[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 101 (Friday, May 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36621-36622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13058]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service


National Toxicology Program; Announcement of Availability of 
Background Documents for Substances Nominated for Listing in the Report 
on Carcinogens, Eleventh Edition

Availability of Background Documents

    The National Toxicology Program (NTP) announces the availability of 
the background documents for four nominations under consideration for 
listing in the Report on Carcinogens (RoC), Eleventh Edition (``the 
Eleventh RoC''). The background documents are available for the 
nominations: Cobalt Sulfate, Diethanolamine, Nitromethane, and 4,4'-
Thiodianiline. They can be obtained electronically on the NTP Web site: 
http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov (select Report on Carcinogens) or in 
hardcopy by contacting Dr. C. W. Jameson at the following address: 
National Toxicology Program, Report on Carcinogens, 79 Alexander Drive, 
Building 4401, Room 3118, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 
27709; phone: (919) 541-4096, fax: (919) 541-0144, e-mail: 
[email protected].
    The background documents for these four nominations are the first 
to be released for nominations under consideration for the Eleventh 
RoC. These documents are being made available at this time in response 
to the October, 1999 public meeting that discussed the preparation and 
review of the Report on Carcinogens where concerns were expressed 
regarding the need to increase the time allotted for public review and 
comment on the RoC

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background documents. The NTP will make all future RoC background 
documents available as soon as they are completed. All future 
notifications about the availability of background documents for other 
nominations under consideration for the Eleventh RoC will be provided 
through NTP list-server announcements. Individuals or groups can 
subscribe to the NTP list-server in several ways: (1) By registering 
online at http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov, (2) by sending an e-mail to 
[email protected] with the word ``subscribe'' as the 
body of the message, or (3) by contacting the NTP Office of Liaison and 
Scientific Review (919-541-0530 or [email protected]). 
Individuals or groups who have already subscribed to the NTP list-
server do not need to subscribe again.
    The NTP has identified the nominations under consideration for 
listing in the Eleventh RoC in previous Federal Register notices 
(Federal Register: July 24, 2001 (Vol. 66, No. 142) pages 38430-38432 
and Federal Register: March 28, 2002 (Vol. 67, No. 60) page 14957). The 
NTP follows a formal process for the review of nominations that 
includes multiple phases of scientific peer review and several 
opportunities for public comments. Additional information about the 
review of nominations for the Eleventh RoC, including the date and 
location of the public meeting of the NTP Board of Scientific 
Counselors RoC Subcommittee and the deadline for submission of public 
comments for consideration at that review, will be announced through 
future Federal Register and NTP list-server notices.

Background Information about the RoC

    The RoC is an informational, scientific, and public health document 
that identifies and discusses agents, substances, mixtures, and 
exposure circumstances that may pose a carcinogenic hazard to human 
health. The report is prepared biennially in response to section 301 of 
the Public Health Service Act, as amended. The NTP welcomes nominations 
for listing in or changing the current listing in the RoC at any time. 
Additional information about the nomination process, the criteria for 
listing a nomination in the RoC, and the formal multi-step review 
process for nominations is available on the NTP Web site (http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov, select Report on Carcinogens) or from Dr. Jameson 
at the address provided above.

    Dated: May 9, 2002.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Toxicology Program.
[FR Doc. 02-13058 Filed 5-23-02; 8:45 am]
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