[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR14.155]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 14--PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE A PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart H--Color Additive Advisory Committees
 
Sec. 14.155  Fees and compensation pertaining to a color additive advisory committee.

    (a) When a matter is referred to a color additive advisory 
committee, all related costs, including personal compensation of 
committee members, travel, materials, and other costs, are borne by the 
person requesting the referral, such costs to be assessed on the basis 
of actual cost to the government. The compensation of such costs 
includes personal compensation of committee members at a rate not to 
exceed $128.80 per member per day.
    (b) In the case of a request for referral to a color additive 
advisory committee, a special advance deposit is to be made in the 
amount of $2,500. Where required, further advances in increments of 
$2,500 each are to be made upon request of the Commissioner. All 
deposits for referrals to a color additive advisory committee in excess 
of actual expenses will be refunded to the depositor.
    (c) All deposits and fees required by this section are to be paid by 
money order, bank draft, or certified check drawn to the order of the 
Food and Drug Administration, collectable at par in Washington, DC. All 
deposits and fees are to be forwarded to the Associate Commissioner for 
Management and Operations, Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, and after appropriate record of them is made, 
they will be transmitted to the Treasurer of the United States for 
deposit in the special account ``Salaries and Expenses, Certification, 
Inspection, and Other Services, Food and Drug Administration.''
    (d) The Commissioner may waive or refund such fees in whole or in 
part when, in the Commissioner's judgment, such action will promote the 
public interest. Any person who believes that payment of these fees will 
be a hardship may petition the Commissioner under Sec. 10.30 to waive or 
refund the fees.