[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61854-61855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23559]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Amended 
Notice of a Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative 
Toxicological Methods: Availability of Video Casting and a Public 
Telephone Call-In Line

    This notice announces the availability of video casting and a 
public telephone call-in line for the October 20, 2004 meeting of the 
Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods 
(SACATM). The meeting will be held at the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA), 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 
(Building C, Room C111, Auditorium sections A. and B). Additional 
information about this SACATM meeting was published in a previous 
Federal Register notice (September 8 (Volume 69, Number 173) pages 
54298--54299).
    The National Toxicology Program (NTP) is making plans to video cast 
the SACATM meeting through the Internet at http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/video.htm. The following information is required for telephone 
access:
     USA Toll Free Number: 800-857-1738 (required).
     Passcode: 50250 (required).
     Leader Name: Kristina Thayer (required).
     Press *6 to mute and unmute.
    The NTP has reserved 50 telephone lines for this call and access 
availability will be on a first come first served basis. Comments from 
the phone will be solicited during public comment periods identified on 
the agenda (see below for revised draft agenda). Telephone comments 
should not exceed two minutes in length and each organization is 
allowed only one oral slot (in person or by the telephone) per agenda 
topic. Calls will be taken as time permits and at the discretion of the 
SACATM chairperson. Every effort will be made to accommodate callers, 
but the total time allotted for comments received via the telephone 
will be 30 minutes for the entire meeting. Priority will be given to 
callers who register to make public comments in advance of the meeting. 
Registration to present oral public comments or to submit written 
comments can be completed online at the SACATM meeting site (http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=26F6530D-BA27-9B29-FAE1657CB6DB907D). Details about the meeting, Internet access and 
telephone call-in are also available at this site. The video casting 
and public telephone call-in are new remote access options for SACATM, 
thus their technical quality can not be guaranteed.

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Revised Draft Agenda

Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods 
October 20, 2004

    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Building C, Room C111 
(Auditorium sections A. and B), 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709. (A photo ID is required to access the EPA 
campus.)

8:30 a.m.

     Call to Order and Introductions
     Welcome and Remarks from the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Toxicology 
Program (NTP)
     Welcome and Remarks from the Interagency Coordinating 
Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) Chair
     Update on Activities of the National Toxicology Program 
(NTP) Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative 
Toxicological Methods (NICEATM) and ICCVAM
     Update on the European Center for the Validation of 
Alternative Methods (ECVAM) Workshop Recommendations and Validation 
Studies
     Evaluation of the Under-Prediction Rate for the in vivo 
Rabbit Dermal Irritation Test
    [cir] Public Comment
     Preliminary Evaluation of the Under-Prediction Rate for 
the in vivo Rabbit Ocular Irritation Test
    [cir] Public Comment
12 p.m.: Lunch Break (on your own, the EPA campus has a cafeteria)
1 p.m.
     ICCVAM Nominations
    [cir] Public Comment
     NTP Roadmap
    [cir] Public Comment
     ICCVAM Perspectives on Proposed OECD Draft guidance 
Document on the Validation and International Acceptance of New or 
Updated Test methods for Hazard Assessment (Guidance Document 34)
     General Discussion
4:30 p.m.: Adjourn

    Dated: October 8, 2004.
Samuel Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
[FR Doc. 04-23559 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]
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