# Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A2016-26321

## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** November 1, 2016
- **Citation:** 81 FR 75831

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-0990-0323-30D]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY:

Office of the Secretary, HHS

ACTION:

Notice

SUMMARY:

In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for renewal of the approved information collection assigned OMB control number 0990-0323, scheduled to expire on January 31, 2017. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public on this ICR during the review and approval period.

DATES:

Comments on the ICR must be received on or before December 1, 2016.

ADDRESSES:

Submit your comments to
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov
or via facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Information Collection Clearance staff,
Information.CollectionClearance@hhs.gov
or (202) 690-5683.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

When submitting comments or requesting information, please include the OMB control number 0990-0323-30D for reference.

Information Collection Request Title: MedicalCountermeasures.gov

Abstract:
In order to route product developers to the most appropriate personnel within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), HHS collects some basic information about the company's product through
MedicalCountermeasures.gov
. Using this information and a routing system that has been developed with input from participating agencies within HHS, including the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
Medical Countermeasures.gov
routes the meeting request to the appropriate person within HHS. ASPR is requesting an extension by OMB for a three-year clearance.

Need and Proposed Use of the Information:
Meeting Request Routing System for
MedicalCountermeasures.gov
—OMB No. 0990-0323—Extension—Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), Office of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

Likely Respondents:
Medical Countermeasure Developers.

Burden Statement:
Burden in this context means the time expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the information requested. This includes the time needed to review instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for this ICR are summarized in the table below.

Total Estimated Annualized Burden—Hours

Form name

Number of
respondents

Number of
responses
per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden hours

Meeting Request
225
1
8/60
30

Total
225
1
8/60
30

Terry S. Clark,
Asst Information Collection Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 2016-26321 Filed 10-31-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4150-37-P

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