[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 221 (Thursday, November 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66790-66791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19367]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Drug Testing Advisory Board; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the 
meeting of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) Drug Testing Advisory Board in December 2006.
    A portion of the meeting will be open and will include, but not 
limited to, a Department of Health and Human Services drug testing 
program update, a Department of Transportation drug testing program 
update, a Nuclear Regulatory Commission drug testing program update, an 
update on the pilot performance testing programs for hair and oral 
fluid, results from a Medical Review Officer data source, and results 
from a study on the external contamination of hair with cocaine.
    Attendance by the public will be limited to space available. Public 
comments are welcome. Please communicate with Dr. Donna Bush, Executive 
Secretary (see contact information below), to make arrangements to 
comment or to request special accommodations for persons with 
disabilities.
    The Board will also meet to develop the final revisions to the 
proposed Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing 
Programs that were published in the Federal Register on April 13, 2004 
(69 FR 19673). This meeting will be conducted in closed session since 
discussing these issues in open session will significantly frustrate 
the Department's ability to develop the revisions to the Mandatory 
Guidelines. The HHS Office of General 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 by e-mail to 
[email protected].
    Substantive program information and a roster of Board members may 
be obtained by contacting Dr. Bush or by accessing the SAMHSA workplace 
Web site (http://workplace.samhsa.gov). The transcript for the open 
session will be available on the SAMHSA workplace Web site within 3 
weeks after the meeting.
    Committee Name: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration Drug Testing Advisory Board.
    Meeting Date: December 12-13, 2006.
    Place: SAMHSA Building, Rock Creek Room 1, Choke Cherry Road, 
Rockville, Maryland 20850.
    Type: Open: December 12, 2006; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

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    Closed: December 13, 2006; 8:30 a.m.-Noon.
    Contact: Donna M. Bush, PhD, Executive Secretary, 1 Choke Cherry 
Road, Room 2-1033, Rockville, Maryland 20857, 240-276-2600 (telephone) 
and 240-276-2610 (fax). E-mail: [email protected].

    November 8, 2006.
Toian Vaughn,
SAMHSA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-19367 Filed 11-15-06; 8:45 am]
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