The Animal Drug Availability Act of
October 9, 1996, signficantly reduced the paperwork burden on
medicated feed manufacturers by replacing the system for the
approval of specific medicated feeds with a general licensing
system for feed manufacturers. FDA has 90 days from the enactment
date to act on license applications and is working diligently to
implement procedural regulations to do so. In the interim, certain
feed manufacturers are unable to enter the market for lack of FDA
authority to issue a license. Collection of limited information
from each medicated feed manufacturer.
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.