33228 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 115 / Friday, June 15, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Meeting: Secretary’s 

Advisory Committee on Genetics, 

Health, and Society 

Pursuant to Public Law 92–463, 

notice is hereby given of the thirteenth 

meeting of the Secretary’s Advisory 

Committee on Genetics, Health, and 

Society (SACGHS), U.S. Public Health 

Service. The meeting will be held from 

on Tuesday, July 10, 2007, from 8:30 

a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. in Room 

800 of the Hubert H. Humphrey 

Building, 200 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20001. The 

meeting will be open to the public with 

attendance limited to space available. 

The meeting also will be Web cast. 

The meeting will focus primarily on 

the issue of gene patents and licensing 

practices and consist of a series of 

presentations and discussions involving 

international experts on how other 

countries are addressing questions 

related to the impact of gene patents and 

licensing practices on patient access to 

genetic tests. In addition, the SACGHS 

task force on oversight of genetic testing 

will present a brief report on the 

progress of its fact-finding and 

consultative efforts with regard to the 

Secretary’s charge. The Committee will 

also be updated about the public 

comments received in response to the 

Committee’s solicitation on its draft 

report on pharmacogenomics. 

Time will be provided for public 

comments. The Committee would 

welcome hearing from anyone wishing 

to provide public comment on any issue 

related to genetics, health, and society. 

Individuals who would like to provide 

public comment should notify the 

SACGHS Executive Secretary, Ms. Sarah 

Carr, by telephone at 301–496–9838 or 

e-mail at carrs@od.nih.gov. The 

SACGHS office is located at 6705 

Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, 

MD 20892. Anyone planning to attend 

the meeting who is in need of special 

assistance, such as sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodations, is also asked to 

contact the Executive Secretary. 

Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, 

Section 222 of the Public Health Service 

Act, as amended, the Department of 

Health and Human Services established 

SACGHS to serve as a public forum for 

deliberations on the broad range of 

human health and societal issues raised 

by the development and use of genetic 

and genomic technologies and, as 

warranted, to provide advice on these 

issues. The draft meeting agenda and 

other information about SACGHS, 

including information about access to 

the Web cast, will be available at the 

following Web site: http:// 

www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs.htm. 

Dated: June 7, 2007. 

Jennifer Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Toxicology Program (Ntp); 

Center for the Evaluation of Risks to 

Human Reproduction (CERHR); 

Announcement of the Second 

Bisphenol A Expert Panel Meeting 

AGENCY: National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences 

(NIEHS); National Institutes of Health. 

ACTION: Meeting announcement and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: CERHR announces the second 

meeting of the CERHR Expert Panel on 

Bisphenol A on August 6–8, 2007, at the 

Hilton Alexandria Old Town in 

Alexandria, VA. This meeting is open to 

the public with time scheduled for oral 

public comment. Attendance is limited 

only by the available meeting space. 

DATES: The second expert panel meeting 

on bisphenol A will be held August 6–

8, 2007. The interim draft expert panel 

report containing sections 1–4 is 

currently available for public comment 

[Federal Register, May 1, 2007 (Vol. 72, 

No. 83, pages 23833–4)]. Written public 

comments on the interim draft report 

must be received by June 20, 2007. July 

30, 2007 is the deadline for preregistration to attend the meeting, to 

pre-register to provide oral comments, 

and to submit written materials 

intended to supplement the oral 

remarks. 

ADDRESSES: The second expert panel 

meeting will be held at the Hilton 

Alexandria Old Town, 1767 King Street, 

Alexandria, VA (located across the 

street from the King Street Metro Stop). 

Written comments should be sent to Dr. 

Michael D. Shelby, CERHR Director 

[NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD EC–32, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 

(mail), (919) 316–4511 (fax), or 

shelby@niehs.nih.gov (e-mail)]. Courier 

address: CERHR, 79 T.W. Alexander 

Drive, Building 4401, Room 103, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Michael D. Shelby, CERHR Director, 

919–541–3455, shelby@niehs.nih.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

CERHR convened the expert panel on 

March 5–7, 2007 to complete its report 

on the potential reproductive and 

developmental hazards of bisphenol A. 

The panel discussed and made revisions 

to the draft expert panel report, but 

because of the length and complexity of 

this evaluation, the panel was unable to 

complete its task. Information about the 

meeting and the draft interim expert 

panel report, which shows all edits to 

date, are available on the CERHR Web 

site (http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/ 

chemicals/bisphenol/bisphenol.html). 

The expert panel will reconvene on 

August 6–8, 2007, for a second meeting 

at the Hilton Alexandria Old Town, 

1767 King Street, Alexandria, VA. The 

meeting will begin each day at 8:30 a.m. 

and continue until adjournment. It is 

anticipated to adjourn by noon on 

August 8, although adjournment may 

occur earlier or later depending upon 

the time needed for the expert panel to 

complete its work. The expert panel will 

(1) continue its review, (2) finalize 

sections 1–4 of the draft report, (3) reach 

conclusions regarding whether exposure 

to bisphenol A is a hazard to human 

reproduction or development, and (4) 

write Section 5 Summary, Conclusions, 

and Critical Data Needs. The interim 

draft report will serve as the starting 

point for the expert panel’s discussions 

at its August meeting. 

Bisphenol A (CAS RN: 80–5–07) is a 

high production volume chemical used 

in the production of epoxy resins, 

polyester resins, polysulfone resins, 

polyacrylate resins, polycarbonate 

plastics, and flame retardants. 

Polycarbonate plastics are used in food 

and drink packaging; resins are used as 

lacquers to coat metal products such as 

food cans, bottle tops, and water supply 

pipes. Some polymers used in dental 

sealants and tooth coatings contain 

bisphenol A. Exposure to the general 

population can occur through direct 

contact to bisphenol A or by exposure 

to food or drink that has been in contact 

with a material containing bisphenol A. 

CERHR selected this chemical for 

evaluation because of (1) high 

production volume, (2) widespread 

human exposure, (3) evidence of 

reproductive toxicity in laboratory 

animal studies, and (4) public concern. 

Request for Comments 

The CERHR again invites written 

public comments on the interim draft 

expert panel report on bisphenol A. All 


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