82_FR_52280 82 FR 52064 - National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors; Announcement of Meeting; Request for Comments

82 FR 52064 - National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors; Announcement of Meeting; Request for Comments

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 216 (November 9, 2017)

Page Range52064-52065
FR Document2017-24401

This notice announces the next meeting of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC). The BSC, a federally chartered, external advisory group composed of scientists from the public and private sectors, will review and provide advice on programmatic activities. The meeting is open to the public and registration is requested for both attendance and oral comment and required to access the webcast. Information about the meeting and registration are available at http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 216 (Thursday, November 9, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 216 (Thursday, November 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52064-52065]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24401]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors; 
Announcement of Meeting; Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the next meeting of the National 
Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC). The BSC, 
a federally chartered, external advisory group composed of scientists 
from the public and private sectors, will review and provide advice on 
programmatic activities. The meeting is open to the public and 
registration is requested for both attendance and oral comment and 
required to access the webcast. Information about the meeting and 
registration are available at http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165.

DATES: 
    Meeting: December 7-8, 2017; Day one begins at 8:30 a.m. Eastern 
Standard Time (EST) and ends at approximately 5:00 p.m. Day 2 begins at 
8:30 a.m. and continues until adjournment.
    Written Public Comment Submissions: Deadline is November 30, 2017.
    Oral Comments: Deadline is November 30, 2017.
    Registration for Meeting: Deadline December 8, 2017.
    Registration to view the meeting via the webcast is required.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting Location: Rodbell Auditorium, Rall Building, National 
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 111 T.W. Alexander 
Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
    Meeting Web page: The preliminary agenda, registration, and other 
meeting materials are at http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165.
    Webcast: The meeting will be webcast; the URL will be provided to 
those who register for viewing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mary Wolfe, Designated Federal 
Officer for the BSC, Office of Liaison, Policy and Review, Division of 
NTP, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, K2-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. 
Phone: 984-287-3209, Fax: 301-451-5759, Email: [email protected]. 
Hand Deliver/Courier address: 530 Davis Drive, Room K2130, Morrisville, 
NC 27560.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Meeting and Registration: The meeting is open to the public with 
time scheduled for oral public comments; attendance at the meeting is 
limited only by the space available. The BSC will provide input to the 
NTP on programmatic activities and issues. Preliminary agenda topics 
include: US Strategic Roadmap: New Approaches to Evaluate the Safety of 
Chemicals and Medical Products; NTP Assessing Alternative Approaches; 
New Approaches to Hazard Characterization and Risk Assessment; Update 
on NTP Studies of Glyphosate; and Report on Peer Review of Draft Report 
on Carcinogens Monograph on Haloacetic Acids. Please see the 
preliminary agenda for information about the specific presentations. 
The preliminary agenda, roster of BSC members, background materials, 
public comments, and any additional information, when available, will 
be posted on the BSC meeting Web site (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165) 
or may be requested in hardcopy from the Designated Federal Official 
for the BSC. Following the meeting, summary minutes will be prepared 
and made available on the BSC meeting Web site.
    The public may attend the meeting in person or view the webcast. 
Registration is required to view the webcast; the URL for the webcast 
will be provided in the email confirming registration. Individuals who 
plan to provide oral comments (see below) are encouraged to register 
online at the BSC meeting Web site (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165) by 
November 30, 2017, to facilitate planning for the meeting. Individuals 
are encouraged to access the Web site to stay abreast of the most 
current information regarding the meeting. Visitor and security 
information for those attending in-person is available at 
niehs.nih.gov/about/visiting/index.cfm. Individuals with disabilities 
who need accommodation to participate in this event should contact Ms. 
Robbin Guy at phone: (984) 287-3136 or email: [email protected]. TTY 
users should contact the Federal TTY Relay Service at 800-877-8339. 
Requests should be made at least five business days in advance of the 
event.
    Request for Comments: Written comments submitted in response to 
this notice should be received by November 30, 2017. Comments will be 
posted on the BSC meeting Web site and persons submitting them will be 
identified by their name and affiliation and/or sponsoring 
organization, if applicable. Persons submitting written comments should 
include their name, affiliation (if applicable), phone, email, and 
sponsoring organization (if any) with the document. Guidelines for 
public comments are at http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/about_ntp/guidelines_public_comments_508.pdf.
    Time is allotted during the meeting for the public to present oral 
comments to the BSC on the agenda topics. Public comments can be 
presented in-person at the meeting or by teleconference line. There are 
50 lines for this call; availability is on a first-come, first-served 
basis. The lines will be open from 8:30 a.m. until adjournment,

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although the BSC will receive public comments only during the formal 
public comment periods, which are indicated on the preliminary agenda. 
Each organization is allowed one time slot per agenda topic. Each 
speaker is allotted at least 7 minutes, which if time permits, may be 
extended to 10 minutes at the discretion of the BSC chair. Persons 
wishing to present oral comments should register on the BSC meeting Web 
site by November 30, 2017, indicate whether they will present comments 
in-person or via the teleconference line, and indicate the topic(s) on 
which they plan to comment. The access number for the teleconference 
line will be provided to registrants by email prior to the meeting. On-
site registration for oral comments will also be available on the 
meeting day, although time allowed for comments by these registrants 
may be limited and will be determined by the number of persons who 
register at the meeting.
    Persons registering to make oral comments are asked to send a copy 
of their statement and/or PowerPoint slides to the Designated Federal 
Officer by November 30, 2017. Written statements can supplement and may 
expand upon the oral presentation. If registering on-site and reading 
from written text, please bring 20 copies of the statement for 
distribution to the BSC and NTP staff and to supplement the record.
    Background Information on the BSC: The BSC is a technical advisory 
body comprised of scientists from the public and private sectors that 
provides primary scientific oversight to the NTP. Specifically, the BSC 
advises the NTP on matters of scientific program content, both present 
and future, and conducts periodic review of the program for the purpose 
of determining and advising on the scientific merit of its activities 
and their overall scientific quality. Its members are selected from 
recognized authorities knowledgeable in fields such as toxicology, 
pharmacology, pathology, biochemistry, epidemiology, risk assessment, 
carcinogenesis, mutagenesis, molecular biology, behavioral toxicology, 
neurotoxicology, immunotoxicology, reproductive toxicology or 
teratology, and biostatistics. Members serve overlapping terms of up to 
four years. The BSC usually meets biannually. The authority for the BSC 
is provided by 42 U.S.C. 217a, section 222 of the Public Health Service 
Act (PHS), as amended.
    The BSC is governed by the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. app.), which sets forth standards 
for the formation and use of advisory committees.

    Dated: November 1, 2017.
John R. Bucher,
Associate Director, National Toxicology Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-24401 Filed 11-8-17; 8:45 am]
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52064 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 216 / Thursday, November 9, 2017 / Notices ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Number of Average Number of responses burden per Total annual Form name Type of respondents respondents per response burden hours respondent (in hours) Focus Groups ................................... General Public .................................. 45 1 1 45 Interviews .......................................... General Public .................................. 45 1 1 45 Pre/Post Tests .................................. General Public .................................. 3,500 2 15/60 1,750 Pre/Post Tests .................................. Health Professionals ........................ 20,000 2 15/60 10,000 Surveys ............................................. Health Professionals ........................ 2,000 1 30/60 1,000 Tracking/Feedback Form .................. Health Educators .............................. 40 2 1 80 Total ........................................... ........................................................... 25,630 49,170 ........................ 12,920 Dated: November 2, 2017. Meeting Location: Rodbell minutes will be prepared and made Jennifer Guimond, Auditorium, Rall Building, National available on the BSC meeting Web site. Project Clearance Liaison, Eunice Kennedy Institute of Environmental Health The public may attend the meeting in Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Sciences (NIEHS), 111 T.W. Alexander person or view the webcast. Registration Human Development, National Institutes of Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC is required to view the webcast; the URL Health. 27709. for the webcast will be provided in the [FR Doc. 2017–24399 Filed 11–8–17; 8:45 am] Meeting Web page: The preliminary email confirming registration. BILLING CODE 4140–01–P agenda, registration, and other meeting Individuals who plan to provide oral materials are at http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ comments (see below) are encouraged to go/165. register online at the BSC meeting Web DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Webcast: The meeting will be site (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165) by HUMAN SERVICES webcast; the URL will be provided to November 30, 2017, to facilitate those who register for viewing. planning for the meeting. Individuals National Institutes of Health FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. are encouraged to access the Web site to Mary Wolfe, Designated Federal Officer stay abreast of the most current National Toxicology Program Board of for the BSC, Office of Liaison, Policy information regarding the meeting. Scientific Counselors; Announcement and Review, Division of NTP, NIEHS, Visitor and security information for of Meeting; Request for Comments P.O. Box 12233, K2–03, Research those attending in-person is available at AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, Triangle Park, NC 27709. Phone: 984– niehs.nih.gov/about/visiting/index.cfm. HHS. 287–3209, Fax: 301–451–5759, Email: Individuals with disabilities who need ACTION: Notice. wolfe@niehs.nih.gov. Hand Deliver/ accommodation to participate in this Courier address: 530 Davis Drive, Room event should contact Ms. Robbin Guy at SUMMARY: This notice announces the K2130, Morrisville, NC 27560. phone: (984) 287–3136 or email: guyr2@ next meeting of the National Toxicology SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: niehs.nih.gov. TTY users should contact Program (NTP) Board of Scientific Meeting and Registration: The the Federal TTY Relay Service at 800– Counselors (BSC). The BSC, a federally meeting is open to the public with time 877–8339. Requests should be made at chartered, external advisory group scheduled for oral public comments; least five business days in advance of composed of scientists from the public attendance at the meeting is limited the event. and private sectors, will review and only by the space available. The BSC Request for Comments: Written provide advice on programmatic will provide input to the NTP on comments submitted in response to this activities. The meeting is open to the programmatic activities and issues. notice should be received by November public and registration is requested for Preliminary agenda topics include: US 30, 2017. Comments will be posted on both attendance and oral comment and Strategic Roadmap: New Approaches to the BSC meeting Web site and persons required to access the webcast. Evaluate the Safety of Chemicals and submitting them will be identified by Information about the meeting and Medical Products; NTP Assessing their name and affiliation and/or registration are available at http:// Alternative Approaches; New sponsoring organization, if applicable. ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165. Approaches to Hazard Characterization Persons submitting written comments DATES: and Risk Assessment; Update on NTP should include their name, affiliation (if Meeting: December 7–8, 2017; Day Studies of Glyphosate; and Report on applicable), phone, email, and one begins at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Peer Review of Draft Report on sponsoring organization (if any) with Time (EST) and ends at approximately Carcinogens Monograph on Haloacetic the document. Guidelines for public 5:00 p.m. Day 2 begins at 8:30 a.m. and Acids. Please see the preliminary comments are at http:// continues until adjournment. agenda for information about the ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/about_ntp/ Written Public Comment specific presentations. The preliminary guidelines_public_comments_508.pdf. Submissions: Deadline is November 30, agenda, roster of BSC members, Time is allotted during the meeting for the public to present oral comments sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES 2017. background materials, public comments, Oral Comments: Deadline is and any additional information, when to the BSC on the agenda topics. Public November 30, 2017. available, will be posted on the BSC comments can be presented in-person at Registration for Meeting: Deadline meeting Web site (http:// the meeting or by teleconference line. December 8, 2017. ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165) or may be There are 50 lines for this call; Registration to view the meeting via requested in hardcopy from the availability is on a first-come, first- the webcast is required. 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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 216 / Thursday, November 9, 2017 / Notices 52065 although the BSC will receive public formation and use of advisory Name of Committee: National Cancer comments only during the formal public committees. Advisory Board, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on comment periods, which are indicated Population Science, Epidemiology and Dated: November 1, 2017. Disparities. on the preliminary agenda. Each John R. Bucher, Open: November 28, 2017, 7:30 p.m. to organization is allowed one time slot Associate Director, National Toxicology 9:00 p.m. per agenda topic. Each speaker is Program. Agenda: Discussion on Population Science, allotted at least 7 minutes, which if time Epidemiology and Disparities. [FR Doc. 2017–24401 Filed 11–8–17; 8:45 am] permits, may be extended to 10 minutes Place: Gaithersburg Marriott BILLING CODE 4140–01–P at the discretion of the BSC chair. Washingtonian Center, Lakeside Conference Persons wishing to present oral Room 1 and 2, 9751 Washington Boulevard, comments should register on the BSC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Gaithersburg, MD 20878. meeting Web site by November 30, Contact Person: Dr. Deborah Winn, HUMAN SERVICES Executive Secretary, NCAB Ad Hoc 2017, indicate whether they will present comments in-person or via the Subcommittee on Population Science, National Institutes of Health Epidemiology and Disparities, National teleconference line, and indicate the Cancer Institute—Shady Grove, National topic(s) on which they plan to comment. National Cancer Institute; Notice of Institutes of Health, 9609 Medical Center The access number for the Meeting Drive, Room 4E344, Bethesda, MD 20892, teleconference line will be provided to (240) 276–6755, winnde@mail.nih.gov. registrants by email prior to the meeting. Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as Name of Committee: NCI Board of On-site registration for oral comments Scientific Advisors and National Cancer will also be available on the meeting amended, notice is hereby given of the joint meeting of the NCI Board of Advisory Board. day, although time allowed for Open: November 29, 2017, 8:30 a.m. to comments by these registrants may be Scientific Advisors (BSA) and National 4:00 p.m. limited and will be determined by the Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB). Agenda: Joint meeting of the NCI Board of The meeting will be open to the Scientific Advisors and National Cancer number of persons who register at the public as indicated below, with Advisory Board; NCI Director’s report and meeting. Persons registering to make oral attendance limited to space available. presentations, NCI Board of Scientific comments are asked to send a copy of Individuals who plan to attend and Advisors Concepts Review. their statement and/or PowerPoint need special assistance, such as sign Closed: November 29, 2017, 4:30 p.m. to language interpretation or other 5:30 p.m. slides to the Designated Federal Officer Agenda: Review of intramural program site by November 30, 2017. Written reasonable accommodations, should notify the Contact Person listed below visit outcomes and the discussion of statements can supplement and may confidential personnel issues. expand upon the oral presentation. If in advance of the meeting. The open Place: National Cancer Institute—Shady registering on-site and reading from session will be videocast and can be Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room written text, please bring 20 copies of accessed from the NIH Videocasting and TE406 & 408, Rockville, MD 20850. the statement for distribution to the BSC Podcasting Web site (http:// Contact Person: Paulette S. Gray, Ph.D., and NTP staff and to supplement the videocast.nih.gov). Director, Division of Extramural Activities, A portion of the National Cancer National Cancer Institute—Shady Grove, record. Background Information on the BSC: Advisory Board meeting will be closed National Institutes of Health, 9609 Medical to the public in accordance with the Center Drive, Room 7W444, Bethesda, MD The BSC is a technical advisory body 20892, 240–276–6340, grayp@mail.nih.gov. comprised of scientists from the public provisions set forth in section 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended, Any interested person may file written and private sectors that provides comments with the committee by forwarding primary scientific oversight to the NTP. for the review, discussion, and evaluation of individual intramural the statement to the Contact Person listed on Specifically, the BSC advises the NTP this notice. The statement should include the on matters of scientific program content, programs and projects conducted by the name, address, telephone number and when both present and future, and conducts National Cancer Institute, including applicable, the business or professional periodic review of the program for the consideration of personnel affiliation of the interested person. purpose of determining and advising on qualifications and performance, and the In the interest of security, NIH has the scientific merit of its activities and competence of individual investigators, instituted stringent procedures for entrance their overall scientific quality. Its the disclosure of which would onto the NCI-Shady Grove campus. All members are selected from recognized constitute a clearly unwarranted visitors will be asked to show one form of invasion of personal privacy. identification (for example, a government- authorities knowledgeable in fields such issued photo ID, driver’s license, or passport) as toxicology, pharmacology, pathology, Name of Committee: National Cancer and to state the purpose of their visit. biochemistry, epidemiology, risk Advisory Board, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Information is also available on the assessment, carcinogenesis, Global Cancer Research. Institute’s/Center’s home page: NCAB: http:// mutagenesis, molecular biology, Open: November 28, 2017, 5:30 p.m. to deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/ncab/ncab.htm, 7:00 p.m. behavioral toxicology, neurotoxicology, BSA: http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/bsa/ Agenda: Discussion on Global Cancer immunotoxicology, reproductive bsa.htm, where an agenda and any additional Research. toxicology or teratology, and information for the meeting will be posted Place: Gaithersburg Marriott biostatistics. Members serve overlapping when available. Washingtonian Center, Lakeside Conference terms of up to four years. The BSC Room 1 and 2, 9751 Washington Boulevard, (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.392, Cancer Construction; sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES usually meets biannually. The authority Gaithersburg, MD 20878. for the BSC is provided by 42 U.S.C. Contact Person: Dr. Edward Trimble, 93.393, Cancer Cause and Prevention Executive Secretary, NCAB Ad Hoc Research; 93.394, Cancer Detection and 217a, section 222 of the Public Health Diagnosis Research; 93.395, Cancer Subcommittee on Global Cancer Research, Service Act (PHS), as amended. National Cancer Institute—Shady Grove, Treatment Research; 93.396, Cancer Biology The BSC is governed by the National Institutes of Health, 9609 Medical Research; 93.397, Cancer Centers Support; provisions of the Federal Advisory Center Drive, Room 3W562, Bethesda, MD 93.398, Cancer Research Manpower; 93.399, Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 20892, (240) 276–5796, trimblet@ Cancer Control, National Institutes of Health, app.), which sets forth standards for the mail.nih.gov. HHS) VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:32 Nov 08, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09NON1.SGM 09NON1


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DatesMeeting: December 7-8, 2017; Day one begins at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) and ends at approximately 5:00 p.m. Day 2 begins at 8:30 a.m. and continues until adjournment.
ContactDr. Mary Wolfe, Designated Federal Officer for the BSC, Office of Liaison, Policy and Review, Division of NTP, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, K2-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Phone: 984-287-3209, Fax: 301-451-5759, Email: [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 52064 
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