[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26757-26759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11318]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Toxicology Program (NTP); Office of Liaison, Policy and 
Review; Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative 
Toxicological Methods (SACATM)

AGENCY: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

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(NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH).

ACTION: Meeting announcement and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a 
meeting of SACATM on June 17-18, 2010, at the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 
27711. The meeting is open to the public with attendance limited only 
by the space available. The meeting will be videocast through a link at 
(http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/video/live). SACATM advises the 
Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative 
Methods (ICCVAM), the NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of 
Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM), and the Director of the 
NIEHS and NTP regarding statutorily mandated duties of ICCVAM and 
activities of NICEATM.

DATES: The SACATM meeting will be held on June 17 and 18, 2010. The 
meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time to 5 p.m. on 
June 17 and 8:30 a.m. until adjournment on June 18, 2010. All 
individuals who plan to attend are encouraged to register online at the 
NTP Web site (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/32822) by June 10, 2010. In 
order to facilitate planning, persons wishing to make an oral 
presentation are asked to notify Dr. Lori White, NTP Designated Federal 
Officer, via online registration, phone, or e-mail by June 10, 2010 
(see ADDRESSES below). Written comments should also be received by June 
10, 2010, to enable review by SACATM and NIEHS/NTP staff before the 
meeting.

ADDRESSES: The SACATM meeting will be held at the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 
27711. Public comments and other correspondence should be directed to 
Dr. Lori White (NTP Office of Liaison, Policy and Review, NIEHS, P.O. 
Box 12233, MD K2-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; telephone: 919-
541-9834 or e-mail: [email protected]). Courier address: NIEHS, 530 
Davis Drive, Room 2136, Morrisville, NC 27560. Persons needing 
interpreting services in order to attend should contact 301-402-8180 
(voice) or 301-435-1908 (TTY). Requests should be made at least 7 days 
in advance of the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Preliminary Agenda Topics and Availability of Meeting Materials

    Preliminary agenda topics include:
     NICEATM-ICCVAM Update.
     Regulatory Acceptance of ICCVAM-Recommended Alternative 
Test Methods.
     Assessment of Acute and Chronic Pain in Animals.
     Federal Agency Research, Development, Translation, and 
Validation Activities Relevant to the NICEATM-ICCVAM Five-Year Plan.
     Current Issues in the Validation of Alternative Methods 
for Assessing Chemically Induced Eye Injuries.
     Alternative Methods for Vaccine Potency Testing.
     Update from the European Centre for the Validation of 
Alternative Methods.
     Update from Health Canada.
     Update from the Korean Center for the Validation of 
Alternative Methods.
    A copy of the preliminary agenda, committee roster, and additional 
information, when available, will be posted on the NTP Web site (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/32822) or available upon request (see ADDRESSES 
above). Following the SACATM meeting, summary minutes will be prepared 
and available on the NTP Web site or upon request.

Request for Comments

    Both written and oral public input on the agenda topics is invited. 
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 (if applicable), and sponsoring organization 
(if any) with the document. Time is allotted during the meeting for 
presentation of oral comments and each organization is allowed one time 
slot per public comment period. At least 7 minutes will be allotted for 
each speaker, and if time permits, may be extended up to 10 minutes at 
the discretion of the chair. Registration for oral comments will also 
be available on-site, although time allowed for presentation by on-site 
registrants may be less than for pre-registered speakers and will be 
determined by the number of persons who register at the meeting. In 
addition to in-person oral comments at the meeting, public comments can 
be presented by teleconference line. There will be 50 lines for this 
call; availability will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The 
available lines will be open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on June 17 and 
8:30 a.m. to adjournment on June 18, although public comments will be 
received only during the formal public comment periods, which will be 
indicated on the preliminary agenda. The access number for the 
teleconference line will be provided to registrants by e-mail prior to 
the meeting.
    Persons registering to make oral comments are asked to do so 
through the online registration form (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/32822) and to send a copy of their statement to Dr. White (see 
ADDRESSES above) by June 10, 2010, to enable review by SACATM, NICEATM-
ICCVAM, 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 and to supplement the record.

Background Information on ICCVAM, NICEATM, and SACATM

    ICCVAM is an interagency committee composed of representatives from 
15 Federal regulatory and research agencies that use, generate, or 
disseminate toxicological information. ICCVAM conducts technical 
evaluations of new, revised, and alternative methods with regulatory 
applicability and promotes the development, scientific validation, 
regulatory acceptance, implementation, and national and international 
harmonization of new, revised, and alternative toxicological test 
methods that more accurately assess the safety and hazards of chemicals 
and products and that refine, reduce, and replace animal use. The 
ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 [42 U.S.C. 285l-3] established ICCVAM 
as a permanent interagency committee of the NIEHS under NICEATM. 
NICEATM administers ICCVAM and provides scientific and operational 
support for ICCVAM-related activities. NICEATM and ICCVAM work 
collaboratively to evaluate new and improved test methods applicable to 
the needs of U.S. Federal agencies. Additional information about ICCVAM 
and NICEATM, guidelines for nomination of test methods for validation 
studies, and guidelines for submission of test methods for ICCVAM 
evaluation are available at: http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov.
    SACATM was established in response to the ICCVAM Authorization Act 
[Section 285l-3(d)] and is composed of scientists from the public and 
private sectors. SACATM advises ICCVAM, NICEATM, and the Director of 
the NIEHS and NTP regarding statutorily mandated duties of ICCVAM and 
activities of NICEATM. SACATM

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provides advice on priorities and activities related to the 
development, validation, scientific review, regulatory acceptance, 
implementation, and national and international harmonization of new, 
revised, and alternative toxicological test methods. Additional 
information about SACATM, including the charter, roster, and records of 
past meetings, can be found at http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/167.

    Dated: May 4, 2010.
John R. Bucher,
Associate Director, National Toxicology Program.
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