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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2012–N–0001]
Risk Communication Advisory
Committee; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
This notice announces a forthcoming
meeting of a public advisory committee
of the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA). The meeting will be open to the
public.
Name of Committee: Risk
Communication Advisory Committee.
General Function of the Committee:
To provide advice and
recommendations to the Agency on
FDA’s regulatory issues.
Date and Time: The meeting will be
held on November 2, 2012, from 8 a.m.
to 3 p.m.
Location: FDA White Oak Campus,
Building 31 Conference Center, Great
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Room, 10903 New Hampshire Ave.,
Silver Spring, MD 20993. Information
regarding special accommodations due
to a disability, visitor parking, and
transportation may be accessed at:
https://www.fda.gov/
AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm; under
the heading ‘‘Resources for You,’’ click
on ‘‘Public Meetings at the FDA White
Oak Campus.’’ Please note that visitors
to the White Oak Campus must enter
through Building 1.
Contact Person: Lee L. Zwanziger,
Risk Communication Staff, Office of
Planning, Food and Drug
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 32, Rm. 3278, Silver Spring,
MD 20993, 301–796–9151, FAX: 301–
847–8611, email: RCAC@fda.hhs.gov, or
FDA Advisory Committee Information
Line, 1–800–741–8138 (301–443–0572
in the Washington, DC area), to find out
further information regarding FDA
advisory committee information. A
notice in the Federal Register about last
minute modifications that impact a
previously announced advisory
committee meeting cannot always be
published quickly enough to provide
timely notice. Therefore, you should
always check the Agency’s Web site at
https://www.fda.gov/
AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and
scroll down to the appropriate advisory
committee meeting link, or call the
advisory committee information line to
learn about possible modifications
before coming to the meeting.
Agenda: On November 2, 2012, the
Committee will discuss general factors
in risk communication about FDA
regulated products, including
approaches to avoid message fatigue and
related communication barriers such as
prevention or warning fatigue or
inaccurate risk perception.
FDA intends to make background
material available to the public no later
than 2 business days before the meeting.
If FDA is unable to post the background
material on its Web site prior to the
meeting, the background material will
be made publicly available at the
location of the advisory committee
meeting, and the background material
will be posted on FDA’s Web site after
the meeting. Background material is
available at https://www.fda.gov/
AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/
default.htm. Scroll down to the
appropriate advisory committee meeting
link.
Procedure: Interested persons may
present data, information, or views,
orally or in writing, on issues pending
before the committee. Written
submissions may be made to the contact
person on or before October 25, 2012.
Oral presentations from the public will
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Dated: October 9, 2012.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special
Medical Programs.
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be scheduled between approximately
10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on November
2, 2012. Those individuals interested in
making formal oral presentations should
notify the contact person and submit a
brief statement of the general nature of
the evidence or arguments they wish to
present, the names and addresses of
proposed participants, and an
indication of the approximate time
requested to make their presentation on
or before October 25, 2012. Time
allotted for each presentation may be
limited. If the number of registrants
requesting to speak is greater than can
be reasonably accommodated during the
scheduled open public hearing session,
FDA may conduct a lottery to determine
the speakers for the scheduled open
public hearing session. The contact
person will notify interested persons
regarding their request to speak by
October 26, 2012. Interested persons can
also log on to https://
collaboration.fda.gov/rcac/ to hear and
see the proceedings.
Persons attending FDA’s advisory
committee meetings are advised that the
Agency is not responsible for providing
access to electrical outlets.
FDA welcomes the attendance of the
public at its advisory committee
meetings and will make every effort to
accommodate persons with physical
disabilities or special needs. If you
require special accommodations due to
a disability, please contact Lee L.
Zwanziger at least 7 days in advance of
the meeting.
FDA is committed to the orderly
conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our Web site at
https://www.fda.gov/
AdvisoryCommittees/
AboutAdvisoryCommittees/
ucm111462.htm for procedures on
public conduct during advisory
committee meetings.
Notice of this meeting is given under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(5 U.S.C. app. 2).
Rural Health Network Development
Program
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(Pub. L. 92–463), notice is hereby given
of the following meeting:
Name: National Advisory Council on the
National Health Service Corps (NHSC).
Dates and Times: November 1, 2012—8:30
a.m.–4:30 p.m., November 2, 2012—8:00
a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Place: Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Parklawn Building
(and via audio conference call), 5600 Fishers
Lane, Room 16–49, Rockville, MD 20857.
Status: The meeting will be open to the
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Agenda: The Council is convening in
Rockville, Maryland, to hear HRSA and
NHSC program updates and discuss NHSC’s
retention strategy and inter-agency workforce
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Telephone: 301–443–2541.
Dated: October 5, 2012.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information
Coordination.
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ACTION: Notice of Non-competitive
Replacement Award to Siloam Springs
Regional Health Cooperative, Inc.
AGENCY:
The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) is
issuing a non-competitive replacement
award under the Rural Health Network
Development Program to the Siloam
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Springs Regional Health Cooperative,
Inc. This non-competitive replacement
award will continue activities to
improve the treatment and prevention of
chronic disease, increase provider
knowledge and effective use of health
information technology and perform
network development activities to
ensure the sustainability and viability of
a rural health network in order to serve
rural, medically underserved residents
in rural, northwest Arkansas and
northeast Oklahoma.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Former Grantee of Record: ARcare.
Original Period of Grant Support: May
1, 2011, to April 30, 2014.
Replacement Awardee: Siloam
Springs Regional Health Cooperative,
Inc.
Amount of Replacement Award:
$179,748.
Period of Replacement Award: The
period of support for this award is
October 1, 2012, to April 30, 2014.
Authority: Section 330A(f) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254(c)(f), as
amended.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number: 93.912.
Justification for the Exception to
Competition: The primary goals of the
project funded through the Rural Health
Network Development Grant Program
are to improve the capacity of network
members to treat and prevent chronic
disease, increase provider knowledge
and effective use of health information
technology, and strengthen network
sustainability. The current grantee,
ARcare, was originally awarded the
Rural Health Network Development
Grant D06RH21666 on May 1, 2011, to
serve as the grantee of record
representing the rural health network
serving counties in northwest Arkansas
and northeast Oklahoma. Since May 1,
2011, the Siloam Springs Regional
Health Cooperative, Inc. (SSRHC), an
organization composed of the
participating network members, was
primarily responsible for administering
the program activities of the Rural
Health Network Development Project.
SSRHC has now obtained 501(c)3 status;
and ARcare notified HRSA that, while
they will remain involved in the project,
they would like to relinquish their
responsibilities as grantee of record to
SSRHC to ensure efficient
administration of the award and
strengthen the Network’s future viability
and growth. SSRHC has demonstrated a
history of successfully managing and
achieving project goals and now has the
organizational structure to support the
fiscal management responsibilities of
the grant. This replacement award will
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2012-N-0001]
Risk Communication Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory
committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will
be open to the public.
Name of Committee: Risk Communication Advisory Committee.
General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and
recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues.
Date and Time: The meeting will be held on November 2, 2012, from 8
a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: FDA White Oak Campus, Building 31 Conference Center,
Great Room, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993.
Information regarding special accommodations due to a disability,
visitor parking, and transportation may be accessed at:
http:[sol][sol]www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm; under the
heading ``Resources for You,'' click on ``Public Meetings at the FDA
White Oak Campus.'' Please note that visitors to the White Oak Campus
must enter through Building 1.
Contact Person: Lee L. Zwanziger, Risk Communication Staff, Office
of Planning, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave.,
Bldg. 32, Rm. 3278, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-9151, FAX: 301-
847-8611, email: RCAC@fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory Committee
Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC
area), to find out further information regarding FDA advisory committee
information. A notice in the Federal Register about last minute
modifications that impact a previously announced advisory committee
meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide timely
notice. Therefore, you should always check the Agency's Web site at
http:[sol][sol]www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and scroll
down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting link, or call the
advisory committee information line to learn about possible
modifications before coming to the meeting.
Agenda: On November 2, 2012, the Committee will discuss general
factors in risk communication about FDA regulated products, including
approaches to avoid message fatigue and related communication barriers
such as prevention or warning fatigue or inaccurate risk perception.
FDA intends to make background material available to the public no
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post
the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the
background material will be made publicly available at the location of
the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be
posted on FDA's Web site after the meeting. Background material is
available at http:[sol][sol]www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/
default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting
link.
Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee.
Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before
October 25, 2012. Oral presentations from the public will
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be scheduled between approximately 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on
November 2, 2012. Those individuals interested in making formal oral
presentations should notify the contact person and submit a brief
statement of the general nature of the evidence or arguments they wish
to present, the names and addresses of proposed participants, and an
indication of the approximate time requested to make their presentation
on or before October 25, 2012. Time allotted for each presentation may
be limited. If the number of registrants requesting to speak is greater
than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public
hearing session, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine the speakers
for the scheduled open public hearing session. The contact person will
notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by October
26, 2012. Interested persons can also log on to
https:[sol][sol]collaboration.fda.gov/rcac/ to hear and see the
proceedings.
Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised
that the Agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical
outlets.
FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with
physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special
accommodations due to a disability, please contact Lee L. Zwanziger at
least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our Web site at http:[sol][sol]www.fda.gov/
AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm for procedures
on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).
Dated: October 9, 2012.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
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