[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 123 (Monday, June 27, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 41441-41442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14932]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 573

[Docket No. FDA-2014-F-0232]


Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals; 
Chromium Propionate; Extension of the Comment Period

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Final rule; extension of the comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is extending the 
comment period for the final rule, published in the Federal Register of 
June 3, 2016, amending the regulations for food additives permitted in 
feed and drinking water of animals to provide for the safe use of 
chromium propionate as a source of chromium in broiler chicken feed. 
This action is in response to a food additive petition filed by Kemin 
Industries, Inc. We are taking this action due to maintenance on the 
Federal eRulemaking portal from July 1 through July 5, 2016.

DATES: The FDA confirms the June 3, 2016, effective date of the final 
rule that published on June 3, 2016 (81 FR 35610). The comment period 
for the final rule is extended. Submit either electronic or written 
comments by July 19, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to http://www.regulations.gov 
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be 
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment 
does not include any confidential information that you or a third party 
may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone 
else's Social Security number, or confidential business information, 
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your 
name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in 
the body of your comments, that information will be posted on http://www.regulations.gov.
     If you want to submit a comment with confidential 
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public, 
submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').

Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
     Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper 
submissions): Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Division of 
Dockets Management, FDA will post your comment, as well as any 
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, 
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. 
FDA-2014-F-0232 for ``Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking 
Water of Animals; Chromium Propionate.'' Received comments will be 
placed in the docket and, except for those submitted as ``Confidential 
Submissions,'' publicly viewable at http://www.regulations.gov or at 
the Division of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday 
through Friday.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with 
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly 
available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You 
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information 
you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states 
``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' The Agency will 
review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in 
its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the 
claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be 
available for public viewing and posted on http://www.regulations.gov. 
Submit both copies to the Division of Dockets Management. If you do not 
wish your name and contact information to be made publicly available, 
you can provide this information on the cover sheet and not in the body 
of your comments and you must identify this information as 
``confidential.'' Any information marked as ``confidential'' will not 
be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other 
applicable disclosure law. For more information about FDA's posting of 
comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or 
access the information at: http://www.fda.gov/regulatoryinformation/dockets/default.htm.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in 
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the 
prompts and/or go to the Division of Dockets Management, 5630 Fishers 
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chelsea Trull, Center for Veterinary 
Medicine, Food and Drug Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., Rockville, 
MD 20855, 240-402-6729, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of June 3, 2016 (81 
FR 35610), FDA amended the regulations for food additives permitted in 
feed and drinking water of animals to provide for the safe use of 
chromium propionate as a source of chromium in broiler chicken feed. 
This action is in response to a food additive petition filed by Kemin 
Industries, Inc. (Kemin). FDA found no significant environmental impact 
of this action based on its evaluation of evidence contained in an 
environmental assessment submitted by Kemin.
    Interested persons were originally given until July 5, 2016, to 
submit comments or written objections and a request for a hearing.
    From July 1 through July 5, 2016, the Federal eRulemaking Portal, 
http://www.regulations.gov, is undergoing maintenance. Therefore, we 
are extending the comment period for the regulations permitting the use 
of chromium propionate as a source of

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chromium in broiler chicken feed and for FDA's finding of no 
significant environmental impact. The extended comment period will 
close on July 19, 2016.

    Dated: June 20, 2016.
Tracey Forfa,
Acting Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine.
[FR Doc. 2016-14932 Filed 6-24-16; 8:45 am]
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