 USC 6302 (View Law)

Abstract

Under the Internal Revenue Code at 26 U.S.C. 6302, TTB collects the firearms and ammunition excise tax imposed by 26 U.S.C. 4181 on the basis of a return that taxpayers file on a quarterly basis. Section 6302 also authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations concerning the payment of taxes by electronic funds transfer (EFT). Under the TTB regulations in 27 CFR part 53, taxpayers who elect to begin or discontinue payment of firearms and ammunition excise taxes by EFT must furnish a written notice to TTB regarding such actions. TTB uses those notifications to anticipate and monitor firearms and ammunition excise tax payments to ensure compliance with Federal law.

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202505-0960-003 Consent-Based Social Security Number Verification Service (CBSV) SSA 2025-05-21 2025-12-31
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Consent-Based Social Security Number Verification Service (CBSV)

Key Information

Received

2025-05-21
Concluded

2025-06-04
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
0960-0760
Previous ICR

202407-0960-001

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice
30-Day FRN View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

42 USC 1306 (View Law)

42 USC 405 (View Law)

Abstract

SSA is requesting to make revisions to the CBSV User Agreement. This collection instrument defines the conditions, terms, and safeguards under which SSA provides participating businesses with the verification of Social Security numbers. This action does not affect the public reporting burden. SSA developed CBSV in response to multiple requests from the business community. CBSV is a fee-for-service process which allows SSA to process high volumes of SSN verifications that companies need for business purposes. Since this is not required by law but is being provided as a service, businesses incur the costs of CBSV. The respondents are companies requesting SSN verifications from SSA as part of their business process. We are submitting a request for non-substantive changes to update the User Agreement to show current SSA personnel and contact information.

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202505-0702-001 Exchange Security Verification for Contractors/Vendors DOD/DOA 2025-06-16 2025-12-31
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Exchange Security Verification for Contractors/Vendors

Key Information

Received

2025-06-16
Concluded

2025-06-17
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
0702-0135
Previous ICR

202209-0702-003

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice
30-Day FRN View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

10 USC 7013 (View Law)

10 USC 9013 (View Law)

Abstract

The information collection is required to obtain verification of identity of contractors and/or vendors who have contractual obligations with the Exchange.

202501-2070-008 TSCA Section 5 Premanufacture Review of New Chemical Substances and Significant New Use Rules for New and Existing Chemical Substances (Final Rule) EPA/OCSPP 2025-01-16 2025-12-31
Revision of a currently approved collection
TSCA Section 5 Premanufacture Review of New Chemical Substances and Significant New Use Rules for New and Existing Chemical Substances (Final Rule)

Key Information

Received

2025-01-16
Concluded

2025-01-17
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
2070-0038
Previous ICR

202309-2070-001

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

15 USC 2604 (View Law)

Abstract

This revised information collection request updates addresses the reporting and recordkeeping requirements associated with the proposed rule to update the new chemicals procedural regulations at 40 CFR Parts 720, 721, 723, and 725 under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The amendments included under this new chemicals procedural rule cover several goals, including in part to align the regulatory text with the amendments to TSCA’s new chemical review provisions contained in the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, enacted on June 22, 2016 (15 U.S.C. 2604); increase the quality of information initially submitted in new chemicals notices, to reduce the need to update risk assessments if new information is received later in the process, and, ultimately, to reduce the length of time that new chemicals are under review for notices submitted under TSCA section 5(a)(1); and to update the regulations for low volume exemptions (LVEs) and low release and exposure exemptions (LoREXs) to make perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) ineligible for these exemptions and to codify the ineligibility for these exemptions of certain persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) chemical substances as described in EPA’s 1999 PBT policy.

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202502-0915-003 Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Application Form HHS/HSA 2025-03-28 2025-12-31
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Application Form

Key Information

Received

2025-03-28
Concluded

2025-04-18
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
0915-0184
Previous ICR

202410-0915-001

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice
30-Day FRN View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

42 USC 1138 (View Law)

42 USC 273 (View Law)

Abstract

This is a request to revise the current Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) data collection associated with institutional (including transplant hospital, organ procurement organization, and transplant histocompatibility laboratory) and non-institutional (medical/scientific and public organization, business and individual) applications to meet or sustain requirements for OPTN membership. This request include adding two new data collection forms (Hope Act Variance Request and Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program or KPDPP contact update form), three standalone forms (Primary Program Administrator, Primary Data Coordinator, and Additional Surgeon and Physician) for revised data collection, and a revision of organ-specific applications found in the Certificate of Assessment and Program Coverage Plan Membership Application (COA/PCP). The likely respondents are new and existing transplant hospitals, organ procurement organization, histocompatibility laboratories, medical/scientific organization, public organization, business and individual members.

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202209-0938-006 Data Request and Attestation for PDP Sponsors (CMS-10691) HHS/CMS 2022-09-30 2025-12-31
Revision of a currently approved collection
Data Request and Attestation for PDP Sponsors (CMS-10691)

Key Information

Received

2022-09-30
Concluded

2022-12-28
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
0938-1371
Previous ICR

201905-0938-006

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice
30-Day FRN View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

Pub.L. 115 - 123 50354 (View Law)

Abstract

42 CFR 423.513(g)(1)(i) states that beginning in plan year 2020, a PDP sponsor may submit a request to CMS for the data described in paragraph (g)(2) about enrollees in its prescription drug plans. In addition, paragraph (g)(5) provides that as a condition of receiving the requested data, the PDP sponsor must attest that it will adhere to the permitted uses and limitations on the use of the Medicare claims data listed in paragraphs (g)(3) and (4).

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202209-0920-030 Emergency Epidemic Investigation Data Collections HHS/CDC 2022-10-07 2025-12-31
Revision of a currently approved collection
Emergency Epidemic Investigation Data Collections

Key Information

Received

2022-10-07
Concluded

2022-12-22
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
0920-1011
Previous ICR

202201-0920-010

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice
30-Day FRN View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

42 USC 301 (View Law)

Abstract

The EEI Generic ICR is specifically designed to support CDC mission-critical functions by allowing CDC to deploy to the field to conduct Emergency Epidemic Investigations (EEIs) at the request of, and under the public health authority of, external partners seeking support for a rapid response to urgent public health problems. Recent investigation that have benefited from this EEI Generic ICR included the early response to the COVID 19 Pandemic, Monkeypox outbreak, and E-cigarette or Vaping Use-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI), among other high profile acute public health events. In these situations, insufficient information is available to allow for development of data collection instruments before the response team travels to the field. Data collection instruments and methods must be rapidly created and implemented, usually while investigators are in the field, to direct appropriate public health action. Often specific questions will change or new questions will evolve during the course of the investigation as new information is revealed. While most EEIs involve 2 to 3 weeks of data collection, data collections might take longer. Data collection for investigations conducted under this generic will not exceed 90 days. If data collection is required for a longer period of time, a new request will be submitted to OMB explaining the circumstances for the extended data collection and providing the forms that will be used for that collection (by this point, the content and scope of the inquiry should be clearer).

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202209-0704-002 Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship Program DOD/DODDEP 2022-09-29 2025-12-31
Revision of a currently approved collection
Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship Program

Key Information

Received

2022-09-29
Concluded

2022-12-14
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved with change
OMB Control #
0704-0466
Previous ICR

201907-0704-007

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice
30-Day FRN View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

10 USC 2192a (View Law)

5 USC 3304 (View Law)

Abstract

The DoD Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship Program, is part of the National Defense Education Program. SMART is fully funded by the DoD and is designed to increase the number of new civilian science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) entrants to the DoD. Additionally, the SMART Program develops and retains current DoD civilian STEM employees that are critical to the national security functions of the Department of Defense and are needed in the Department of Defense workforce. SMART awards scholarships, ranging from 1.5 to 5 years, to undergraduate and graduate level students pursuing a degree in one of 21 technical disciplines. Upon graduation, scholars fulfill a service commitment with the DoD facility that nominated the scholar for an award (the sponsoring facility, or SF).

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202212-0938-017 Hospital Notices: IM / DND (CMS-10065/10066) HHS/CMS 2023-01-05 2025-12-31
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Hospital Notices: IM / DND (CMS-10065/10066)

Key Information

Received

2023-01-05
Concluded

2023-01-05
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
0938-1019
Previous ICR

202212-0938-014

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice
30-Day FRN View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

18 Stat. 1154

18 Stat. 1866

Abstract

For all Medicare beneficiaries, hospitals must deliver valid, written notice of a beneficiary's rights as a hospital inpatient, including discharge appeal rights. The hospital must use a standardized notice, as specified by CMS. This is satisfied by IM delivery. When a QIO notifies a hospital that a beneficiary has requested an expedited discharge, the hospital must deliver a detailed notice to the beneficiary as soon as possible but no later than noon of the day after the QIO's notification. This is satisfied by DND delivery.

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202503-1405-005 Medical Examination for Immigrant or Refugee Applicant STATE/AFA 2025-03-20 2025-12-31
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Medical Examination for Immigrant or Refugee Applicant

Key Information

Received

2025-03-20
Concluded

2025-03-24
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
1405-0113
Previous ICR

202207-1405-004

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice
30-Day FRN View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

8 USC 1201(d) (View Law)

8 USC 1182(a)(1) (View Law)

8 USC 1182 (d)(5) (View Law)

8 USC 1522(b)(4) (View Law)

8 USC 1202(f) (View Law)

8 USC 1101 (View Law)

Abstract

Forms for this collection are completed by panel physicians for refugees and aliens seeking immigrant visas to the U.S. The collection records medical information necessary to determine whether refugees or immigrant visa applicants have medical conditions affecting the public health and requiring treatment.

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202212-7100-007 Savings Association Holding Company Report FRS 2022-12-20 2025-12-31
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Savings Association Holding Company Report

Key Information

Received

2022-12-20
Concluded

2022-12-20
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
7100-0334
Previous ICR

202212-7100-006

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice
30-Day FRN View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

12 USC 1467a(b)(2)(A) (View Law)

Abstract

The FR LL-(b)11 collects from certain savings and loan holding companies (SLHCs) information about their Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, reports, financial statements, and other exhibits that the Board requires. The Board uses this data to analyze the financial condition of respondent SLHCs and assess regulatory compliance.

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202212-7100-005 Transfer Agent Registration and Amendment Form; Transfer Agent Deregistration FRS 2022-12-16 2025-12-31
Revision of a currently approved collection
Transfer Agent Registration and Amendment Form; Transfer Agent Deregistration

Key Information

Received

2022-12-16
Concluded

2022-12-16
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
7100-0099
Previous ICR

202204-7100-004

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice
30-Day FRN View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

15 USC 78q-1(c) (View Law)

15 USC 78b (View Law)

15 USC 78q(a)(3) (View Law)

15 USC 78w(a) (View Law)

12 USC 248(a) (View Law)

12 USC 324 (View Law)

12 USC 1844(c) (View Law)

12 USC 1467a(b) (View Law)

12 USC 1467a(g) (View Law)

Abstract

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Act) requires any person acting as a transfer agent to register as such with the appropriate regulatory agency (ARA). The Board is the ARA for state member banks (SMBs) and their subsidiaries, bank holding companies (BHCs), savings and loan holding companies (SLHCs), and certain other subsidiaries of BHCs. Transfer agents for which the Board is the ARA must register with the Board using Form TA-1. Additionally, registered transfer agents for which the Board is their ARA may deregister by submitting Form TA-W.

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202212-7100-009 Federal Reserve Membership and Bank Stock Applications FRS 2022-12-28 2025-12-31
Revision of a currently approved collection
Federal Reserve Membership and Bank Stock Applications

Key Information

Received

2022-12-28
Concluded

2022-12-28
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
7100-0042
Previous ICR

202202-7100-007

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice
30-Day FRN View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

12 USC 322 (View Law)

12 USC 323 (View Law)

12 USC 329 (View Law)

12 USC 333 (View Law)

12 USC 248(a) (View Law)

12 USC 1464a(c) (View Law)

12 USC 222 (View Law)

12 USC 282 (View Law)

12 USC 287 (View Law)

12 USC 321 (View Law)

12 USC 288 (View Law)

Abstract

When acting upon an initial Federal Reserve Membership Application (FR 2083/A/B/C) filed by a state-chartered bank, the Federal Reserve is required under section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act (FRA) to consider the financial condition of the applying bank, the general character of its management, and whether the corporate powers to be exercised are consistent with the FRA. The Federal Reserve uses the information collected through the application form, along with other Federal Reserve System-generated data, to determine whether the applicant bank meets the standards for approval. The information requested in the FR 2083/A/B/C application for membership is necessary for the Federal Reserve to be able to fulfill its responsibilities with respect to evaluating a state-chartered bank for membership. The Federal Reserve Bank Stock Applications forms (FR 2030, FR 2030a, FR 2056, FR 2086, FR 2086a, and FR 2087) are used to fulfill the Board’s responsibilities under the FRA, Home Owners’ Loan Act, and Regulation I. These application forms must be used by a new or existing member bank (including a national bank or a CSA) to request the issuance, adjustments (related to a merger) in, or cancellation of Federal Reserve Bank stock. The application forms must contain certain certifications by the applicant as well as certain other financial and shareholder data that are needed by a Reserve Bank to process the request.

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202410-0910-010 Warning Plans for Smokeless Tobacco Products HHS/FDA 2024-10-25 2025-12-31
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Warning Plans for Smokeless Tobacco Products

Key Information

Received

2024-10-25
Concluded

2025-01-03
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
0910-0671
Previous ICR

202204-0910-006

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice
30-Day FRN View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

Pub.L. 113 - 31 3 (View Law)

15 USC 4402 (View Law)

Abstract

Section 3 of the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 (the Smokeless Tobacco Act), requires, among other things, that all smokeless tobacco product packages and advertisements bear one of four required warning statements. This information collection--the submission to FDA of warning plans for smokeless tobacco products--is statutorily mandated. Section (b)(3)(A) of 15 U.S.C. 4402 requires that the warnings be displayed on packaging and advertising for each brand of smokeless tobacco “in accordance with a plan submitted by the tobacco product manufacturer, importer, distributor, or retailer” to, and approved by, FDA. The warning plans will be reviewed by FDA to determine whether the companies' plans for the equal distribution and display of warning statements on packaging and the quarterly rotation of warning statements in advertising for each brand requires, among other things, that all smokeless tobacco product packages and advertisements bear one of four required warning statements.

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202301-2070-003 Pesticides Data Call In Program (Non-Substantive Change) EPA/OCSPP 2023-02-13 2025-12-31
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Pesticides Data Call In Program (Non-Substantive Change)

Key Information

Received

2023-02-13
Concluded

2023-02-17
Expires

2025-12-31
Action

Approved without change
OMB Control #
2070-0174
Previous ICR

202106-2070-001

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN View Notice
30-Day FRN View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

7 USC 136 et seq. (View Law)

21 USC 346a (View Law)

Abstract

This ICR covers the information collection activities associated with the issuance of DCIs under section 3(c)(2)(B) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA regulates the use of pesticides under the authority of two federal statutes: FIFRA (7.U.S.C. 136 et seq.) and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) (21 U.S.C. 346). In general, before manufacturers can sell pesticides in the United States, EPA must evaluate the pesticides thoroughly to ensure that they meet federal safety standards to protect human health and the environment. EPA grants a "registration" or license that permits a pesticide's distribution, sale, and use only after the company meets the scientific and regulatory requirements. In evaluating a pesticide registration application, EPA assesses a wide variety of potential human health and environmental effects associated with the use of the product. Applicants, or potential registrants, must generate or provide the scientific data necessary to address concerns pertaining to the identity, composition, potential adverse effects, and environmental fate of each pesticide. The data allow EPA to evaluate if a pesticide has the potential to cause harmful effects on certain non-target organisms and endangered species, and on surface or ground water. Through a scientific and public process, EPA specifies the kinds of data and information necessary to make regulatory judgments about the risks and benefits of pesticide products under FIFRA sections 3, 4 and 5, as well as the data and information needed to determine the safety of pesticide chemical residues under FFDCA section 408. The regulations in 40 CFR part 158 describe the minimum data and information EPA typically requires in an application for pesticide registration or amendment; reregistration of a pesticide product; maintenance of a pesticide registration by means of the DCI process (e.g., as used in the registration review program); or to establish or maintain a tolerance or exemption from the requirements of a tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue. EPA uses the DCIs issued under this ICR to acquire the data necessary for its statutorily mandated review of a pesticide’s registration, which assess if the continued registration of a pesticide causes an unreasonable adverse effect on human health or the environment.

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