[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 194 (Thursday, October 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51868-51869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24345]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Toxicology Program (NTP); Report on Carcinogens (RoC); 
Announcement of the Formaldehyde Expert Panel Meeting: Amended Notice

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

ACTION: Availability of web conferencing and updated draft agenda.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of web conferencing and 
an updated draft agenda for the RoC expert panel meeting on 
formaldehyde. The NTP has reserved web conferencing for the first 50 
registrants; individuals who want to access the meeting remotely must 
pre-register by October 21, 2009. The web conferencing will be 
available during the public sessions of the meeting. The expert panel 
will meet on November 2-4, 2009, starting at 8:30 AM Eastern Standard 
Time, at the Hilton Raleigh-Durham Airport at Research Triangle Park 
Hotel, 4810 Page Creek Lane, Durham, NC 27703. Information regarding 
the formaldehyde expert panel meeting was announced in the Federal 
Register (74 FR 44845) published on August 31, 2009, and is available 
on the RoC Web site (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/29679). The guidelines 
and deadlines published in the August 31 Federal Register notice for 
submitting written public comments or making an oral presentation at 
the meeting in North Carolina still apply.

DATES: The RoC expert panel will meet on November 2-4, 2009, and 
convene each day at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. October 21, 2009 
is the deadline for meeting registration and requests for remote 
access. October 28, 2009 is the deadline for submission of oral 
statements and visual presentations.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Raleigh-Durham 
Airport at Research Triangle Park Hotel, 4810 Page Creek Lane, Durham, 
NC 27703. Access to on-line registration to either attend the meeting 
in person in North Carolina or via Web conferencing is available on the 
RoC Web site (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/29679). Written public 
comments should be sent to Dr. Ruth M. Lunn, RoC Center, NIH/NIEHS, 
P.O. Box 12233, MD K2-14, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, FAX: (919) 
541-0144, or [email protected]. Courier address: Report on Carcinogens 
Center, 530 Davis Drive, Room 2006, Morrisville, NC 27560. Persons 
needing assistive technology in order to attend the meeting via web 
conferencing should contact Dr. Ruth Lunn (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT below). Requests should be made at least 7 business days in 
advance of the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Ruth M. Lunn, Director, RoC 
Center, (919) 316-4637, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Web Conferencing

    In response to public interest in the formaldehyde expert panel 
meeting, the NTP will provide web conferencing to facilitate remote 
access to the public sessions of the meeting. Web conferencing using 
Adobe [supreg] Connect TM will be available for the first 50 
registrants. Individuals interested in attending the meeting remotely 
must register by October 21, 2009. Registration can be completed online 
at the RoC Web site (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/29679) or by

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contacting Dr. Ruth Lunn (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above). 
NTP will send registrants instructions to access the meeting remotely 
on or before October 30, 2009. Web conferencing is a new remote access 
option for RoC meetings. NTP will make every effort to ensure the best 
possible technical quality for these remote access options, but the 
audio and video quality cannot be guaranteed.
    Attendees registered for remote access are invited to present oral 
comments. The formal public comment period is scheduled for November 2, 
2009. Oral public comments should not exceed 7 minutes in length and 
each organization is allowed only one comment slot (in person or by 
remote access). Every effort will be made to accommodate the public, 
but the total time allotted for oral comments and the time allotted per 
speaker by remote access will depend on the number of people who 
register online to speak. Remote speakers who wish to use slides with 
their oral comments, must send an electronic file to Dr. Lunn by 
October 28, 2009, for the slides to be available for Web conferencing. 
In addition, speakers may send a copy of their oral statement or 
talking points, which can supplement and/or expand the oral 
presentation, for distribution at the meeting and for the meeting 
record.

Updated Draft Agenda

    The updated draft agenda includes a scientific presentation on 
formaldehyde and leukemia requested by the NTP. Following this 
presentation, there will be opportunity for public comments on this 
topic. Pre-registration is not required to comment on this topic, and 
there is a 3-minute limit for each speaker.
    Details about the meeting, including the updated draft agenda, are 
available at http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/29679 or by contacting Dr. 
Lunn (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above). Updates to the 
meeting will be posted on this Web site.

    Dated: October 1, 2009.
John R. Bucher,
Associate Director, National Toxicology Program.
[FR Doc. E9-24345 Filed 10-7-09; 8:45 am]
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