National Toxicology Program; Board of Scientific Counselors' Meeting

[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 
(ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov) or the CHRHR website (
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: 
CDM@niehs.nih.gov.

    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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