67724 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

‘‘PRNMS’’ with ‘‘GFNMS’’ throughout

part 922.

Correction of Publication

Accordingly, the Federal Register

document published on January 27,

1997 (62 FR 3788) is corrected by

adding amendatory instruction 3 to read

as follows:

‘‘3. Part 922 is amended by deleting

‘‘PRNMS’’ wherever it appears and

replacing it with ‘‘GFNMS’’.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. § 1431 et seq.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)

Dated: December 18, 1997.

Nancy Foster,

Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services

and Coastal Zone Management.

[FR Doc. 97–33886 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

20 CFR Part 295

RIN 3220–AB29

Payments Pursuant to Court Decree or

Court-Approved Property Settlement

AGENCY: Railroad Retirement Board.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Railroad Retirement

Board hereby amends its regulations

under part 295 by eliminating the

Medicare Part B premium as a

deduction from the amount of benefits

available for division in a divorce

proceeding or property settlement

related to a divorce or legal separation.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This regulation shall be

effective January 29, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Secretary to the Board,

Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North

Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas W. Sadler, Senior Attorney,

Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North

Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611,

telephone (312) 751–4513, TTD (312)

751–4701.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Part 295

describes the Board’s requirements for

obtaining an enforceable order directing

the Board to partition a railroad

retirement annuity incident to a divorce,

settlement, or annulment. Section

295.1(b) describes what benefits are

subject to division under this part.

Section 295.5(e)(1) further defines the

net amount of benefits subject to

division as excluding amounts deducted

for an employee’s elected Medicare Part

B premium. When section 295.5(e)(1)

was initially approved in 1986, the

Board was concerned about the risk that

Medicare premium deductions might

not be satisfied from the nondivisible

portion of an employee’s annuity in the

event that the portion would not be

payable due to work deductions. In

practice, however, the agency has

determined that only in rare cases is the

nondivisible portion insufficient to

accommodate the Medicare Part B

deduction. The Medicare Part B

premium is a personal expense elected

to be made by the employee. The Board

believes that it is more consistent with

the nature of the Part B premium that it

be paid entirely by the employee rather

than, in effect, partly by the employee

and partly by the divorced spouse.

Accordingly, the agency is revising part

295 to remove the Medicare Part B

premium as a deduction from divisible

benefits prior to partition in an action

for divorce, settlement, or annulment.

The Board published this regulation

as a proposed rule on July 31, 1997 (62

FR 40995) and invited comments by

September 29, 1997. No comments were

received.

The Board, with the concurrence of

the Office of Management and Budget,

has determined that this is not a

significant regulatory action under

Executive Order 12866; therefore, no

regulatory impact analysis is required.

There are no information collections

associated with this rule.

List of Subjects in 20 CFR Part 295

Railroad employees, Railroad

retirement.

For the reasons set out in the

preamble, chapter II of title 20 of the

Code of Federal Regulations is amended

as follows:

PART 295—PAYMENTS PURSUANT

TO COURT DECREE OR COURTAPPROVED PROPERTY SETTLEMENT

1. The authority for part 295

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f; 45 U.S.C. 231m.

§ 295.5 [Amended]

2. Section 295.5(e)(1) is amended by

removing the comma after ‘‘Board’’ and

by removing ‘‘and the amount of any

Medicare Part B premium’’.

Dated: December 16, 1997.

By authority of the Board.

For the Board.

Beatrice Ezerski,

Secretary to the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–33808 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7905–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 558

New Animal Drugs And Related

Products; Change of Sponsor

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is amending the

animal drug regulations to reflect a

change of sponsor for seven new animal

drug applications (NADA’s) from

Rhone-Poulenc, Inc., to Alpharma Inc.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas J. McKay, Center for Veterinary

Medicine (HFV–102), Food and Drug

Administration, 7500 Standish Pl.,

Rockville, MD 20855, 301–827–0213.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RhonePoulenc, Inc., P.O. Box 125, Black Horse

Lane, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852,

has informed FDA that it has transferred

ownership of, and all rights and

interests in, the following approved

NADA’s to Alpharma Inc., One

Executive Dr., Fort Lee, NJ 07024:

NADA Ingredient

039–417 Decoquinate

040–435 Decoquinate, roxarsone

045–348 Decoquinate, zinc bacitracin

045–444 Decoquinate, chlortetracycline

047–262 Decoquinate, lincomycin

091–326 Decoquinate, roxarsone, zinc bacitracin

092–953 Roxarsone