[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 5845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service


National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); 
National Toxicology Program (NTP); Annual Progress Report of the 
Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative 
Methods (ICCVAM): Notice of Availability

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the availability of the report 
entitled, ``Annual Progress Report of the Interagency Coordinating 
Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM).'' In 
accordance with requirements of the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 
(Pub. L. 106-545), this report provides a description of the activities 
that have been carried out during the past year by the ICCVAM and the 
NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological 
Methods (NICEATM).

Availability of the Report

    To receive a copy of the report, please contact NICEATM at P.O. Box 
12233, MD EC-17, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; 919-541-2384 
(phone); 919-541-0947 (fax); or [email protected]. The report is 
also available on the ICCVAM/NICEATM Web site at: http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov.

Background

    The ICCVAM was formally authorized and designated as a permanent 
interagency coordinating committee by the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 
2000, which was signed into law by the President on December 19, 2000. 
ICCVAM's duties include the technical evaluation of new and alternative 
testing methods, the development of test recommendations based on the 
technical evaluations, and subsequent recommendations to Federal 
agencies for their consideration. The ICCVAM also coordinates 
interagency issues on toxicological test method development, 
validation, regulatory acceptance, and national and international 
harmonization. The ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 directs ICCVAM to 
prepare reports on its progress and to make them available to the 
public. This annual report complies with the requirement for an initial 
progress report. Future reports will be prepared in accordance with the 
Act. Information about ICCVAM can be found on the Internet at: http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov.

    Dated: January 16, 2002.
Kenneth Olden,
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
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