97-5960. Current Status of the Vessel Sanitation Program and Experience to Date With Program OperationsPublic Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Current Status of the Vessel Sanitation Program and Experience to 
Date With Program Operations--Public Meeting

    The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following 
meeting.
    Name: Current Status of the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) and 
Experience to Date with Program Operations--Public meeting between CDC 
and the cruise ship industry, private sanitation consultants, and other 
interested parties.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-12 noon, Thursday, April 3, 1997.
    Place: Port of Miami, Terminal #10, Miami, Florida 33132. For 
directions call 305/536-4307, or fax [phone].
    Status: Open to the public for participation, comment, and 
observation, limited only by the space available. The meeting room 
accommodates approximately 400 people.
    Purpose: To discuss current status of the VSP and experience to 
date with program operations.
    Matters to be Discussed: During the past 10 years, as part of the 
revised VSP, CDC has conducted a series of public meetings with members 
of the cruise ship industry, private sanitation consultants, and other 
interested parties. This meeting is a continuation of that series of 
public meetings. Some of the topics to be discussed at this meeting 
include the finalization of CDC's ``Final Recommended Shipbuilding 
Construction Guidelines for Cruise Vessels Destined to Call on U.S. 
Ports,'' the finalization of ``Interim Recommendations to Minimize 
Transmission of Legionnaires' Disease from Whirlpool Spas on Cruise 
Ships,'' revising the current VSP Operations Manual, status of 
development of a VSP Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point training 
seminar and future plans for program direction.
    For a period of 15 days following the meeting, through April 18, 
1997, the official record of the meeting will remain open so that 
additional material or comments may be submitted to be made part of the 
record of the meeting.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Dan Harper, Program Manager, 
VSP, Special Programs Group (F29), NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone [phone].

    Dated: March 5, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC)
[FR Doc. 97-5960 Filed 3-10-97; 8:45 am]
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