[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9355-9356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02828]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Docket: CDC-2012-0010]

42 CFR Part 73


Influenza Viruses Containing the Hemagglutinin From the Goose/
Guangdong/1/96 Lineage

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Request for information; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: With this notice, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS) announces the re-opening of a public comment period for 
a request for information and comment published on October 17, 2012. 
The request for information sought information and comments from the 
public regarding whether highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 
viruses that contain a hemagglutinin (HA) from the Goose/Guangdong/1/96 
lineage, and their potential to pose a severe threat to public health 
and safety. The comment period closed on December 17, 2012. We are 
reopening the comment period to allow interested persons additional 
time to prepare and submit comments.

DATES: Written or electronic comments must be received on or before 
March 11, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket Number CDC-
2012-0010, by any of the following methods
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Select 
Agent Program, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Mailstop A-46,

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Atlanta, Georgia 30333, ATTN: Docket No. CDC-2012-0010.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and RIN for this rulemaking. All relevant comments received will be 
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided.
    Docket Access: For access to the docket to read background 
documents or comments received or to download an electronic version of 
the NPRM, go to http://www.regulations.gov. Comments will be available 
for public inspection Monday through Friday, except for legal holidays, 
from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at 1600 Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, GA, 30333. 
Please call ahead to 1-866-694-4867 and ask for a representative in the 
Division of Select Agents and Toxins to schedule your visit. Our 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet as they are received and without change.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robbin Weyant, Director, Division of 
Select Agents and Toxins, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
1600 Clifton Road NE., MS A-46, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Telephone: 
(404) 718-2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 17, 2012, the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention(CDC), located within the Department of Health 
and Human Services (HHS) published a request for information and 
comment in the Federal Register (77 FR 63783) to obtain information and 
comments from the public to questions concerning highly pathogenic 
avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses that contain a hemagglutinin (HA) 
from the Goose/Guangdong/1/96 lineage, and their potential to pose a 
severe threat to public health and safety. The comment period closed on 
December 17, 2012. We have re-opened the comment period to allow 
interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments. We 
will also accept comments received between December 18, 2012 (the day 
after the close of the original comment period) and the date of this 
notice.

    Dated: February 4, 2013.
Kathleen Sebelius,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-02828 Filed 2-7-13; 8:45 am]
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