[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 223 (Monday, November 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29464]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service


National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; National 
Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific Counselors' Meeting

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of a meeting 
of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific 
Counselors, 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 December 13, 1996.
    The meeting will be open to the public from 8:45 a.m. to 
adjournment with attendance limited only by space available. 
Preliminary agenda topics include: comprehensive presentations and 
discussion with the Board about the NTP nomination and selection 
process, and presentations of ongoing and planned research on endocrine 
disruptors by several Federal health research and regulatory agencies. 
There will be reports of recent activities by the Board's Biennial 
Report on Carcinogens Subcommittee and Technical Reports Review 
Subcommittee. The Board will review concept proposals for a contract to 
establish an Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative 
Toxicological Methods, and for expanding the scope of support services 
for preparation of the Biennial Report of Carcinogens.
    The Executive Secretary, Dr. Larry G. Hart, National Toxicology 
Program, P.O. Box 12233, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 
27709, telephone (919) 541-3971, FAX (919) 541-0295, will have 
available a firm agenda with times and a roster of Board members prior 
to the meeting and summary minutes subsequent to the meeting.

    Dated: November 11, 1996.
Kenneth Olden,
Director, National Toxicology Program.
[FR Doc. 96-29464 Filed 11-15-96; 8:45 am]
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