67730 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 230 / Friday, November 30, 2007 / Notices 

Avenue, SW., Room 450G, Washington, 

DC 20201; 202–205–3815; fax: 202–690–

7412; e-mail address: 

leigh.sawyer@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 319M of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7f) as 

added by section 402 of the Pandemic 

and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (Pub. 

L. 109–417) the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services is required to establish 

the National Biodefense Science Board 

and hold the inaugural meeting of the 

Board prior to December 19, 2007. 

The Board shall provide expert advice 

and guidance to the Secretary on 

scientific, technical and other matters of 

special interest to the Department of 

Health and Human Services regarding 

current and future chemical, biological, 

nuclear, and radiological (CBRN) agents, 

whether naturally occurring, accidental, 

or deliberate. 

The agenda will include topics related 

to current and future challenges to 

national preparedness related to CBRN 

agents, and will include discussions 

regarding matters that the Board will 

consider in greater depth. A tentative 

schedule will be made available on 

December 2, 2007 at the NBSB Web site, 

http://www.hhs.gov/aspr/omsph/nbsb. 

Any member of the public interested 

in presenting oral comments at the 

meeting may notify the Contact person 

listed on this notice by December 10, 

2007. Interested individuals and 

representatives of an organization may 

submit a letter of intent and a brief 

description of the organization 

represented. Both printed and electronic 

copies are requested for the record. In 

addition, any interested person may file 

written comments with the committee. 

All written comments must be received 

prior to December 10, 2007 and should 

be sent by e-mail with ‘‘NBSB Public 

Comment’’ as the subject line or by 

regular mail to the Contact person listed 

above. Individuals who plan to attend 

and need special assistance, such as 

sign language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

notify the designated Contact person by 

December 10, 2007. 

Dated: November 26, 2007. 

RADM W. Craig Vanderwagen, 

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response, U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Committee on Vital and Health 

Statistics: Meeting 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) 

announces the following advisory 

committee meeting. 

Name: National Committee on Vital and 

Health Statistics (NCVHS). 

Time and Date: November 27, 2007 9 a.m.–

3:45 p.m. November 28, 2007 10 a.m.–3 p.m. 

Place: Hilton Embassy Row Hotel, 2015 

Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC, 202–265–1600. 

Status: Open. 

Purpose: At this meeting the Committee 

will hear presentations and hold discussions 

on several health data policy topics. On the 

morning and afternoon of the first day the 

Committee will hear updates from the 

Department and status reports from its 

subcommittees as well as a presentation from 

the Robert Graham Center on harmonizing 

primary care standards. 

On the morning of the second day the 

Committee will hear an update from the 

Office of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology (ONCHIT) followed 

by Committee actions on selected topics from 

the subcommittees. In the afternoon there 

will be a follow up discussion to the ONCHIT 

presentation and an update from the 

subcommittees on current and planned 

activities. There will be a short discussion of 

future agendas before the meeting adjourns. 

The times shown above are for the full 

Committee meeting. Subcommittee breakout 

sessions are scheduled for late in the 

afternoon of the first day in the morning prior 

to the full Committee meeting on the second 

day. Agendas for these breakout sessions will 

be posted on the NCVHS Web site (URL 

below) when available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Substantive program information as 

well as summaries of meetings and a 

roster of committee members may be 

obtained from Marjorie S. Greenberg, 

Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National 

Center for Health Statistics, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 

Toledo Road, Room 2402, Hyattsville, 

Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458–

4245. Information also is available on 

the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web 

Site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where 

further information including an agenda 

will be posted when available. 

Should you require reasonable 

accommodation, please contact the CDC 

Office of Equal Employment 

Opportunity on (301) 458–4EEO (4336) 

as soon as possible. 

Dated: November 19, 2007. 

James Scanlon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation (SDP), Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. 

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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 Availability of 

the Bisphenol A Expert Panel Report; 

Request for Public Comment 

AGENCY: National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences 

(NIEHS); National Institutes of Health 

(NIH). 

ACTION: Announcement of report 

availability and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: CERHR announces the 

availability of the final bisphenol A 

expert panel report on November 26, 

2007, from the CERHR Web site (http:// 

cerhr.niehs.nih.gov) or in print from 

CERHR (see ADDRESSES below). The 

expert panel report is an evaluation of 

the reproductive and developmental 

toxicity of bisphenol A conducted by an 

independent, 12-member expert panel 

composed of scientists from the public 

and private sectors convened by 

CERHR. CERHR invites the submission 

of public comments on this report (see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below). 

The expert panel met twice in public 

session (March 5–7, 2007 and August 6–

8, 2007) to review and revise the draft 

expert panel report and reach 

conclusions regarding whether exposure 

to bisphenol A is a hazard to human 

development or reproduction. The 

expert panel also identified data gaps 

and research needs. 

DATES: The final bisphenol A expert 

panel report will be available for public 

comment on November 26, 2007. 

Written public comments on this report 

should be received by January 25, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the expert 

panel report and any other 

correspondence should be sent to Dr. 

Michael D. Shelby, CERHR Director, 

NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD EC–32, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, fax: 

(919) 316–4511, or e-mail: 

shelby@niehs.nih.gov. Courier address: 

CERHR, 79 T.W. Alexander Drive, 

Building 4401, Room 103, Research 

Triangle Park, NC 27709. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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