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notify the Contact Person listed below

in advance of the meeting.

The meeting 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: National Advisory

Environmental Health Sciences Council.

Date: May 21, 2001.

Open: 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Agenda: Discussion of program policies

and issues. Agenda: http://

www.niehs.nih.gov/dert/c-agenda.htm.

Place: NIEHS, Rodbell Auditorium,

Building 101, 111 Alexander Drive, Research

Triangle Park, NC 27709.

Closed: 2 p.m. to adjournment.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: NIEHS, Rodbell Auditorium,

Building 101, 111 Alexander Drive, Research

Triangle Park, NC 27709.

Contact Person: Anne P. Sassaman, Ph.D.,

Director, Division of Extramural Research

and Training, National Institute of

Environmental Health, Sciences, National

Institutes of Health, P.O. Box 12233,

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, 919/541–

7723.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.113, Biological Response to

Environmental Health Hazards; 93.114,

Applied Toxicological Research and Testing;

93.115, Biometry and Risk Estimation—

Health Risks from Environmental Exposures;

93.142, NIEHS Hazardous Waste Worker

Health and Safety Training; 93.143, NIEHS

Superfund Hazardous Substances—Basic

Research and Education; 93.894, Resources

and Manpower Development in the

Environmental Health Sciences, National

Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: April 18, 2001.

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 section 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: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Bethesda, MD

20892 (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Angela M. PattatucciAragon, Ph.D., Scientific Review

Administrator, Center for Scientific Review,

National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge

Drive, Room 5220, MSC 7852, Bethesda, MD

20892, (301) 435–1775.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the meeting timing due to the

limitations imposed by the review and

funding cycle.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific

Review Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: May 21–23, 2001.

Time: 7 p.m. to 12 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: Days Inn Inner Harbor, 100 Hopkins

Place, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Contact Person: Eugene Vigil, Ph.D.,

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for

Scientific Review, National Institutes of

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5144,

MSC 7840, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

1025.

(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)

Dated: April 18, 2001.

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 (NTP);

National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences; Center for the

Evaluation of Risks to Human

Reproduction (CERHR) Solicits Public

Comments on Draft Guidelines for

CERHR Expert Panel Members

Background

The NTP and the National Institute of

Environmental Health Sciences

established the NTP Center for the

Evaluation of Risks to Human

Reproduction (CERHR) in 1998 to serve

as an environmental health resource to

the public and regulatory and health

agencies. The CERHR provides

scientifically based, uniform

assessments of the potential for adverse

effects on reproduction and

development caused by agents to which

humans may be exposed. The

assessments are carried out through

rigorous, independent evaluations of the

scientific literature on these agents by

panels of scientists. The products of

these evaluations are Expert Panel

Reports.

The Expert Panel Report provides a

consensus scientific judgement of the

potential human reproductive and

developmental toxicity of the chemical

agent or mixture. The goals of the

evaluations are to:

(1) Evaluate the quality of the

available scientific data and identify

critical data needs so that research and

testing priorities can be established;

(2) Interpret scientific studies for and

provide information to the general

public about the strength of evidence

that a given exposure poses a hazard to

reproduction and/or to the health and

welfare of the developing child; and

(3) Provide regulatory agencies with

objective and scientifically credible

evaluations of reproductive/

developmental health effects associated

with exposure to specific chemicals or

classes of chemicals, including

descriptions of any uncertainties

associated with the assessment of risks.

Availability of Draft Guidelines for

CERHR Expert Panel Members

In order to maintain consistency

among the expert panel reviews and to

provide guidance about these reviews

and preparation of Expert Panel Reports,

the CERHR has prepared draft

guidelines for the expert panels and

CERHR staff. The Guidelines cover the

three phases of the Expert Panel review

process: pre-meeting preparation, Expert