[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 38 (Monday, February 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9662-9663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3748]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Center for Substance Abuse Prevention; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to Pub. L. 92-463, notice is hereby given of the meeting 
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) Drug Testing Advisory Board to be held in March 2005.
    The Drug Testing Advisory Board meeting will be open and will 
include a Department of Health and Human Services drug testing program 
update, a Department of Transportation drug testing program update, and 
a Nuclear Regulatory Commission drug testing program update. Attendance 
by the public will be limited to space available. Public comments are 
welcome. Please communicate with the individual listed as contact below 
to make arrangements to comment or to arrange special accommodations 
for persons with disabilities.
    The Board will also meet to develop the analytical and 
administrative policies for the final Revisions to the Mandatory 
Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Program that were 
published as proposed revisions in the Federal Register on April 13, 
2004 (69 FR 19673). The submissions from 285 commentors have been made 
available to the public on the Web site http://workplace.samhsa.gov. 
This meeting will be conducted in closed session since discussing such 
public comments in open session and then developing the policies will 
significantly frustrate the Department's ability to develop the Final 
Notice of Revisions to the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace 
Drug Testing Programs. The HHS Office of General

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Counsel made the determination that such matters are protected by 
exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of title 5 U.S.C. and therefore may 
be closed to the public.
    To facilitate entering the building for the open session, public 
attendees are required to contact Mrs. Giselle Hersh, Division of 
Workplace Programs, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 2-1042, Rockville, MD 
20857, 240-276-2605 (telephone), or write to 
[email protected]. A roster of the Board members, the 
transcript of the open session, and the minutes of the meeting will be 
available on the following Web site: http://workplace.samhsa.gov as 
soon as possible after the meeting. Additional information for this 
meeting may be obtained by contacting the individual listed below.
    Committee Name: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, 
Administration Drug Testing Advisory Board.
    Meeting Date: March 9, 2005; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; March 10, 2005; 
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Place: SAMHSA Building, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Sugarloaf Room, 
Rockville, Maryland 20850.
    Type: Open: March 9, 2005; 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
    Closed: March 9, 2005; 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Closed: March 10, 2005; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna M. Bush, Ph.D., Executive 
Secretary 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 2-1035, Rockville, Maryland 20857, 
E-mail: [email protected], 240-276-2600 (telephone) or 240-276-
2610 (fax).

    Dated: February 22, 2005.
Toian Vaughn,
Committee Management Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-3748 Filed 2-25-05; 8:45 am]
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