[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 215 (Monday, November 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66549-66550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28342]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service


National Toxicology Program; Meeting of the Advisory Committee on 
Alternative Toxicological Methods

    Pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of 
the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Advisory Committee on Alternative 
Toxicological Methods, U.S. Public Health Service. The meeting will be 
held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on November 28, 2000 in the Director's Board 
Room, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health 
Campus, Building 38, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20894. The 
entire meeting is open to the public and time is planned for persons 
who would like to make public comments. Although not required, pre-
registration is preferred to assist in planning for adequate space. To 
pre-register for this meeting, please contact Dr. Mary S. Wolfe, NTP 
Executive Secretary, P. O. Box 12233, A3-07, NIEHS, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina 27709, telephone: 919-541-3971 and FAX: 919-541-
0295. Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such 
as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, are 
asked to notify the contact person listed below in advance of the 
meeting.

Background

    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 
has established an Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological 
Methods. The Committee functions to provide advice on the activities 
and priorities of the NTP Center and the Interagency Coordinating 
Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) and to 
provide advice on ways to foster partnership activities and productive 
interactions among all stakeholders. The Advisory Committee is composed 
of knowledgeable representatives drawn from academia, industry, public 
interest organizations, other state and Federal agencies, and the 
international community [Federal Register: September 15, 1997 (Volume 
62, Number 178, Page 48290)]

Agenda

    The agenda for the November 28th session will consist of 
presentations on recent and proposed activities of the NTP Center and 
ICCVAM. The Committee will discuss issues relating to processes and 
priorities and recommendations relevant to the validation of new and 
revised toxicological testing methods. Information on methods that will 
be discussed is available on the Internet at: http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov.

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Preliminary Agenda--National Toxicology Program Advisory Committee 
on Alternative Toxicological Methods, National Library of Medicine, 
Building 38, NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD, November 28, 2000

Tuesday, November 28, 2000

9 a.m.
    Opening Comments
    Update on the NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of 
Alternative Toxicological Methods and ICCVAM Activities
    Implementation of ICCVAM Recommended Methods
    Report on the Peer Review of the Revised Up-and-Down Procedure 
(UDP) for Assessing Acute Oral Toxicity (July 25, 2000)
    Public Comments
    12:15 p.m.  Lunch Break
    1:15 p.m.
    I. Report on the International Workshop on In Vitro Methods for 
Assessing Acute Systemic Toxicity (October 17-20, 2000)
    II. Report on the Expert Panel Meeting on the Frog Embryo 
Teratogenesis Assay--Xenopus (FETAX)
    Committee Discussion on Future Directions and Related Issues
    Public Comments
    5 p.m.  Adjourn

    A detailed agenda with meeting schedule and the Committee roster 
will be available prior to the meeting on the NTP web site (http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov) or by contacting the NTP Executive Secretary, at 
the address given above. Summary minutes will also be available 
subsequent to the meeting by contacting the address above.

Solicitation of Public Comment

    The Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods meeting 
is open to the public, and time is reserved for any interested 
individual/group (limit one speaker per group) to give oral comments on 
the activities, directions, or priorities of the Center and/or on any 
of the agenda items discussed at the meeting. In order to facilitate 
planning for the meeting, persons wishing to make an oral presentation 
are asked to notify the Executive Secretary prior to the meeting at the 
address given above; however, registration for public comments will 
also be available on-site at the meeting. A person registering to make 
comments will be asked to provide his/her name, affiliation, mailing 
address, phone, fax, e-mail and supporting organization (if any).
    Written comments can accompany or be provided in lieu of making 
oral comments. All comments must include name, affiliation, mailing 
address, phone, fax, e-mail and sponsoring organization (if any) and 
should be sent to the Executive Secretary at the address given above.

    Dated: October 25, 2000.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
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