[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 42 (Thursday, March 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5328]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Vessel Sanitation Operation Manual; Meeting

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

    Name: Discussion of the Draft Revised Vessel Sanitation 
Operation Manual--Public meeting among CDC and the cruise ship 
industry, private sanitation consultants, and other interested 
parties.
    Times and Dates: 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., April 14, 1999. 9 a.m.-
5:30 p.m., April 15, 1999. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., April 16, 1999.
    Place: Auditorium, Port Everglades Administration Building, 1850 
Eller Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316, telephone 954/356-6650; 
fax 954/356-6671.
    Status: Open to the public, limited by the space available. The 
meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
    Purpose: CDC announced its intention to revise the ``Vessel 
Sanitation Operations Manual, August 1989'' in the Federal Register, 
Volume 62, Thursday, August 23, 1997, page 44475. Comments from the 
public were requested of and received from the cruise ship industry, 
private sanitation consultants, and other interested parties. The 
Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) staff has drafted a revised manual 
and will discuss the revisions at this public meeting.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include a thorough 
discussion of each section of the draft revised operations manual. A 
copy of the draft revised manual will be available for review by 
March 22, 1999. To obtain a copy, contact the VSP in Atlanta at the 
address or phone number below, or go to the VSP Home Page on the 
Internet at http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/programs/vsp.
    For a period of 15 days following the meeting, through April 29, 
1999, the official record of the meeting will remain open so that 
additional materials or comments may be submitted to be made part of 
the record of the meeting. VSP staff will then finalize the revised 
operations manual and publish the final version in the Federal 
Register.
    Advanced registration for this important meeting is encouraged. 
Please provide the following information: name, title, company name, 
mailing address, telephone number, facsimile number, and E-mail 
address to Dorothy Johnson, Management Assistant, facsimile 770/488-
4127 or E-mail: [email protected].
    Contact Person for More Information: Daniel Harper, Chief, VSP, 
Special Programs Group, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, M/S F-
16, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-3524, E-mail: 
[email protected], or David Forney, Public Health Advisor, telephone 770/
488-7333 or E-mail: [email protected].
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services office has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining 
to announcements of meetings and other committee management 
activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: February 25, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-5328 Filed 3-3-99; 8:45 am]
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