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calls, provided automated voiceresponse information to those callers,

and provided 1.5 million pages of

automated fax information. Information

is provided in several levels of detail

and complexity in order to reach a

broad audience more effectively

including the general public and health

care professionals.

During August 1997, the Voice/Fax

Information Service (VIS) will be

converting to toll-free access for callers

to ensure health and prevention

information availability to all audiences.

Callers will continue to be able to access

information via voice-response and faxon-demand. The new number for

information via voice response is 1–888-

CDC-FACTS (1–888–232–3228) and 1–

888-CDC-FAXX (1–888–232–3299) for

information via fax. In the future, CDC

will be offering all of the information on

health topics via TDD services for the

hearing-impaired and several languages.

In addition, much of this same

information is available through the

Internet on CDC’s web site at: http://

www.cdc.gov.

Dated: August 15, 1997.

Joseph R. Carter

Acting Associate Director for Management

and Operations, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 97–22150 Filed 8–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Reallotment of Funds for FY 1996; Low

Income Home Energy Assistance

Program (LIHEAP)

AGENCY: Office of Community Services,

ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of determination

concerning funds available for

reallotment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

2607(b) of the Low Income Home

Energy Assistance Act (the Act), Title

XXVI of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C.

8621 et seq.), as amended, a notice was

published in the Federal Register on

May 21, 1997 (62 FR 27768) announcing

the Secretary’s preliminary

determination that $457,022 in Fiscal

Year 1996 Low Income Home Energy

Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds

may be available for reallotment to other

LIHEAP grantees.

We received comments from the

Tanana Chiefs Conference, Inc., and the

Association of Village Council

Presidents (Alaska) requesting that they

be permitted to retain the funds that

were in excess of the 10 per cent

carryover, and thus, subject to

reallotment.

Also under section 2607(b) of the Act,

grantees are required to obligate funds

available by the end of the fiscal year in

which they are appropriated and may

carry over no more than 10 per cent of

funds available for obligation in the

following fiscal year. We are not able to

allow grantees to retain funds that were

not obligated in a timely fashion and

that exceed the 10 per cent carryover

limit. HHS does not have the authority

to waive the requirements of the Act

regarding the reallotment of LIHEAP

funds.

The Tanana Chiefs Conference, Inc.,

also informed HHS that it had $98,572

in funds for reallotment instead of

$21,184 as originally reported.

In accordance with the requirements

of section 2607(2)(C), a revised total of

$534,410 will be reallotted to most

current LIHEAP grantees based upon the

allocation formula contained in section

2604 of the Act and under the terms of

applicable State/Tribe agreements,

except that HHS will not issue grants

under $25 because the cost of issuing

the grant for that amount is greater than

the amount of the grant. These reallotted

funds are being distributed by statutory

formula to States, Indian Tribes and

Tribal organizations, and insular areas

that are currently grantees under the

LIHEAP program for FY 1997. No other

entities may apply for or receive the

funds from HHS.

The reallotted funds must be treated

by LIHEAP grantees receiving them as

an amount appropriated for FY 1997. As

FY 1997 funds, they will be subject to

all of the requirements of the Act,

including section 2607(b)(2), which

requires that a grantee must obligate its

total block grant allocation for a fiscal

year by the end of the fiscal year for

which the funds are appropriated, that

is, by September 30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Fox, Director, Division of Energy

Assistance, Office of Community

Services, Administration for Children

and Families, 370 L’Enfant Promenade,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447;

telephone (202) 401–9351.

Dated: August 15, 1997.

Donald Sykes,

Director, Office of Community Services.

[FR Doc. 97–22177 Filed 8–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 97F–0339]

Eastman Chemical Co.; Filing of Food

Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing

that Eastman Chemical Co. has filed a

petition proposing that the food additive

regulations be amended to provide for

the expanded safe use of 2,2-dimethyl1,3-propanediol as a polyhydric alcohol

for use only in forming polyester resins

for coatings to include contact with

alcoholic foods.

DATES: Written comments on the

petitioner’s environmental assessment

by September 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Dockets Management Branch

(HFA–305), Food and Drug

Administration, 12420 Parklawn Dr.,

rm. 1–23, Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir

D. Anand, Center for Food Safety and

Applied Nutrition (HFS–215), Food and

Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW.,

Washington, DC 20204, 202–418–3081.

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 7B4552) has been filed by

Eastman Chemical Co., P.O. Box 431,

Kingsport, TN 37662. The petition

proposes to amend the food additive

regulations in § 175.300 Resinous and

polymeric coatings (21 CFR 175.300) to

provide for the expanded safe use of 2,2-

dimethyl-1,3-propanediol as a

polyhydric alcohol for use only in

forming polyester resins for coatings to

include contact with alcoholic foods.

The potential environmental impact

of this action is being reviewed. To

encourage public participation

consistent with regulations promulgated

under the National Environmental

Policy Act (40 CFR 1501.4(b)), the

agency is placing the environmental

assessment submitted with the petition

that is the subject of this notice on

public display at the Dockets

Management Branch (address above) for

public review and comment. Interested

persons may, on or before September 22,

1997, submit to the Dockets

Management Branch (address above)

written comments. Two copies of any

comments are to be submitted, except