[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 77 (Friday, April 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 17314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9617]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service


National Toxicology Program; National Toxicology Program (NTP) 
Board of Scientific Counselors' Biennial Report on Carcinogens (BRC) 
Subcommittee Meeting

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of a meeting 
of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific 
Counselors' Biennial Report on Carcinogens (BRC) Subcommittee, U.S. 
Public Health Service, in the Conference Center, Building 101, South 
Campus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 
111 Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, on May 8, 
1996.
    The primary agenda topic will be concerned with the discussion of 
the process for listing or delisting substances in the Biennial Report 
on Carcinogens (BRC) (formerly Annual Report on Carcinogens (ARC)).
    The preliminary agenda topics with approximate times are as 
follows:

8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m.--Report of the Director, NTP
8:45 a.m.-9:00 a.m.--Report of the Director, Environmental Toxicology 
Program (ETP)
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.--Report on the background history of the BRC
10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.--Presentation and discussion of the process for 
listing or delisting substances in the BRC
11:15 a.m.-11:35 a.m.--Report from the NIEHS/NTP BRC Review Group
11:35 a.m.-12:00 p.m.--Report from the NTP Executive Committee Working 
Group for the BRC
1:00 p.m. -2:00 p.m.--Subcommittee discussion of BRC presentations
2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.--Presentation of select chemicals previously 
approved for listing in the 8th and 9th BRC to compare application of 
proposed BRC criteria with previous ARC selection criteria
3:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m.--Subcommittee discussion of BRC review 
responsibilities
Adjournment

Public Comments Encouraged

    The meeting is open to the public. A brief summary of the review of 
the BRC criteria for listing or delisting substances is available on 
request from the NTP Liaison Office, P.O. Box 12233, MD B3-01, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709, phone: (919) 541-0530, FAX: (919) 541-0295. 
Brief public oral comments will be allowed at appropriate times during 
the meeting. Registration to attend is not required; however, to ensure 
adequate seating, we ask that those planning to attend let us know. To 
register, receive information on the agenda, or be put on the mailing 
list for summary minutes subsequent to the meeting, please contact: Dr. 
L.G. Hart, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; telephone: 
(919) 541-3971; FAX: (919) 541-0719.

    Dated: April 12, 1996.
Kenneth Olden,
Director, National Toxicology Program.
[FR Doc. 96-9617 Filed 4-18-96; 8:45 am]
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