[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 206 (Thursday, October 23, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 63072-63073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25346]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
21 CFR Part 589
[Docket No. FDA-2002-N-0031] (formerly Docket No. 2002N-0273)
RIN 0910-AF46
Substances Prohibited From Use in Animal Food or Feed; Correction
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a final
rule that appeared in the Federal Register of April 25, 2008 (73 FR
22720). The document amended the agency's regulations to prohibit the
use of certain cattle origin materials in the food or feed of all
animals to further strengthen existing safeguards against bovine
spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The document was inadvertently
published with incorrect dollar amounts in two separate areas: The
summary of economic impacts and the paperwork burden table. This
document corrects those errors.
DATES: Effective on April 27, 2009.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Burt Pritchett, Center for Veterinary
Medicine (HFV-222), Food and Drug Administration, 7519 Standish Pl.,
Rockville, MD 20855, 240-453-6860, e-mail: burt.pritchett@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of April 25, 2008,
incorrect dollar amounts were published in the document with respect
to: (1) The summary of economic impacts and (2) the paperwork burden
table. Regarding the economic impact of the rule, a dollar figure of
$58 million was cited as the estimated loss in annual surplus caused by
import restrictions imposed on U.S. products by other countries; the
correct figure is approximately $105 million. Regarding the paperwork
burden table (Table 9), the estimated total operation and maintenance
costs for annual recordkeeping was incorrectly cited as $157,080. The
estimated cost per renderer should be $354.20, so the estimated total
operation and maintenance costs for annual recordkeeping is actually
$160,275.
Therefore, in FR Doc. 08-1180, appearing on page 22720 in the
Federal Register of Friday, April 25, 2008, the following corrections
are made to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. On page 22737, in the first column, in the last sentence
preceding the first full paragraph, ``Although we are unable to
quantify the effects of this final rule on removing restrictions to
foreign markets, the benefits are potentially large because the economy
as a whole loses an annual surplus equal to about $58 million from the
remaining restrictions.'' is corrected to read:
``Although we are unable to quantify the effects of this final
rule on removing restrictions to foreign markets, the benefits are
potentially large because the economy as a whole loses an annual
surplus equal to about $105 million from the remaining
restrictions.''
2. On page 22753, table 9 is corrected to read:
Table 9.--Estimated Annual Recordkeeping Burden
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Operation and
21 CFR Section No. of Annual Frequency Total Annual Hours per Total Hours Maintenance
Recordkeepers per Recordkeeper Records Recordkeeper Costs
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589.2001(c)(2)(vi) and (c)(3)(i) 175 1 175 20 3,500 $61,985
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589.2001(c)(2)(ii) 50 1 50 20 1,000 $17,710
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589.2001(c)(3)(i)(A) 175 1 175 26 4,550 $80,580
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Total 9,050 $160,275
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3. On page 22753, in the third column, following table 9, the
second complete sentence ``Therefore, FDA estimates that the cost per
renderer for compliance with the new requirement for establishing and
maintaining written procedures will be $340 per renderer, hence the new
figure of $17,000 as shown in Table 9 of this document.'' is corrected
to read:
``Therefore, FDA estimates that the cost per renderer for
compliance with the new requirement for establishing and maintaining
written procedures will be $354.20 per renderer (adjusted for
inflation since the October 2005 proposed rule), hence the new
figure of $17,710 as shown in Table 9 of this document.''
Dated: October 16, 2008.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning.
[FR Doc. E8-25346 Filed 10-22-08; 8:45 am]
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