Protocol To Measure the Quantity of Nicotine Contained in Smokeless Tobacco Products Manufactured, Imported, or Packaged in the United States; Amendment To Extend Comment Period

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Protocol To Measure the Quantity of Nicotine Contained in

Smokeless Tobacco Products Manufactured, Imported, or Packaged in the

United States; Amendment To Extend Comment Period

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of

Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Extension of request for comments.

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A notice requesting comments from all interested parties concerning

a protocol to measure nicotine content of smokeless tobacco products

was published in the Federal Register on May 2, 1997 (62 FR 24116).

This notice is amended as follows: On page 24116, first column,

under the heading DATES, line seven, the date for submission of written

comments to this notice has been extended from June 2, 1997, to ``July

2, 1997.''

All other information and requirements of the May 2, 1997, Federal

Register notice remain the same.

Dated: May 27, 1997.

Joseph R. Carter

Acting Associate Director for Management and Operations, Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 97-14258 Filed 5-30-97; 8:45 am]

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