[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 242 (Friday, December 16, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 78215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32361]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
42 CFR Part 73
[Docket Number CDC-2011-0012]
RIN 0920-AA34
Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins;
Biennial Review; Proposed Rule
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On October 3, 2011, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC),
located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal
Register (76 FR 61206) requesting public comment on the appropriateness
of the current HHS and Overlap list of select agents and toxins
including whether there are other agents or toxins that should be added
to the HHS or Overlap list or whether agents or toxins currently on the
HHS or Overlap list should be deleted from the list; the
appropriateness of the proposed tiering of the select agents and toxins
list; whether minimum standards for personnel reliability, physical and
cyber security should be prescribed for identified Tier 1 agents; and
any other aspect of the proposed amendments to the select agent
regulations. The comment period closed on December 2, 2011. Since we
would like to allow interested persons additional time to prepare and
submit comments, we are reopening the comment period for the NPRM.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before January 17, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Regulatory
Information Number (RIN), 0920-AA34 in the heading of this document by
any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Select
Agent Program, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Mailstop A-46, Atlanta, Georgia
30333, Attn: RIN 0920-AA34.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and RIN for this rulemaking. All relevant comments received will be
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
Docket Access: For access to the docket to read background
documents or comments received or to download an electronic version of
the NPRM, go to http://www.regulations.gov. Comments will be available
for public inspection Monday through Friday, except for legal holidays,
from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at 1600 Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, GA 30333.
Please call ahead to 1-866-694-4867 and ask for a representative in the
Division of Select Agents and Toxins to schedule your visit. Our
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the
Internet as they are received and without change.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robbin Weyant, Director, Division of
Select Agents and Toxins, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
1600 Clifton Road NE., MS A-46, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Telephone:
(404) 718-2000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 3, 2011, the Centers for Disease
Control (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the
Federal Register (76 FR 61206) requesting public comment on (1) The
appropriateness of the current HHS and Overlap list of select agents
and toxins including whether there are other agents or toxins that
should be added to the HHS or Overlap list or whether agents or toxins
currently on the HHS or Overlap list should be deleted from the list;
(2) the appropriateness of the proposed tiering of the select agents
and toxins list; (3) whether minimum standards for personnel
reliability, physical and cyber security should be prescribed for
identified Tier 1 agents; and (4) any other aspect of the proposed
amendments to the select agent regulations. The comment period closed
on December 2, 2011. Since we would like to allow interested persons
additional time to prepare and submit comments, we are reopening the
comment period for its NPRM. We will also consider all comments we
receive between December 2, 2011 and the date of this notice.
Dated: December 13, 2011.
Kathleen Sebelius,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-32361 Filed 12-15-11; 8:45 am]
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