Document ID: FDA-2011-N-0002-0001
Agency: fda
Document Type: Notice
Title: Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
Posted Date: 2011-01-13T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 2398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-634]

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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 February 10, 2011, from 
8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
    Location: Center for Tobacco Products, 9200 Corporate Blvd., 
Rockville, MD 20850. The phone 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 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 February 10, 2011, the Committee will continue to do the 
following: (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 through 31, 2010, meeting of the Tobacco 
Products Scientific Advisory Committee.
    FDA intends to make redacted 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 February 10, 2011, from 1 p.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 January 27, 2011. Oral presentations from the public will be 
scheduled between approximately 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. on February 10, 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 
January 19, 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 January 20, 
2011.
    Closed Committee Deliberations: On January 10, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 
12 noon, 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 trade secret and/or 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 10, 2011.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-634 Filed 1-12-11; 8:45 am]
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