Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 13, 2001 / Rules and Regulations 31839

1 17 CFR 200.30–3.

2 15 U.S.C. 78f.

3 15 U.S.C. 78f(a).

4 17 CFR 240.6a–1.

5 17 CFR 249.1. 6 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A).

Alternative Methods of Compliance

(b) An alternative method of compliance or

adjustment of the compliance time that

provides an acceptable level of safety may be

used if approved by the Manager, Wichita

Aircraft Certification Office, FAA. Operators

shall submit their requests through an

appropriate FAA Principal Maintenance

Inspector, who may add comments and then

send it to the Manager, Wichita ACO.

Note 2: Information concerning the

existence of approved alternative methods of

compliance with this AD, if any, may be

obtained from the Wichita ACO.

Special Flight Permits

(c) Special flight permits may be issued in

accordance with §§ 21.197 and 21.199 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 21.197

and 21.199) to operate the airplane to a

location where the requirements of this AD

can be accomplished.

Incorporation by Reference

(d) The actions shall be done in accordance

with Bombardier Service Bulletin 60–32–10,

Revision 1, dated June 22, 2000; and

Bombardier Service Bulletin 55–32–14, dated

November 9, 1999; as applicable. This

incorporation by reference was approved by

the Director of the Federal Register in

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR

part 51. Copies may be obtained from Learjet,

Inc., One Learjet Way, Wichita, Kansas

67209–2942. Copies may be inspected at the

FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, 1601

Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington; or at

the FAA, Wichita Aircraft Certification

Office, 1801 Airport Road, Room 100, MidContinent Airport, Wichita, Kansas; or at the

Office of the Federal Register, 800 North

Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, Washington,

DC.

Effective Date

(e) This amendment becomes effective on

July 18, 2001.

Issued in Renton, Washington, on June 4,

2001.

Donald L. Riggin,

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 01–14530 Filed 6–12–01; 8:45 am]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

17 CFR Part 200

[Release No. 34–44397]

Delegation of Authority to the Director

of the Division of Market Regulation

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Securities and Exchange

Commission is amending its rules to

delegate to the Director of the Division

of Market Regulation authority to

publish notice of a filing of an

application for registration as a national

securities exchange, or for exemption

from registration based on limited

volume, and amendments to such

applications filed under section 6 of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This

delegation will facilitate and expedite

the process of exchange registration and

exemption from registration based on

limited volume. This delegation will not

include the authority to approve an

application for registration as a national

securities exchange or exemption from

registration based on limited volume.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 13, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rebekah Liu, Special Counsel, at (202)

942–0133; Susie Cho, Attorney, at (202)

942–0748, Office of Market Supervision,

Division of Market Regulation,

Securities and Exchange Commission,

450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC

20549–1001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Securities and Exchange Commission

(‘‘Commission’’) has adopted an

amendment to Rule 30–3 of its Rules of

Organization and Program Management

governing Delegations of Authority to

the Director of the Division of Market

Regulation (‘‘Director’’).1 The

amendment adds new paragraph (a)(73)

to Rule 30–3 authorizing the Director to

publish notice of a filing of an

application for registration as a national

securities exchange, or for exemption

from registration as a national securities

exchange based on limited volume, and

amendments to such applications filed

under section 6 of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Exchange

Act’’).2

Section 6(a) of the Exchange Act

provides that an exchange may be

registered as a national securities

exchange ‘‘by filing with the

Commission an application for

registration in such form as the

Commission, by rule, may prescribe

containing the rules of the exchange and

such other information and documents

as the Commission, by rule, may

prescribe as necessary or appropriate in

the public interest or for the protection

of investors.’’ 3 Rule 6a–1 4 specifies that

an application for registration as a

national securities exchange, or for

exemption from such registration based

on limited volume, shall be filed on

Form 1.5

The delegation of authority to the

Director to publish a notice of filing of

an application for registration, or an

exemption from registration based on

limited volume, and amendments to

such applications filed pursuant to Rule

6a–1, is intended to conserve

Commission resources by permitting

Division staff to review and publish for

comment a notice of filing of an

application and any amendments to

such applications on a more expedited

basis. The Division has received several

applications for registration as a

national securities exchange which,

after careful review by Division staff,

must be published for comment. In

addition, the Division anticipates that,

when an application for registration as

a national securities exchange or

exemption from registration based on

limited volume is filed and published

for comment, there will be significant

comment on the application and

amendments to the application will be

necessary. Granting the Division

delegated authority to publish

amendments will provide the Division

with greater flexibility to respond to any

commenters’ concerns, and may

expedite the process of publishing

amendments to the Form 1.

Nevertheless, the staff may submit

matters to the Commission for

consideration as it deems appropriate.

The Commission retains authority to

approve an application for exchange

registration or exemption from exchange

registration based on limited volume.

The Commission finds, in accordance

with section 553(b)(3)(A) of the

Administrative Procedures Act,6 that

this amendment relates solely to agency

organization, procedure, or practice, and

does not relate to a substantive rule.

Accordingly, notice, opportunity for

public comment, and publication of the

amendment prior to its effective date are

unnecessary.

List of Subjects in 17 CFR Part 200

Administrative practice and

procedure, Authority delegations

(Government agencies), Organization

and functions (Government agencies).

Text of Amendment

In accordance with the preamble, the

Commission hereby amends Title 17,

Chapter II of the Code of Federal

Regulations as follows:

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PART 200—ORGANIZATION;

CONDUCT AND ETHICS; AND

INFORMATION AND REQUESTS

Subpart A—Organization and Program

Management

1. The authority citation for Part 200,

Subpart A, continues to read, in part, as

follows:

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77s, 78d–1, 78d–2,

78w, 78ll(d), 78mm, 79t, 77sss, 80a–37, 80b–

11, unless otherwise noted.

* * * * *

2. Section 200.30–3 is amended by

adding paragraph (a)(73) to read as

follows:

§ 200.30–3 Delegation of authority to

Director of Division of Market Regulation.

* * * * *

(a) * * *

(73) Pursuant to section 6(a) of the

Act, 15 U.S.C. 78f(a), and Rule 6a–1

thereunder, 17 CFR 240.6a–1:

(i) To publish a notice of filing of an

application for registration as a national

securities exchange, or for exemption

from registration based on limited

volume; and

(ii) To publish amendments to an

application for registration as a national

securities exchange, or for exemption

from registration based on limited

volume.

* * * * *

Dated: June 7, 2001.

By the Commission.

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–14830 Filed 6–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 173

[Docket No. 00F–1488]

Secondary Direct Food Additives

Permitted in Food for Human

Consumption

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is amending the

food additive regulations to provide for

the safe use of acidified sodium chlorite

solutions as an antimicrobial agent on

processed, comminuted or formed meat

food products (unless precluded by

United States Department of

Agriculture’s standards of identity) prior

to packaging of the food for commercial

purposes in accordance with current

industry standards of good

manufacturing practice. This action is in

response to a petition filed by Alcide

Corp.

DATES: This rule is effective June 13,

2001. Submit written objections and

requests for a hearing by July 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written objections to

the Dockets Management Branch (HFA–

305), Food and Drug Administration,

5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville,

MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert L. Martin, Center for Food Safety

and Applied Nutrition (HFS–215), Food

and Drug Administration, Washington,

DC 20204–0001, 202–418–3074.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice

published in the Federal Register of

September 11, 2000 (65 FR 54855), FDA

announced that a food additive petition

(FAP 0A4724 ) had been filed by Alcide

Corp., 8561 154th Ave. NE., Redmond,

WA 98052. The petition proposed to

amend the food additive regulations in

§ 173.325 Acidified sodium chlorite

solutions (21 CFR 173.325) to provide

for the safe use of acidified sodium

chlorite solutions as an antimicrobial

agent on processed, comminuted, or

formed meat food products prior to

packaging of the food.

FDA has evaluated data in the

petition and other relevant material.

FDA is approving the use of acidified

sodium chlorite solutions on processed,

comminuted or formed meat food

products, unless such use is precluded

by standards of identity in 9 CFR part

319, prior to packaging of the food for

commercial purposes. For example, this

acidified sodium chlorite solution is not

permitted to be added to ground beef

under 9 CFR 319.15. Based on this

information, the agency concludes that

the proposed use of the additive is safe,

that the additive will achieve its

intended technical effect, and therefore,

that the regulation in § 173.325 should

be amended as set forth below.

In accordance with § 171.1(h) (21 CFR

171.1(h)), the petition and the

documents that FDA considered and

relied upon in reaching its decision to

approve the petition are available for

inspection at the Center for Food Safety

and Applied Nutrition by appointment

with the information contact person

listed above. As provided in § 171.1(h),

the agency will delete from the

documents any materials that are not

available for public disclosure before

making the documents available for

inspection.

In the notice of filing, FDA gave

interested parties an opportunity to

submit comments on the petitioner’s

environmental assessment. FDA

received no comments in response to

that notice.

The agency has carefully considered

the potential environmental effects of

this action. FDA has concluded that the

action will not have a significant impact

on the human environment, and that an

environmental impact statement is not

required. The agency’s finding of no

significant impact and the evidence

supporting that finding, contained in an

environmental assessment, may be seen

in the Dockets Management Branch

(address above) between 9 a.m. and 4

p.m., Monday through Friday.

This final rule contains no collection

of information. Therefore, clearance by

the Office of Management and Budget

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 is not required.

Any person who will be adversely

affected by this regulation may at any

time file with the Dockets Management

Branch (address above) written

objections by July 13, 2001. Each

objection shall be separately numbered,

and each numbered objection shall

specify with particularity the provisions

of the regulation to which objection is

made and the grounds for the objection.

Each numbered objection on which a

hearing is requested shall specifically so

state. Failure to request a hearing for

any particular objection shall constitute

a waiver of the right to a hearing on that

objection. Each numbered objection for

which a hearing is requested shall

include a detailed description and

analysis of the specific factual

information intended to be presented in

support of the objection in the event

that a hearing is held. Failure to include

such a description and analysis for any

particular objection shall constitute a

waiver of the right to a hearing on the

objection. Three copies of all documents

are to be submitted and are to be

identified with the docket number

found in brackets in the heading of this

document. Any objections received in

response to the regulation may be seen

in the Dockets Management Branch

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday.

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 173

Food additives.

Therefore, under the Federal Food,

Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under

authority delegated to the Commissioner

of Food and Drugs and redelegated to

the Director, Center for Food Safety and

Applied Nutrition, 21 CFR part 173 is

amended as follows: