[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 138 (Monday, July 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 42822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17735]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Informational Meeting: The Importation and Exportation of 
Infectious Biological Agents, Infectious Substances and Vectors; 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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hosting a public 
webcast which will include representatives from the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, CDC 
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Food and Drug 
Administration, HHS/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 
and Response/Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. 
This public webcast will address import and export regulations for 
infectious biological agents, infectious substances, and vectors, and 
import and export exemptions. The purpose of this notice is to inform 
all interested parties, including those individuals and entities 
already possessing an import or export permit (or license) of the 
webcast.

DATES: The webcast will be held on September 16, 2015 from 11 a.m. to 4 
p.m. EDT. Registration instructions are found on the HHS/CDC's Import 
Permit Program Web site, http://www.cdc.gov/od/eaipp/importApplication/agents.htm.

ADDRESSES: The webcast will be broadcast from the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30329.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Von McClee, 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 30333; phone: 404-718-2000; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This webcast is an opportunity for the 
regulated community (i.e., academic institutions and biomedical 
centers, commercial manufacturing facilities, federal, state, and local 
laboratories, including clinical and diagnostic laboratories, research 
facilities, exhibition facilities, and educational facilities) and 
other interested individuals to obtain specific regulatory guidance and 
information regarding import and export regulations. The webcast will 
also provide assistance to those interested in applying for an import 
or export permit (or license) from federal agencies within the United 
States.
    Instructions for registration are found on the HHS/CDC's Import 
Permit Program Web site, http://www.cdc.gov/od/eaipp/importApplication/agents.htm. Participants must register by September 2, 2015. This is a 
webcast only event and there will be no on-site participation at the 
HHS/CDC broadcast facility.

    Dated: July 15, 2015.
Pamela J. Cox,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2015-17735 Filed 7-17-15; 8:45 am]
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