[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8370-8371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3273]


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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

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 (BSC). The BSC is a 
federally chartered, external advisory group composed of scientists 
from the

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public and private sectors that provides primary scientific oversight 
to the NTP Director and evaluates the scientific merit of the NTP's 
intramural and collaborative programs.

DATES: The BSC meeting will be held on April 13, 2011. The deadline for 
submission of written comments is March 30, 2011, and for pre-
registration to attend the meeting, including registering to present 
oral comments, is April 6, 2011. Persons needing interpreting services 
in order to attend should contact 301-402-8180 (voice) or 301-435-1908 
(TTY). For other accommodations while on the NIEHS campus, contact 919-
541-2475 or e-mail [email protected]. Requests should be made at 
least 7 business days in advance of the event.

ADDRESSES: The 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 on all agenda topics and any other 
correspondence should be submitted to Dr. Lori White, Designated 
Federal Officer for the BSC, NTP Office of Liaison, Policy and Review, 
NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, K2-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; 
telephone: 919-541-9834; fax: 919-541-0295; [email protected]. 
Courier address: NIEHS, 530 Davis Drive, Room K2136, Morrisville, NC 
27560.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Lori White (telephone: 919-541-
9834 or [email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Preliminary Agenda Topics and Availability of Meeting Materials

 Report of the NIEHS/NTP Director
 Report of the NTP Associate Director
 Contract Concept: Potential for Environmental and Therapeutic 
Agents to Induce Immunotoxicity
 NTP's Modified One-Generation Reproduction Study Design
 Statistical Methods used in NTP Technical Reports
 Research Concept: Nanomaterials Exposure Assessment
 NTP Initiative--Strategies to Support Exposure Assessments
 Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction 
Concept: Folic Acid Workshop

     Weight of Evidence Criteria
    The updated agenda, roster of BSC members, background materials, 
public comments, and any additional information, when available, will 
be posted on the BSC meeting website (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165) 
or may be requested in hardcopy from the Designated Federal Officer for 
the BSC (see ADDRESSES above). Following the meeting, summary minutes 
will be prepared and made available on the BSC meeting Web site.

Attendance and Registration

    The meeting is scheduled for April 13, 2011, beginning at 8 a.m. 
(Eastern Standard Time) and continuing to adjournment. This meeting 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 
BSC meeting Web site (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165) by April 6, 
2011, to facilitate planning for the meeting. Registered attendees are 
encouraged to access the meeting website to stay abreast of the most 
current information regarding the meeting. The NTP is making plans to 
videocast the meeting through the Internet at http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/video/live.

Request for Comments

    Written comments submitted in response to this notice should be 
received by March 30, 2011. Comments will be posted on the BSC meeting 
Web site and persons submitting them will be identified by their name 
and affiliation and/or sponsoring organization, if applicable. Persons 
submitting written comments should include their name, affiliation (if 
applicable), phone, email, and sponsoring organization (if any) with 
the document.
    Time will be allotted during the meeting for the public to present 
oral comments to the BSC on the agenda topics. In addition to in-person 
oral comments at the meeting at the NIEHS, 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 AM until adjournment, although public 
comments will be received only during the formal public comment 
periods, which are indicated on the preliminary agenda. 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 BSC chair. Persons 
wishing to present oral comments are encouraged to pre-register on the 
NTP meeting website, indicate whether they will present comments in-
person or via the teleconference line, and list the topic(s) on which 
they plan to comment. The access number for the teleconference line 
will be provided to registrants by email prior to the meeting. 
Registration for oral comments will also be available on both meeting 
days, although time allowed for presentation by these registrants may 
be less than that for pre-registered speakers and will be determined by 
the number of persons who register at the meeting.
    Persons registering to make oral comments are asked to send a copy 
of their statement or PowerPoint slides to the Designated Federal 
Officer for the BSC (see ADDRESSES above) by April 6, 2011. 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 BSC and NTP staff and 
to supplement the record.

Background Information on the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors

    The BSC is a technical advisory body comprised of scientists from 
the public and private sectors that provides primary scientific 
oversight to the NTP. Specifically, the BSC advises the NTP on matters 
of scientific program content, both present and future, and conducts 
periodic review of the program for the purpose 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, neurotoxicology, 
immunotoxicology, reproductive toxicology or teratology, and 
biostatistics. Members serve overlapping terms of up to four years. The 
BSC usually meets biannually.

    Dated: February 2, 2011.
John R. Bucher,
Associate Director, National Toxicology Program.
[FR Doc. 2011-3273 Filed 2-11-11; 8:45 am]
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