[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 104 (Thursday, June 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25289-25290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11292]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[CDC-2016-0090; Docket Number NIOSH 288-A]


A Performance Test Protocol for Closed System Transfer Devices 
Used During Pharmacy Compounding and Administration of Hazardous Drugs; 
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
of the Centers for Disease

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Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS).

ACTION: Notice and extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On September 15, 2016 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 public meeting and request for public comment on a draft testing 
protocol.
    Written comments were to be received by December 7, 2016. NIOSH 
initially extended the public comment period to June 7, 2017 [81 FR 
88687]. NIOSH is extending the public comment period for a second time 
to August 30, 2017. The longer timeframe will allow companies to test 
the protocol with the proposed challenge agents.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah V. Hirst, NIOSH, Alice 
Hamilton Laboratories, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS-R-5, Cincinnati, Ohio 
45226, telephone (513) 841-4141 (not a toll free number), Email: 
[email protected].

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by CDC-2016-0090 and 
Docket Number NIOSH 288-A, 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. 2017-11292 Filed 5-31-17; 8:45 am]
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