[Federal Register: May 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 92)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Toxicology Program (NTP); Liaison and Scientific Review
Office; Meeting of the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors
AGENCY: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS),
National Institutes of Health.
ACTION: Meeting announcement and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of a
meeting of the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors (NTP BSC). The NTP
BSC is composed of scientists from the public and private sectors and
provides primary scientific oversight to the NTP Director and evaluates
the scientific merit of the NTP's intramural and collaborative
programs.
DATES: The NTP BSC meeting will be held on June 22, 2007. The deadlines
for submission of written comments and for pre-registration for the
meeting are June 8 and June 15, 2007, respectively. Persons needing
special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodation in order to attend, should contact 919-541-
2475 (voice), 919-541-4644 TTY (text telephone), through the Federal
TTY Relay System at 800-877-8339, or by e-mail to
niehsoeeo@niehs.nih.gov. Requests should be made at least 7 days in
advance of the event.
ADDRESSES: The NTP BSC meeting will be held in the Rodbell Auditorium,
Rall Building at the NIEHS, 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27709. Public comments and any other correspondence should be
submitted to Dr. Barbara Shane, Executive Secretary for the NTP BSC
(NTP Liaison and Scientific Review Office, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD
A3-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; fax: 919-541-0295; or e-mail:
shane@niehs.nih.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Barbara Shane (telephone: 919-541-
4253 or e-mail: shane@niehs.nih.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Preliminary Agenda Topics and Availability of Meeting Materials
Preliminary agenda topics include:
Update of NTP activities.
Implementation of workshop and NTP retreat
recommendations.
Review of NTP contracts.
NTP testing nominations.
Five-year plan for the NTP Interagency Center for the
Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM)--Interagency
Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods
(ICCVAM).
A copy of the preliminary agenda, committee roster, and any
additional information, when available, will be posted on the NTP Web
site (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165) or may be requested in hardcopy
from the Executive Secretary for the NTP BSC (see ADDRESSES above).
Following the meeting, summary minutes will be prepared and made
available on the NTP Web site.
Attendance and Registration
The meeting is scheduled for June 22, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. to
adjournment and is open to the public with attendance limited only by
the space available. Individuals who plan to attend are encouraged to
register online at the NTP Web site by June 15, 2007 to facilitate
planning for the meeting. Please note that a photo ID is required to
access the NIEHS campus. The NTP is making plans to videocast the
meeting through the Internet at http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/video.htm
.
Request for Comments
Time is allotted during the meeting for the public to present
comments to the NTP BSC on the agenda topics. Each organization is
allowed one time slot per agenda topic. At least 7 minutes will be
allotted to each speaker, and if time permits, may be extended to 10
minutes at the discretion of the NTP BSC chair. Registration for oral
comments will also be available on-site, although time allowed for
presentation by on-site registrants may be less than that for pre-
registered speakers and will be
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determined by the number of persons who register at the meeting.
Persons registering to make oral comments are asked, if possible,
to send a copy of their statement to the Executive Secretary for the
NTP BSC (see ADDRESSES above) by June 8, 2007, to enable review by the
NTP BSC prior to the meeting. Written statements can supplement and may
expand the oral presentation. If registering on-site and reading from
written text, please bring 40 copies of the statement for distribution
to the NTP BSC and NIEHS/NTP staff and to supplement the record.
Written comments received in response to this notice will be posted on
the NTP Web site and persons identified by their name and affiliation
and/or sponsoring organization, if applicable. Persons submitting
written comments should include their name, affiliation (if
applicable), phone, e-mail, and sponsoring organization (if any) with
the document.
Background Information on the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors
The NTP BSC is a technical advisory body comprised of scientists
from the public and private sectors who provide primary scientific
oversight to the overall program and its centers. Specifically, the NTP
BSC advises the NTP on matters of scientific program content, both
present and future, and conducts periodic review of the program for the
purposes 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 and neurotoxicology, immunotoxicology, reproductive
toxicology or teratology, and biostatistics. Members serve overlapping
terms of up to four years. NTP BSC meetings are held annually or
biannually.
Dated: May 3, 2007.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
and National Toxicology Program.
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