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Procedure: Interested persons may 

present data, information, or views, 

orally or in writing, on issues pending 

before the committee. Written 

submissions may be made to the contact 

person on or before October 13, 2010. 

Oral comments from the public will be 

scheduled between approximately 3 

p.m. to 4 p.m. Time allotted for each 

presentation is limited to three minutes. 

If the number of speakers requesting to 

comment is greater than can be 

reasonably accommodated during the 

scheduled open public hearing session, 

ONC will take written comments after 

the meeting until close of business. 

Persons attending ONC’s advisory 

committee meetings are advised that the 

agency is not responsible for providing 

access to electrical outlets. 

ONC welcomes the attendance of the 

public at its advisory committee 

meetings. Seating is limited at the 

location, and ONC will make every 

effort to accommodate persons with 

physical disabilities or special needs. If 

you require special accommodations 

due to a disability, please contact Judy 

Sparrow at least seven (7) days in 

advance of the meeting. 

ONC is committed to the orderly 

conduct of its advisory committee 

meetings. Please visit our Web site at 

http://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures 

on public conduct during advisory 

committee meetings. 

Notice of this meeting is given under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). 

Dated: September 13, 2010. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Office of Programs and Coordination, Office 

of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23259 Filed 9–16–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; HIT 

Standards Committee Advisory 

Meeting; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

This notice announces a forthcoming 

meeting of a public advisory committee 

of the Office of the National Coordinator 

for Health Information Technology 

(ONC). The meeting will be open to the 

public. 

Name of Committee: HIT Standards 

Committee. 

General Function of the Committee: 

To provide recommendations to the 

National Coordinator on standards, 

implementation specifications, and 

certification criteria for the electronic 

exchange and use of health information 

for purposes of adoption, consistent 

with the implementation of the Federal 

Health IT Strategic Plan, and in 

accordance with policies developed by 

the HIT Policy Committee. 

Date and Time: The meeting will be 

held on October 27, 2010, from 9 a.m. 

to 3 p.m./Eastern Time. 

Location: To be determined. For upto-date information go to the ONC Web 

site, http://healthit.hhs.gov. 

Contact Person: Judy Sparrow, Office 

of the National Coordinator, HHS, 330 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201, 

202–205–4528, Fax: 202–690–6079, email: judy.sparrow@hhs.gov. Please call 

the contact person for up-to-date 

information on this meeting. A notice in 

the Federal Register about last minute 

modifications that impact a previously 

announced advisory committee meeting 

cannot always be published quickly 

enough to provide timely notice. 

Agenda: The committee will hear 

reports from its workgroups, including 

the Clinical Operations, Vocabulary 

Task Force, Implementation, and 

Enrollment Workgroups. ONC intends 

to make background material available 

to the public no later than two (2) 

business days prior to the meeting. If 

ONC is unable to post the background 

material on its Web site prior to the 

meeting, it will be made publicly 

available at the location of the advisory 

committee meeting, and the background 

material will be posed on ONC’s Web 

site after the meeting, at http:// 

healthit.hhs.gov. 

Procedure: Interested persons may 

present data, information, or views, 

orally or in writing, on issues pending 

before the committee. Written 

submissions may be made to the contact 

person on or before October 19, 2010. 

Oral comments from the public will be 

scheduled between approximately 2 and 

3 p.m./Eastern Time. Time allotted for 

each presentation will be limited to 

three minutes each. If the number of 

speakers requesting to comment is 

greater than can be reasonably 

accommodated during the scheduled 

open public hearing session, ONC will 

take written comments after the meeting 

until close of business. 

Persons attending ONC’s advisory 

committee meetings are advised that the 

agency is not responsible for providing 

access to electrical outlets. 

ONC welcomes the attendance of the 

public at its advisory committee 

meetings. Seating is limited at the 

location, and ONC will make every 

effort to accommodate persons with 

physical disabilities or special needs. If 

you require special accommodations 

due to a disability, please contact Judy 

Sparrow at least seven (7) days in 

advance of the meeting. 

ONC is committed to the orderly 

conduct of its advisory committee 

meetings. Please visit our Web site at 

http://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures 

on public conduct during advisory 

committee meetings. 

Notice of this meeting is given under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). 

Dated: September 13, 2010. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Office of Programs and Coordination, Office 

of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23258 Filed 9–16–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Toxicology Program (NTP); 

NTP Interagency Center for the 

Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological 

Methods (NICEATM); Availability of 

Interagency Coordinating Committee 

on the Validation of Alternative 

Methods (ICCVAM) Test Method 

Evaluation Reports: In Vitro Ocular 

Safety Testing Methods and Strategies, 

and Routine Use of Topical 

Anesthetics, Systemic Analgesics, and 

Humane Endpoints for Ocular Safety 

Testing; Notice of Transmittal to 

Federal Agencies 

AGENCY: National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences 

(NIEHS), National Institutes of Health 

(NIH). 

ACTION: Availability of ICCVAM Test 

Method Evaluation Reports (TMERs); 

Notice of Transmittal. 

SUMMARY: NICEATM announces 

availability of ICCVAM TMERs that 

provide recommendations regarding 

proposed in vitro ocular safety testing 

methods, testing strategies, and the 

routine use of anesthetics, analgesics, 

and humane endpoints for ocular safety 

testing to avoid or minimize any pain 

and distress. The reports and 

recommendations have been transmitted 

to Federal agencies for their review and 

response to ICCVAM in accordance with 

the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000. 

In the first report, ICCVAM recommends 

pain management procedures that 

should always be used to avoid or 

minimize pain and distress when it is 

determined necessary to conduct the 


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