[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 218 (Friday, November 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 56688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28103]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 01F-0484]


Anitox Corp.; Filing of Food Additive Petition (Animal Use); 
Formaldehyde

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that 
Anitox Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to allow a variable usage rate of 2.0 to 5.4 
pounds (lb) of formaldehyde (CAS No. 50-00-0; 37 percent aqueous 
solution) per ton of animal feeds for feed ingredients.

DATES:  Submit written or electronic comments on the petitioner's 
environmental assessment by January 23, 2002.

ADDRESSES:  Submit written comments to the Dockets Management Branch 
(HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, 
Rockville, MD 20852. Submit electronic comments to http://www.fda.gov/dockets/ecomments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Henry E. Ekperigin, Center for 
Veterinary Medicine (HFV-222), Food and Drug Administration, 7500 
Standish Pl., Rockville, MD 20855, 301-827-0174.

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 2245) has been filed by Anitox Corp., 1055 
Progress Circle, P.O. Box 490310, Lawrenceville, GA 30043. The petition 
proposes to amend the food additive regulations in part 573--Food 
Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals (21 CFR part 
573) to allow a variable usage rate of 2.0 to 5.4 lb of formaldehyde 
(CAS No. 50-00-0; 37 percent aqueous solution) per ton of animal feeds 
for feed ingredients.
    The potential environmental impact of this action is being 
reviewed. To encourage public participation consistent with regulations 
issued under the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR 1501.4(b)), 
the agency is placing the environmental information 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 submit to the Dockets Management Branch 
(address above) written or electronic comments by January 23, 2002. 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 Dockets Management Branch 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: October 31, 2001.
Stephen F. Sundlof,
Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine.
[FR Doc. 01-28103 Filed 11-8-01; 8:45 am]
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