[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2397-2398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-635]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0002]
Menthol Report Subcommittee of the Tobacco Products Scientific
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: Menthol Report Subcommittee of the Tobacco
Products Scientific 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 February 11, 2011, from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Center for Tobacco Products, 9200 Corporate Blvd,
Rockville, MD, 20850. The telephone number is 1-877-287-1373.
Contact Person: 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. 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
and call the appropriate advisory committee hot line/phone line to
learn about possible modifications before coming to the meeting.
Agenda: On February 11, 2011, the subcommittee will receive
presentations and discuss the timelines and structure of the Tobacco
Products Scientific Advisory Committee's required report to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the impact of use of
menthol in cigarettes on the public health.
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://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee 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
January 28, 2011. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled
between approximately 11 a.m. and 12 noon on February 11, 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
January 20, 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 January 21,
2011.
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 Caryn Cohen 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://www.fda.gov/
AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/
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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: January 6, 2011.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-635 Filed 1-12-11; 8:45 am]
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