12770 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 45 / Wednesday, March 8, 1995 / Notices

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 93N–0405]

New Monographs and Revisions of

Certain Food Chemicals Codex

Monographs; Final Approval by the

Committee on Food Chemicals Codex;

Availability

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing the

availability of certain new and revised

Food Chemicals Codex monographs.

These monographs have been approved

by the National Academy of Sciences/

Institute of Medicine (NAS/IOM)

Committee on Food Chemicals Codex

(the committee) for inclusion in the

fourth edition of the Food Chemicals

Codex, which is scheduled for release in

March 1996. Until the fourth edition is

published, copies of the monographs

may be obtained upon request to NAS/

IOM.

ADDRESSES: Submit written requests for

copies of the Food Chemicals Codex

monographs to the NAS/IOM

Committee on Food Chemicals Codex,

National Academy of Sciences, 2101

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC

20418.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Fatima N. Johnson, Committee on

Food Chemicals Codex, Food and

Nutrition Board, National Academy

of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Ave.

NW., Washington, DC 20418, 202–

334–2580; or

Paul M. Kuznesof, Center for Food

Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS–

247), Food and Drug

Administration, 200 C St. SW.,

Washington, DC 20204, 202–418–

3009.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FDA

provides research contracts to NAS/IOM

to support the preparation of the Food

Chemicals Codex, a compendium of

specification monographs for substances

used as food ingredients. Before the

inclusion of any specifications in a Food

Chemicals Codex publication, an

announcement is published in the

Federal Register inviting all interested

parties to comment and to make

suggestions for consideration.

In the Federal Register of January 4,

1994 (59 FR 307), FDA announced that

the committee was considering several

new monographs and monograph

revisions. The following monographs

have now been approved by the

committee for inclusion in the fourth

edition:

I. New Monographs

Acesulfame potassium

Glyceryl monooleate

II. Current Revised Monographs

Calcium carbonate (lead and heavy

metals limits)

Caramel (numerous revisions)

Carnauba Wax

No changes from what was previously

offered for public review in the Federal

Register of January 4, 1994, resulted

from comments received on these

monographs. Individual copies of these

monographs are available from NAS/

IOM (address above) until the fourth

edition of the Food Chemicals Codex is

published in 1996.

FDA emphasizes, however, that it will

not consider adopting and incorporating

any of the committee’s new monographs

and monograph revisions into FDA’s

regulations without ample opportunity

for public comment. If FDA decides to

propose the adoption of changes and

new monographs that have received

final approval by the committee, such

opportunity for public comment will be

announced in a notice published in the

Federal Register.

Dated: February 26, 1995.

Janice F. Oliver,

Deputy Director for Systems and Support,

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

[FR Doc. 95–5673 Filed 3–7–95; 8:45 am]

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Health Care Financing Administration

Public Information Collection

Requirements Submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

Clearance

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS.

The Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), Department of

Health and Human Services, has

submitted to OMB the following

proposals for the collection of

information in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (Public Law

96–511).

1. Type of Request: Extension; Title of

Information Collection: Survey Report

Form; Form No.: HCFA–1557; Use: This

survey form is an instrument used by

the State agency to record data collected

in order to determine compliance with

the Clinical Laboratory Improvement

Amendments. This information is

needed for laboratory certification and

recertification; Respondents: Business

or other for profit, Federal Government,

State or local government; Number of

Respondents: 30,225; Total Annual

Responses: 30,225; Total Annual Hours

Requested: 16,321.5.

2. Type of Request: Extension; Title of

Information Collection: Clinical

Laboratory Improvement Amendments

Application forms; Form Nos.: HCFA–

14 and –116; Use: The application must

be completed by entities performing

laboratory testing on human specimens

for health purposes; Respondents:

Business or other for profit, Federal

Government, State or local government;

Number of Respondents: 16,000; Total

Annual Responses: 16,000; Total

Annual Hours Requested: 20,000.

3. Type of Request: New; Title of

Information Collection: Quality

Assurance for Phase II of the Home

Health Agency Prospective Payment

Demonstration; Form No.: HCFA–R–74;

Use: This instrument will be used to

collect information to implement an

outcome-based quality assurance

program to monitor the quality of care

provided by agencies participating in

Phase II of the Home Health Agency

Prospective Payment Demonstration;

Respondents: Business or other for

profit, nonprofit institutions; Number of

Respondents: 29,427 (episodes); Total

Annual Responses: 58,854; Total

Annual Hours Requested: 10,152.

Additional Information or Comments:

Call the Reports Clearance Office on

(410) 966–5536 for copies of the

clearance request packages. Written

comments and recommendations for the

proposed information collections

should be sent within 30 days of this

notice directly to the OMB Desk Officer

designated at the following address:

OMB Human Resources and Housing

Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: February 27, 1995.

Kathleen B. Larson,

Director, Management Planning and Analysis

Staff, Office of Financial and Human

Resources, Health Care Financing

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–5572 Filed 3–7–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

National Institutes of Health

National Heart, Lung, and Blood

Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following Heart,

Lung, and Blood Special Emphasis

Panel (SEP) meetings:

Name of SEP: Coagulation, Platelets and

Thrombosis in Sickle Cell Disease.

Date: March 29, 1995.