[Federal Register: November 24, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 226)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention; Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to Pub. L. 92-463, notice is hereby given of the meeting
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) Drug Testing Advisory Board to be held in December 2004.
On December 7, the Board will meet in an open session from 8:30
a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The open session will include a Department of Health
and Human Services drug testing program update, a Department of
Transportation drug testing program update, and a Nuclear Regulatory
Commission drug testing program update. Attendance by the public will
be limited to space available. Public comments are welcome. Please
communicate with the individual listed as contact below to make
arrangements to comment or to request special accommodations for
persons with disabilities.
The Board will also meet in closed sessions on December 7 from 9:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on December 8 from 8:30 a.m. until noon to
develop the analytical and administrative policies for the final
Revisions to the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug
Testing Program that were published as proposed revisions in the
Federal Register on April 13, 2004 (69 FR 19673). The submissions from
285 commenters have been made available to the public on the Web site
http://workplace.samhsa.gov. This portion of the meeting must be
conducted in closed sessions since discussing such public comments in
an open session and then developing the policies will significantly
frustrate the Department's ability to develop the Final Notice of
Revisions to the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug
Testing Programs. The HHS Office of General Counsel made the
determination that such matters are protected by exemption 9(B) of
section 552b(c) of title 5 U.S.C. and therefore may be closed to the
public.
A roster of the board members may be obtained from: Mrs. Giselle
Hersh, Division of Workplace Programs, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 2-
1035, Rockville, MD 20857, 240-276-2600 (telephone). The transcript of
the open session will be available on the following Web site: http://workplace.samhsa.gov.
Additional information for this meeting may be
obtained by contacting the individual listed below.
Committee Name: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services,
Administration Drug Testing Advisory Board.
Meeting Date: December 7, 2004; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., December 8,
2004; 8:30 a.m.-Noon.
Place: Residence Inn by Marriott, 7335 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda,
Maryland 20814.
Type: Open: December 7, 2004; 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m., Closed: December
7, 2004; 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Closed: December 8, 2004; 8:30 a.m.-Noon.
Contact: Donna M. Bush, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, 1 Choke Cherry
Road, Room 2-1035, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Email:
Donna.Bush@samhsa.hhs.gov, 240-276-2600 (telephone) or 240-276-2610
(fax).
Dated: November 15, 2004.
Toian Vaughn,
Committee Management Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-26025 Filed 11-23-04; 8:45 am]
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