National Toxicology Program

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; National Toxicology Program (NTP) 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 Conference Center, Building 101, South Campus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 111 Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, on December 13, 1996.

The meeting will be open to the public from 8:45 a.m. to adjournment with attendance limited only by space available. Preliminary agenda topics include: comprehensive presentations and discussion with the Board about the NTP nomination and selection process, and presentations of ongoing and planned research on endocrine disruptors by several Federal health research and regulatory agencies. There will be reports of recent activities by the Board's Biennial Report on Carcinogens Subcommittee and Technical Reports Review Subcommittee. The Board will review concept proposals for a contract to establish an Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods, and for expanding the scope of support services for preparation of the Biennial Report of Carcinogens.

The Executive Secretary, Dr. Larry G. Hart, National Toxicology Program, P.O. Box 12233, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, telephone (919) 541-3971, FAX (919) 541-0295, will have available a firm agenda with times and a roster of Board members prior to the meeting and summary minutes subsequent to the meeting.

Dated: November 11, 1996

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Kenneth Olden, Ph.D.
Director, National Toxicology Program.

[FR Doc. 96-29464 Filed 11-15-96; 8:45 am]
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