Document ID: FDA-2016-N-1984-0003
Agency: fda
Document Type: Notice
Title: Request for Nominations on the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory
Committee
Posted Date: 2016-08-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 147 (Monday, August 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50531-50532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18085]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2016-N-1984]

Request for Nominations on the Tobacco Products Scientific 
Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting that any 
industry organizations interested in participating in the selection of 
a nonvoting member to represent the interests of tobacco growers to 
serve on the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee for the 
Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), notify FDA in writing. FDA is also 
requesting nominations for a nonvoting member to represent the 
interests of tobacco growers to serve on the Tobacco Products 
Scientific Advisory Committee, and an alternate to this representative. 
A nominee may either be self-nominated or nominated by an organization 
to serve as a nonvoting industry representative. Nominations will be 
accepted for current vacancies effective with this notice.

DATES: Any industry organization interested in participating in the 
selection of an appropriate nonvoting member to represent the interests 
of tobacco growers must send a letter stating that interest to the FDA 
by August 31, 2016 (see sections I and II of this document for further 
details). Concurrently, nomination materials for prospective candidates 
should be sent to FDA by August 31, 2016.

ADDRESSES: All statements of interest from industry organizations 
interested in participating in the selection process should be sent to 
Caryn Cohen (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). All nominations for 
nonvoting industry representatives should be submitted electronically 
by accessing the FDA Advisory Committee Membership Nomination Portal 
at: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/FACTRSPortal/FACTRS/index.cfm or by mail to Advisory Committee Oversight and Management 
Staff, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 
32, Rm. 5103, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. Information about becoming 
a member of an FDA advisory committee can also be obtained by visiting 
FDA's Web site at: http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caryn Cohen, Office of Science, Center 
for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Tobacco 
Products, Document Control Center, Bldg. 71, Rm. G335, 10903 New 
Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 1-877-287-1373 (choose 
Option 5), email: TPSAC@fda.hhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agency intends to add nonvoting industry 
representatives to the following advisory committee:

I. CTP Advisory Committee

Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee

    The Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (the Committee) 
advises the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (the Commissioner) or 
designee in discharging responsibilities related to the regulation of 
tobacco products. The Committee reviews and evaluates safety, 
dependence, and health issues relating to tobacco products and provides 
appropriate advice, information, and recommendations to the 
Commissioner.

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II. Selection Procedure

    Any industry organization interested in participating in the 
selection of an appropriate nonvoting member to represent the interests 
of tobacco growers should send a letter stating that interest to the 
FDA contact (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) within 30 days of 
publication of this document (see DATES). Within the subsequent 30 
days, FDA will send a letter to each organization that has expressed an 
interest, attaching a complete list of all such organizations; and a 
list of all nominees along with their current resumes. The letter will 
also state that it is the responsibility of the interested 
organizations to confer with one another and to select a candidate, 
within 60 days after the receipt of the FDA letter, to serve as the 
nonvoting member to represent the interests of tobacco growers for the 
committee. The interested organizations are not bound by the list of 
nominees in selecting a candidate. However, if no individual is 
selected within 60 days, the Commissioner will select the nonvoting 
member to represent the interests of tobacco growers.

III. Application Procedure

    Individuals may self-nominate and/or an organization may nominate 
one or more individuals to serve as a nonvoting member to represent the 
interests of tobacco growers. Contact information, current curriculum 
vitae, and the name of the committee of interest should be sent to the 
FDA Advisory Committee Membership Nomination Portal (see ADDRESSES) 
within 30 days of publication of this document (see DATES). FDA will 
forward all nominations to the organizations expressing interest in 
participating in the selection process for the committee. (Persons who 
nominate themselves as nonvoting industry representatives will not 
participate in the selection process.)
    FDA seeks to include the views of women and men, members of all 
racial and ethnic groups, and individuals with and without disabilities 
on its advisory committees and, therefore encourages nominations of 
appropriately qualified candidates from these groups.
    This notice is issued under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. app. 2) and 21 CFR part 14, relating to advisory committees.

    Dated: July 27, 2016.
Janice M. Soreth,
Acting Associate Commissioner, Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-18085 Filed 7-29-16; 8:45 am]
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