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permit so that the permit expires either

on the effective date of a final rule to

establish a standard of identity for white

chocolate, which may result from the

petitions, or 30 days after termination of

such rulemaking.

Hershey is now requesting that the

extended temporary permit be amended

to provide for up to 13,600,000 kg

(30,000,000 lb) of a different product,

containing white chocolate, that also

contains chocolate cookies. Hershey is

also requesting that the permit be

amended to allow an additional plant

where this product can be

manufactured.

The agency finds that it is in the

interest of the consumer to amend the

extended temporary permit to allow for

market testing of another product

containing white chocolate. Therefore,

under the provisions of § 130.17(f), FDA

is modifying the extended temporary

permit granted to Hershey to provide for

the market testing of up to 13,600,000 kg

(30,000,000 lb) of the new test product

on an annual basis in addition to the

21,800,000 kg (48,000,000 lb) of test

product authorized in the original

permit. The new test product, in bar and

bite size forms, will bear the fanciful

name ‘‘Hershey’s Cookies ’n’ Creme

Chocolate Cookie Bits in White

Chocolate.’’ The white chocolate meets

the compositional requirements of the

current temporary permit. FDA is also

modifying the extended temporary

permit to provide for an additional plant

at Hershey Chocolate, U.S.A., 19 East

Chocolate Ave., Hershey, PA 17033,

where the product may be

manufactured. The product will be

distributed nationwide.

Each of the ingredients used in the

food must be declared on the label as

required by the applicable sections of 21

CFR part 101. This amended extended

permit expires either on the effective

date of a final rule to establish a

standard of identity for white chocolate,

which may result from the petitions, or

30 days after termination of such

rulemaking. All other conditions and

terms of the extended permit remain the

same.

Dated: December 15, 1995.

F. Edward Scarbrough,

Director, Office of Food Labeling, Center for

Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

[FR Doc. 96–124 Filed 1–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

[Docket No. 95S–0199]

Report of the Fluoroquinolone Working

Group; Availability

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing the

availability of the report of the Center

for Veterinary Medicine’s (CVM’s)

Fluoroquinolone Working Group

(FQWG). The report addresses issues

and contains recommendations

regarding policies and procedures

related to approval of fluoroquinolone

(FQ) antimicrobial drugs in food

animals. The report of the FQWG is in

response to concerns that approval of

FQ drugs for use in food animals may

result in increased development of FQ

resistance in zoonotic organisms

harbored by food animals that are

transmitted to humans and cause

disease.

DATES: Written comments on the report

may be submitted at any time.

ADDRESSES: Submit written requests for

single copies of the report to the

Communication and Education Branch

(HFV–12), Center for Veterinary

Medicine, Food and Drug

Administration, 7500 Standish Pl.,

Rockville, MD 20855. Send two selfaddressed adhesive labels to assist that

office in processing your requests.

Submit written comments on the report

to the Dockets Management Branch

(HFA–305), Food and Drug

Administration, rm. 1–23, 12420

Parklawn Dr., Rockville MD, 20857.

Requests and comments should be

identified with the docket number

found in brackets in the heading of this

document. A copy of the report and

received comments are available for

public examination in the Dockets

Management Branch between 9 a.m. and

4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda A. Grassie, Center for Veterinary

Medicine (HFV–12), Food and Drug

Administration, 7500 Standish Pl.,

Rockville, MD 20855, 301–594–1755.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FDA is

announcing the availability of the report

of CVM’s FQWG. The report addresses

issues and recommendations concerning

approval of FQ drugs for use in food

animals. In response to concerns that

approval of FQ drugs for use in food

animals may result in increased

development of FQ resistance in

zoonotic organisms harbored by food

animals that are transmitted to humans

and cause disease. FDA convened a

joint meeting of the CVM and Center for

Drug Evaluation and Research advisory

committees on May 11 and 12, 1994.

Members of the joint advisory

committee stated that FQ drugs could be

approved for use in food animals, if

CVM restricts their use so that FQ’s are

safe and effective under approved

conditions of use and recommended

that CVM monitor the emergence of FQ

resistance. In response to the public

health concerns that were raised, CVM

formed the FQWG to provide

recommendations of policies and

procedures relevant to the approval of

FQ drugs in food animals. FDA is

announcing that the report of the FQWG

has been accepted by the Director, CVM,

and is available for public inspection

and comment.

Interested persons may, at any time,

submit to the Dockets Management

Branch (address above) written

comments on the report of CVM’s

FQWG. Two copies of any comments

are to be submitted, except that

individuals may submit one copy.

Comments are to be identified with the

docket number found in the heading of

this document. The report, appendices,

and comments may be seen at the

Dockets Management Branch (address

above), between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday.

The report and recommendations

represent the agency’s current position

on the issues discussed therein,

however, they do not create or confer

any rights, privileges, or benefits for or

on any person, nor do they operate to

bind FDA in any way. CVM will

consider any comments received in

determining the continued

appropriateness of the

recommendations in the report

regarding the approval of FQ’s for

animal use.

Dated: December 27, 1995.

William K. Hubbard,

Associate Commissioner for Policy

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 96–125 Filed 1–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. FR–4007–D–01]

Delegation of Concurrent Authority to

the Deputy Secretary

AGENCY: Office of The Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation of

concurrent authority.
354 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 3 / Thursday, January 4, 1996 / Notices

1 A stay will be issued routinely by the

Commission in those proceedings where an

informed decision on environmental issues

(whether raised by a party or by the Commission’s

Section of Environmental Analysis in its

independent investigation) cannot be made before

the effective date of the notice of exemption. See

Exemption of Out-of-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d

377 (1989). Any entity seeking a stay on

environmental concerns is encouraged to file its

request as soon as possible in order to permit the

Commission to review and act on the request before

the effective date of this exemption.

2See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

Finan. Assist., 4 I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).

3The Commission will accept a late-filed trail use

request as long as it retains jurisdiction to do so.

4Legislation to sunset the Commission on

December 31, 1995, and transfer remaining

functions is currently under consideration. Until

further notice, parties submitting pleadings should

continue to use the current name and address.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Housing and

Urban Development is delegating to the

Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban

Development, Dwight P. Robinson,

concurrently with the Secretary, the

power and authority vested in or

delegated or assigned to the Secretary of

Housing and Urban Development, with

the exception of the power to sue and

be sued.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 28, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sam E. Hutchinson, Associate General

Counsel for Human Resources Law,

Office of General Counsel, Department

of Housing and Urban Development,

Room 10242, 451 7th Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202)

708–0888. (This is not a toll-free

number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under

Section 7(d) of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development Act,

42 U.S.C. 3535(d), the Secretary of

Housing and Urban Development may

delegate any of the Secretary’s

functions, powers and duties to such

officers and employees of the

Department as the Secretary may

designate, and may authorize successive

redelegations of such functions, powers

and duties as determined to be

necessary or appropriate. In the

delegation of authority issued today, the

Secretary is delegating to the Deputy

Secretary of Housing and Urban

Development, Dwight P. Robinson, all

the power and authority vested in or

delegated or assigned to the Secretary of

Housing and Urban Development, to be

exercised concurrently with the

Secretary, with the exception of the

power to sue and be sued.

Accordingly, the Secretary delegates

as follows:

Section A. Authority Delegated

The Deputy Secretary of Housing and

Urban Development, Dwight P.

Robinson, is hereby authorized,

concurrently with the Secretary, to

exercise all the power and authority

vested in or delegated or assigned to the

Secretary of Housing and Urban

Development.

Section B. Authority Excepted

There is excepted from the authority

delegated under Section the authority to

sue and be sued.

Section C. Delegation of Concurrent

Authority Superseded

The Delegation of Concurrent

Authority to the President, Government

National Mortgage Association,

published in the Federal Register on

February 13, 1995, at 60 FR 8250, is

hereby superseded.

Authority: Section 7(d), Department of

Housing and Urban Development Act (42

U.S.C. 3535(d)).

Dated: December 28, 1995.

Henry G. Cisneros,

Secretary of Housing and Urban

Development.

[FR Doc. 96–101 Filed 1–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–32–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

Lower Snake River District; Notice of

Meeting

SUMMARY: The Lower Snake River

District Resource Advisory Council will

hold two meetings to discuss and

develop draft statewide standards for

rangeland health and guidelines for

managing livestock grazing on public

lands. Public comment periods will be

held at 1 p.m. on January 25 and at 8

p.m. on February 15.

DATES: January 25, 1996 beginning at

8:15 a.m.; and February 15, 1996,

beginning at 6:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Idaho State Office of the Bureau of

Land Management, 3380 Americana

Terrace, Boise, Idaho, 83706.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barry Rose, Lower Snake River District

Office (208–384–3393).

Barry Rose,

Public Affairs Specialist.

[FR Doc. 96–91 Filed 1–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 1020–GG–P

INTERSTATE COMMERCE

COMMISSION

[Docket No. AB–43 (Sub-No. 169X)]

Illinois Central Railroad Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in West

Feliciana Parish, LA

Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC)

has filed a notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments to abandon

approximately 0.8 miles of its line of

railroad between milepost LB–9.7 to

milepost LB–10.5 near Riddle (Zee), in

West Feliciana Parish, LA.

IC has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) all overhead traffic

previously routed over this line has

been rerouted to alternate lines; (3) no

formal complaint filed by a user of rail

service on the line (or by a state or local

government entity acting on behalf of

such user) regarding cessation of service

over the line either is pending with the

Commission or with any U.S. District

Court or has been decided in favor of

the complainant within the 2-year

period; and (4) the requirements at 49

CFR 1105.7 (environmental report), 49

CFR 1105.8 (historic report), 49 CFR

1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR

1105.12 (newspaper publication), and

49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to

governmental agencies) have been met.

As a condition to use of this

exemption, any employee adversely

affected by the abandonment shall be

protected under Oregon Short Line R.

Co.—Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C.

91 (1979). To address whether this

condition adequately protects affected

employees, a petition for partial

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10505(d)

must be filed.

Provided no formal expression of

intent to file an offer of financial

assistance (OFA) has been received, this

exemption will be effective on February

3, 1996, unless stayed pending

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do

not involve environmental issues,1

formal expressions of intent to file an

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 and

trail use/rail banking requests under 49

CFR 1152.29 3 must be filed by January

16, 1996. Petitions to reopen or requests

for public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by January 24,

1996, with: Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Branch, Interstate Commerce

Commission, 1201 Constitution Ave.,

N.W., Washington, DC 20423.4

A copy of any pleading filed with the

Commission should be sent to

applicant’s representative: Myles L.

Tobin, Illinois Central Railroad

Company, 455 North Cityfront Plaza Dr.,

20th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611.

If the notice of exemption contains

false or misleading information, the

exemption is void ab initio.

IC has filed an environmental report

which addresses the abandonment’s