Document ID: FDA-2011-N-0002-0005
Agency: fda
Document Type: Notice
Title: Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
Posted Date: 2011-01-26T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4705-4706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1578]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0002]

Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory 
committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). At least one 
portion of the meeting will be closed to the public.
    Name of Committee: Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and 
recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on March 1 and 2, 2011, 
from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
    Location: Center for Tobacco Products, 9200 Corporate Blvd., 
Rockville, MD, 20850. The telephone number is 1-877-287-1373.
    Contact Person: Caryn Cohen, Office of Science, Center for Tobacco 
Products, Food and Drug Administration, 9200 Corporate Blvd., 
Rockville, MD 20850, 1-877-287-1373 (choose option 4), e-mail: 
TPSAC@fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-
741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the

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Washington, DC area), and follow the prompts to the desired center or 
product area. Please call the Information Line 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. Therefore, you should always check the Agency's Web site 
and call the appropriate advisory committee hot line/phone line to 
learn about possible modifications before coming to the meeting.
    Agenda: On March 1 and 2, 2011, the Committee will continue to (1) 
receive updates from the Menthol Report Subcommittee and (2) receive 
and discuss presentations regarding the data requested by the Committee 
at the March 30 and 31, 2010, meeting of the Tobacco Products Advisory 
Committee.
    FDA intends to make background material available to the public no 
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post 
the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the 
background material will be made publicly available at the location of 
the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be 
posted on FDA's Web site after the meeting. Background material is 
available at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee link.
    Procedure: On March 1, 2011, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on March 
2, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., the meeting is open to the public. 
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 February 15, 2011. Oral 
presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 3 
p.m. and 4 p.m. on March 1, 2011. Those individuals interested in 
making formal oral presentations should notify the contact person and 
submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or 
arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed 
participants, and an indication of the approximate time requested to 
make their presentation on or before February 8, 2011. Time allotted 
for each presentation may be limited. If the number of registrants 
requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably accommodated 
during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may conduct a 
lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open public hearing 
session. The contact person will notify interested persons regarding 
their request to speak by February 9, 2011.
    Closed Committee Deliberations: On March 1, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 10 
a.m., the meeting will be closed to permit discussion and review of 
trade secret and/or confidential commercial information (5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(4)). This portion of the meeting must be closed because the 
Committee will be discussing confidential data provided by the Federal 
Trade Commission and the tobacco industry.
    Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised 
that the Agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical 
outlets.
    FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee 
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with 
physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special 
accommodations due to a disability, please contact Caryn Cohen at least 
7 days in advance of the meeting.
    FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee 
meetings. Please visit our Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm for procedures 
on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: January 20, 2011.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-1578 Filed 1-25-11; 8:45 am]
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