Health Risks to Workers Associated With Occupational Exposures to Peracetic Acid; Extension of Comment Period

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#  Health Risks to Workers Associated With Occupational Exposures to Peracetic Acid; Extension of Comment Period

**AGENCY:**

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

**ACTION:**

Notice and extension of comment period.

**SUMMARY:**

On March 7, 2017 the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), published a notice in the *Federal Register* announcing a request for information to evaluate the scientific and technical data on occupational exposure to peracetic acid (CAS #79-21-0, also known as peroxyacetic acid and PAA). Written comments were to be received by June 5, 2017. In response to a request from an interested party, NIOSH is extending the comment period until October 1, 2017.

**DATES:**

NIOSH is extending the comment period on the request for information published March 7, 2017 [82 FR 12819]. Electronic or written comments must be received by October 1, 2017.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

G. Scott Dotson, NIOSH, Education and Information Division, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone (513) 533-8540 (not a toll free number).

**ADDRESSES:**

You may submit comments, identified by CDC-2017-0015 and Docket Number NIOSH 295, by either of the following two methods:

• *Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.* Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

• *Mail:* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH Docket Office, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226-1998.

John Howard,

Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.