[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 102 (Friday, May 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26187-26188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13105]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration


Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public 
advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This 
notice also summarizes the procedures for the meeting and methods by 
which interested persons may participate in open public hearings before 
FDA's advisory committees.

    FDA has established an Advisory Committee Information Hotline (the 
hotline) using a voice-mail telephone system. The hotline provides the 
public with access to the most current information on FDA advisory 
committee meetings. The advisory committee hotline, which will 
disseminate current

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information and information updates, can be accessed by dialing 1-800-
741-8138 or 301-443-0572. Each advisory committee is assigned a 5-digit 
number. This 5-digit number will appear in each individual notice of 
meeting. The hotline will enable the public to obtain information about 
a particular advisory committee by using the committee's 5-digit 
number. Information in the hotline is preliminary and may change before 
a meeting is actually held. The hotline will be updated when such 
changes are made.
MEETING: The following advisory committee meeting is announced:
Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration
    Date, time, and place. June 13, 1996, 8:30 a.m., Sheraton--Crystal 
City, Ballroom A, 1800 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.
    Type of meeting and contact person. Open committee discussion, 8:30 
a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; open public hearing, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., unless 
public participation does not last that long; open committee 
discussion, 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Susan Homire, Office of Science (HF-
33), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 
20857, 301-827-3340, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Hotline, 1-
800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), Science Board 
to the Food and Drug Administration, code 12603. Please call the 
hotline for information concerning any possible changes.
    General function of the board. The board shall provide advice 
primarily to the agency's Senior Science Advisor, and, as needed, to 
the Commissioner and other appropriate officials on specific complex 
and technical issues as well as emerging issues within the scientific 
community in industry and academia. Additionally, the board will 
provide advice to the agency on keeping pace with technical and 
scientific evolutions in the fields of regulatory science; on 
formulating an appropriate research agenda; and on upgrading its 
scientific and research facilities to keep pace with these changes. It 
will also provide the means for critical review of agency-sponsored 
intramural and extramural scientific research programs.
    Agenda--Open public hearing. Interested persons may present data, 
information, or views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before 
the board. Those desiring to make formal presentations must notify the 
contact person before June 6, 1996, and submit a brief statement of the 
general nature of the evidence or arguments they wish to present, and 
the names and addresses of proposed participants. Each presenter will 
be limited in time and not all requests to speak may be able to be 
accommodated. All written statements submitted in a timely fashion will 
be provided to the board.
    Open board discussion. The board will continue its discussions 
related to FDA's approach to toxicity, carcinogenicity and biomaterials 
testing.
    FDA public advisory committee meetings may have as many as four 
separable portions: (1) An open public hearing, (2) an open committee 
discussion, (3) a closed presentation of data, and (4) a closed 
committee deliberation. Every advisory committee meeting shall have an 
open public hearing portion. Whether or not it also includes any of the 
other three portions will depend upon the specific meeting involved. 
There are no closed portions for the meetings announced in this notice. 
The dates and times reserved for the open portions of each committee 
meeting are listed above.
    The open public hearing portion of each meeting shall be at least 1 
hour long unless public participation does not last that long. It is 
emphasized, however, that the 1 hour time limit for an open public 
hearing represents a minimum rather than a maximum time for public 
participation, and an open public hearing may last for whatever longer 
period the committee chairperson determines will facilitate the 
committee's work.
    Public hearings are subject to FDA's guideline (subpart C of 21 CFR 
part 10) concerning the policy and procedures for electronic media 
coverage of FDA's public administrative proceedings, including hearings 
before public advisory committees under 21 CFR part 14. Under 21 CFR 
10.205, representatives of the electronic media may be permitted, 
subject to certain limitations, to videotape, film, or otherwise record 
FDA's public administrative proceedings, including presentations by 
participants.
    Meetings of advisory committees shall be conducted, insofar as is 
practical, in accordance with the agenda published in this Federal 
Register notice. Changes in the agenda will be announced at the 
beginning of the open portion of a meeting.
    Any interested person who wishes to be assured of the right to make 
an oral presentation at the open public hearing portion of a meeting 
shall inform the contact person listed above, either orally or in 
writing, prior to the meeting. Any person attending the hearing who 
does not in advance of the meeting request an opportunity to speak will 
be allowed to make an oral presentation at the hearing's conclusion, if 
time permits, at the chairperson's discretion.
    The agenda, the questions to be addressed by the committee, and a 
current list of committee members will be available at the meeting 
location on the day of the meeting.
    Transcripts of the open portion of the meeting may be requested in 
writing from the Freedom of Information Office (HFI-35), Food and Drug 
Administration, rm. 12A-16, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 
approximately 15 working days after the meeting, at a cost of 10 cents 
per page. The transcript may be viewed at the Dockets Management Branch 
(HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, rm. 1-23, 12420 Parklawn Dr., 
Rockville, MD 20857, approximately 15 working days after the meeting, 
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Summary 
minutes of the open portion of the meeting may be requested in writing 
from the Freedom of Information Office (address above) beginning 
approximately 90 days after the meeting.
    This notice is issued under section 10(a)(1) and (2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2), and FDA's regulations (21 CFR 
part 14) on advisory committees.

    Dated: May 20, 1996.
Michael A. Friedman,
Deputy Commissioner for Operations.
[FR Doc. 96-13105 Filed 5-23-96; 8:45 am]
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