[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 100 (Thursday, May 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 24136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10695]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors; 
Announcement of Meeting; Request for Comments; Amended Notice

SUMMARY: This notice amends Federal Register notice 82 FR 20484, 
published May 2, 2017, announcing the National Toxicology Program (NTP) 
Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) meeting and requesting comments. 
The deadline for registration has been changed to June 29, 2017. The 
BSC will provide input to the NTP on programmatic activities and 
issues. The preliminary agenda has been updated and topics include 
reports from the NIEHS/NTP Director and NTP Associate Director, and 
presentations on programmatic activities including NTP efforts and 
challenges toward studying real world exposures and a state of the 
science evaluation of transgenerational inheritance of health effects. 
This meeting will also provide opportunity for input on an effort being 
coordinated by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation 
of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) to explore new approaches for 
evaluating the safety of chemicals and medical products in the United 
States. All other information in the original notice has not changed. 
Interested individuals should visit the meeting Web page to stay 
abreast of agenda topics and other arrangements for the meeting. 
Information about the meeting and registration is available at http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165.

DATES: Meeting: June 29, 2017; it begins at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard 
Time (EST) until adjournment.

    Dated: May 11, 2017.
John R. Bucher,
Associate Director, National Toxicology Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-10695 Filed 5-24-17; 8:45 am]
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