24494 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 81 / Wednesday, April 26, 2000 / Notices

Contact Person: Jean Hickman, Scientific

Review Administrator, Center for Scientific

Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 4194, MSC 7808,

Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–1146.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the meeting due to the timing

limitations imposed by the review and

funding cycle.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific

Review Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: May 4, 2000.

Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Bethesda, MD

20892, (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Jo Pelham, BA, Scientific

Review Administrator, Center for Scientific

Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 4106, MSC 7814,

Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–1786.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the meeting due to the timing

limitations imposed by the review and

funding cycle.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific

Review Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: May 5, 2000.

Time: 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Bethesda, MD

20892, (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Calbert A. Laing, Scientific

Review Administrator, Center for Scientific

Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 4210, MSC 7812,

Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–1221,

laingc@csr.nih.gov.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the meeting due to the timing

limitations imposed by the review and

funding cycle.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific

Review Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: May 8, 2000.

Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: Hilton National Airport Hotel, 2399

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA

22202.

Contact Person: Arnold Revzin, Scientific

Review Administrator, Center for Scientific

Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 4192, MSC 7806,

Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–1153.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific

Review Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: May 8, 2000.

Time: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Bethesda, MD

20892, (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Jo Pelham, Scientific

Review Administrator, Center for Scientific

Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 4106, MSC 7814,

Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–1786.

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Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine,

93.306; 93.333, Clinical Research, 93.333,

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 93–

846–93.878, 93–892, 93–893, National

Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: April 18, 2000.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory

Committee Policy.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Center for Scientific Review; Notice of

Closed Meetings

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following

meetings.

The meetings will be closed to the

public in accordance with the

provisions set forth in sections

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,

as amended. The grant applications and

the discussions could disclose

confidential trade secrets or commercial

property such as patentable material,

and personal information concerning

individuals associated with the grant

applications, the disclosure of which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific

Review Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: April 27, 2000.

Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Bethesda, MD

20892, (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Michael Micklin,

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for

Scientific Review, National Institutes of

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3178,

MSC 7848, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

1258, micklinm@csr.nih.gov.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the meeting due to the timing

limitations imposed by the review and

funding cycle.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific

Review Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: May 2, 2000.

Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Bethesda, MD

20892, (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Michael Micklin,

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for

Scientific Review, National Institutes of

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3178,

MSC 7848, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

1258, micklinm@csr.nih.gov.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the meeting due to the timing

limitations imposed by the review and

funding cycle.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific

Review Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: May 4, 2000.

Time: 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Bethesda, MD

20892, (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Michael Micklin,

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for

Scientific Review, National Institutes of

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3178,

MSC 7848, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

1258, micklinm@csr.nih.gov.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the meeting due to the timing

limitations imposed by the review and

funding cycle.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific

Review Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: May 9, 2000.

Time: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Bethesda, MD

20892, (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Marcelina B. Powers,

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for

Scientific Review, National Institutes of

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4152,

MSC 7804, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

1720.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the meeting due to the timing

limitations imposed by the review and

funding cycle.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific

Review Special Emphasis Panel, IFCN–8 (03).

Date: May 10, 2000.

Time: 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Bethesda, MD

20892, (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Samuel Rawlings,

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for

Scientific Review, National Institutes of

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5160,

MSC 7844, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

1243.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific

Review Special Emphasis Panel, VISB (01).

Date: May 10, 2000.

Time: 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Bethesda, MD

20892, (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Leonard Jakubczak,

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for

Scientific Review, National Institutes of

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5172,

MSC 7844, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

1247.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine,

93.306; 93.333, Clinical Research, 93.333,

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844,

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National

Institutes of Health, HHS)

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 81 / Wednesday, April 26, 2000 / Notices 24495

Dated: April 20, 2000.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory

Committee Policy.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service

National Toxicology Program; Meeting

of the NTP Board of Scientific

Counselors

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 Rodbell

Auditorium, Building 101, South

Campus, National Institute of

Environmental Health Sciences

(NIEHS), 111 T.W. Alexander Drive,

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina,

on May 24, 2000.

The NTP Board of Scientific

Counselors is composed of scientists

from the public and private sector. The

Board provides primary scientific

oversight to the NTP.

Agenda

The meeting is open to the public

from 8:30 a.m. to adjournment with

attendance limited only by space

available. A draft agenda with a

tentative schedule is provided below.

There are three primary agenda topics:

(1) An update on the NTP Center for the

Evaluation of Risks to Human

Reproduction (CERHR) including a

discussion of its progress, the phthalates

review, and its procedures for

nomination, selection and review of

chemicals; (2) presentations about

current initiatives for NTP toxicology

studies; and (3) recommendations of

substances by the Interagency

Committee for future NTP studies. Also

in the afternoon, there will be reports on

activities of the Report on Carcinogens

and Technical Reports Review

Subcommittees. The Board will review

a concept proposal for the continued

use of a contract mechanism to perform

NTP toxicology and carcinogenesis

studies.

Information about the CERHR

including the chemicals currently under

consideration for Expert Panel

evaluation and the evaluation process

are described in a Federal Register

notice [March 20, 2000, Volume 65,

Number 54, pages 14997–14998]. The

opportunity for submission of written

public comments on those candidate

chemicals is provided through May 4,

2000. A copy of this notice is available

on-line at the NTP web site (http://ntpserver.niehs.nih.gov) and CERHR web

site (http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov) or by

contacting the Executive Secretary

(address given below). The chemicals

under consideration include: 1-

Bromopropane, 2-Bromopropane,

Dimethyl Methyl Phosphonate, Ethylene

glycol, Glycol ethers, Glyphosate,

Methanol, Nicotine, Phenol,

Thimerosal, and Toluene. This meeting

provides an additional opportunity for

the public to present any comments to

the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors

and NTP staff. However, if written

comments were submitted in response

to the March 20th Federal Register

announcement they are being

considered and do not need to be

resubmitted or readdressed.

The NTP has a broad mandate to

provide toxicological characterization

for chemicals and agents of public

health concern and strives to balance

the selection of agents for study. Current

NTP initiatives include water

disinfection by-products, DNA-based

products, herbal/dietary supplements,

phototoxicology studies and

occupational exposures and mixtures.

Information about substances

nominated to the NTP for toxicology

studies and recommendations for testing

by the NTP Interagency Committee for

Chemical Evaluation and Coordination

(ICCEC) are provided in the Federal

Register notice dated March 2, 2000

(Volume 65, Number 42, Pages 11329–

11331). The opportunity for submission

of written public comments on those

candidate chemicals is provided

through April 30, 2000. Substances

currently under consideration include:

Substances recommended for testing: 1-

Bromopropane and 2-Bromopropane,

Chitosan, DNA-based products, Juglone,

Potassium ferricyanide, and Radio

frequency radiation emissions of

wireless communication devices;

Substances for which no testing is

recommended at this time: Cafestol and

Plumbagin; Substances for which a

testing recommendation is deferred

pending receipt and consideration of

additional information:

Ethylenebis(tetrabromo-phthalimide),

Terpinolene, Tetrabromophthalic

anhydride, and Texanol benzyl

phthalate. Testing recommendations

from the ICCEC are given in the

referenced Federal Register notice. This

meeting provides an additional

opportunity for the public to comment

to the NTP Board and staff. However, if

written comments were submitted in

response to the March 2nd Federal

Register announcement, they are under

consideration and do not need to be

resubmitted or readdressed.

Public Comment Encouraged

Public input at the meeting is

welcome and time is set aside in the

agenda for presentation of public

comments on any agenda topic. Seven

minutes are allotted for each formal oral

presentation. To facilitate planning for

the meeting, persons interested in

providing formal written or oral

comments are asked to notify the

Executive Secretary, Dr. Mary S. Wolfe,

NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233 MD A3–07,

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

(telephone 919/541–3971, fax 919/541–

0295, and email wolfe@niehs.nih.gov).

Written comments submitted for

consideration by the Board and NTP

staff prior to the meeting must be

received by May 15, 2000. Persons

wishing to register to make a formal

presentation during a public comment

period are asked to notify the Executive

Secretary preferably no later than May

22, 2000, and, if possible, to provide a

copy of the statement in advance of the

meeting for distribution to the Board

and NTP staff. Individuals will also be

able to register to give oral public

comments on-site at the meeting.

However, if registering on-site and

reading from written text, please bring

25 copies of the statement to the

meeting for distribution to the Board

and NTP staff and to supplement the

record. Persons registering to make oral

comments or submitting written

comments are asked to provide their

name, affiliation, mailing address,

phone, fax, e-mail, and sponsoring

organization (if any).

Additional Information About Meeting

Prior to the meeting, a copy of the

agenda and a roster of the Board

members will be available from the

Executive Secretary. Following the

meeting, summary minutes will be

prepared and available upon request to

Central Data Management, NIEHS, P.O.

Box 12233 MD E1–02, Research Triangle

Park, NC 27709; telephone 919/541–

3419; fax 919/541–3687; and email

CDM@niehs.nih.gov.