Department of Health and Human Services February 14, 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces re- establishment of the Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health (hereafter referred to as ``the Advisory Group''). Authorization to re-establish the Advisory Group is given under Executive Order 13631, dated December 7, 2012.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period for two draft environmental review documents for which a notice of availability appeared in the Federal Register of December 26, 2012. In that notice, FDA made available for comment the Agency's draft environmental assessment (EA) of the proposed conditions of use specified in materials submitted by AquaBounty Technologies, Inc., in support of a new animal drug application (NADA) concerning a genetically engineered (GE) Atlantic salmon and a preliminary finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for those specific conditions of use. The Agency is taking this action in response to a request for an extension to allow interested persons additional time to submit comments.