Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 119 / Wednesday, June 19, 1996 / Notices 31141

Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Ms.

Wendy Taylor.

Dated: June 10, 1996.

Larry Guerrero,

Acting Director, Office of Information

Resource Management Services.

[FR Doc. 96–15219 Filed 6–18–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 96F–0101]

General Electric Co.; Filing of Food

Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing

that General Electric Co. has filed a

petition proposing that the food additive

regulations be amended to provide for

the safe use of triisopropanolamine as a

component of phosphorous acid, cyclic

butylethyl propanediol, 2,4,6-tri-tertbutylphenyl ester, a stabilizer for olefin

polymers intended for use in contact

with food.

DATES: Written comments on

petitioner’s environmental assessment

by July 19, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Dockets Management Branch

(HFA–305), Food and Drug

Administration, 12420 Parklawn Dr.,

rm. 1–23, Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir

D. Anand, Center for Food Safety and

Applied Nutrition (HFS–216), Food and

Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW.,

Washington, DC 20204, 202–418–3081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

(sec. 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5))),

notice is given that a food additive

petition (FAP 6B4507) has been filed by

General Electric Co., 1 Lexan Lane, Mt.

Vernon, IN 47620–9364. The petition

proposes to amend the food additive

regulations in § 178.2010 Antioxidants

and/or stabilizers for polymers (21 CFR

178.2010) to provide for the safe use of

triisopropanolamine as a component of

phosphorous acid, cyclic butylphenyl

propanediol, 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl

ester, a stabilizer for olefin polymers

intended for use in contact with food.

The potential environmental impact

of this action is being reviewed. To

encourage public participation

consistent with regulations promulgated

under the National Environmental

Policy Act (40 CFR 1501.4(b)), the

agency is placing the environmental

assessment submitted with the petition

that is the subject of this notice on

display at the Dockets Management

Branch (address above) for public

review and comment. Interested persons

may, on or before July 19, 1996, submit

to the Dockets Management Branch

(address above) written comments. 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 brackets in the heading of this

document. Received comments may be

seen in the office above between 9 a.m.

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

FDA will also place on public display

any amendments to, or comments on,

the petitioner’s environmental

assessment without further

announcement in the Federal Register.

If, based on its review, the agency finds

that an environmental impact statement

is not required and this petition results

in a regulation, the notice of availability

of the agency’s finding of no significant

impact and the evidence supporting that

finding will be published with the

regulation in the Federal Register in

accordance with 21 CFR 25.40(c).

Dated: June 4, 1996.

Alan M. Rulis,

Director, Office of Premarket Approval,

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

[FR Doc. 96–15467 Filed 6–18–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

Health Care Financing Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS.

In compliance with the requirement

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Health Care Financing Administration

(HCFA), Department of Health and

Human Services, is publishing the

following summaries of proposed

collections for public comment.

Interested persons are invited to send

comments regarding this burden

estimate or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including any

of the following subjects: (1) The

necessity and utility of the proposed

information collection for the proper

performance of the agency’s functions;

(2) the accuracy of the estimated

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology to

minimize the information collection

burden.

1. Type of Information Collection

Request: Reinstatement, without change,

of previously approved collection for

which approval has expired; Title of

Information Collection: Authorization

Agreement for Electronic Funds

Transfer; Form No.: HCFA–588; Use:

This information is needed to allow

providers to receive funds electronically

in their bank; Frequency: On occasion;

Affected Public: Business or other for

profit, not for profit institutions;

Number of Respondents: 78,550; Total

Annual Responses: 78,550; Total

Annual Hours: 9,819. Number of

Respondents: 16,000; Total Annual

Responses: 16,000; Total Annual Hours:

20,000.

2. Type of Information Collection

Request: Reinstatement, without change,

of previously approved collection for

which approval has expired; Title of

Information Collection: Application for

Health Insurance Under Medicare for

Individuals with Chronic Renal Disease;

Form No.: HCFA–43; Use: This form is

used as a standard method of eliciting

information necessary to determine

entitlement to Medicare under the end

stage renal disease provision of the law;

Frequency: On occasion; Affected

Public: Individuals and households,

Federal government; Number of

Respondents: 80,000; Total Annual

Responses: 80,000; Total Annual Hours:

34,400.

3. Type of Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Clinical

Laboratory Improvement Amendments

Application Form; Form No.: HCFA–

116; Use: This application is completed

by entities performing laboratory testing

on human specimens for health

purposes; Frequency: Biennially;

Affected Public: Business or other for

profit, not for profit institutions, Federal

government and State, local or tribal

governments; Number of Respondents:

16,000; Total Annual Responses:

16,000; Total Annual Hours: 20,000.

4. Type of Information Collection

Request: Reinstatement, without change,

of previously approved collection for

which approval has expired; Title of

Information Collection: Post Laboratory

Survey Questionnaire-Surveyor; Form

No.: HCFA–668A; Use: This survey

provides the surveyor with an

opportunity to evaluate the survey

process. The form is completed in

conjunction with the HCFA form 668B.

This information with help HCFA

evaluate the entire survey process from

the surveyor’s prospective; Frequency:

Biennially; Affected Public: Business or

other for profit, not for profit

institutions, Federal government and