Document ID: FDA-2016-N-1984-0001
Agency: fda
Document Type: Notice
Title: Requests for Nominations: Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee
Posted Date: 2016-07-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 136 (Friday, July 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46086-46087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16739]

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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 industry representative of the tobacco manufacturing 
industry 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 industry representative 
of the tobacco manufacturing industry 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 industry 
interests must send a letter stating that interest to the FDA by August 
15, 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 15, 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: 
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 
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.

II. Selection Procedure

    Any industry organization interested in participating in the 
selection of an appropriate nonvoting member to represent industry 
interests 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 industry 
interests 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 industry interests.

III. Application Procedure

    Individuals may self-nominate and/or an organization may nominate 
one or more individuals to serve as a nonvoting industry 
representative. 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

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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 11, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-16739 Filed 7-14-16; 8:45 am]
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