[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 130 (Thursday, July 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 36884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17274]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Revised Vessel Sanitation Operations Manual; Public Meeting
The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following
meeting.
Name: Discussion of the second draft of the revised Vessel
Sanitation Operations Manual--Public meeting between CDC and the
cruise ship industry, private sanitation consultants, and other
interested parties.
Time and Date: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., October 5, 1999; 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m., October 6, 1999; 9 a.m.-12 noon, October 7, 1999.
Place: Auditorium, Port Everglades Administration Building, 1850
Eller Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316.
Status: Open to the public, limited by the space available. The
meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
Purpose: CDC announced its intention to revise the Vessel
Sanitation Operations Manual in the Federal Register of July 9, 1998
(Volume 63, Number 131). Input and comments from the public were
requested of and received from the cruise ship industry, private
sanitation consultants, and other interested parties, and were
discussed in detail at a public meeting held in Fort Lauderdale on
April 14-16, 1999. On the basis of comments received, VSP staff have
written a second draft of the revised manual and will discuss the
revisions at this public meeting.
Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items will include a thorough
discussion of each section of the second draft of the revised
operations manual. A copy of the second draft will be available for
review by August 6, 1999. To obtain a copy, contact the VSP in
Atlanta at the address or phone number below, or go to the VSP Home
Page on the Internet at http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/programs/vsp.
For a period of 15 days following the meeting, through October
22, 1999, the official record of the meeting will remain open so
that additional materials or comments may be submitted to be made
part of the record of the meeting. VSP staff will then finalize the
revised operations manual and publish the final in the Federal
Register.
Advanced registration for this important meeting is encouraged.
If you plan to attend, please provide your name, title, company
name, mailing address, telephone number, facsimile number, and E-
mail address to Dorothy Johnson, Management Assistant, facsimile
770/488-4127 or E-mail: dgj0@cdc.gov.
Contact Person for More Information: David Forney, Acting Chief,
VSP, telephone 770/488-7333 or E-mail: dlf1@cdc.gov; or Daniel
Harper, Senior Environmental Health Officer, VSP, telephone 770/488-
3524, E-mail: dmh2@cdc.gov; or write to us at Vessel Sanitation
Program, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, M/S F-16, Atlanta, Georgia
30341-3724.
The Director, Management Analysis and Services office has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining
to announcements of meetings and other committee management
activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: June 30, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 99-17274 Filed 7-7-99; 8:45 am]
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