[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 18147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10044]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Vessel Sanitation Program; 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.-1 p.m., June 3, 1996.
Place: Doubletree Grand Hotel, Biscayne Bay Miami, 1717 North
Bayshore Drive, Miami, Florida 33132, telephone 305/372-0313, fax
305/372-9455.
Status: Open to the public for participation, comment, and
observation, limited only by the space available. The meeting room
accommodates approximately 100 people.
Purpose: During the past 9 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
to discuss current status of the VSP and experience to date with
program operations.
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include the
finalization of CDC's ``Interim Shipbuilding Construction
Specifications for Passenger 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 June 18,
1996, 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.
Contact Person for More Information: Thomas E. O'Toole, Deputy
Chief, Special Programs Group, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE,
M/S F29, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-7070.
Dated: April 17, 1996.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-10044 Filed 4-23-96; 8:45 am]
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