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Therefore, under the Federal Food,

Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under

authority delegated to the Commissioner

of Food and Drugs and redelegated to

the Center for Veterinary Medicine, 21

CFR part 520 is amended as follows:

PART 520—ORAL DOSAGE FORM

NEW ANIMAL DRUGS

1. The authority citation for 21 CFR

part 520 continues to read as follows:

Authority: Sec. 512 of the Federal Food,

Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360b).

2. Section 520.1660d is amended by

adding new paragraphs (a)(7) and (b)(5)

to read as follows:

§ 520.1660d Oxytetracycline hydrochloride

soluble powder.

(a) * * *

(7) Each 18.14 grams of powder

contains 1 gram of OTC HCl (pail: 2 lb).

(b) * * *

(5) No. 059130 for use of OTC HCl

concentration in paragraph (a)(7) of this

section in chickens, turkeys, swine,

cattle, and sheep.

* * * * *

Dated: January 3, 1996.

Stephen F. Sundlof,

Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine.

[FR Doc. 96–1741 Filed 1–29–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

22 CFR Part 31

[Public Notice 2298]

Repeal of Certain Tort and Property

Damage Claims Regulations

AGENCY: Office of the Legal Adviser,

Department of State.

ACTION: Direct final rule.

SUMMARY: The Department of State will

repeal 22 CFR part 31, which contains

regulations implementing the Federal

Tort Claims Act (FTCA) with respect to

the Department (subparts A and B), the

State Department’s independent

authority to pay tort claims arising in

foreign countries (subpart C), and

certain claims against the International

Boundary and Water Commission,

United States and Mexico (IBWC)

(subpart D).

DATES: This rule is effective May 13,

1996, unless significant adverse

comments are received on or before

March 8, 1996.

If significant adverse comments are

received, the State Department will

publish a document in the Federal

Register before May 13, 1996

withdrawing this rule.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments to the

Office of International Claims and

Investment Disputes, Office of the Legal

Adviser, Suite 203, South Building,

2430 E Street NW., Washington, DC

20037–2800.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen D. McCreary, Attorney-Adviser,

Office of International Claims and

Investment Disputes, Office of the Legal

Adviser, Suite 203, South Building,

2430 E Street NW., Washington, DC

20037–2800; telephone (202) 776–8440.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The State

Department regulations implementing

the Federal Tort Claims Act are a

combination of substantive provisions

largely drawn from the Department of

Justice FTCA regulations in 28 CFR part

14, which apply to tort claims against

all government agencies, and procedural

provisions drawn from the State

Department’s internal Foreign Affairs

Manual. The State Department FTCA

regulations in subparts A and B of part

31 add little additional information, and

are thus duplicative and unnecessary.

Section 2672 of the FTCA (28 U.S.C.

2672) provides that claims are to be

considered in accordance with

regulations issued by the Attorney

General. Section 14.11 of the Justice

Department regulations authorize

agencies to issue supplementary FTCA

regulations, but do not require that they

do so. The State Department has

concluded that it need not maintain

supplementary FTCA regulations.

Claims against the Department of

State should continue to be submitted

directly to the office, bureau, division,

or Foreign Service establishment out of

whose activities the claim arises, if

known; or if not known, to the Assistant

Legal Adviser for International Claims

and Investment Disputes, L/CID,

Department of State, Washington, DC

20520.

Subpart C of part 31 concerns the

Department’s independent authority to

pay tort claims arising overseas, and has

no counterpart in the Justice

Department’s FTCA regulations.

However, subpart C is a single

paragraph which provides little

information beyond that already

available in the statute (22 U.S.C.

2669(f)). Thus, the Department has

concluded that subpart C may be

deleted.

The regulations in subpart D of part

31 regarding claims against the

International Boundary and Water

Commission, United States and Mexico,

have not been used in many years, and

in any case essential repeat the

provisions of the underlying statute.

Repeal of these regulations has been

coordinated with the Legal Adviser’s

Office of the IBWC, United States

Section. The State Department and the

IBWC, United States Section, have

concluded that it is appropriate to

delete subpart D.

Implemention of this rule as a direct

final rule, with provision for

postpromulgation comments, is based

on the ‘‘good cause’’ exception to the

Administrative Procedures Act found at

5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B). Repeal of these

regulations is expected to be

noncontroversial, and therefore unlikely

to engender public comment. Thus,

provision for prepromulgation notice

and comment is considered

unnecessary. Written comments are

invited from the public on or before

March 8, 1996. Unless the State

Department receives on or before that

date significant comments adverse to

repeal of these regulations, and

publishes a notice in the Federal

Register before May 13, 1996,

withdrawing this rule, this rule becomes

effective on May 13, 1996.

Repeal of these regulations by this

rule is not expected to have a significant

impact on a substantial number of small

entities under the criteria of the

Regulatory Flexibility Act. This rule

does not impose a Federal regulatory

mandate on state, local, or tribal

government entities under the

Unfunded Mandates Act (P.L. 104–4)

because it repeals regulations which

themselves created no such mandate.

This rule has been reviewed as required

by Executive Order 12778 and is in

compliance therewith. This rule is

exempt from review under Executive

Order 12866, but has been reviewed to

ensure consistency with its overall

policies and purposes. This rule does

not contain a new or amended

information requirement subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980.

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 31

Claims.

PART 31—[REMOVED]

Accordingly, under the authority of

22 U.S.C. 2651a(4), 22 CFR part 31 is

removed.

Dated: December 8, 1995.

Jamison Selby Borek,

Deputy Legal Adviser.

[FR Doc. 96–1531 Filed 1–29–96; 8:45 am]

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