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[Federal Register: March 13, 2002 (Vol. 67, No. 49)]
[Notices]
[Page 11358]
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT
Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) announces the establishment of the Scientific Advisory Committee for Alternative Toxicological Methods (SACATM).
SACATM
The SACATM was chartered January 9, 2002, to fulfill section 3(d) of Public Law 106-545, the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 [42 U.S.C. 285l-3(d)]. The committee will function as an advisory committee in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S. C. Appendix 2). The charter is posted on the web (http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov) or is available in hard copy upon request from the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Liaison and Scientific Review Office, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; telephone: 919-541-3971; facsimile: 919-541-0295 or liason@starbase.niehs.nih.gov.
The SACATM will provide advice to the Director of the NIEHS, the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM), and the NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM) regarding statutorily mandated duties of ICCVAM. The duties of the ICCVAM include:
The SACATM will also provide advice to the Director of the NIEHS and the NICEATM on activities and directives relating to the NICEATM in three areas:
Future meetings of the SACATM will be posted on the NICEATM/ICCVAM website (http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov) and announced in the Federal Register. Additional information about the ICCVAM and the NICEATM is also available on the web.
Dated: March 1, 2002
Kenneth Olden, Ph.D.
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Web page last updated on June 21, 2005
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is one of the National Institutes of Health within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The National Toxicology Program is headquartered on the NIEHS campus in Research Triangle Park, NC.