[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 64353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26870]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket Number NIOSH-245]


Request for Public Comment on Draft Document: ``Criteria for a 
Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Diacetyl and 2,3-
pentanedione''; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice and extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is 
extending to November 18, 2011, the comment period for the notice that 
appeared in the Federal Register of July 25, 2011 (76 FR 44338-44339). 
In the Notice, NIOSH announced its intent to hold a public meeting to 
discuss and obtain comments on the draft document, ``Criteria for a 
Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Diacetyl and 2,3-
pentanedione'' with a comment period ending on October 14, 2011. A copy 
of the draft document was posted on the Internet at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/review/docket245/ for Docket number NIOSH-245. 
The agency is extending the comment period in response to requests for 
extensions to permit the public more time to gather and submit 
information.

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 Dates
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 For Further Information Contact

DATES: Written comments on the document will be accepted until November 
18, 2011.

ADDRESSES: All material submitted to NIOSH should reference Docket 
Number NIOSH-245. All electronic comments should be formatted as 
Microsoft Word or PDF files and make reference to Docket Number NIOSH-
245. To submit comments, please use one of these options:
     Send NIOSH comments using the online form at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/review/docket245/comments.html.
     Email: [email protected].
     Facsimile: (513) 533-8285.
     Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 
MS-C34, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226.
    All information received in response to this notice will be 
available for public examination and copying at the NIOSH Docket 
Office, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Room 111, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. A 
complete electronic docket containing all comments submitted will be 
available on the NIOSH docket home page at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/archive/docket245.html and comments will be available in writing 
by request. NIOSH includes all comments received without change in the 
docket, including any personal information provided.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauralynn Taylor McKernan, ScD, CIH, 
NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS-C32, Cincinnati, OH 45226, telephone 
(513) 533-8542, fax (513) 533-8230, Email [email protected].

    Dated: October 12, 2011.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-26870 Filed 10-17-11; 8:45 am]
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