[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 138 (Monday, July 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42819-42820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17734]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Multi-Agency Informational Meeting Concerning Compliance With the 
Federal Select Agent Program; Public Webcast

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of public webcast.

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SUMMARY: The HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division 
of Select Agents and Toxins (DSAT) and the USDA Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS), Agriculture Select Agent Services (AgSAS) 
are jointly charged with the oversight of the possession, use and 
transfer of biological agents and toxins that have the potential to 
pose a severe threat to public, animal or plant health or to animal or 
plant products (select agents and toxins). This joint effort 
constitutes the Federal Select Agent Program. The purpose of the 
webcast is to provide guidance related to the Federal Select Agent 
Program for interested individuals.

DATES: The webcast will be held on Thursday, November 19, 2015 from 12 
p.m. to 4 p.m. EST. All who wish to join the webcast must register by 
October 23,

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2015. Registration instructions can be found on the Web site http://www.selectagents.gov.

ADDRESSES: The webcast will be broadcast from the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention's facility, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 
30333. This will only be produced as a webcast, therefore no 
accommodations will be provided for in-person participation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    CDC: Ms. Diane Martin, Division of Select Agents and Toxins, Office 
of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., MS A-46, Atlanta, GA 30329; 
phone: 404-718-2000; email: [email protected].
    APHIS: Dr. Keith Wiggins, APHIS Agriculture Select Agent Services, 
4700 River Road, Unit 2, Riverdale, MD 20737; phone: 301-851-3300 
(option 3); email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public webcast is an opportunity for the 
affected community (i.e., registered entity responsible officials, 
alternate responsible officials, and entity owners) and other 
interested individuals to obtain specific regulatory guidance and 
information concerning biosafety, security and incident response issues 
related to the Federal Select Agent Program.
    Representatives from the Federal Select Agent Program will be 
present during the webcast to address questions and concerns from the 
Web participants.
    Individuals who want to participate in the webcast must complete 
their registration online by October 23, 2015. The registration 
instructions are located on this Web site: http://www.selectagents.gov.

    Dated: July 15, 2015.
Pamela J. Cox,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2015-17734 Filed 7-17-15; 8:45 am]
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