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requested not to send pamphlets, maps,

brochures or other printed material

along with their application as these are

difficult to photocopy. These materials,

if submitted, will not be included in the

review process. Each page of the

application will be counted (excluding

required forms and certifications) to

determine the total length.

The project description should

include all the information

requirements described in the specific

evaluation criteria outlined in the

program announcement under Part III.C.

The Administration for Children and

Families Uniform Project Description in

the application kit provides general

requirements for these evaluation

criteria (i.e., Objectives and Need for

Assistance; Approach; Evaluation;

Budget and Budget Justification).

B. Application Submission

1. Mailed applications postmarked

after the closing date will be classified

as late and will not be considered in the

competition.

2. Deadline. Mailed applications shall

be considered as meeting an announced

deadline if they are either received on

or before the deadline date or sent on or

before the deadline date and received by

ACF in time for the independent review

to: U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services, Administration for

Children and Families, Office of Grants

Management, Office of Child Support

Enforcement, Attention: Mary Nash, 370

L’Enfant Promenade, S.W., 4th Floor

West, Washington, D.C. 20447.

Applicants must ensure that a legibly

dated U.S. Postal Service postmark or a

legibly dated, machine-produced

postmark of a commercial mail service

is affixed to the envelope/package

containing the application(s).

To be acceptable as proof of timely

mailing, a postmark from a commercial

mail service must include the logo/

emblem of the commercial mail service

company and must reflect the date the

package was received by the commercial

mail service company from the

applicant. Private Metered postmarks

shall not be acceptable as proof of

timely mailing. (Applicants are

cautioned that express/overnight mail

services do not always deliver as

agreed). Express/overnight mail services

should use the 901 D Street address

instructions as shown below.)

Applications handcarried by

applicants, applicant couriers, or by

other representatives of the applicant

using express/overnight mail services,

will be considered as meeting an

announced deadline if they are received

on or before the deadline date, between

the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,

EST, addressed to the U.S. Department

of Health and Human Services,

Administration for Children and

Families, Attention: Mary Nash, Office

of Grants Management, Office of Child

Support Enforcement, and delivered at

ACF Mailroom, 2nd Floor (near loading

dock), Aerospace Building, 901 D Street,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024, between

Monday and Friday (excluding Federal

holidays). The address must appear on

the envelope/package containing the

application. ACF cannot accommodate

transmission of applications by fax or

through other electronic media.

Therefore, applications transmitted to

ACF electronically will not be accepted

regardless of date or time of submission

and time of receipt.

3. Late applications. Applications that

do not meet the criteria above are

considered late applications. ACF shall

notify each late applicant that its

application will not be considered in

the current competition.

4. Extension of deadlines. ACF may

extend an application deadline when

circumstances such as acts of God

(floods, hurricanes, etc.) occur, or when

there are widespread disruption of the

mail service, or in other rare cases.

Determinations to extend or waive

deadline requirements rest with ACF’s

Chief Grants Management Officer.

Dated: December 25, 1999.

David Gray Ross,

Commissioner, Office of Child Support

Enforcement.

[FR Doc. 00–208 Filed 1–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 99F–5522]

Food Irradiation Coalition c/o National

Food Processors Association; Filing of

Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing

that The National Food Processors

Association, on behalf of The Food

Irradiation Coalition, has filed a petition

proposing that the food additive

regulations be amended to provide for

the safe use of ionizing radiation for

control of food-borne pathogens, and

extension of shelf-life, in a variety of

human foods up to a maximum

irradiation dosage of 4.5 kilograys (kGy)

for non-frozen and non-dry products,

and 10.0 kGy for frozen or dry products.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lane A. Highbarger, Center for Food

Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS–

206), Food and Drug Administration,

200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204,

202–418–3032.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

(sec. 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5))),

notice is given that a food additive

petition (FAP 9M4697) has been filed by

The National Food Processors

Association on behalf of The Food

Irradiation Coalition, 1350 I St. NW.,

Suite 300, Washington, DC 20005. The

petition proposes that the food additive

regulations in part 179 Irradiation in the

Production, Processing and Handling of

Food (21 CFR part 179) be amended to

provide for the safe use of ionizing

radiation for control of food-borne

pathogens, and extension of shelf-life, in

a variety of human foods up to a

maximum irradiation dosage of 4.5 kGy

for non-frozen and non-dry products,

and 10.0 kGy for frozen or dry products,

including: (1) Pre-processed meat and

poultry; (2) both raw and pre-processed

vegetables, fruits, and other agricultural

products of plant origin; (3) certain

multi-ingredient food products. The

petition does not cover products

composed in whole or in part of raw

meat, poultry, or fish nor does it cover

‘‘ready-to-eat’’ fish products or

ingredients made from fish.

The agency has determined under 21

CFR 25.32(j) 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: December 20, 1999

Alan M. Rulis,

Director, Office of Premarket Approval,

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

[FR Doc. 00–108 Filed 1–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

Investigational Biological Product

Trials; Procedure to Monitor Clinical

Hold Process; Meeting of Oversight

Committee and Request for

Submissions

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.