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NTP - ICCVAM Meeting Announcement
Announcement
Arlington, Virginia
The previously announced Workshop on Validation and Regulatory Acceptance of Alternative Toxicological Test Methods is now scheduled for December 11-12, 1995, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia. (Please note the changes in date and location.)
The purpose of the workshop is to receive comments from the public and invited review panels on the draft report of the ad hoc Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM). Meeting structure will include opening and closing Plenary Sessions and three Breakout Groups that will address Validation, Regulatory Acceptance, and Implementation Issues. The draft report will provide recommended criteria and processes for the validation and regulatory acceptance of new and revised toxicological testing methods. The draft report will be available for review by the public in early November. Comments and recommendations from the workshop will be considered by the ICCVAM in preparing a final report.
ICCVAM was established by the Director, NIEHS and NTP, in response to the NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 (Public Law No. 103-43), which directed NIEHS to: (a) establish criteria for the validation and regulatory acceptance of alternative testing methods; and (b) to recommend a process through which scientifically validated alternative methods can be accepted for regulatory use.
The following Agencies/Institutes are participating in this effort:
| Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Department of Energy Department of Transportation Food and Drug Administration National Institutes of Health National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
Consumer Product Safety Commission Department of Defense Department of the Interior Environmental Protection Agency National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health National Cancer Institute National Library of Medicine |
Registration and additional information are available upon request. To be placed on the mailing list to receive registration information and/or a copy of the draft report, please contact the NTP Liaison Office, P.O. Box 12233, MD: A3-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; telephone: (919) 541-0530; FAX: (919) 541-0295, or send E-mail to Alma Britton on the Internet.
If you have questions or comments about the ICCVAM, you can contact Dr. William Stokes, NIEHS, at (919) 541-7997; FAX: (919) 541-0719, or send E-mail to Dr. W. Stokes on the Internet
or Dr. Richard Hill, EPA, at (202) 260-2897; FAX: (202) 260-1847, or on the Internet at hill.richard@epamail.epa.gov
