National Toxicology Program (NTP); Liaison and Scientific Review Office; Meeting of the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors, 27134-27135 [E7-9174]

Download as PDF pwalker on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES 27134 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 92 / Monday, May 14, 2007 / Notices private citizen burden hours (20 minutes/communication): 8. B. Model Qualified Blind Trust: total users (executive branch): 2; private citizen users (100%): 2; private citizen burden hours (100 hours/model): 200. C. Model Qualified Diversified Trust: total users (executive branch): 1; private citizen users (100%): 1; private citizen burden hours (100 hours/model): 100. D.–H. Of the five remaining model qualified trust documents: total users (executive branch): 2; private citizen users (100%): 2; private citizen burden hours (100 hours/model): 200. I.–J. Of the two model confidentiality agreements: total users (executive branch): 1; private citizen users (100%): 1; private citizen burden hours (50 hours/agreement): 50. However, the total annual reporting hour burden on filers themselves is zero and not the 563 hours estimated above because OGE’s estimating methodology reflects the fact that all respondents hire private trust administrators or other private representatives to set up and maintain the qualified blind and diversified trusts. Respondents themselves, typically incoming private citizen Presidential nominees, therefore incur no hour burden. The estimated total annual cost burden to respondents resulting from the collection of information is $1,000,000. Those who use the model documents for guidance are private trust administrators or other private representatives hired to set up and maintain the qualified blind and diversified trusts of executive branch officials who seek to establish qualified trusts. The cost burden figure is based primarily on OGE’s knowledge of the typical trust administrator fee structure (an average of 1 percent of total assets) and OGE’s experience with administration of the qualified trust program. The $1,000,000 annual cost figure is based on OGE’s estimate of an average of five active trusts anticipated to be under administration for each of the next two years with combined total assets of $100,000,000. However, OGE notes that the $1,000,000 figure is a cost estimate for the overall administration of the trusts, only a portion of which relates to information collection and reporting. For want of a precise way to break out the costs directly associated with information collection, OGE is continuing to report to OMB the full $1,000,000 estimate for paperwork clearance purposes. Public comment is invited on each aspect of the model qualified trust certificates and model trust documents, and underlying regulatory provisions, as set forth in this notice, including specific views on the need for and VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:21 May 11, 2007 Jkt 211001 practical utility of this set of collections of information, the accuracy of OGE’s burden estimate, the potential for enhancement of quality, utility and clarity of the information collected, and the minimization of burden (including the use of information technology). Comments received in response to this notice will be summarized for, and may be included with, the OGE request for extension of the OMB paperwork approval for the set of the various existing qualified trust model certificates, the model communications package, and the model trust documents. The comments will also become a matter of public record. Approved: May 3, 2007. Robert I. Cusick, Director, Office of Government Ethics. [FR Doc. E7–9162 Filed 5–11–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6345–02–P 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. 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 NTP Director and evaluates the scientific merit of the NTP’s intramural and collaborative programs. DATES: The NTP BSC meeting will be held on June 22, 2007. The deadlines for submission of written comments and for pre-registration for the meeting are June 8 and June 15, 2007, respectively. 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 email 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 NIEHS, 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Public comments and PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 any other correspondence should be submitted to Dr. Barbara Shane, Executive Secretary for the NTP BSC (NTP Liaison and Scientific Review Office, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD A3– 01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; fax: 919–541–0295; or e-mail: shane@niehs.nih.gov). Dr. Barbara Shane (telephone: 919–541– 4253 or e-mail: shane@niehs.nih.gov). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preliminary Agenda Topics and Availability of Meeting Materials Preliminary agenda topics include: • Update of NTP activities. • Implementation of workshop and NTP retreat recommendations. • Review of NTP contracts. • NTP testing nominations. • Five-year plan for the NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM)—Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM). A copy of the preliminary agenda, committee roster, and any additional information, when available, will be posted on the NTP Web site (https:// ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165) or may be requested in hardcopy from the Executive Secretary for the NTP BSC (see ADDRESSES 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 22, 2007, 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 June 15, 2007 to facilitate planning for the meeting. 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 comments to the NTP BSC 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 at the discretion of the NTP BSC chair. 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 preregistered speakers and will be E:\FR\FM\14MYN1.SGM 14MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 92 / Monday, May 14, 2007 / Notices determined by the number of persons who register at the meeting. 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 ADDRESSES above) by June 8, 2007, to enable review by the NTP BSC 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 and persons identified by their name and affiliation and/or sponsoring organization, if applicable. Persons submitting written comments should include their name, affiliation (if applicable), phone, e-mail, and sponsoring organization (if any) with the document. 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. pwalker on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES Dated: May 3, 2007. Samuel H. Wilson, Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program. [FR Doc. E7–9174 Filed 5–11–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:21 May 11, 2007 Jkt 211001 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 27135 May 7, 2007. Carolyn M. Clancy, Director. [FR Doc. 07–2365 Filed 5–11–07; 8:45am] BILLING CODE 4160–90–M Notice of Meeting In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), announcement is made of a Health Care Policy and Research Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) meeting. A Special Emphasis Panel is a group of experts in fields related to health care research who are invited by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and agree to be available, to conduct on an a needed basis, scientific reviews of applications of AHRQ support. Individual members of the Panel do not attend regularly-scheduled meetings and do not serve for fixed terms or a long period of time. Rather, they are asked to participate in particular review meetings which require their type of expertise. Substantial segments of the upcoming SEP meeting listed below will be closed to the public in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, section 10(d) of 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2 and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant applications for Ambulatory Safety and Quality: ‘‘Enabling Patient-Centered Care through Health IT (R18),’’ are to be reviewed and discussed at this meeting. These discussions are likely to reveal personal information concerning individuals associated with the applications. This information is exempt from mandatory disclosure under the above-cited statutes. SEP Meeting on: Ambulatory Safety and Quality: Enabling Patient-Centered Care through Health IT (R18). Date: June 14–15, 2007 (Open on July 14 from 8 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. and closed for the remainder of the meeting). Place: Hilton Washington DC/ Rockville Executive Meeting (Formerly the Doubletree Hotel), 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of members, agenda or minutes of the non-confidential portions of this meeting should contact Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, Committee Management Officer, Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations, AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Room 2038, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Telephone (301) 427– 1554. Agenda items for this meeting are subject to change as priorities dictate. PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. 2007N–0053] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Food Labeling Regulations AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Fax written comments on the collection of information by June 13, 2007. ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are received, OMB recommends that written comments be faxed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX: 202–395–6974. All comments should be identified with the OMB control number 0910–0381. Also include the FDA docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonna Capezzuto, Office of the Chief Information Officer (HFA–250), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301–827– 4659. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for review and clearance. 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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: E7-9174]


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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.

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 NTP Director and evaluates 
the scientific merit of the NTP's intramural and collaborative 
programs.

DATES: The NTP BSC meeting will be held on June 22, 2007. The deadlines 
for submission of written comments and for pre-registration for the 
meeting are June 8 and June 15, 2007, respectively. 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 NIEHS, 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27709. Public comments and any other correspondence should be 
submitted to Dr. Barbara Shane, Executive Secretary for the NTP BSC 
(NTP Liaison and Scientific Review Office, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD 
A3-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; fax: 919-541-0295; or e-mail: 
shane@niehs.nih.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Barbara Shane (telephone: 919-541-
4253 or e-mail: shane@niehs.nih.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Preliminary Agenda Topics and Availability of Meeting Materials

    Preliminary agenda topics include:
     Update of NTP activities.
     Implementation of workshop and NTP retreat 
recommendations.
     Review of NTP contracts.
     NTP testing nominations.
     Five-year plan for the NTP Interagency Center for the 
Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM)--Interagency 
Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods 
(ICCVAM).
    A copy of the preliminary agenda, committee roster, and any 
additional information, when available, will be posted on the NTP Web 
site (https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165) or may be requested in hardcopy 
from the Executive Secretary for the NTP BSC (see ADDRESSES 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 22, 2007, 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 June 15, 2007 to facilitate 
planning for the meeting. 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 
comments to the NTP BSC 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 at the discretion of the NTP BSC chair. 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

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determined by the number of persons who register at the meeting.
    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 ADDRESSES above) by June 8, 2007, to enable review by the 
NTP BSC 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 and persons identified by their name and affiliation 
and/or sponsoring organization, if applicable. Persons submitting 
written comments should include their name, affiliation (if 
applicable), phone, e-mail, and sponsoring organization (if any) with 
the document.

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: May 3, 2007.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 
and National Toxicology Program.
[FR Doc. E7-9174 Filed 5-11-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4140-01-P
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