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more: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-23547.htm

Federal Register: October 6, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 194)]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness
Act

October 1, 2008.
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Declaration pursuant to section 319F-3 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6d) to provide targeted liability
protections for anthrax countermeasures based on a credible risk that
the threat of exposure to Bacillus anthracis and the resulting disease
constitutes a public health emergency.

DATES: This notice and the attached declaration are effective as of the
date of signature of the declaration.