58972 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 211 / Friday, October 31, 1997 / Notices

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: Approximately 11:30

a.m., Wednesday, November 5, 1997,

following a recess at the conclusion of

the open meeting.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Proposed 1998 Federal Reserve

Board officer salary structure and merit

program.

2. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments,

reassignments, and salary actions)

involving individual Federal Reserve

System employees.

3. Any items carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mr. Joseph R. Coyne, Assistant to the

Board; (202) 452–3204. You may call

(202) 452–3207, beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before this meeting, for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting.

Dated: October 29, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,

November 5, 1997.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, C Street

entrance between 20th and 2lst Streets,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Summary Agenda

Because of its routine nature, no

discussion of the following item is

anticipated. This matter will be voted

on without discussion unless a member

of the Board requests that the item be

moved to the discussion agenda.

1. Proposed 1998 Private Sector

Adjustment Factor.

Discussion Agenda

2. Publication for comment of

proposed amendments to Regulation D

(Reserve Requirements of Depository

Institutions) regarding a proposed

reserve maintenance system under

which reserves are maintained on a

lagged basis.

3. Publication for comment of a

proposed Payment System Risk Policy

for Privately Operated Multilateral

Clearing and Settlement Systems.

4. Proposed 1998 fee schedules for

priced services.

5. Any items carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

Note: This meeting will be recorded for the

benefit of those unable to attend. Cassettes

will be available for listening in the Board’s

Freedom of Information Office, and copies

may be ordered for $6 per cassette by calling

(202) 452–3684 or by writing to: Freedom of

Information Office, Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C.

20551.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mr. Joseph R. Coyne, Assistant to the

Board; (202) 452–3204.

Dated: October 29, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

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FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT

INVESTMENT BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 9:00 a.m. (EST)

November 10, 1997.

PLACE: 4th Floor, Conference Room,

1250 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Approval of the minutes of the

October 14, 1997, Board member

meeting.

2. Thrift Savings Plan activity report

by the Executive Director.

3. Review of KPMG Peat Marwick

audit reports:

(a) ‘‘Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration Review of Backup,

Recovery, and Contingency Planning of

the Thrift Savings Plan at the United

States Department of Agriculture,

National Finance Center.’’

(b) ‘‘Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration Review of the Policies

and Procedures of the Federal

Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Administrative Staff.’’

(c) ‘‘Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration Review of Thrift Savings

Plan C and F Fund Investment

Management Operations at Barclays

Global Investors, N.A.’’

(d) ‘‘Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration Review of U.S.

Department of Treasury Operations

relating to the Thrift Savings Plan

Investments in the Government

Securities Investment Fund.’’

(e) ‘‘Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration Review of the Thrift

Savings Plan Annuity Operations at the

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.’’

(f) ‘‘Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration Review of the Thrift

Savings Plan Billing Process at the

United States Department of

Agriculture, National Finance Center.’’

4. Semiannual review of status of

audit recommendations.

5. Labor Department audit briefing.

6. Quarterly investment policy

review.

7. Annual ethics briefing.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Thomas J. Trabucco, Director, Office of

External Affairs, (202) 942–1640.

Dated: October 29, 1997.

Roger W. Mehle,

Executive Director, Federal Retirement Thrift

Investment Board.

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Cigarette Testing; Extension of

Deadline for Submission of Public

Comments

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Extension of deadline for

submission of comments on proposed

revisions to the Federal Trade

Commission methodology for

determining tar, nicotine, and carbon

monoxide yields of cigarettes, and on a

proposed format for disclosing the

resulting ratings in advertising.

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade

Commission (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’)

is extending until January 20, 1998 the

deadline for filing comments on its

proposed revisions to the testing

method used to determine the tar,

nicotine, and carbon monoxide ratings

of cigarettes, and on two possible

formats for disclosure of those test

results.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Shira D. Modell, Division of Advertising

Practices, Federal Trade Commission,

Sixth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580, (202)

326–3116.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

September 9, 1997, the Commission
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issued a notice proposing changes to the

methodology currently used to

determine cigarette ratings for tar,

nicotine, and carbon monoxide. See 62

FR 48.158 (Sept. 12, 1997). The

proposed methodology would produce

tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide

yields using both the current testing

parameters and more intensive smoking

conditions, thus producing a range of

potential yields for each cigarette. The

Commission requested comment on

those proposed changes to the testing

methodology, and on the feasibility of

generating the upper tier of tar, nicotine,

and carbon monoxide ratings through

mathematical formulas, rather than

actual testing on a smoking machine.

The Commission also placed on the

public record two different legends that

could be used in advertising to disclose

the ratings and sought comment on the

usefulness and feasibility of these

potential disclosure formats. Finally,

comment was requested on alternative

approaches that were considered but not

proposed by the Commission. The

deadline for submission of the requested

comments was November 17, 1997.

The Commission has received

requests for extension of this deadline

from the Food and Drug Administration,

the four largest cigarette manufacturers

(Brown & Williamson Tobacco

Corporation, Lorillard Tobacco

Company, Philip Morris Incorporated

and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company),

the American Lung Association, the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts and

the American Society of Addiction

Medicine.

In light of the importance and

complexity of the issues addressed by

the Commission’s Federal Register

notice, and the number of issues on

which comment is being requested, the

Commission has decided to extend the

filing deadline until January 20, 1998.

By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 93N–0195]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing

that the proposed collection of

information listed below has been

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

clearance under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA).

DATES: Submit written comments on the

collection of information by December

1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

on the collection of information to

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, OMB, New Executive Office

Bldg., 725 17th St. NW., rm. 10235,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk

Officer for FDA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Margaret R. Wolff, Office of Information

Resources Management (HFA–250),

Food and Drug Administration, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857,

301–827–1223.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

compliance with section 3507 of the

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3507), FDA has

submitted the following proposed

collection of information to OMB for

review and clearance.

In a final rule entitled ‘‘Procedures for

the Safe Processing and Importing of

Fish and Fishery Products’’ (60 FR

65096, December 18, 1995), FDA issued

regulations in part 123 (21 CFR part

123) mandating the application of

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control

Point (HACCP) principles to the

processing of seafood. HACCP is a

preventive system of hazard control

designed to help ensure the safety of

foods.

The regulations were issued under

FDA’s statutory authority to regulate

food safety, including section 402(a)(1)

and (a)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and

Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342(a)(1) and

(a)(4)), and will become affective on

December 18, 1997.

Certain provisions in the regulations

require that processors and importers of

seafood collect and record information.

In the final rule (60 FR 65096 at 65177

and 65178), the agency requested

comments on the information collection

provisions of the new regulations. No

comments were received in response to

this request.

FDA estimates the burden of this

collection of information as follows:

TABLE 1.—ESTIMATED ANNUAL RECORDKEEPING BURDEN1, 5

21 CFR Section No. of Recordkeepers

Annual Frequency

of Recordkeeping2

Total Annual

Records

Hours per Recordkeeper3 Total Hours

123.6(a),(b),(c) ........................................ 4,850 1 4,850 16 77,6004

123.6(c)(5) .............................................. 4,850 4 19,400 0.30 5,820

123.8(a)(1),(c) ......................................... 4,850 1 4,850 4 19,400

123.12(a)(2)(ii) ........................................ 1,000 80 80,000 0.20 16,000

123.6(c)(7) .............................................. 4,850 280 1,358,000 0.30 407,400

123.7(d) ................................................... 1,940 4 7,760 0.10 1,940

123.8(d) ................................................... 4,850 47 227,950 0.10 22,795

123.11(c) ................................................. 4,850 280 1,358,000 0.10 135,800

123.12(c) ................................................. 1,000 80 80,000 0.10 8,000

123.12(a)(2) ............................................ 1,000 1 1,000 4 4,0004

123.10 ..................................................... 4,850 1 24 24 116,4004

First year total burden hours ........... 815,155

Annual recurring burden hours ........ 617,155

1There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.

2Based on an estimated of 280 working days per year.

3Estimated average time per 8 hour workday unless one time response.

4 Nonrecurring burdens.

5The above estimates include the information collection requirements in the following sections:–––––––––––

123.16 Smoked Fish—process controls (see 123.6(b))

123.28(a) Source Controls—Molluscan Shellfish (see 123.6(b))

123.28(c),(d) Records—molluscan shellfish (see 123.6(c)(7))

123.9 Records control—general (see recording and records)