[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 92 (Monday, May 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27134-27135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9174]


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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 NTP Director and evaluates 
the scientific merit of the NTP's intramural and collaborative 
programs.

DATES: The NTP BSC meeting will be held on June 22, 2007. The deadlines 
for submission of written comments and for pre-registration for the 
meeting are June 8 and June 15, 2007, respectively. 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 NIEHS, 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27709. Public comments and any other correspondence should be 
submitted to Dr. Barbara Shane, Executive Secretary for the NTP BSC 
(NTP Liaison and Scientific Review Office, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD 
A3-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; fax: 919-541-0295; or e-mail: 
[email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Barbara Shane (telephone: 919-541-
4253 or e-mail: [email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Preliminary Agenda Topics and Availability of Meeting Materials

    Preliminary agenda topics include:
     Update of NTP activities.
     Implementation of workshop and NTP retreat 
recommendations.
     Review of NTP contracts.
     NTP testing nominations.
     Five-year plan for the NTP Interagency Center for the 
Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM)--Interagency 
Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods 
(ICCVAM).
    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/go/165) or may be requested in hardcopy 
from the Executive Secretary for the NTP BSC (see ADDRESSES 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 22, 2007, 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 June 15, 2007 to facilitate 
planning for the meeting. 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 
comments to the NTP BSC 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 at the discretion of the NTP BSC chair. 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

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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 the 
NTP BSC (see ADDRESSES above) by June 8, 2007, to enable review by the 
NTP BSC 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 and persons identified by their name and affiliation 
and/or sponsoring organization, if applicable. Persons submitting 
written comments should include their name, affiliation (if 
applicable), phone, 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: May 3, 2007.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 
and National Toxicology Program.
[FR Doc. E7-9174 Filed 5-11-07; 8:45 am]
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