[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 47843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22719]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-2908]


The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; 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 The 
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
piperylene/2-methyl-2-butene/alpha-methylstyrene terpolymers for use in 
the preparation of can end cements intended for use in contact with 
food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir D. Anand, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3081.

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 9B4685) has been filed by The Goodyear Tire & 
Rubber Co., c/o Keller and Heckman LLP, 1001 G St. NW., suite 500 West, 
Washington, DC 20001. The petition proposes to amend the food additive 
regulations in Sec. 175.300 Resinous and polymeric coatings (21 CFR 
175.300) to provide for the safe use of piperylene/2-methyl-2-butene/
alpha-methylstyrene terpolymers for use in the preparation of can end 
cements intended for use in contact with food.
     The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(i) that this action 
is of the type that does not individually or cumulatively have a 
significant effect on the human environment. Therefore, neither an 
environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is 
required.

    Dated: August 12, 1999.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Deputy Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-22719 Filed 8-31-99; 8:45 am]
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