[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 204 (Monday, October 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62111-62112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17711]


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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.

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 December 1, 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 November 17, 2006 (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
below). Written comments should also be received by November 17, 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:

     NTP Retreat.
     Update of NTP Activities.
     Reports on Workshops related to the NTP Roadmap.
     NTP BSC's Technical Report Review Subcommittee Report.
     Concept Reviews for the NTP/NIEHS Host Susceptibility 
Program and the NTP/NIEHS MRI Imaging Contract.
     NTP/NIEHS Exposure Biology Program.
     Nominations to the Center for Evaluation of Risks to Human 
Reproduction.
    A copy of the preliminary agenda, committee roster, and any 
additional information, when available, will be posted on the NTP Web 
site (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov select Advisory Board and Committees) 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 December 1, 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 November 22, 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. 
Persons registering to make oral comments are asked, if possible, to 
send a copy of their statement to the Executive Secretary for

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the NTP BSC (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above) by November 17, 
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.

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: October 13, 2006.
Samuel A. Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 
and National Toxicology Program.
 [FR Doc. E6-17711 Filed 10-20-06; 8:45 am]
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