[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 243 (Monday, December 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59848-59849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23499]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of 
Partially Closed Meeting

    Pursuant to section 1009 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National Advisory 
Environmental Health Sciences Council.
    The meeting will be partially open to the public as indicated 
below, with attendance limited to space available. Individuals who plan 
to attend as well as those who need special assistance, such as sign 
language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, must notify 
the Contact Person listed below in advance of the meeting. The open 
session will be videocast and can be accessed from the NIH Videocasting 
and Podcasting website (https://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/webcasts).

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    The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the 
provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 
U.S.C., as amended. The intramural programs and projects as well as the 
grant applications and/or contract proposals and the discussions could 
disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as 
patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals 
associated with the grant applications and/or contract proposals, the 
disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of 
personal privacy.

    Name of Committee: National Advisory Environmental Health 
Sciences Council.
    Date: March 18, 2026.
    Open: 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
    Agenda: Call to Order and Opening Remarks, Review of 
Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest, Consideration of Previous 
Meeting Minutes, Report of the NIEHS Director, and Report of the 
DERT Director.
    Address: NIEHS, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, 
NC 27709.
    Meeting Format: Virtual.
    Open: 11:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
    Agenda: NIEHS Scientific Concept 1.
    Address: NIEHS, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, 
NC 27709.
    Meeting Format: Virtual.
    Open: 12:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
    Agenda: NIEHS Scientific Concepts 2 and 3.
    Address: NIEHS, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, 
NC 27709.
    Meeting Format: Virtual.
    Closed: 2:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Agenda: To review and evaluate consideration of Intramural BSC 
Reports, Review of Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest, and 
Consideration of Grant Applications.
    Address: NIEHS, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, 
NC 27709.
    Meeting Format: Virtual.
    Contact Person: David M. Balshaw, Ph.D., Director and Acting 
Chief, Scientific Review Branch, Division of Extramural Research and 
Training, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P.O. 
Box 12233, MD EC-27, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2233, 984-287-
3234, [email protected].

    Registration is not required to attend the open portion of this 
meeting.
    Any interested person may file written comments with the 
committee by forwarding the statement to the Contact Persons listed 
on this notice. The statement should include the name, address, 
telephone number and when applicable, the business or professional 
affiliation of the interested person.
    Any member of the public interested in presenting oral comments 
to the committee may notify the Contact Person listed on this notice 
at least 10 days in advance of the meeting. Interested individuals 
and representatives of an organization may submit a letter of 
intent, a brief description of the organization represented and a 
short description of the oral presentation. Only one representative 
of an organization may be allowed to present oral comments and 
presentations may be limited to five minutes. Both printed and 
electronic copies are requested for the record. In addition, any 
interested person may file written comments with the committee by 
forwarding the statement to the Contact Person listed on this 
notice. The statement should include the name, address, telephone 
number and when applicable, the business or professional affiliation 
of the interested person.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.115, 
Biometry and Risk Estimation--Health Risks from Environmental 
Exposures; 93.142, NIEHS Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety 
Training; 93.143, NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances--Basic 
Research and Education; 93.894, Resources and Manpower Development 
in the Environmental Health Sciences; 93.113, Biological Response to 
Environmental Health Hazards; 93.114, Applied Toxicological Research 
and Testing, National Institutes of Health, HHS)

    Dated: December 16, 2025.
Denise M. Santeufemio,
Supervisory Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee 
Policy.
[FR Doc. 2025-23499 Filed 12-19-25; 8:45 am]
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