[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67203-67204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27902]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Public Health Service and National Institute of Environmental 
Health Sciences; Notice of a Meeting of the Scientific Advisory 
Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods

December 5, 2002.
    Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of 
the Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods 
(SACATM) beginning at 9 AM on December 5, 2002, in Salon C at the 
Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, 
Virginia.

Background

    The SACATM was chartered January 9, 2002, to fulfill section 3(d) 
of Public Law 106-545, the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 [42 U.S.C. 
285l-3(d)] and is composed of scientists from the public and private 
sectors (Federal Register: March 13, 2002: Vol. 67, No. 49, page 
11358). The SACATM provides advice to the Director of the National 
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the Interagency 
Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Toxicological 
Methods (ICCVAM), and the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Interagency 
Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods 
(NICEATM) regarding statutorily mandated duties of the ICCVAM and 
activities of the NICEATM. The committee's charter is posted on the Web 
at http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov and is available in hard copy upon 
request from the NTP Executive Secretary (NTP Liaison and Scientific 
Review Office, NIEHS, PO Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; 
telephone: 919-541-0530; facsimile: 919-541-0295 or 
wolfe.niehs.nih.gov).

Agenda

    The meeting is being held on December 5, 2002, from 9 AM until 
adjournment and is open to the public with attendance limited only by 
the space available. Although not required, pre-registration is 
preferred to assist in planning for adequate space. To pre-register for 
this meeting, please contact the NTP Executive Secretary (contact 
information above). Individuals who plan to attend and need special 
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable

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accommodations, are asked to notify the executive secretary.
    A preliminary agenda is provided below. Relevant documents and 
publications about the test methods and the validation and acceptance 
criteria being discussed are available on the NICEATM/ICCVAM Web site 
at: http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov (select Documents and Publications).

Preliminary Agenda

Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods

December 5, 2002.
Salon C, Crystal Gateway Marriott (703-920-3230), 1700 Jefferson Davis 
Highway, Arlington, Virginia, Crystal City Metro Stop.
9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Informational Overviews of NIEHS, NTP, NICEATM, and ICCVAM
ICCVAM Validation and Acceptance Criteria
Current Scientific Directions of the European Centre for Validation of 
Alternative Methods (ECVAM)
Linkage of Scientific Directions between ECVAM and ICCVAM
    [sbull] Public comment
12:15 p.m.
Lunch break
1:15 p.m.
Test Method Submissions and Proposed Nomination and Prioritization 
Process
    [sbull] Public comment
In-Vitro Acute Toxicity Testing Methods
    [sbull] Public comment
In-Vitro Estrogen/Androgen Receptor Binding and Transcriptional 
Activation
Assays
    [sbull] Public comment
Other Business
5:00 p.m.
Adjourn

    A copy of the agenda, committee roster, and any additional 
information, when available, will be posted on the NTP Web site (http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov) or available upon request to the NTP 
Executive Secretary (contact information provided above). Following the 
meeting, summary minutes will be prepared and available through the 
NICEATM/ICCVAM Web site (http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov) and upon request 
to the NTP Liaison and Scientific Review Office (contact information 
above).

Public Comment Welcome

    Public input at this meeting is invited and time is set aside for 
the presentation of public comments on any agenda topic. Each 
organization is allowed one time slot per agenda topic. At least 7 
minutes will be allotted to each speaker, and if time permits, may be 
extended to 10 minutes. In order to facilitate planning for this 
meeting, persons wishing to make an oral presentation are asked to 
notify the NTP Executive Secretary (contact information above) by 
November 28, 2002, and to provide their name, affiliation, mailing 
address, phone, fax, e-mail, and sponsoring organization (if any). 
Registration for oral comments will also be available on-site, although 
time allowed for presentation by on-site registrants may be less then 
that for pre-registered speakers and will be determined by the number 
of persons who register at the meeting.
    Persons registering to make oral comments are asked, if possible, 
to provide a copy of their statement to the NTP Executive Secretary 
(contact information above) by November 28, to enable review by the 
SACATM and NIEHS/NTP staff prior to the meeting. Written statements can 
supplement and may expand the oral presentation. If registering on-site 
and reading from written text, please bring 50 copies of the statement 
for distribution to the SACATM and NIEHS/NTP staff and to supplement 
the record.
    Persons may also submit written comments in lieu of making oral 
comments. Written comments should be sent to the NTP Executive 
Secretary and should be received by November 28 to enable review by the 
SACATM and NIEHS/NIH prior to the meeting. Persons submitting written 
comments should include their name, affiliation, mailing address, 
phone, fax, e-mail, and sponsoring organization (if any) with the 
document.

    Dated: October 24, 2002.
Samuel Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
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