[Federal Register: August 31, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 170)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
National Toxicology Program; Meeting of the Advisory Committee on
Alternative Toxicological Methods
Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of
the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Advisory Committee on Alternative
Toxicological Methods, U.S. Public Health Service. The meeting will be
held from 9:00 a.m. to adjournment on September 25, 2001 in the Rodbell
Auditorium, Rall Building, South Campus, National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 111 T.W. Alexander Drive,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The meeting is open to the
public and time is allotted during the meeting for the public to
present comments to the Committee and NTP staff on agenda topics.
Attendance is limited only by the space available. Individuals who plan
to attend and need special assistance are asked to notify the Executive
Secretary in advance of the meeting.
Background
Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, section 222 of the Public Health
Service Act, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services
has established an Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological
Methods (the Committee). The Committee provides advice to the NTP on
the activities and priorities of the NTP Interagency Center for the
Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (the Center) and the
Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative
Methods (ICCVAM) and on ways to foster partnership activities and
productive interactions among all stakeholders. The Committee is
composed of knowledgeable representatives drawn from academia,
industry, public interest organizations, and may include representation
from state and federal agencies and the international community, as
appropriate [Federal Register: September 15, 1997 (Volume 62, Number
178, Page 48290)].
Agenda
The September 25th meeting is open to the public from 9:00 AM to
adjournment with attendance limited only by the space available. A
draft agenda with tentative schedule is provided below. Primary agenda
topics
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include updates on recent NTP Center and ICCVAM activities and areas
for future priorities and activities.
A detailed agenda with meeting schedule and the Committee roster
will be available prior to the meeting on the Center's web site (http:/
/iccvam.niehs.nih.gov) or by contacting the NTP Executive Secretary,
Dr. Mary S. Wolfe (National Toxicology Program, P. O. Box 12233, 111
T.W. Alexander Drive, A3-07, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina 27709, telephone: 919-541-3971 and FAX: 919-541-0295).
Following the meeting, summary minutes will be posted on the Center's
web site (http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov, see ACATM) or can be obtained by
contacting the Executive Secretary. The minutes for past committee
meetings are also available on the web.
Public Comment Encouraged
Public input at the meeting is invited and time is set aside for
the presentation of public comments on any agenda topic. At least seven
minutes will be allotted to each speaker, and if time permits, may be
extended to ten minutes. Persons registering to make oral comments are
asked to provide their name, affiliation, mailing address, telephone,
FAX, e-mail, and sponsoring organization (if any). Each organization is
allowed one time slot per agenda topic. To facilitate planning for the
meeting, persons interested in providing formal oral comments are asked
to notify the Executive Secretary at the address given above. Persons
registering to make oral comments are asked, if possible, to provide a
copy of their statement to the Executive Secretary by September 19, to
enable review by the Committee and NTP staff prior to the meeting.
Individuals will also be able to register to give oral comments on-site
at the meeting. However, if registering on-site and reading from
written text, please bring 25 copies of the statement for distribution
to the Committee and NTP staff and to supplement the record.
Persons may also submit written comments in lieu of making oral
comments. Written comments should be sent to the Executive Secretary
and should be received by September 19, 2001 to enable review by the
Committee and NTP staff, as well as to supplement the record. Persons
submitting written comments should include with the document their
name, affiliation, mailing address, telephone, FAX, e-mail, and
sponsoring organization (if any).
Dated: August 23, 2001.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Draft Agenda (8/18/01)--National Toxicology Program Advisory
Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods
September 25, 2001
9:00 am--Call to Order and Introductions
Updates
NTP
NTP Center and ICCVAM Updates
Guidance Document on Using In Vitro Data to Estimate In Vivo Starting
Doses for Acute Toxicity (ACTION)
Public Comments
Report of the International Workshop on In Vitro Methods for Assessing
Acute Systemic Toxicity
Public Comments
12:30 pm--Lunch
1:30 pm
Toxicogenomics as An Alternative Toxicological Test Method: Priorities
for Validation and Applications and Their Validation
Public Comments
NIEHS Extramural SBIR Contracts for Test Method Development and
Validation
Other Issues
International Validation Issues
Agenda Topics for Next Meeting
Other Topics
Public Comments
4:30 pm--Adjourn
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