National Toxicology Program (NTP); Liaison and Scientific Review Office; Meeting of the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors, 20411-20412 [E6-5924]
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Estimated
number of
respondents
Type of respondents
Estimated
number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Estimated total
annual burden
hours
requested
Collection and submission of materials
Individuals at academic institutions .................................................................
910
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455
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1128
The annualized cost to respondents is
estimated at $31,978.86, $6,189.46 for
survey completion, and $12,894.70 for
the review of course information and
collection and submission of materials,
respectively.
There are no Capital Costs to report.
There are no Operating or Maintenance
Costs to report.
Request for Comments: Written
comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited
on the following points: (1) Whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the function of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions; (3) Ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, contact Dr. Paul M. Coates,
Director, Office of Dietary Supplements,
National Institutes of Health, Suite
3B01, 6100 Executive Boulevard,
Bethesda, MD 20892–7517; or fax your
request to 301–480–1845; or e-mail
ods@nih.gov. Dr. Coates can be
contacted by telephone at 301–435–
2920.
Comments Due Date: Comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if
received within 60 days of the date of
this publication.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: April 13, 2006.
Paul M. Coates,
Director, Office of Dietary Supplements,
National Institutes of Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Toxicology Program (NTP);
Liaison and Scientific Review Office;
Meeting of the NTP Board of Scientific
Counselors
National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS), National Institutes of Health
(NIH).
ACTION: Meeting announcement and
request for comments
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 92–
463, notice is hereby given of a meeting
of the NTP Board of Scientific
Counselors (NTP BSC). The NTP BSC is
composed of scientists from the public
and private sectors and provides
primary scientific oversight to the
Director for the NTP and evaluates the
scientific merit of the NTP’s intramural
and collaborative programs.
DATES: The NTP BSC meeting will be
held on June 13, 2006. In order to
facilitate planning for this meeting,
persons wishing to make an oral
presentation are asked to notify the
Executive Secretary for the NTP BSC by
May 31, 2006 (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT below). Written
comments should also be received by
May 31, 2006, to enable review by the
NTP BSC and NIEHS/NTP staff prior to
the meeting. Persons needing special
assistance, such as sign language
interpretation or other reasonable
accommodation in order to attend,
should contact 919–541–2475 (voice),
919–541–4644 TTY (text telephone),
through the Federal TTY Relay System
at 800–877–8339, or by e-mail to
niehsoeeo@niehs.nih.gov. Requests
should be made at least 7 days in
advance of the event.
ADDRESSES: The NTP BSC meeting will
be held in the Rodbell Auditorium, Rall
Building at the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences, 111 T.
W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27709.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Public comments and any other
correspondence should be submitted to
Dr. Barbara Shane, Executive Secretary
for the NTP Board (NTP Liaison and
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Scientific Review Office, NIEHS, P.O.
Box 12233, MD A3–01, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709; telephone:
919–541–4253, fax: 919–541–0295; or email: shane@niehs.nih.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Preliminary Agenda Topics and
Availability of Meeting Materials
Preliminary agenda topics are as
follows:
• NIEHS Strategic Plan.
• Update of NTP Activities.
• NTP BSC’s Technical Report
Review Subcommittee Report.
• NTP Testing Nominations.
A copy of the preliminary agenda,
committee roster, and any additional
information, when available, will be
posted on the NTP Web site or may be
requested in hardcopy from the
Executive Secretary for the NTP BSC
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
above). Following the meeting,
summary minutes will be prepared and
made available on the NTP Web site.
Attendance and Registration
The meeting is scheduled for June 13,
2006, from 8:30 a.m. to adjournment
and 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 NTP Web site by May 31, 2006,
to facilitate access to the NIEHS
campus. Please note that a photo ID is
required to access the NIEHS campus.
The NTP is making plans to videocast
the meeting through the Internet at
https://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/
video.htm.
Request for Comments
Time is allotted during the meeting
for the public to present comment to the
NTP BSC and NTP staff on the agenda
topics. 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. Registration for oral
comments will also be available on-site,
although time allowed for presentation
by on-site registrants may be less than
that for pre-registered speakers and will
be determined by the number of persons
who register at the meeting.
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Persons registering to make oral
comments are asked, if possible, to send
a copy of their statement to the
Executive Secretary for the NTP BSC
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
above) by May 31, 2006, to enable
review by the NTP BSC and NIEHS/NTP
staff prior to the meeting. 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 NTP
BSC and NIEHS/NTP staff and to
supplement the record. Written
comments received in response to this
notice will be posted on the NTP Web
site. Persons submitting written
comments should include their name,
affiliation, mailing address, phone, fax,
e-mail, and sponsoring organization (if
any) with the document. Please note
that this meeting provides a second
opportunity for the public to provide
comment on testing recommendations
for substances nominated to the NTP.
Comments submitted to the NTP in
response to the April 2006 Federal
Register notice on this topic (Volume
71, Number 69, pages 18341–18344)
will be considered at the NTP BSC
meeting and do not need to be
resubmitted.
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Background Information on the NTP
Board of Scientific Counselors
The NTP BSC is a technical advisory
body comprised of scientists from the
public and private sectors who provide
primary scientific oversight to the
overall program and its centers.
Specifically, the NTP BSC advises the
NTP on matters of scientific program
content, both present and future, and
conducts periodic review of the program
for the purposes 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 and
neurotoxicology, immunotoxicology,
reproductive toxicology or teratology,
and biostatistics. Members serve
overlapping terms of up to four years.
NTP BSC meetings are held annually or
biannually.
Dated: April 11, 2006.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences and National
Toxicology Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Rationale for Revising Final FY 2006
CMHS BG Calculations
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
SAMHSA used the July 1, 2003
population estimates file (SC–EST2003–
race5.txt; released by the Census Bureau
on September 30, 2004) that was
available on the cut-off date of October
1, 2004 for both preliminary and final
FY 2006 CMHS BG allotment
calculations. The file included a 5category, mutually-nonexclusive race
variable that allowed multiple counting
of persons who reported more than one
race. Internal reviews have indicated
that though calculations for determining
State allotments were done correctly,
the file (SC–EST2003–race6.csv;
released by the Census Bureau on
September 30, 2004) containing a 6category, race6.csv; released by the
Census Bureau on September 30, 2004)
containing a 6-category, mutuallyexclusive (i.e., no multiple counting)
race variable would have been more
appropriate for use in the calculations.
An examination of these two data files
has indicated that multiple counting of
persons was particularly higher for
Hawaii (26.3%), Alaska (5.0%),
California (2.5%), Colorado (1.9%),
Nevada (2.6%), Oklahoma (4.2%),
Oregon (2.5%) and Washington (3.1%),
compared to the national average
(1.6%).
Revision of Final Fiscal Year (FY) 2006
State Allotment of Community Mental
Health Services (CMHS) Block Grant
(BG)
Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA).
ACTION: Public notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: SAMHSA has revised the
final FY 2006 calculations for the CMHS
BG 50 States and Washington, DC after
it has been discerned that the July 1,
2003 population estimates used in the
calculation involved multiple counting
of persons who reported more than one
race. This notice describes the
background and rationale for revising
the calculations and presents a revised
set of State-specific final FY 2006 CMHS
BG allotment figures, showing the
differences in the two sets of
calculations.
Joe
Gfroerer, Office of Applied Studies/
SAMHSA, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room
7–1015, Rockville, MD 20857, (240)
276–1262.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Background
Under Public Law 102–321, the
Secretary of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS),
acting through the Director of
SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health
Services, determines the allotments for
States and territories for the CMHS BG
and disburses federal funds to eligible
States and territories. Public Law 102–
321 contains the eligibility criteria for
receipt of funds under the CMHS BG,
and provides the formulae and methods
for determining State and territory
allotments. The Office of Applied
Studies (OAS) at SAMHSA is
responsible for acquisition and
compilation of required source data and
the computation of BG allotment
amounts for States and territories. The
preliminary and final FY 2006 CMHS
BG allotment calculations were
performed in accordance with SAMHSA
procedures established during 1995 that
were documented in the Federal
Register notice published on June 26,
1996. The law requires that the CMHS
BG calculations use the most recent
State-level data for resident population
by age (18–24, 25–44, 45–64, and 65 or
over) and for the cost-of-services index
and the fiscal capacity index.
Revised Final FY 2006 CMHS
Allotments
Taking into consideration both the
multiple-counting problem with the
population estimates source data used
and the procedural requirement for
using source data for the FY 2006 CMHS
BG allotment determinations that were
released on or before October 1, 2004,
SAMHSA has revised the final FY 2006
CMHS BG allotments. Revised final
State allotments for FY 2006 were
determined by replacing the 5-categoryrace-based population estimates with
the 6-category-race-based population
estimates. A comparison of the revised
final FY 2006 CMHS BG State
allotments with current allotments is
shown in the following Table. The
attachment shows FY 2005 final
allotments, current and revised FY 2006
CMHS BG allotments, and the difference
in these allotments in dollars and
percent. The revised allotments are
lower for Alaska, California, Colorado,
Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, New York,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington, and the
District of Columbia, while the revised
allotments for all other States increased
by small amounts. The allotments for all
territories would remain unchanged
with the revision, as would the
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Toxicology Program (NTP); Liaison and Scientific Review
Office; Meeting of the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors
AGENCY: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS),
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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 (NTP BSC). The NTP
BSC is composed of scientists from the public and private sectors and
provides primary scientific oversight to the Director for the NTP and
evaluates the scientific merit of the NTP's intramural and
collaborative programs.
DATES: The NTP BSC meeting will be held on June 13, 2006. In order to
facilitate planning for this meeting, persons wishing to make an oral
presentation are asked to notify the Executive Secretary for the NTP
BSC by May 31, 2006 (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT below).
Written comments should also be received by May 31, 2006, to enable
review by the NTP BSC and NIEHS/NTP staff prior to the meeting. Persons
needing special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or
other reasonable accommodation in order to attend, should contact 919-
541-2475 (voice), 919-541-4644 TTY (text telephone), through the
Federal TTY Relay System at 800-877-8339, or by e-mail to
niehsoeeo@niehs.nih.gov. Requests should be made at least 7 days in
advance of the event.
ADDRESSES: The NTP BSC meeting will be held in the Rodbell Auditorium,
Rall Building at the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences, 111 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Public comments and any other
correspondence should be submitted to Dr. Barbara Shane, Executive
Secretary for the NTP Board (NTP Liaison and Scientific Review Office,
NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD A3-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709;
telephone: 919-541-4253, fax: 919-541-0295; or e-mail:
shane@niehs.nih.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Preliminary Agenda Topics and Availability of Meeting Materials
Preliminary agenda topics are as follows:
NIEHS Strategic Plan.
Update of NTP Activities.
NTP BSC's Technical Report Review Subcommittee Report.
NTP Testing Nominations.
A copy of the preliminary agenda, committee roster, and any
additional information, when available, will be posted on the NTP Web
site or may be requested in hardcopy from the Executive Secretary for
the NTP BSC (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above). Following the
meeting, summary minutes will be prepared and made available on the NTP
Web site.
Attendance and Registration
The meeting is scheduled for June 13, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to
adjournment and 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 NTP Web site by May 31, 2006, to facilitate
access to the NIEHS campus. Please note that a photo ID is required to
access the NIEHS campus. The NTP is making plans to videocast the
meeting through the Internet at https://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/
video.htm.
Request for Comments
Time is allotted during the meeting for the public to present
comment to the NTP BSC and NTP staff on the agenda topics. 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. Registration for oral comments will also be
available on-site, although time allowed for presentation by on-site
registrants may be less than that for pre-registered speakers and will
be determined by the number of persons who register at the meeting.
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Persons registering to make oral comments are asked, if possible,
to send a copy of their statement to the Executive Secretary for the
NTP BSC (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above) by May 31, 2006, to
enable review by the NTP BSC and NIEHS/NTP staff prior to the meeting.
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 NTP BSC and NIEHS/NTP
staff and to supplement the record. Written comments received in
response to this notice will be posted on the NTP Web site. Persons
submitting written comments should include their name, affiliation,
mailing address, phone, fax, e-mail, and sponsoring organization (if
any) with the document. Please note that this meeting provides a second
opportunity for the public to provide comment on testing
recommendations for substances nominated to the NTP. Comments submitted
to the NTP in response to the April 2006 Federal Register notice on
this topic (Volume 71, Number 69, pages 18341-18344) will be considered
at the NTP BSC meeting and do not need to be resubmitted.
Background Information on the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors
The NTP BSC is a technical advisory body comprised of scientists
from the public and private sectors who provide primary scientific
oversight to the overall program and its centers. Specifically, the NTP
BSC advises the NTP on matters of scientific program content, both
present and future, and conducts periodic review of the program for the
purposes 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 and neurotoxicology, immunotoxicology, reproductive
toxicology or teratology, and biostatistics. Members serve overlapping
terms of up to four years. NTP BSC meetings are held annually or
biannually.
Dated: April 11, 2006.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
and National Toxicology Program.
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