[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 76 (Thursday, April 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20411-20412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5924]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Toxicology Program (NTP); Liaison and Scientific Review 
Office; Meeting of the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors

AGENCY: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 
National Institutes of Health (NIH).

ACTION: Meeting announcement and request for comments

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of a 
meeting of the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors (NTP BSC). The NTP 
BSC is composed of scientists from the public and private sectors and 
provides primary scientific oversight to the Director for the NTP and 
evaluates the scientific merit of the NTP's intramural and 
collaborative programs.

DATES: The NTP BSC meeting will be held on June 13, 2006. In order to 
facilitate planning for this meeting, persons wishing to make an oral 
presentation are asked to notify the Executive Secretary for the NTP 
BSC by May 31, 2006 (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT below). 
Written comments should also be received by May 31, 2006, to enable 
review by the NTP BSC and NIEHS/NTP staff prior to the meeting. Persons 
needing special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or 
other reasonable accommodation in order to attend, should contact 919-
541-2475 (voice), 919-541-4644 TTY (text telephone), through the 
Federal TTY Relay System at 800-877-8339, or by e-mail to 
[email protected]. Requests should be made at least 7 days in 
advance of the event.

ADDRESSES: The NTP BSC meeting will be held in the Rodbell Auditorium, 
Rall Building at the National Institute of Environmental Health 
Sciences, 111 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Public comments and any other 
correspondence should be submitted to Dr. Barbara Shane, Executive 
Secretary for the NTP Board (NTP Liaison and Scientific Review Office, 
NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD A3-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; 
telephone: 919-541-4253, fax: 919-541-0295; or e-mail: 
[email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Preliminary Agenda Topics and Availability of Meeting Materials

    Preliminary agenda topics are as follows:
     NIEHS Strategic Plan.
     Update of NTP Activities.
     NTP BSC's Technical Report Review Subcommittee Report.
     NTP Testing Nominations.
    A copy of the preliminary agenda, committee roster, and any 
additional information, when available, will be posted on the NTP Web 
site or may be requested in hardcopy from the Executive Secretary for 
the NTP BSC (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above). Following the 
meeting, summary minutes will be prepared and made available on the NTP 
Web site.

Attendance and Registration

    The meeting is scheduled for June 13, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 
adjournment and is open to the public with attendance limited only by 
the space available. Individuals who plan to attend are encouraged to 
register online at the NTP Web site by May 31, 2006, to facilitate 
access to the NIEHS campus. Please note that a photo ID is required to 
access the NIEHS campus. The NTP is making plans to videocast the 
meeting through the Internet at http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/video.htm.

Request for Comments

    Time is allotted during the meeting for the public to present 
comment to the NTP BSC and NTP staff on the agenda topics. 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. Registration for oral comments will also be 
available on-site, although time allowed for presentation by on-site 
registrants may be less than that for pre-registered speakers and will 
be determined by the number of persons who register at the meeting.

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    Persons registering to make oral comments are asked, if possible, 
to send a copy of their statement to the Executive Secretary for the 
NTP BSC (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above) by May 31, 2006, to 
enable review by the NTP BSC 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 40 
copies of the statement for distribution to the NTP BSC and NIEHS/NTP 
staff and to supplement the record. Written comments received in 
response to this notice will be posted on the NTP Web site. Persons 
submitting written comments should include their name, affiliation, 
mailing address, phone, fax, e-mail, and sponsoring organization (if 
any) with the document. Please note that this meeting provides a second 
opportunity for the public to provide comment on testing 
recommendations for substances nominated to the NTP. Comments submitted 
to the NTP in response to the April 2006 Federal Register notice on 
this topic (Volume 71, Number 69, pages 18341-18344) will be considered 
at the NTP BSC meeting and do not need to be resubmitted.

Background Information on the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors

    The NTP BSC is a technical advisory body comprised of scientists 
from the public and private sectors who provide primary scientific 
oversight to the overall program and its centers. Specifically, the NTP 
BSC advises the NTP on matters of scientific program content, both 
present and future, and conducts periodic review of the program for the 
purposes of determining and advising on the scientific merit of its 
activities and their overall scientific quality. Its members are 
selected from recognized authorities knowledgeable in fields, such as 
toxicology, pharmacology, pathology, biochemistry, epidemiology, risk 
assessment, carcinogenesis, mutagenesis, molecular biology, behavioral 
toxicology and neurotoxicology, immunotoxicology, reproductive 
toxicology or teratology, and biostatistics. Members serve overlapping 
terms of up to four years. NTP BSC meetings are held annually or 
biannually.

    Dated: April 11, 2006.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 
and National Toxicology Program.
[FR Doc. E6-5924 Filed 4-19-06; 8:45 am]
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