[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 10609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4191]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0002]
Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee; Amendment of
Notice
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an amendment
to the notice of a meeting of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory
Committee. This meeting was announced in the Federal Register of
January 26, 2011 (76 FR 4705). The amendment is being made to reflect a
change in the Date and Time, Agenda, Procedures, and Closed Committee
Deliberations portions of the document. There are no other changes.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caryn Cohen, Office of Science, Center
for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug Administration, 9200 Corporate
Blvd., Rockville, MD, 20850, 1-877-287-1373 (choose option 4), e-mail:
[email protected], or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-
741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), and follow the
prompts to the desired center or product area. Please call the
Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of January 26, 2011,
FDA announced that a meeting of the Tobacco Products Scientific
Advisory Committee would be held on March 1 and 2, 2011. On page 4075,
in the third column, the Date and Time portion of the document is
changed to read as follows:
Date and Time: The meeting will be held on March 2, 2011, from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
On page 4076, in the first column, the Agenda portion is changed to
read as follows:
Agenda: On March 2, 2011, the Committee will continue to: (1)
Receive updates from the Menthol Report Subcommittee and (2) receive
and discuss presentations regarding the data requested by the Committee
at the March 30 and 31, 2010, meeting of the Tobacco Products Advisory
Committee.
On page 4076, in the first column, the Procedure portion is changed
to read as follows:
Procedure: On March 2, 2011, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., the meeting
is open to the public. 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 February 15, 2011. Oral presentations from the public will be
scheduled between approximately 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. on March 2, 2011.
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
February 8, 2011. 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 February 9,
2011.
On page 4076, in the second column, the Closed Committee
Deliberations portion is changed to read as follows:
Closed Committee Deliberations: On March 2, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 10
a.m., the meeting will be closed to permit discussion and review of
trade secret and/or confidential commercial information (5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(4)). This portion of the meeting must be closed because the
Committee will be discussing confidential data provided by the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) and the tobacco industry.
This notice is issued under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. app. 2) and 21 CFR part 14, relating to the advisory committees.
Dated: February 18, 2011.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-4191 Filed 2-24-11; 8:45 am]
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