[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 78 (Thursday, April 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 20203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10781]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 97N-0485]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of OMB 
Approval

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a 
collection of information entitled ``Shipment of a Blood Product Prior 
to Completion of Testing for Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HbsAg), and 
Shipment of Blood Products Known Reactive for HbsAg'' has been approved 
by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: JonnaLynn P. Capezzuto, Office of 
Information Resources Management (HFA-250), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-4659.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  In the Federal Register of December 19, 
1997 (62 FR 66633), the agency announced that the proposed information 
collection had been submitted to OMB for review and clearance under 
section 3507 of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3507). An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. 
OMB has now approved the information collection and has assigned OMB 
control number 0910-0168. The approval expires on April 30, 2001.

    Dated: April 16, 1998.
William K. Hubbard,
Associate Commissioner for Policy Coordination.
[FR Doc. 98-10781 Filed 4-22-98; 8:45 am]
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