[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 68 (Friday, April 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17402-17403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8877]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
National Toxicology Program; Board of Scientific Counselors'
Meeting
Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of a meeting
of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific
Counselors, U.S. Public Health Service, in the Rodbell Auditorium,
Building 101, South Campus, National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences (NIEHS), 111 Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina, on May 20, 1999.
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Agenda
The meeting will be open to the public from 8:45 a.m. to
adjournment with attendance limited only by space available. The
primary agenda topic will be an initial evaluation and review of the
direction and priorities of the recently established NTP Center for the
Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR). There will be a
presentation on the background, purpose, status, and current activities
of the Center. In addition, there will be presentations by
representatives of regulatory agencies on the value of the Center to
public health issues and health regulatory issues, on the evaluative
process employed by the Center, on the initial chemicals considered and
selected for evaluation, and there will be a demonstration of the
Center's website. In the afternoon, there will be a discussion of the
process for development of a Year 2000 White Paper on Toxicology and
the NTP. Additionally, there will be updates presented on the NIEHS
Investigations of Causes of Amphibian Malformations, on the Center for
the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods, and on recent or
upcoming activities of the Report on Carcinogens and Technical Reports
Review Subcommittees. Finally, the Board will review concept proposals
on (1) rodent disease diagnostic laboratories, and (2) genetic
monitoring of inbred rodents.
Public Input Encouraged
To facilitate planning for the meeting, persons interested in
providing formal written or oral input on the directions, priorities,
and operations of the NTP Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human
Reproduction must notify the Executive Secretary, Dr. Larry G. Hart,
P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (telephone 919/541-
3971; FAX 919/541-0295; or email at hart@niehs.nih.gov). Written
comments for consideration by the Board and the NTP must be received by
May 12, 1999. Individuals wanting to make a formal presentation during
the Board's public comment session must notify the Executive Secretary
by no later than May 17, 1999, and, if possible, provide a written copy
in advance of the meeting, so copies can be made for distribution to
Board members, staff, and the public. Formal presentations should be
limited to no more than five minutes. Background information on the
Center and Center operations were described in a Federal Register
notice (pg. 68782, vol. 63, No. 239). Copies of the notice and
additional information on the Center are available on the NTP website
(http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov) or the CHRHR website (http://
cerhr.niehs.nih.gov). Copies of this background information may be
requested from Dr. Larry Hart at the address and phone number listed
above.
The Executive Secretary will furnish an agenda and a roster of
Board members and ad hoc expert reviewers prior to the meeting. Summary
minutes subsequent to the meeting will be available upon request to
Central Data Management, MD E1-02, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27709 (919/541-3419), FAX (919/541-3687), email:
[email protected]
Dated: April 2, 1999.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
[FR Doc. 99-8877 Filed 4-8-99; 8:45 am]
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