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Federal Register
Vol. 82, No. 39
Wednesday, March 1, 2017

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains notices to the public of the proposed
issuance of rules and regulations. The
purpose of these notices is to give interested
persons an opportunity to participate in the
rule making prior to the adoption of the final
rules.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
7 CFR Parts 271, 272 and 273
[FNS 2015–0038]
RIN 0584–AE41

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program: Student Eligibility, Convicted
Felons, Lottery and Gambling, and
State Verification Provisions of the
Agricultural Act of 2014; Extension of
Comment Period
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule. Extension of
comment period.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS) is re-opening the
comment period for the proposed rule
published December 1, 2016. The
proposed action would implement four
sections of the Agricultural Act of 2014
(2014 Farm Bill), affecting eligibility,
benefits, and program administration
requirements for the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Section 4007 clarifies that participants
in a SNAP Employment & Training
(E&T) program are eligible for benefits if
they are enrolled or participate in
specific programs that will assist SNAP
recipients in obtaining the skills needed
for the current job market. Section 4008
prohibits anyone convicted of Federal
aggravated sexual abuse, murder, sexual
exploitation and abuse of children,
sexual assault, or similar State laws, and
who are also not in compliance with the
terms of their sentence or parole or are
a fleeing felon, from receiving SNAP
benefits. Section 4009 prohibits
households containing a member with
substantial lottery and gambling
winnings from receiving SNAP benefits,
until the household meets the allowable
financial resources and income
eligibility requirements of the program.
Section 4009 also provides that State
SNAP agencies are required, to the

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maximum extent practicable, to
establish cooperative agreements with
gaming entities in the State to identify
SNAP recipients with substantial
winnings. Section 4015 requires all
State agencies to have a system in place
to verify income, eligibility and
immigration status.
DATES: The comment period for the
proposed rule published December 1,
2016 (81 FR 86614) is re-opened until
March 31, 2017. Written comments
must be received on or before March 31,
2017, to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: The Food and Nutrition
Service, USDA, invites interested
persons to submit written comments on
this proposed rule. Comments may be
submitted in writing by one of the
following methods:
• Preferred Method: Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: Submit comments by facsimile
transmission to: Sasha Gersten-Paal,
Certification Policy Branch, Fax number
703–305–2486.
• Mail: Send comments to Sasha
Gersten-Paal, Branch Chief, Certification
Policy Branch, Program Development
Division, FNS, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302, 703–305–
2507.
All written comments submitted in
response to this proposed rule will be
included in the record and made
available to the public. Please be
advised that the substance of comments
and the identity of individuals or
entities submitting the comments will
be subject to public disclosure. FNS will
make written comments publicly
available online at http://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sasha Gersten-Paal, Branch Chief,
Certification Policy Branch, Program
Development Division, Food and
Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center
Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22302, 703–
305–2507.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FNS is reopening the comment period for 30 days
as noted under the DATES section to
ensure that the public has sufficient
time to review and comment on the
proposed rule. To the extent that 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(A) applies to this action,
it is exempt from notice and comment
rulemaking for good cause and for

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reasons cited above, FNS finds that
notice and solicitation of comment
regarding the brief extension of the
comment period is impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B).
FNS believes that affected parties need
to be informed as soon as possible of the
extensions and their length.
Dated: February 16, 2017.
Jessica Shahin,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
21 CFR Part 73
[Docket No. FDA–2016–D–4120]

Fruit Juice and Vegetable Juice as
Color Additives in Food; Draft
Guidance for Industry; Reopening of
Comment Period
AGENCY:

Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.
Notification; reopening of
comment period.

ACTION:

The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA or we) is
reopening the comment period for the
notice entitled ‘‘Fruit Juice and
Vegetable Juice as Color Additives in
Food; Draft Guidance for Industry’’ that
appeared in the Federal Register of
December 14, 2016. The draft guidance,
when finalized, will help manufacturers
determine whether a color additive
derived from a plant material meets the
specifications under certain FDA color
additive regulations. We are taking this
action in response to requests to allow
interested persons additional time to
submit comments.
DATES: FDA is reopening the comment
period for the proposed rule published
December 14, 2016 (81 FR 90267).
Submit either electronic or written
comments by May 1, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
as follows:
SUMMARY:

Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic comments in the
following way:

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• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Comments submitted electronically,
including attachments, to https://
www.regulations.gov will be posted to
the docket unchanged. Because your
comment will be made public, you are
solely responsible for ensuring that your
comment does not include any
confidential information that you or a
third party may not wish to be posted,
such as medical information, your or
anyone else’s Social Security number, or
confidential business information, such
as a manufacturing process. Please note
that if you include your name, contact
information, or other information that
identifies you in the body of your
comments, that information will be
posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
• If you want to submit a comment
with confidential information that you
do not wish to be made available to the
public, submit the comment as a
written/paper submission and in the
manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper
Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).
Written/Paper Submissions
Submit written/paper submissions as
follows:
• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for
written/paper submissions): Division of
Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food
and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
• For written/paper comments
submitted to the Division of Dockets
Management, FDA will post your
comment, as well as any attachments,
except for information submitted,
marked and identified, as confidential,
if submitted as detailed in
‘‘Instructions.’’
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the Docket No. FDA–
2016–D–4120 for ‘‘Fruit Juice and
Vegetable Juice as Color Additives in
Food; Draft Guidance for Industry.’’
Received comments will be placed in
the docket and, except for those
submitted as ‘‘Confidential
Submissions,’’ publicly viewable at
https://www.regulations.gov or at the
Division of Dockets Management
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
• Confidential Submissions—To
submit a comment with confidential
information that you do not wish to be
made publicly available, submit your
comments only as a written/paper
submission. You should submit two
copies total. One copy will include the
information you claim to be confidential
with a heading or cover note that states
‘‘THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS
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will review this copy, including the
claimed confidential information, in its
consideration of comments. The second
copy, which will have the claimed
confidential information redacted/
blacked out, will be available for public
viewing and posted on https://
www.regulations.gov. Submit both
copies to the Division of Dockets
Management. If you do not wish your
name and contact information to be
made publicly available, you can
provide this information on the cover
sheet and not in the body of your
comments and you must identify this
information as ‘‘confidential.’’ Any
information marked as ‘‘confidential’’
will not be disclosed except in
accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other
applicable disclosure law. For more
information about FDA’s posting of
comments to public dockets, see 80 FR
56469, September 18, 2015, or access
the information at: http://www.fda.gov/
regulatoryinformation/dockets/
default.htm.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or the
electronic and written/paper comments
received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov and insert the
docket number, found in brackets in the
heading of this document, into the
‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts
and/or go to the Division of Dockets
Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm.
1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura A. Dye, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition (HFS–265), Food
and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus
Dr., College Park, MD 20740, 240–402–
1275.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
Federal Register of December 14, 2016
(81 FR 90267), we published a notice of
availability of a draft guidance for
industry entitled ‘‘Fruit Juice and
Vegetable Juice as Color Additives in
Food.’’ The draft guidance, when
finalized, will help manufacturers
determine whether a color additive
derived from a plant material meets the
specifications for fruit juice under
§ 73.250 (21 CFR 73.250) or vegetable
juice under § 73.260 (21 CFR 73.260).
Although you can comment on any
guidance at any time, to ensure that we
consider comments on this draft
guidance before we begin work on the
final version, interested persons were
originally given until February 13, 2017,
to comment on the draft guidance.
We have received requests to extend
the comment period for the draft
guidance. The requests conveyed
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sufficient time to develop a meaningful
or thoughtful response to various issues
presented in the draft guidance and to
our interpretation of our regulations. We
have considered the requests but were
unable to issue a document extending
the comment period for the draft
guidance before February 13, 2017.
Consequently, we are reopening the
comment period for an additional 60
days. Interested parties have until May
1, 2017. We believe that this action
allows adequate time for interested
persons to submit comments on the
draft guidance without significantly
delaying finalizing the guidance.
Dated: February 23, 2017.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG–2016–1006]
RIN 1625–AA09

Drawbridge Operation Regulation;
Connecticut River, East Haddam, CT
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of proposed rulemaking.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Coast Guard proposes to
modify the operating schedule that
governs the Route 82 Bridge (East
Haddam Swing Bridge) across the
Connecticut River, mile 16.8, at East
Haddam, Connecticut. The bridge owner
submitted a request to reduce scheduled
openings of the span for recreational
vessels in the boating season and to
allow the bridge owner to require six
hours notice for bridge openings at night
in the winter season. It is expected this
change to the regulations will better
serve the needs of the community while
continuing to meet the reasonable needs
of navigation.
DATES: Comments and related material
must reach the Coast Guard on or before
May 1, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by docket number USCG–
2016–1006 using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov.
See the ‘‘Public Participation and
Request for Comments’’ portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMMATION section
below for instructions on submitting
comments.
SUMMARY:

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