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[FR Doc No: 94-20450]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 94F-0257]

 

Betz Laboratories; Filing of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Betz 
Laboratories has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of the copolymer of 
the sodium salt of acrylic acid with polyethyleneglycol allyl ether in 
paper mill boilers.

DATES: Written comments on the petitioner's environmental assessment by 
September 19, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Dockets Management Branch 
(HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, rm. 1-23, 12420 Parklawn Dr., 
Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane E. Robertson, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3089.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (sec. 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5))), notice is given that a food 
additive petition (FAP 4B4426) has been filed by Betz Laboratories, 
4636 Somerton Rd., Trevose, PA 19053. The petition proposes that the 
food additive regulations in Sec. 176.170 Components of paper and 
paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods (21 CFR 176.170) be 
amended to provide for the safe use of the copolymer of the sodium salt 
of acrylic acid with polyethyleneglycol allyl ether in paper mill 
boilers.
    The potential environmental impact of this action is being 
reviewed. To encourage public participation consistent with regulations 
promulgated under the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR 1501.4 
(b)), the agency is placing the environmental assessment submitted with 
the petition that is the subject of this notice on public display at 
the Dockets Management Branch (address above) for public review and 
comment. Interested persons may, on or before (insert date 30 days 
after date of publication in the Federal Register), submit to the 
Dockets Management Branch (address above) written comments. Two copies 
of any comments are to be submitted, except that individuals may submit 
one copy. Comments are to be identified with the docket number found in 
brackets in the heading of this document. Received comments may be seen 
in the office above between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. 
FDA will also place on public display any amendments to, or comments 
on, the petitioner's environmental assessment without further 
announcement in the Federal Register. If, based on its review, the 
agency finds that an environmental impact statement is not required and 
this petition results in a regulation, the notice of availability of 
the agency's finding of no significant impact and the evidence 
supporting that finding will be published with the regulation in the 
Federal Register in accordance with 21 CFR 25.40(c).

    Dated: August 11, 1994.
Fred R. Shank,
Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 94-20450 Filed 8-18-94; 8:45 am]
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