[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 104 (Thursday, June 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 25291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11288]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[CDC-2017-0015; Docket Number NIOSH 295]


Health Risks to Workers Associated With Occupational Exposures to 
Peracetic Acid; 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 comment period.

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SUMMARY: On March 7, 2017 the National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), published a notice in the Federal Register announcing 
a request for information to evaluate the scientific and technical data 
on occupational exposure to peracetic acid (CAS #79-21-0, also known as 
peroxyacetic acid and PAA). Written comments were to be received by 
June 5, 2017. In response to a request from an interested party, NIOSH 
is extending the comment period until October 1, 2017.

DATES: NIOSH is extending the comment period on the request for 
information published March 7, 2017 [82 FR 12819]. Electronic or 
written comments must be received by October 1, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G. Scott Dotson, NIOSH, Education and 
Information Division, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 1090 Tusculum 
Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone (513) 533-8540 (not a toll 
free number).

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by CDC-2017-0015 and 
Docket Number NIOSH 295, by either of the following two methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health, NIOSH Docket Office, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-34, Cincinnati, 
Ohio 45226-1998.

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2017-11288 Filed 5-31-17; 8:45 am]
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