13508 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 50 / Monday, March 16, 2015 / Proposed Rules 
For the reasons set forth in the 
preamble, 7 CFR part 985 is proposed to 
be amended as follows: 
PART 985—MARKETING ORDER 
REGULATING THE HANDLING OF SPEARMINT OIL PRODUCED IN THE FAR WEST 
■1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 
part 985 continues to read as follows: 
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 
■2. A new § 985.234 is added to read 
as follows: 
§ 985.234 Salable quantities and allotment 
percentages—2015–2016 marketing year. 
The salable quantity and allotment 
percentage for each class of spearmint 
oil during the marketing year beginning on June 1, 2015, shall be as follows: 
(a) Class 1 (Scotch) oil—a salable 
quantity of 1,265,853 pounds and an allotment percentage of 60 percent. 
(b) Class 3 (Native) oil—a salable 
quantity of 1,341,269 pounds and an allotment percentage of 56 percent. 
Dated: March 9, 2015. 
Rex A. Barnes, 
Associate Administrator, Agricultural 
Marketing Service. 
[FR Doc. 2015–05681 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES 
Food and Drug Administration 
21 CFR Part 176 
[Docket No. FDA–2015–F–0714] 
Natural Resources Defense Council et 
al.; Filing of Food Additive Petition 
AGENCY : Food and Drug Administration, 
HHS. 
ACTION : Notice of petition. 
SUMMARY : The Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Center for Food Safety, the Breast Cancer Fund, the Center for Environmental Health, Clean Water Action, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Children’s Environmental Health Network, Environmental Working Group, and Improving Kids’ Environment, proposing that we amend our food additive regulation to no longer provide for the use of three specific perfluoroalkyl ethyl containing food- contact substances (FCSs) as oil and water repellants for paper and paperboard for use in contact with aqueous and fatty foods. 
DATES : The food additive petition was 
filed on January 7, 2015. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : Paul 
Honigfort, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS–275), Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740–3835, 240–402–1206. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : 
I. Background 
Under section 409(b)(5) of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5)), we are giving notice that we have filed a food additive petition (FAP 4B4809), submitted by the Natural Resources Defense Council, 1152 15th St. NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20005; the Center for Food Safety, 303 Sacramento St., Second Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111; Clean Water Action, 144 Eye St. NW., Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005; the Center for Science in the Public Interest, 1220 L St. NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20005; Children’s Environmental Health Network, 110 Maryland Ave. NE., Suite 402, Washington, DC 20002; the Breast Cancer Fund, 1388 Sutter St., Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94109–5400; the Center for Environmental Health, 2201 Broadway, Suite 302, Oakland, CA, 94612; Environmental Working Group, 1436 U St. NW., Suite 100, Washington, DC 20009; and Improving Kids’ Environment, 1915 West 18th St., Indianapolis, IN 46202. The petition proposes that we amend § 176.170 (21 CFR 176.170) to no longer provide for the use of three perfluoroalkyl ethyl containing food-contact substances (FCSs) as oil and water repellants for paper and paperboard for use in contact with aqueous and fatty foods. The three FCSs which are the subjects of this petition are as follows: 
1. Diethanolamine salts of mono- and 
bis (1H,1H,2H,2H perfluoroalkyl) 
phosphates where the alkyl group is even-numbered in the range C8-C18 and the salts have a fluorine content of 52.4 percent to 54.4 percent as determined on a solids basis; 
2. Pentanoic acid, 4,4-bis [(gamma- 
omega-perfluoro-C8-20-alkyl)thio] derivatives, compounds with diethanolamine (CAS Reg. No. 71608– 61–2); and 
3. Perfluoroalkyl substituted 
phosphate ester acids, ammonium salts formed by the reaction of 2,2- bis[([gamma], [omega]-perfluoro C4-20 alkylthio) methyl]-1,3-propanediol, polyphosphoric acid and ammonium hydroxide. II. Amendment of § 176.170 
In accordance with procedures 
specified in § 171.130 (21 CFR 171.130) for amending or revoking a food additive regulation, the petition asks us to amend § 176.170 so that it would no longer provide for the use of three perfluoroalkyl ethyl containing FCSs as oil and water repellants for paper and paperboard for use in contact with aqueous and fatty foods. If we determine that new data are available regarding the toxicity of these FCSs that justify amending § 176.170 so that it would no longer allow their use, we will publish such an amendment of the regulation in the Federal Register, as set forth in 
§ 171.130 and § 171.100 (21 CFR 171.100). 
We have determined under 21 CFR 
25.32(m) that this action is of a type that does not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment. Therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required. 
Dated: March 9, 2015. 
Leslie Kux, 
Associate Commissioner for Policy. 
[FR Doc. 2015–05938 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 4164–01–P 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES 
Food and Drug Administration 
21 CFR Parts 170, 177, and 189 
[Docket No. FDA–2015–F–0537] 
Natural Resources Defense Council et 
al.; Filing of Food Additive Petition 
AGENCY : Food and Drug Administration, 
HHS. 
ACTION : Notice of petition. 
SUMMARY : The Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Food Safety, Clean Water Action, Children’s Environmental Health Network, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Breast Cancer Fund, Center for Environmental Health, Environmental Working Group, and Improving Kids’ Environment, proposing that we amend our regulation to no longer provide for the use of potassium perchlorate as an additive in closure-sealing gaskets for food containers, revoke the Threshold of Regulation exemption No. 2005–006 to no longer exempt the use of sodium 
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