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Environmental Decision Memo for Food Contact Notification No. 000033

Date: April 28, 2000

 

From: Program Specialist, Environmental Review Team (ERT)
Division of Product Manufacture and Use (HFS-246)

 

Subject: Premarket Notification FCN No. 000033 - Silica for Use as Components of Silicone Paper Coatings

 

Notifier: Dow Corning Corporation
Midland, Michigan 48686

 

To: Division of Petition Control (HFS-215)
Attention: Julius Smith
Through: Team Leader, ERT

 

 

Attached is our Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the above cited Premarket Notification. The FONSI and the notifier's Environmental Assessment, dated April 24, 2000, should be made public when this notification becomes effective.

Please let us know if there is any change in the identity or use of the food contact substance that would be inconsistent with the identity and use described in the FONSI.

 

 

Sylvia G. Matson

 

 



 


 

 

Finding of No Significant Impact

A Premarket Notification (FCN No. 000033) submitted by Dow Corning Corporation, for Silica, [(dimethylvinylsilyl)oxy] and [(trimethylsilyl)oxy]- modified used as components of silicone paper coatings that may contact food.

 

 

The Environmental Review Team has determined that allowing this notification to become effective will not significantly affect the quality of the human environment and therefore will not require the preparation of an environmental impact statement. This finding is based on an environmental assessment, dated April 24, 2000, that was prepared by the notifier.

 

 

 

Prepared by: ___________________________________________ Date: April 28, 2000
Sylvia G. Matson, Program Specialist
Environmental Review Team
Division of Product Manufacture and Use
Office of Premarket Approval
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration

 

 

 

Approved by: ____________________________________________ Date: April 28, 2000
Buzz L. Hoffmann, Ph.D., Team Leader
Environmental Review Team
Division of Product Manufacture and Use
Office of Premarket Approval
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration

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