Notice2024-29937
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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December 18, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 102927-102928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29937]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information
collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer at (240) 276-0361.
Project: Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Synar
Report Format, FFY 2024-2026--(OMB No. 0930-0222)--Extension
Section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 300x-26]
stipulates that Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery
Services Block Grant (SUPTRS) funding agreements for alcohol and drug
abuse programs for fiscal year 1994 and
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subsequent fiscal years require states to have in effect a law
providing that it is unlawful for any manufacturer, retailer, or
distributor of tobacco products to sell or distribute any such product
to any individual under the age of 21. This section further requires
that states conduct annual, random, unannounced inspections to ensure
compliance with the law; that the state submit annually a report
describing the results of the inspections, the activities carried out
by the state to enforce the required law, the success the state has
achieved in reducing the availability of tobacco products to
individuals under the age of 21, and the strategies to be utilized by
the state for enforcing such law during the fiscal year for which the
grant is sought.
Before making an award to a state under the Block Grant, the
Secretary must make a determination that the state has maintained
compliance with the regulations. If a determination is made that the
state is not in compliance, penalties shall be applied. There are three
(3) penalty options for failure to comply with the Synar requirements:
(1) States may be fined a penalty up to 10 percent of the SUPTRS). (2)
States may elect to submit a corrective action plan to the Assistant
Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use within 90 days of receipt
of notice that they are not in compliance with the Synar regulations,
which outlines strategies they will take to reduce the Retail Violation
Rate to 20 percent or less. (3) States certify to the Secretary by May
1 of the fiscal year for which the funds are appropriated, consistent
with subparagraph (B), that the State will commit additional State
funds, in accordance with paragraph (1), to ensure that retailers do
not sell tobacco products to individuals under 21 years of age; (Pub.
L. 116-94 Statute, section 604 pg. 593). Respondents include the 50
states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands.
Red Lake Indian Tribe is not subject to tobacco requirements.
Regulations that implement this legislation are at 45 CFR 96.130,
are approved by OMB under control number 0930-0163, and require that
each state submit an annual Synar report to the Secretary describing
their progress in complying with section 1926 of the PHS Act. The Synar
report, due December 31 following the fiscal year for which the state
is reporting, describes the results of the inspections and the
activities carried out by the state to enforce the required law; the
success the state has achieved in reducing the availability of tobacco
products to individuals under the age of 21; and the strategies to be
utilized by the state for enforcing such law during the fiscal year for
which the grant is sought. SAMHSA is requesting an extension of OMB
approval of the current report format associated with section 1926 (42
U.S.C. 300x-26) to 2026. Extending OMB approval of the current report
format will continue to facilitate consistent, credible, and efficient
monitoring of Synar compliance across the states.
Annual Reporting Burden
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Number of
45 CFR citation respondents Responses per Total number Hours per Total hour
\1\ respondents of responses response burden
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Annual Report (Section 1--States 59 1 59 15 885
and Territories) 96.130(e)(1-3)
State Plan (Section II--States 59 1 59 3 177
and Territories)
96.130(e)(4,5)96.130(g)........
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Total....................... 59 .............. 118 .............. 1,062
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\1\ Red Lake Indian Tribe is not subject to tobacco requirements.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2024-29937 Filed 12-17-24; 8:45 am]
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