[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 135 (Friday, July 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17822]


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Food and Drug Administration

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)/
National Toxicology Program (NTP) Public Meeting; Proposed Partnerships 
for the Validation of New Approaches for Toxicological Evaluation.
    Notice is hereby given of a public meeting to be held at the 
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to explore the 
development and utilization of partnerships to develop stronger and 
more efficient links between toxicology, risk assessment, and 
regulatory decision-making. Discussions will focus in three areas: (1) 
Evaluation and Validation of Transgenic Carcinogenicity Models; (2) 
Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction; and (3) Evaluation of 
Alternative Toxicological Methods. Invited participants will comment 
and add perspectives to discussion documents prepared by NIEHS/NTP 
scientists in each of the areas.
    The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, July 22, 1996, in 
the Main Conference Facility of the NIEHS, South Campus, 111 Alexander 
Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The meeting will adjourn 
by 5:00 p.m.
    The tentative agenda includes: Opening Comments from 8:30-9:15 
a.m.; an update of the ongoing Partnership for the Evaluation and 
Validation of Transgenic Carcinogenicity Models from 9:15 to 
approximately 10:00 a.m. followed by open discussion by all invited 
participants; presentations by scheduled speakers on a draft proposal 
for an NIEHS/NTP Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human 
Reproduction from 11:00 a.m. to noon. Lunch is expected to be from noon 
to 12:45 p.m., followed by open discussion on the proposed Center by 
all invited participants. Beginning at approximately 1:45 p.m. there 
will be scheduled presenters commenting on a proposed NIEHS/NTP 
Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological 
Methods which will also be followed by open discussion on the proposed 
interagency center for all invited participants. A summary of the day's 
deliberations and any future action is tentatively scheduled from 4:15 
to 5:00 p.m.
    The entire meeting is open to the public and limited only by the 
space available. Persons wanting additional information or wishing to 
attend should contact Ms. Sandra Lange, NTP Liaison Office, NIEHS, P.O. 
Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709; telephone 
(919) 541-0530; fax (919) 541-0295; or on the Internet: 
[email protected].

    Dated: July 3, 1996.
Kenneth Olden,
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the 
National Toxicological Program.
[FR Doc. 96-17822 Filed 7-11-96; 8:45 am]
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