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Part A, Subpart III, Section 44701: 
General requirements.’’ Under that section, Congress charges the FAA with promoting safe flight of civil aircraft in air commerce by prescribing regulations for practices, methods, and procedures the Administrator finds necessary for safety in air commerce. This regulation is within the scope of that authority because it addresses an unsafe condition that is likely to exist or develop on products identified in this rulemaking action. 
Regulatory Findings 
We determined that this proposed AD 
would not have federalism implications 
under Executive Order 13132. This proposed AD would not have a substantial direct effect on the States, on the relationship between the national Government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. 
For the reasons discussed, I certify 
this proposed regulation: 
1. Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 
action’’ under Executive Order 12866; 
2. Is not a ‘‘significant rule’’ under the 
DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979); 
3. Will not affect intrastate aviation in 
Alaska to the extent that it justifies making a regulatory distinction; and 
4. Will not have a significant 
economic impact, positive or negative, on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. 
We prepared an economic evaluation 
of the estimated costs to comply with this proposed AD and placed it in the AD docket. 
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39 
Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation 
safety, Incorporation by reference, 
Safety. 
The Proposed Amendment 
Accordingly, under the authority 
delegated to me by the Administrator, 
the FAA proposes to amend 14 CFR part 39 as follows: 
PART 39—AIRWORTHINESS 
DIRECTIVES 
■1. The authority citation for part 39 
continues to read as follows: 
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701. 
§ 39.13 [Amended] 
■2. The FAA amends § 39.13 by 
removing Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2014–12–12, Amendment 39–17873 (79 FR 36638, June 30, 2014), and adding the following new AD: Airbus Helicopters (Previously Eurocopter 
France): Docket No. FAA–2016–3343; 
Directorate Identifier 2015–SW–078–AD. 
(a) Applicability 
This AD applies to the following 
helicopters, certificated in any category, 
except those with modification A00565, 07 3796, or 07 2921 installed: 
(1) Model EC120B helicopters with a 
sliding door part number (P/N) C526A2370101 installed; and 
(2) Model EC130B4 helicopters with a 
sliding door P/N C526S1101051 installed. 
(b) Unsafe Condition 
This AD defines the unsafe condition as a 
failure of the sliding door star axle support. 
This condition could prevent operation of a sliding door from inside, which could delay evacuation of passengers during an emergency. 
(c) Affected ADs 
This AD supersedes AD 2014–12–12, 
Amendment 39–17873 (79 FR 36638, June 
30, 2014). 
(d) Comments Due Date 
We must receive comments by December 
27, 2016. (e) Compliance 
You are responsible for performing each 
action required by this AD within the 
specified compliance time unless it has already been accomplished prior to that time. 
(f) Required Actions 
(1) Within 165 hours time-in-service: 
(i) Visually inspect each upper and lower 
locking pin control rod end fitting (control end fitting) for a bend, twist, or breakage. If a control end fitting is bent, twisted, or broken, before further flight, replace the control end fitting with an airworthy control end fitting. 
(ii) Clean and dye penetrant inspect the 
star support pin for a crack in the areas 
identified as Zone X and Zone Y in Figure 3 of Eurocopter Alert Service Bulletin No. EC120–52A014, Revision 2, dated October 28, 2013 (ASB No. EC120–52A014) or Eurocopter Alert Service Bulletin No. EC130– 52A009, Revision 1, dated January 25, 2013 (ASB No. EC130–52A009), as applicable to your model helicopter. If there is a crack in the star support pin, before further flight, replace the star support pin with an airworthy star support pin. 
(iii) Reinforce the sliding door star support 
stringer by installing three carbon fiber plies and re-identify the sliding door by following the Accomplishment Instructions, paragraphs 3.B.2.d. and 3.B.2.e of ASB No. EC120– 52A014, or paragraph 3.B.2.d. and the table under paragraph 3.C of ASB No. EC130– 52A009, whichever is applicable to your model helicopter. 
(2) After the effective date of this AD, do 
not install a sliding door P/N C526A2370101 on an EC120B helicopter, or a sliding door P/N C526S1101051 on an EC130B4 helicopter, unless the sliding door has been reinforced as required by paragraph (f)(1)(iii) of this AD. (g) Credit for Actions Previously Completed 
Compliance with AD 2014–12–12 (79 FR 
366838, June 30, 2014) before the effective date of this AD is considered acceptable for compliance with the corresponding actions specified in paragraph (f)(1) of this AD. 
(h) Alternative Methods of Compliance 
(AMOCs) 
(1) The Manager, Safety Management 
Group, FAA, may approve AMOCs for this AD. Send your proposal to: David Hatfield, Aviation Safety Engineer, Safety Management Group, Rotorcraft Directorate, FAA, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222–5116; email 9-ASW- FTW-AMOC-Requests@faa.gov. 
(2) For operations conducted under a 14 
CFR part 119 operating certificate or under 14 CFR part 91, subpart K, we suggest that you notify your principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, the manager of the local flight standards district office or certificate holding district office before operating any aircraft complying with this AD through an AMOC. 
(i) Additional Information 
The subject of this AD is addressed in 
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD 
No. 2015–0020, dated February 11, 2015. You may view the EASA AD on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov in Docket No. 
FAA–2016–3343. 
(j) Subject 
Joint Aircraft Service Component (JASC) 
Code: 5220, Emergency Exits. 
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on October 18, 
2016. 
James A. Grigg, Acting Manager, Rotorcraft Directorate, 
Aircraft Certification Service. 
[FR Doc. 2016–25748 Filed 10–25–16; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES 
Food and Drug Administration 
21 CFR Part 2 
[Docket No. FDA–2015–N–1355] 
RIN 0910–AH36 
Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances 
AGENCY : Food and Drug Administration, 
HHS. 
ACTION : Proposed rule. 
SUMMARY : The Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA, the Agency, or 
we) is proposing to amend its regulation on uses of ozone-depleting substances (ODSs), including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), to remove the designation for certain products as ‘‘essential uses’’ under the Clean Air Act. Essential-use products are exempt from the ban by 
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FDA on the use of CFCs and other ODS 
propellants in FDA-regulated products and from the ban by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the use of ODSs in pressurized dispensers. This action, if finalized, will remove the essential-use exemptions for sterile aerosol talc administered intrapleurally by thoracoscopy for human use and for metered-dose atropine sulfate aerosol human drugs administered by oral inhalation. FDA is proposing this action because alternative products that do not use ODSs are now available and because these products are no longer being marketed in versions that contain ODSs. 
DATES : Submit either electronic or 
written comments on the proposed rule by December 27, 2016. If FDA receives any significant adverse comments, the Agency will publish a document withdrawing the direct final rule before its effective date. FDA will then proceed to respond to comments under this proposed rule using the usual notice- and-comment procedures. 
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– 2015–N–1355 for ‘‘Use of Ozone- Depleting Substances.’’ 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.gpo.gov/ fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015- 23389.pdf. 
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 : 
Daniel Orr, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 6246, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 240–402–0979, daniel.orr@fda.hhs.gov. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : 
I. Background 
Production of ODSs has been phased 
out worldwide under the terms of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol) (September 16, 1987, S. Treaty Doc. No. 10, 100th Cong., 1st sess., 26 I.L.M. 1541 (1987)). In accordance with the provisions of the Montreal Protocol, under authority of Title VI of the Clean Air Act (section 601 et seq.), the manufacture of ODSs, including CFCs, in the United States was generally banned as of January 1, 1996. To receive permission to manufacture CFCs in the United States after the phase-out date, manufacturers must obtain an exemption from the phase-out requirements from the parties to the Montreal Protocol. Procedures for securing an essential-use exemption under the Montreal Protocol are described in a request by EPA for applications for exemptions (60 FR 54349, October 23, 1995). 
A drug, device, cosmetic, or food 
contained in an aerosol product or other pressurized dispenser that releases a CFC or other ODS propellant is generally not considered an essential use of the ODS under the Clean Air Act except as provided in § 2.125(c) and (e) (21 CFR 2.125(c) and (e)). This prohibition is based on scientific research indicating that CFCs and other ODSs reduce the amount of ozone in the stratosphere and thereby increase the amount of ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth. An increase in ultraviolet radiation will increase the incidence of skin cancer, and produce other adverse effects of unknown magnitude on humans, animals, and plants (80 FR 36937, June 29, 2015). Section 2.125(c) and (e) provide exemptions for essential uses of ODSs for certain products containing ODS propellants that FDA determines provide unique health benefits that would not be available without the use of an ODS. 
Firms that wish to use ODSs 
manufactured after the phase-out date in medical devices (as defined in section 601(8) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7671(8)) covered under section 610 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7671i) must receive exemptions for essential uses under the Montreal Protocol. EPA regulations implementing the provisions 
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of section 610 of the Clean Air Act 
contain a general ban on the use of ODSs in pressurized dispensers, such as metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) (40 CFR 82.64(c) and 82.66(d)). These EPA regulations exempt from the general ban ‘‘medical devices’’ that FDA considers essential and that are listed in § 2.125(e). Section 601(8) of the Clean Air Act defines ‘‘medical device’’ as any device (as defined in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 321), diagnostic product, drug (as defined in the FD&C Act), and drug delivery system, if such device, diagnostic product, drug, or drug delivery system uses a class I or class II ODS for which no safe and effective alternative has been developed (and, where necessary, has been approved by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs), and if such device, diagnostic product, drug, or drug delivery system has, after notice and opportunity for public comment, been approved and determined to be essential by the Commissioner in consultation with the Administrator of EPA. Class I substances include CFCs, halons, carbon tetrachloride, methyl chloroform, methyl bromide, and other chemicals not relevant to this document (see 40 CFR part 82, appendix A to subpart A). Class II substances include hydrochlorofluorocarbons (see 40 CFR part 82, appendix B to subpart A). 
Faced with the statutorily mandated 
phase-out of the production of ODSs, drug manufacturers have developed alternatives to MDIs and other self- pressurized drug dosage forms that do not contain ODSs. Examples of these alternative dosage forms are MDIs that use non-ODSs as propellants and dry- powder inhalers. The availability of alternatives to the ODSs means that certain drug products listed in § 2.125(e) are no longer essential uses of ODSs. Therefore, due to the lack of marketing of approved products containing ODSs, and the availability of alternative products that do not contain ODSs, FDA is proposing to amend its regulations to remove essential-use designations for sterile aerosol talc administered intrapleurally by thoracoscopy for human use (§ 2.125(e)(4)(ix)) and for metered-dose atropine sulfate aerosol human drugs administered by oral inhalation (§ 2.125(e)(4)(vi)). 
There is currently one sterile aerosol 
talc product containing ODSs that is approved for administration intrapleurally by thoracoscopy for human use for the treatment of recurrent malignant pleural effusion in symptomatic patients. Section 2.125(g) 
sets forth standards for determining whether the use of an ODS in a medical product is no longer essential. Under 
§ 2.125(g)(3), an essential-use designation for individual active moieties marketed as ODS products and represented by one new drug application may no longer be essential if: 
•At least one non-ODS product with 
the same active moiety is marketed with the same route of administration, for the same indication, and with approximately the same level of convenience of use as the ODS product containing that active moiety; 
•Supplies and production capacity 
for the non-ODS product(s) exist or will exist at levels sufficient to meet patient need; 
•Adequate U.S. postmarketing-use 
data are available for the non-ODS product(s); and 
•Patients who medically require the 
ODS product are adequately served by the non-ODS product(s) containing that active moiety and other available products (§ 2.125(g)(3)). 
On June 29, 2015, FDA published a 
notice and request for comment concerning its tentative conclusion that sterile aerosol talc administered intrapleurally by thoracoscopy for human use no longer constitutes an essential use under the Clean Air Act under the criteria in (§ 2.125(g)(3). FDA requested comment on its findings that sterile aerosol talc is currently marketed for intrapleural administration in two non-ODS formulations and on its 
finding that the route of administration, indications, and level of convenience appear to be the same for the ODS and non-ODS formulations of sterile aerosol talc. FDA also requested comment on its finding that the non-ODS products are available in sufficient quantities to serve the current patient population. FDA received no comments on these findings or on its tentative conclusion that sterile aerosol talc administered intrapleurally by thoracoscopy for human use no longer constitutes an essential use of ODSs under the Clean Air Act. 
In the same document published on 
June 29, 2015, FDA requested comments concerning its tentative conclusion that metered-dose atropine sulfate aerosol human drugs administered by oral inhalation no longer constitute an essential use under the Clean Air Act under the criteria in (§ 2.125(g)(1). FDA requested comment concerning its finding that metered-dose atropine sulfate aerosol human drugs administered by oral inhalation are no longer marketed in an approved ODS formulation. Under § 2.125(g)(1), an active moiety may no longer constitute an essential use (§ 2.125(e)) if it is no longer marketed in an approved ODS formulation. The failure to market 
indicates nonessentiality because the absence of a demand sufficient for even one company to market the product is highly indicative that the use is not essential. FDA received no comments concerning its finding that metered-dose atropine sulfate aerosol human drugs administered by oral inhalation are no longer marketed in an ODS formulation or concerning its tentative conclusion that these drugs no longer constitute an essential use of ODSs under the Clean Air Act. 
Accordingly, FDA is proposing to 
amend its regulation to remove sterile aerosol talc administered intrapleurally by thoracoscopy for human use (§ 2.125(e)(4)(ix)) and to remove metered-dose atropine sulfate aerosol human drugs administered by oral inhalation (§ 2.125(e)(4)(vi)) as essential uses under the Clean Air Act. 
II. Companion Rule to Direct Final 
Rulemaking 
This proposed rule is a companion 
document to the direct final rule published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register. FDA is proposing to amend § 2.125 to remove essential-use designations for sterile aerosol talc administered intrapleurally by thoracoscopy for human use and for metered-dose atropine sulfate aerosol human drugs administered by oral inhalation. This proposed rule is intended to make noncontroversial changes to existing regulations. The Agency does not anticipate receiving any significant adverse comment on this 
rule. 
Consistent with FDA’s procedures on 
direct final rulemaking, we are publishing elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register a companion direct final rule. The direct final rule and this companion proposed rule are substantively identical. This companion proposed rule provides the procedural framework within which the proposed rule may be finalized in the event the direct final rule is withdrawn because of any significant adverse comment. The comment period for this proposed rule runs concurrently with the comment period of the companion direct final rule. Any comments received in response to the companion direct final rule will also be considered as comments regarding this proposed rule. 
FDA is providing a comment period 
for the proposed rule of 60 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register. If we receive a significant adverse comment, we intend to withdraw the direct final rule before its effective date by publishing a notice in the Federal Register within 30 days 
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after the comment period ends. A 
significant adverse comment explains why the rule either would be inappropriate, including challenges to the rule’s underlying premise or approach, or would be ineffective or unacceptable without a change. In determining whether an adverse comment is significant and warrants withdrawing a direct final rule, the Agency will consider whether the comment raises an issue serious enough to warrant a substantive response in a notice-and-comment process in accordance with section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553). 
Comments that are frivolous, 
insubstantial, or outside the scope of the proposed rule will not be considered significant or adverse under this procedure. For example, a comment recommending a regulation change in addition to the changes in the proposed rule would not be considered a significant adverse comment unless the comment states why the proposed rule would be ineffective without the additional change. In addition, if a significant adverse comment applies to an amendment, paragraph, or section of this proposed rule and that provision can be severed from the remainder of the rule, FDA may adopt as final the provisions of the proposed rule that are not the subject of a significant adverse comment. 
If FDA does not receive any 
significant adverse comment in response to the proposed rule, the Agency will publish a document in the Federal Register confirming the effective date of the direct final rule. The Agency intends to make the direct final rule effective 30 days after publication of the confirmation document in the Federal Register. 
A full description of FDA’s policy on 
direct final rule procedures may be found in a guidance for FDA and industry entitled ‘‘Direct Final Rule Procedures’’ (available at http://www.fda.gov/RegulatoryInformation/ Guidances/ucm125166.htm) that was announced in the Federal Register on 
November 21, 1997 (62 FR 62466). 
III. Economic Analysis of Impacts A. Introduction 
We have examined the impacts of the 
proposed rule under Executive Order 
12866, Executive Order 13563, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601–612), and the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4). Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct us to assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, when regulation is necessary, to select 
regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public health and safety, and other advantages; distributive impacts; and equity). We have developed a comprehensive Economic Analysis of Impacts that assesses the impacts of the proposed rule. We believe that this proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action as defined by Executive Order 12866. 
The Regulatory Flexibility Act 
requires us to analyze regulatory options that would minimize any significant impact of a rule on small entities. We propose to certify that the proposed rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 
of 1995 (section 202(a)) requires us to prepare a written statement, which includes an assessment of anticipated costs and benefits, before proposing ‘‘any rule that includes any Federal mandate that may result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100,000,000 or more (adjusted annually for inflation) in any one year.’’ The current threshold after adjustment for inflation is $146 million, using the most current (2015) Implicit Price Deflator for the Gross Domestic Product. This proposed rule would not result in an expenditure in any year that meets or exceeds this amount. 
B. Need for the Regulation 
This rule is necessary to comply with 
the Montreal Protocol under authority of 
Title VI of the Clean Air Act (section 601 et seq.), which banned the 
manufacture of ODSs, including CFCs, to reduce the depletion of the ozone layer in the United States as of January 1, 1996. EPA regulations exempted from the ban medical devices, diagnostic products, drugs, and drug delivery systems that FDA considered essential and that are listed in § 2.125(e) when they use a class I or class II ODS for which no safe and effective alternative has been developed. The proposed rule would remove the exemptions for sterile aerosol talc products and for metered- dose atropine sulfate aerosol human drugs containing ODSs. 
There is currently at least one sterile 
aerosol talc product not containing ODSs approved for administration intrapleurally by thoracoscopy for human use that is a safe and effective alternative, and which meets the criteria outlined in § 2.125(g)(3). Accordingly, the sterile aerosol talc product containing ODSs no longer meets the requirements for essential use and should no longer be exempted from the ban. 
Metered-dose atropine sulfate aerosol 
human drugs administered by oral inhalation are no longer available in the product market in an approved ODS formulation. The current absence of the product in the market indicates both a lack of demand for the product and that the product is nonessential, under § 2.125(g)(1). With the adoption of this rule, the manufacturer of the sterile aerosol talc with ODSs and any potential future manufacturers of metered-dose atropine sulfate aerosols will have notice of the requirement to comply with the ban of products from containing ODSs. 
C. Costs and Benefits 1. Number of Affected Entities 
The affected entities covered by this 
rule are the manufacturing facilities of 
the products that would have exemptions from the ban removed. Only one manufacturer, the Bryan Corporation that manufactures the sterile aerosol talc product containing ODSs at a single facility, would be affected. Currently, there are no manufacturers of metered-dose atropine sulfate aerosols. 
2. Costs 
The potential social costs from 
removing the exemptions are (1) the 
costs to patient consumers or to their insurers for paying a higher price for alternative non-ODS formulations of sterile aerosol talc products and (2) the costs for disposing of and destroying any remaining product inventory that remains after the effective date of the final rule. We lack data about the stocks of product inventory that are likely to remain after the effective date of the final rule and the relative price that consumers or their insurers would pay. Because significant notice has been given to the manufacturer about the impending removal of the exemptions, we do not believe a significant stock of inventory will remain for the sterile aerosol talc product. The most recent publicly available information shows that the annual revenues for Bryan Corporation are about $10 million (Ref. 1). Public information about this company shows that it manufactures three different surgical and medical instruments including the talc. If total profits for the exempt talc product are 10 percent of the total annual revenues, and if total revenues are exclusively from the exempt talc, then $1 million represents an upper bound for the total social cost of removing the sterile aerosol talc product from the market. 
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Because it is unlikely that the 
company’s total profits are exclusively from the sterile aerosol talc, it is more likely that the foregone profits are at most one-third of the $1 million; in fact, the true social cost could be significantly less than the total foregone profit of this product. 
Metered-dose atropine sulfate aerosol 
human drugs that would be affected by this rule are no longer marketed; consequently, removal of the exemption for these products would not present the public, consumers, insurers, or producers with any costs. 
3. Health Benefits 
The proposed rule would implement 
the requirements of the Clean Air Act 
that ban the use of products containing ODSs that no longer meet the requirements for essential use. The social benefits of the proposed rule derive from greater compliance with the Clean Air Act. The ODSs that either would have been emitted by sterile aerosol talcs that contain them, or from potential market entrants that would have manufactured metered-dose atropine sulfate aerosols that contain ODSs will no longer be emitting them, which will help reduce the depletion of the ozone layer and the ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth. We lack the ability to quantify the health benefits from the reduced exposure to and from the reduced risk associated 
with ultraviolet light that result from removing the exemptions to the ban. Because the change in exposure and resulting risk from the proposed rule is likely to be small, the incremental health impact is likely to be too small to measure. 
D. Economic Summary 
The proposed rule, if finalized, will 
remove the exemptions for sterile 
aerosol talc products and for metered- dose atropine sulfate aerosol human drugs containing ODSs. The primary public health benefit from adoption of the proposed rule is to reduce the depletion of the ozone layer to decrease human exposure to ultraviolet radiation. The reduction in exposure to ultraviolet radiation because of the rule is likely to be too small to measure. The potential social costs of the proposed rule would occur if patient consumers or their health care insurers would have to pay more for otherwise comparable products and if the product manufacturers would have to safely destroy any remaining product inventories after the effective date of the rule. We estimate that the social cost of the proposed rule is likely to be significantly less than $1 million but no more than the upper-bound estimate of the foregone annual profit of the company that manufactures the sterile aerosol talc or $1 million. Because the metered-dose atropine sulfate aerosol is not currently in the market, there would be no social cost for removing its exemption from the ban. 
Imposing no new federal requirement 
is the baseline for a regulatory analysis. With no new regulation, there are no compliance costs or benefits to the proposed rule. However, because sterile aerosol talc is no longer an essential use of ODSs, under the Clean Air Act, there is no longer a pathway for sterile aerosol talc products containing ODSs to remain on the market. 
IV. Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 
FDA has examined the economic 
implications of the proposed rule as 
required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act. If a rule will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, the Regulatory Flexibility Act requires Agencies to analyze regulatory options that would lessen the economic effect of the rule on small entities. We certify that the final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. This analysis, together with other relevant sections of this document, serves as the proposed regulatory flexibility analysis, as required under the Regulatory Flexibility Act. 
V. Analysis of Environmental Impact 
We have determined under 21 CFR 
25.30(h) 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. 
VI. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
FDA tentatively concludes that this 
proposed rule contains no collection of 
information. Therefore, clearance by the Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 is not required. 
VII. Federalism 
We have analyzed this proposed rule 
in accordance with the principles set 
forth in Executive Order 13132. We have determined that this proposed rule does not contain policies that have substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between the National Government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. Accordingly, we conclude that the rule does not contain policies that have federalism implications as defined in the Executive order and, consequently, a federalism summary impact statement is not required. 
VIII. References 
The following reference is on display 
in the Division of Dockets Management 
(see 
ADDRESSES ) and is available for 
viewing by interested persons between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday; it is also available electronically at http://www.regulations.gov. FDA has 
verified the Web site address, as of the date this document publishes in the Federal Register, but Web sites are subject to change over time. 
1. Bryan Corporation (http://
listings.findthecompany.com/l/ 
12165972/Bryan-Corporation-in- Woburn-MA, accessed on February 24, 
2016). 
List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 2 
Administrative practice and 
procedure, Cosmetics, Drugs, Foods. 
Therefore, under the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under 
authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, we propose that 21 CFR part 2 be amended as follows: 
PART 2—GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE 
RULINGS AND DECISIONS 
■1. The authority citation for part 2 
continues to read as follows: 
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 402, 409; 21 U.S.C. 
321, 331, 335, 342, 343, 346a, 348, 351, 352, 
355, 360b, 361, 362, 371, 372, 374; 42 U.S.C. 7671 et seq. 
§ 2.125 [Amended] 
■2. In § 2.125, remove and reserve 
paragraphs (e)(4)(vi) and (ix). 
Dated: October 20, 2016. 
Leslie Kux, 
Associate Commissioner for Policy. 
[FR Doc. 2016–25850 Filed 10–25–16; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 4164–01–P 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES 
Food and Drug Administration 
21 CFR Part 2 
[Docket No. FDA–2015–N–1355] 
RIN 0910–AH36 
Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances 
AGENCY : Food and Drug Administration, 
HHS. 
ACTION : Proposed rule. 
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