[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 130 (Thursday, July 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 36884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17274]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Revised Vessel Sanitation Operations Manual; Public 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 second draft of the revised Vessel 
Sanitation Operations Manual--Public meeting between CDC and the 
cruise ship industry, private sanitation consultants, and other 
interested parties.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., October 5, 1999; 9 a.m.-4:30 
p.m., October 6, 1999; 9 a.m.-12 noon, October 7, 1999.
    Place: Auditorium, Port Everglades Administration Building, 1850 
Eller Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316.
    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 in the Federal Register of July 9, 1998 
(Volume 63, Number 131). Input and comments from the public were 
requested of and received from the cruise ship industry, private 
sanitation consultants, and other interested parties, and were 
discussed in detail at a public meeting held in Fort Lauderdale on 
April 14-16, 1999. On the basis of comments received, VSP staff have 
written a second draft of the 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 second draft of the revised 
operations manual. A copy of the second draft will be available for 
review by August 6, 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 October 
22, 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 in the Federal 
Register.
    Advanced registration for this important meeting is encouraged. 
If you plan to attend, please provide your 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: David Forney, Acting Chief, 
VSP, telephone 770/488-7333 or E-mail: [email protected]; or Daniel 
Harper, Senior Environmental Health Officer, VSP, telephone 770/488-
3524, E-mail: [email protected]; or write to us at Vessel Sanitation 
Program, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, M/S F-16, Atlanta, Georgia 
30341-3724.
    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: June 30, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 99-17274 Filed 7-7-99; 8:45 am]
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