National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); Notice of Meeting To Discuss the Procedures and Activities of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods and the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM)

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Pursuant to Public Law 103-43, notice is hereby given of a public meeting sponsored by the NIEHS and the NTP, U.S. Public Health Service, to discuss the planned procedures and activities of a new NTP Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods and the ICCVAM, and to receive comments from invited participants and the public to assist with future activities and priorities. The meeting will be held in the Conference Center, Building 101, South Campus, NIEHS, 111 Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, on November 7, 1997, from 8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Background Information: Public Law 103-43 directed the NIEHS to develop and validate alternative methods that can reduce or eliminate the use of animals in acute or chronic toxicity testing, establish criteria for the validation and regulatory acceptance of alternative testing methods, and recommend a process through which scientifically validated alternative methods can be accepted for regulatory use. Criteria and processes for validation and regulatory acceptance were developed in conjunction with 14 other Federal agencies and programs with broad input and participation from the public. These are