[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 2767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-632]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Current Status of the Vessel Sanitation Program and Experience to 
Date with Program Operations; Public Meeting

    The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following 
meeting.

    Name: Current Status of the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) and 
Experience to Date with Program Operations--Public meeting between 
CDC and the cruise ship industry, private sanitation consultants, 
and other interested parties.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Wednesday, January 25, 1995.
    Place: Doral Inn, 541 Lexington Avenue at East 49th Street, New 
York, New York 10022, telephone 212/755-1200.
    Status: Open to the public for participation, comment, and 
observation, limited only by space available.
    Purpose: To discuss current status of the VSP and experience to 
date with program operations.
    Matters to be discussed: During the past 8 years, as part of the 
revised VSP, CDC has conducted a series of public meetings with 
members of the cruise ship industry, private sanitation consultants, 
and other interested parties. This meeting is a continuation of that 
series of public meetings. Some of the topics to be discussed at 
this meeting include CDC's interim recommendations to minimize 
transmission of Legionnaires' disease from whirlpool spas aboard 
cruise ships, the VSP budget and fees, shipbuilding construction 
guidelines for cruise vessels destined to call on U.S. ports, the 
CDC consumer advisory for consumption of raw or undercooked food, 
and vessel construction inspections.
    For a period of 15 days following the meeting, through February 
9, 1995, the official record of the meeting will remain open so that 
additional material or comments may be submitted to be made part of 
the record of the meeting.
    Contact person for more information: Thomas E. O'Toole, Deputy 
Chief, Special Programs Group (F29), NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, 
NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 4040/488-7073.

    Dated: January 4, 1995.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 95-632 Filed 1-10-95; 8:45 am]
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