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.
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| 202504-1220-001 | Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses | DOL/BLS | 2025-08-08 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
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The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses is the primary indicator of the Nation's progress in providing every working man and woman safe and healthful working conditions. The survey measures the overall rate of work injuries and illnesses by industry. Survey data are also used to evaluate the effectiveness of Federal and State programs and to prioritize scarce resources. Respondents include employers who maintain Occupational Safety and Health Administration records in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act and employers who are normally exempt from OSHA recordkeeping. Each year a sample of exempt employers is required to keep records and participate in the survey. |
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| 202508-3060-004 | Sections 101.1403, 101.103(f), 101.1413, 101.1440, 101.1417 and 25.139 (MVDDS reporting, recordkeeping and third-party disclosures; NGSO FSS and DBS recordkeeping and third-party disclosures | FCC | 2025-08-14 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Sections 101.1403, 101.103(f), 101.1413, 101.1440, 101.1417 and 25.139 (MVDDS reporting, recordkeeping and third-party disclosures; NGSO FSS and DBS recordkeeping and third-party disclosures
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Authorizing Statutes
47 USC 301, 303(g) and (r), 308, 309 (View Law) 47 USC 154(i), 157(a), 303(c) and (f) (View Law) Abstract
The Commission seeks approval for a revision of its currently approved information collection requirement under OMB Control Number 3060-1022. The collection is being revised because we are consolidating the information collection requirements currently contained in collection 3060-1021 (§ 25.139) into 3060-1022; therefore, OMB Control Number 3060-1021 will be discontinued once the consolidation is approved by OMB. We are also revising estimates based on updated licensing activity with no programmatic changes. This collection includes a Part 25 rule and various rules in Part 101 that govern record retention, reporting, and third-party disclosure requirements related to satellite and terrestrial sharing of the 12.2-12.7 GHz band. The satellite operators are Non-Geostationary Orbit Fixed Satellite Service (NGSO FSS) and Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Service. The terrestrial operators are Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service (MVDDS). |
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| 202501-0560-002 | Request for Special Priorities Assistance (Agriculture Priorities and Allocation System) | USDA/FSA | 2025-08-28 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Request for Special Priorities Assistance (Agriculture Priorities and Allocation System)
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USDA authorizes priority rating on contracts for items necessary to promote the national defense and support essential civilian needs during a time of emergency. This includes food, food resources, feed, seed, fertilizer and farm equipment. |
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| 202505-0704-001 | Department of Defense (DoD) Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Institutional Compliance Program (ICP) | DOD/DODDEP | 2025-06-30 | Active | New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Department of Defense (DoD) Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Institutional Compliance Program (ICP)
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The DoD Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Institutional Compliance Program (ICP) is a full-scale, risk-based compliance program that assesses institutional compliance to reduce risks associated with non-compliance. Each year, the ICP team considers the entire population of MOU signatories, leveraging over 24,000 pieces of data to narrow the population from over 2,700 to 250, and then conducts an in-depth assessment on those 250 institutions. The team then provided critical feedback to those institutions to enable them to implement Corrective Action Plans to improve their individual level of compliance with the tenets of their MOUs. |
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| 202501-0581-001 | Regulations Governing the Review of Butterfat Testing Records | USDA/AMS | 2025-07-21 | Active | New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Regulations Governing the Review of Butterfat Testing Records
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This new information collection seeks to replace butterfat testing by a USDA inspector with an annual review of a plant’s butterfat testing records which are kept as part of their normal business records. A recordkeeping requirement is needed to authorize a USDA inspector to review plant records on-site. |
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| 202507-3060-011 | Application for Equipment Authorization | FCC | 2025-08-05 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Application for Equipment Authorization
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Authorizing Statutes
47 USC 309(j), 310, 312, 316 (View Law) Pub.L. 117 - 55 135 Stat. 423 (View Law) 47 USC 1,4,4(i),151,154,154(i),301 (View Law) 47 USC 302a,303,307 (View Law) Abstract
The Commission requires applicants for equipment authorization to provide a written and signed certification that the subject radio frequency devices demonstrate compliance to specific technical and other requirements through testing and review of data by a certification body. The Commission adds new requirements to this collection as applied to uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) applicants. The Commission adds new requirements to this collection: (1) each transmitter utilized and marketed for operation must be certified by the Commission for use in part 88 services; (2) applicant must provide a specialized letter of notification to be mailed to: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Spectrum Engineering Service Group, AJW-1900, 800 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20591 and include a copy of that letter when filing of the application with the Commission; and (3) licensees and manufacturers are subject to the radio frequency radiation exposure requirements specified in §§ 1.1307(b), 1.1310, 2.1091, and 2.1093 and applications for equipment authorization of mobile or portable devices and they must contain a statement confirming compliance; technical information showing the basis for this statement must be submitted to the Commission upon request. |
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| 202509-3060-020 | Part 54 – Rate-of-Return Carrier Universal Service Reporting Requirements; Waiver of Local Exchange Carrier Study Area Boundary Changes | FCC | 2025-09-29 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Part 54 – Rate-of-Return Carrier Universal Service Reporting Requirements; Waiver of Local Exchange Carrier Study Area Boundary Changes
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This submission is being made for a proposed non-substantive change to an existing information collection pursuant to 44 U.S.C. § 3507. This submission seeks to change the filing method of information collected on FCC Forms 507, 508 and 509. The information from the approved forms will now be collected electronically. In order to allow determination of the study areas that are entitled to an expense adjustment, and the wire centers that are entitled to high-cost universal service support, incumbent and competitive telecommunications carriers must provide certain data to the National Exchange Carrier Association or the Universal Service Administrative Company annually. Local telecommunications carriers who want to participate in the federal universal service support program must make certain informational showings to demonstrate eligibility. The data collected on FCC Forms 507, 508, and 509, will include line counts, forecasted cost and revenues, and actual cost and revenue data associated with consumer broadband-only loops necessary for the calculation of universal service high-cost support. In addition, the Commission now requires local exchange carriers seeking a change in study area boundaries to submit a petition for waiver of these boundary changes notwithstanding any prior exemptions from such waiver requests. |
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| 202410-0625-001 | Procedures for Considering Requests under the Commercial Availability Provision of Certain Western Hemisphere Free Trade Agreements | DOC/ITA | 2024-12-17 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Procedures for Considering Requests under the Commercial Availability Provision of Certain Western Hemisphere Free Trade Agreements
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Authorizing Statutes
Pub.L. 112 - 43 203(o) (View Law) Pub.L. 110 - 138 203(o)(4)(F) (View Law) Pub.L. 109 - 53 203(o) (View Law) Pub.L. 112 - 42 203(o) (View Law) Abstract
The rules of origin for each of the following FTAs, Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA), United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (Panama TPA), and United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (Peru TPA), require that textile and apparel goods containing fibers, yarns, and fabrics produced in the FTA region receive preferential tariff treatment. Each Agreement also provides for the establishment of a list of specific fibers, yarns, and fabrics that are not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner from producers in the FTA region. Articles containing these commercially unavailable fibers, yarns, and fabrics may receive preferential duty treatment despite not being produced in the FTA region. The Agreements’ lists of commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers may be changed pursuant to the Agreements’ commercial availability provisions and their respective implementation acts. Under the commercial availability provision, interested entities may request that a specific fiber, yarn, or fabric be added to, or removed from, the list of commercially unavailable fibers, yarns, and fabrics. Implementing legislation for each Agreement requires that the President establish procedures for parties to follow when making these requests. The President delegated the responsibility for publishing the procedures and administering commercial availability requests to the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (“CITA”), which issues procedures and acts on requests through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Office of Textiles and Apparel (“OTEXA”). CITA has implemented procedures to collect information about the technical specifications of certain fibers, yarns, or fabrics and the production capabilities of U.S. and regional textile suppliers to determine whether certain fibers, yarns, or fabrics are available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the FTA region, in accordance with the Agreements and their respective implementation acts. The procedures’ intent is to foster regional textile and apparel trade by allowing non-originating fibers, yarns, and fabrics to be placed on or removed from a list of items not available in commercial quantities, on a timely basis, and in a manner consistent with normal business practice. To that end, these procedures will facilitate the transmission of requests for commercial availability determinations and offers to supply the specified product(s); have the market indicate the specified products’ availability; make available promptly, to interested entities and parties, information regarding the requests and offers to supply; ensure wide participation by interested entities and parties; provide careful scrutiny of the information provided to substantiate requests and responses with offers to supply; and provide timely public dissemination of information used by CITA in making commercial availability determinations. |
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| 202504-1505-001 | EEO Complaint Forms | TREAS/DO | 2025-06-30 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
EEO Complaint Forms
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Treasury employees, former employees, and applicants for employment may contact the Department’s EEO Offices if they believe they have been subjected to discrimination based on race, color, sex (includes sexual harassment, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, religion, disability, age (40 or over), parental status, protected genetic information, or retaliation. A Treasury staff member responsible for obtaining information regarding the claim(s) of discrimination will record on a Report of Counseling (Intake) Form the aggrieved party’s (“the aggrieved”) personal information, i.e., name, address, telephone numbers, etc., as well as the bases and issues raised by the aggrieved. Thereafter, an EEO Counselor will be assigned, who will review the information on the Report of Counseling (Intake) Form and contact the aggrieved to schedule an initial interview. This interview may include, but is not limited to: verifying the information on the Intake Form, clearly defining the scope of the issues, reviewing the rights and responsibilities of the aggrieved and the agency during the EEO complaint process including the right to representation and anonymity, the applicable time frames, the option to extend the counseling process, the right to choose between Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and EEO Counseling, and the overall stages of the complaint process. |
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| 202508-0694-001 | National Security and Critical Technology Assessments of the US Industrial Base | DOC/BIS | 2025-08-28 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
National Security and Critical Technology Assessments of the US Industrial Base
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Commerce/BIS, in coordination with other government agencies and private entities, conducts assessments of U.S. industries deemed critical to our national security. The information gathered is needed to assess the health and competitiveness as well as the needs of the targeted industry sector in order to maintain a strong U.S. industrial base. By conducting these surveys and assessments in cooperation with experts from the private sector, academia and other government agencies, BIS ensures that its assessments are relevant and provide useful findings and recommendations for both policy makers and industry leaders. |
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| 202508-0694-002 | BIS Program Evaluation | DOC/BIS | 2025-08-28 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
BIS Program Evaluation
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This authority is needed by BIS seminar planners and instructors at seminar programs through the year. Seminar participants are asked to evaluate the program and provide insights useful to program development. The responses to these questions provide useful and practical information that BIS can use to determine that it is providing a quality program and gives BIS information useful to making recommended improvements. It also shows attendees that BIS cares about their training experience and values their viewpoint. |
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| 202507-0651-004 | Complaints Regarding Invention Promoters | DOC/PTO | 2025-08-21 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Complaints Regarding Invention Promoters
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Pursuant to the Inventors’ Rights Act of 1999, 35 U.S.C. 297, and implementing regulations at 37 CFR, Part 4, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is required to provide a form for the publication of complaints concerning invention promoters. Upon receipt of a complaint, the USPTO will forward it to the invention promoter for a response. The USPTO does not investigate these complaints or participate in any legal proceedings against invention promoters or invention promotion companies. Under the Inventors’ Rights Act, the USPTO is responsible only for publishing complaints and responses on the USPTO website, making them available to the public. A complaint submitted to the USPTO must be clearly marked, or otherwise identified, as a complaint. The complaint must include: (1) the name and address of the complainant; (2) the name and address of the invention promoter; (3) the name of the customer; (4) the invention promotion services offered or performed by the invention promoter; (5) the name of the mass media in which the invention promoter advertised such services; (6) an example of the relationship between the customer and the invention promoter; and (7) a signature of the complainant. Identifying information is necessary so that the USPTO can both forward the complaint to the invention promoters or invention promotion companies as well as notify the complainant that the complaint has been forwarded. Complainants should understand that the complaints will be forwarded to the invention promoter for response and that the complaint and response will be made available to the public as required by the Inventors’ Rights Act. If the USPTO does not receive a response from the invention promoter within 30 days, the complaint will be published without a response. Under this program, the USPTO does not accept complaints that request confidentiality. The USPTO may refer submitted complaints to the USPTO Office of Enrollment and Discipline, as appropriate. This information collection contains one form, PTO/2048A (Complaint Regarding Invention Promotion), which is used by the public to submit a complaint under this program. This form is available for download from the USPTO website. Use of this form is voluntary. Complainants may submit a complaint without the form as long as the complaint includes the necessary information and the submission is clearly marked as a complaint filed under the Inventors’ Rights Act. Invention promotion firms may use any format when responding to a submitted complaint; there is no associated USPTO form. Complaints and responses are posted at https://www.uspto.gov/patents/basics/using-legal-services/scam-prevention/published-complaints/published. Although the USPTO typically receives only a few complaints each year, that number is expected to rise given the recent announcement of new efforts to mitigate threats and protect the integrity of the U.S. patent system: https://www.uspto.gov/patents/fraud. |
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| 202507-0651-007 | Patent Review and Derivation Proceedings | DOC/PTO | 2025-08-14 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Patent Review and Derivation Proceedings
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The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, which was enacted into law on September 16, 2011, provided for many changes to the procedures of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB” or “Board,” formerly the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences) procedures. These changes included the introduction of inter partes review, post-grant review, derivation proceedings, and the transitional program for covered business method patents. Under these administrative trial proceedings, third parties may file a petition with the PTAB challenging the validity of issued patents, with each proceeding having different requirements regarding timing restrictions, grounds for challenging validity, and who may request review. Inter partes review is a trial proceeding conducted at the Board to review the patentability of one or more claims in a patent only on a ground that could be raised under §§ 102 or 103, and only on the basis of prior art consisting of patents or printed publications. Post grant review is a trial proceeding conducted at the Board to review the patentability of one or more claims in a patent on any ground that could be raised under § 282(b)(2) or (3). A derivation proceeding is a trial proceeding conducted at the Board to determine whether (1) an inventor named in an earlier application derived the claimed invention from an inventor named in the petitioner’s application, and (2) the earlier application claiming such invention was filed without authorization. The transitional program for covered business method patents is a trial proceeding conducted at the Board to review the patentability of one or more claims in a covered business method patent. The covered business method program expired on September 16, 2020 and the Board no longer accepts new petitions related to this program, but continues to accept papers in previously-instituted proceedings. This information collection covers information submitted by the public to petition the Board to initiate an inter partes review, post-grant review, derivation proceeding, and the transitional program for covered business method patents, as well as any responses to such petitions, and the filing of any motions, replies, oppositions, and other actions, after a review/proceeding has been instituted. |
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| 202412-1545-006 | Clean Vehicle Credits | TREAS/IRS | 2025-01-14 | Historical Inactive | Revision of a currently approved collection
Clean Vehicle Credits
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Authorizing Statutes
26 USC 45W (View Law) 26 USC 25E (View Law) 26 USC 30D (View Law) Pub.L. 117 - 169 13401 and 13402 (View Law) Abstract
The Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 added § 30D of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to authorize a credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles. Section 30D has been amended several times since its enactment, most recently by § 13401 of Public Law 117-169, 136 Stat. 1818 (August 16, 2022), commonly known as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) and provides a credit for clean new vehicles. Section 13402 of the IRA added § 25E to the Code and provides a credit for previously owned clean vehicles. Section 13403(a) of the IRA added new § 45W to the Code and provides a credit for qualified commercial clean vehicles. |
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| 202505-0938-013 | End Stage Renal Disease Medical Information System ESRD Facility Survey and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 405.2133 (CMS-2744) | HHS/CMS | 2025-06-17 | Active | Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
End Stage Renal Disease Medical Information System ESRD Facility Survey and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 405.2133 (CMS-2744)
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The ESRD Facility Survey form (CMS-2744) is completed annually by Medicare-approved providers of dialysis and transplant services. The CMS-2744 is designed to collect information concerning treatment trends utilization of services and patterns of practice in treating ESRD patients. |
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| 202507-3220-008 | Citizen-Centric Online Self-Services (CCOSS) Authorization | RRB | 2025-08-08 | Active | New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Citizen-Centric Online Self-Services (CCOSS) Authorization
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Section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) and 20 CFR 321 under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) permits annuitants, beneficiaries and claimants to submit new and change of direct deposit and mailing address authorizations to the Railroad Retirement Board electronically to verify and certify RRA and RUIA benefit payments. |
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| 202504-0970-016 | Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) National Evaluation Overarching Generic | HHS/ACF | 2025-06-03 | Historical Inactive | New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) National Evaluation Overarching Generic
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This Information Collection Request is for an overarching generic clearance to collect data from programs delivered by Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) grant recipients on behalf of the SRAE National Evaluation. The information collected under this generic clearance is intended to identify innovative implementation strategies and program components used by SRAE grant recipients. There is not extensive evidence on SRAE programming to inform SRAE grant recipients’ implementation and program improvement efforts. To add to this limited body of evidence and support ACF’s administration of the SRAE grant program, the SRAE National Evaluation includes data collection to identify strategies and components that have the potential to improve the delivery and/or quality of SRAE programming. This work is rapid and iterative to allow any learnings to be disseminated to SRAE grant recipients during their grant award periods. As the study team identifies strategies ready for evaluation, rapid, responsive work will be undertaken to allow any learnings to be disseminated back to SRAE grant recipients within their grant award periods. For these reasons, ACF’s Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation is seeking approval for an overarching generic clearance. We have identified one innovative strategy that we would like to learn more about immediately upon approval of this overarching generic clearance, before planning a more in-depth study that would be reflected in a future submission to OMB. This initial GenIC request is included within the request for the new umbrella generic; future GenICs will be submitted individually. |
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| 202508-0712-001 | Nonappropriated Fund Human Resource Management System (NAF HRMS) | DOD/USMC | 2025-08-19 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Nonappropriated Fund Human Resource Management System (NAF HRMS)
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The information collection is necessary for Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) to successfully manage and administer an effective and efficient recruiting and hiring process. MCCS’s use of innovative technologies in the Non-Appropriated Fund Human Resource Management System (NAF HRMS) enables MCCS to streamline the employment application process, reduce processing and recruiter response times, and decrease the need for applicant calls and inquiries; therefore, improving the applicant’s experience. The collection is also necessary to facilitate the successful management and administration of MCCS retiree benefits. |
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| 202501-0910-001 | Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Notices | HHS/FDA | 2025-08-26 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Notices
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This ICR collects information from food manufacturers who wish to obtain a determination from FDA that a food additive is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) and therefore not subject to premarket approval requirements. Respondents submit information as provided in agency regulations regarding GRAS notification, including a description of the substance, intended use, previous communications with the agency, contact information, etc. FDA has developed Form 3667 to facilitate its review of GRAS notices. |
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| 202411-0910-005 | Establishing and Maintaining Lists of U.S.Product Manufacturers/Processors With Interest in Exporting CFSAN-Regulated Products | HHS/FDA | 2025-08-26 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Establishing and Maintaining Lists of U.S.Product Manufacturers/Processors With Interest in Exporting CFSAN-Regulated Products
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This ICR supports agency programs by which respondents who satisfy specified criteria may voluntarily be included on established lists of those wanting to export FDA-regulated products (foods) to foreign countries. Respondents who wish to be included on the list will voluntarily send information to FDA, including the name and address of the firm and the manufacturing plant, a list of products presently shipped and expected to be shipped in the future, and identities of agencies that inspect the plant, plant number and copy of last inspection. |
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