01-29805. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) Drug Testing Advisory Board; Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to Pub. L. 92-463, notice is hereby given of the meeting of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) Drug Testing Advisory Board to be held in December 2001.

A portion of the meeting will be open and will include a Department of Health and Human Services drug testing program update, a Department of Transportation drug testing program update, and an update on the draft guidelines for alternative specimen testing and on-site testing. If anyone needs special accommodations for persons with disabilities, please notify the Contact listed below.

The meeting will include developing the final requirements for specimen validity testing that had been published in the Federal Register on August 21, 2001 (66 FR 43876), and evaluation of sensitive National Laboratory Certification Program (NLCP) internal operating procedures and program development issues. Therefore, a portion of the meeting will be closed to the public as determined by the SAMHSA Administrator in accordance with Title 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and 5 U.S.C. app. 2, sec. 10(d).

A roster of the board members may be obtained from: Mrs. Giselle Hersh, Division of Workplace Programs, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockwall II, Suite 815, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: [phone]. The transcript for the open session will be available on the following website: http://workplace.samhsa.gov. Additional information for this meeting may be obtained by contacting the individual listed below.

Committee Name: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Drug Testing Advisory Board.

Meeting Date:

 December 4, 2001; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

 December 5, 2001; 8:30 a.m.-Noon.

Place: Residence Inn by Marriott, 7335 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.

Type:

 OPEN: December 4, 2001; 8:30 a.m.-10:00.

 CLOSED: December 4, 2001; 10:00-4:30 p.m.

 CLOSED: December 5, 2001; 8:30 a.m.-Noon

Contact: Donna M. Bush, Ph.D., Executive Secretary; Telephone: [phone], and FAX: [phone].

This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the meeting due to the urgent need to meet timing limitations imposed by the review and funding cycle.

Dated: November 27, 2001.

Toian Vaughn,

Committee Management Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.