   DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES default		         		Public
Health Service

 ADVANCE \r360  ADVANCE \d3 	Food and Drug Administration

 ADVANCE \r360 	Rockville, MD  20857

January 7, 2004

Donald L. Hassig

Cancer Action NY

531 CR 28

Ogdensburg, NY  13669

Dear Mr. Morey:

Your petition requesting the Food and Drug Administration to further
protect the American public from Exposure to certain Persistent
organochloride pollutants, was received by this office on 01/07/2004. 
It was assigned docket number 2004P-0008/CP1 and it was filed on
01/07/2004. Please refer to this docket number in future correspondence
on this subject with the Agency.

Please note that the acceptance of the petition for filing is a
procedural matter in that it in no way reflects an agency decision on
the substantive merits of the petition.

Sincerely,

Jennie Butler, Director

Division of Dockets Management

Office of Management Programs

Office of Management

                        

