[Federal Register: March 4, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 42)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Announces the 
Following Meeting

    Name: Current Status of the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) and 
Experience to Date with Program Operations--Public meeting among CDC 
and the cruise ship industry, private sanitation consultants, and 
other interested parties.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-12 noon, April 14, 1999.
    Place: Auditorium, Port Everglades Administration Building, 1850 
Eller Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316, telephone 954/356-6650; 
fax 954/356-6671.
    Status: Open to the public; limited by the space available. The 
meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
    Purpose: Over the past 13 years, as part of the revised VSP, CDC 
has conducted a series of public meetings with members of the cruise 
ship industry, private sanitation consultants, and other interested 
parties.
    This meeting is a continuation of that series of public meetings 
to discuss the current status of the VSP and its experience to date 
with program operations.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include a VSP Program 
Director Update; 1998 Program Review; Canadian/U.S. Harmonization 
Update; Revision of the ``Final Recommended Shipbuilding 
Construction Guidelines for Cruise Vessels Destined to Call on U.S. 
Ports''; Update on Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Investigations; 
and VSP Training Seminars.
    For a period of 15 days following the meeting, through April 27, 
1999, the official record of the meeting will remain open so that 
additional materials or comments may be submitted to be made part of 
the record of the meeting.
    Advanced registration is encouraged. Please provide the 
following information: name, title, company name, mailing address, 
telephone number, facsimile number, and E-mail address to Dorothy 
Johnson, Management Assistant, facsimile 770/488-4127 or E-mail: 
dgj0@cdc.gov.
    Contact Person for More Information: Daniel Harper, Chief, VSP, 
Special Programs Group, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway,

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NE, M/S F-16, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-3524, 
E-mail: dmh2@cdc.gov, or David Forney, Public Health Advisor, 
telephone 770/488-7333 or E-mail: dlf1@cdc.gov.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services office has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining 
to announcements of meetings and other committee management 
activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: February 25, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-5329 Filed 3-3-99; 8:45 am]
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