81 FR 35360 - Informational Meeting: The Importation and Exportation of Infectious Biological Agents, Infectious Substances and Vectors; Public Webcast

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 106 (June 2, 2016)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hosting a public webcast to address import and export permit regulations for infectious biological agents, infectious substances, and vectors; and import and export permit exemptions. Presenters for this webcast will include representatives from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), CDC Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, HHS/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response/Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Public Health Agency of Canada.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 106 (Thursday, June 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35360-35361]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13053]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Informational Meeting: The Importation and Exportation of 
Infectious Biological Agents, Infectious Substances and Vectors; Public 
Webcast

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of public webcast.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hosting a public 
webcast to address import and export permit regulations for infectious 
biological agents, infectious substances, and vectors; and import and 
export permit exemptions. Presenters for this webcast will include 
representatives from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS), CDC Division of Global Migration and 
Quarantine, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, HHS/Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response/Biomedical Advanced 
Research and Development Authority (BARDA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife

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Service, and the Public Health Agency of Canada.

DATES: The webcast will be held over two days, August 3, 2016 from 12 
p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT and August 4, 2016 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 
Registration instructions are found on the HHS/CDC Import Permit 
Program Web site, http://www.cdc.gov/od/eaipp/importApplication/agents.htm.

ADDRESSES: The webcast will be broadcast from the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30329.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Von McClee, Division of Select Agents 
and Toxins, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., MS A-46, 
Atlanta, GA 30333; phone: 404-718-2000; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This webcast is an opportunity for all 
interested parties (e.g., academic institutions and biomedical centers, 
commercial manufacturing facilities, federal, state, and local 
laboratories, including clinical and diagnostic laboratories, research 
facilities, exhibition facilities, and educational facilities) to 
obtain specific guidance and information regarding import and export 
permit regulations. The webcast will also provide assistance to those 
interested in applying for an import or export permit (or license) from 
federal agencies within the United States.
    Instructions for registration are found on the HHS/CDC Import 
Permit Program Web site, http://www.cdc.gov/od/eaipp/importApplication/agents.htm. Participants must register by July 15, 2016. This is a 
webcast only event and there will be no on-site participation at the 
HHS/CDC broadcast facility.

    Dated: May 27, 2016.
Veronica Kennedy,
Acting Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-13053 Filed 6-1-16; 8:45 am]
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