12702 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 37 / Monday, February 25, 2013 / Proposed Rules 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

42 CFR Part 70 

[Docket No. CDC–2012–0016] 

RIN 0920–AA22 

Control of Communicable Diseases: 

Interstate; Scope and Definitions 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (HHS/CDC), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; 

withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) within 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is withdrawing a 

previously published Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that 

solicited public comment on updates to 

the Scope and Definitions for its 

regulations. 

DATES: The Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking published at 77 FR 75936, 

December 26, 2012, is withdrawn, 

effective immediately. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions concerning this notice: Ashley 

A. Marrone, JD, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 

Road NE., Mailstop E–03, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30333; telephone 404–498– 

1600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 26, 2012, HHS/CDC 

published a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) amending 42 CFR 

part 70 to update the Scope and 

Definitions to reflect modern 

terminology and plain language used by 

private industry and public health 

partners. (77 FR 75936). On the same 

date, HHS/CDC simultaneously 

published a companion direct final rule 

that proposed identical updates in this 

Federal Register because it believed that 

the proposed revisions were noncontroversial and unlikely to generate 

significant adverse comment. (77 FR 

75880). In the NPRM, HHS/CDC 

indicated that if we did not receive any 

significant adverse comments on the 

direct final rule by January 25, 2013, we 

would publish a document in the 

Federal Register withdrawing this 

notice of proposed rulemaking and 

confirming the effective date of the 

direct final rule within 30 days after the 

comment period on the direct final rule 

ends. HHS/CDC received one public 

comment that was not a significant, 

adverse comment, but rather was in 

support of the companion NPRM. 

Because HHS/CDC did not receive any 

significant adverse comments to the 

NPRM within the specified comment 

period, we hereby withdraw this NPRM 

from rulemaking. 

Dated: February 13, 2013. 

Kathleen Sebelius, 

Secretary, Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

[FR Doc. 2013–04139 Filed 2–22–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

42 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. CDC–2012–0017] 

RIN 0920–AA12 

Control of Communicable Diseases: 

Foreign; Scope and Definitions 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (HHS/CDC), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; 

withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) within 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is withdrawing a 

previously published Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that 

solicited public comment on updates to 

the Scope and Definitions for its 

regulations. 

DATES: The Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking published at 77 FR 75939, 

December 26, 2012, is withdrawn, 

effective immediately. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions concerning this notice: Ashley 

A. Marrone, JD, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 

Road NE., Mailstop E–03, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30333; telephone 404–498– 

1600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 26, 2012 HHS/CDC published 

a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NPRM) amending 42 CFR part 71 to 

update the Scope and Definitions to 

reflect modern terminology and plain 

language used globally by industry and 

public health partners. (77 FR 75939). 

On the same date, HHS/CDC 

simultaneously published a companion 

direct final rule that proposed identical 

updates in this Federal Register because 

it believed that the proposed revisions 

were non-controversial and unlikely to 

generate significant adverse comment. 

(77 FR 75885). In the NPRM, HHS/CDC 

indicated that if we did not receive any 

significant adverse comments on the 

direct final rule by January 25, 2013, we 

would publish a document in the 

Federal Register withdrawing this 

notice of proposed rulemaking and 

confirming the effective date of the 

direct final rule within 30 days after the 

comment period on the direct final rule 

ends. HHS/CDC received two comments 

to the companion NPRM. One comment 

pertained to food safety that raised 

issues unrelated to the companion 

NPRM and appears to have been 

submitted in error. The second 

comment was a general comment on 

immigration and was outside the scope 

of this rulemaking. HHS/CDC did not 

consider this comment to be a 

significant, adverse comment because it 

did not raise any issues that were 

relevant to the subject matter under 

consideration. Because HHS/CDC did 

not receive any relevant significant 

adverse comments within the specified 

comment period, we hereby withdraw 

this NPRM from rulemaking. 

Dated: February 13, 2013. 

Kathleen Sebelius, 

Secretary, Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

[FR Doc. 2013–04131 Filed 2–22–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Parts 223 and 224 

RIN 0648–XT12 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Proposed Rule To List 66 ReefBuilding Coral Species; Proposed 

Reclassification of Elkhorn Acropora 

palmata and Staghorn Acropora 

cervicornis Under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA); Extension of Public 

Comment Period and Notice of Public 

Hearing 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Extension of public comment 

period; notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: NMFS hereby extends the 

comment period on the proposed listing 

determinations of 66 reef-building coral 

species and the proposed 

reclassifications of elkhorn (Acropora 

palmata) and staghorn (Acropora 

cervicornis) corals under the ESA until 

April 6, 2013, and announces a public 

hearing to be held in Silver Spring, MD, 

on March 12, 2013. 


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