[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 29139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11206]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Toxicology Program (NTP); Office of Liaison, Policy and 
Review; Meeting of the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors: Amended 
Notice

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

ACTION: Availability of a Public Telephone Call-In Line.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a public telephone 
call-in line for the June 11-12, 2008 meeting of the NTP Board of 
Scientific Counselors. The meeting will be held at the Radisson Hotel 
Research Triangle Park, 150 Park Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 
27709 and videocast through the Internet at http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/video/live. Information regarding the meeting was announced in the 
Federal Register (73FR20289) published on April 15, 2008. The 
guidelines published in the April 15 Federal Register notice for 
submitting written public comments or making an oral presentation at 
the meeting still apply. In response to the public interest in the peer 
review of the Draft NTP Brief on Bisphenol A, the NTP will provide a 
telephone call-in line for public comments. The line will be open from 
8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. on June 11, although public comments will be 
received only during the formal public comment period on the draft 
brief. The exact time for the presentation of public comments is not 
set, but will follow the overview presentation on the draft brief and 
the talk on biomonitoring of bisphenol A exposures (the preliminary 
agenda is available at (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165) or by 
contacting Dr. Barbara Shane, see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
below).

ADDRESSES: Public comments on all agenda topics and any other 
correspondence should be submitted to Dr. Barbara Shane, Executive 
Secretary for the NTP BSC, NTP Office of Liaison, Policy and Review, 
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]. Courier address: NIEHS, 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, 
Room A322, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.

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

Telephone Call-in Line

    The following information is required for telephone access:
     USA Toll Free Number: 877-915-2768.
     Passcode: NTP.
     Leader Name: Barbara Shane.
    The NTP has reserved 50 telephone lines for this call and access 
availability will be on a first come first served basis. Telephone 
comments should not exceed three minutes in length and each 
organization is allowed only one oral slot (in person at the meeting or 
by telephone) per agenda topic. Calls will be taken as time permits and 
at the discretion of the BSC chairperson. Every effort will be made to 
accommodate callers, but the total time allotted for comments and the 
time allotted per speaker via the telephone will depend on how many 
people register online to speak. Registration to present oral public 
comments or to submit written comments can be completed online at the 
BSC meeting site (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165). Details about the 
meeting, Internet access, and telephone call-in are also available at 
this site. The public telephone call-in is a new remote access option 
for the BSC, thus its technical quality cannot be guaranteed.
    Persons who register online to make oral comments by telephone are 
asked, if possible, to send a copy of their statement to the Executive 
Secretary for the NTP BSC (see ADDRESSES above) by June 4, 2008, to 
enable review by the NTP BSC prior to the meeting. Written statements 
can supplement and may expand the oral presentation.

    Dated: May 8, 2008.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Acting Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 
and National Toxicology Program.
[FR Doc. E8-11206 Filed 5-19-08; 8:45 am]
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