[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 138 (Monday, July 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 42822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17735]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Informational Meeting: The Importation and Exportation of
Infectious Biological Agents, Infectious Substances and Vectors; Public
Webcast
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of public webcast.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hosting a public
webcast which will include representatives from the U.S. Department of
Transportation, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, CDC
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, HHS/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness
and Response/Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.
This public webcast will address import and export regulations for
infectious biological agents, infectious substances, and vectors, and
import and export exemptions. The purpose of this notice is to inform
all interested parties, including those individuals and entities
already possessing an import or export permit (or license) of the
webcast.
DATES: The webcast will be held on September 16, 2015 from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. EDT. Registration instructions are found on the HHS/CDC's Import
Permit Program Web site, http://www.cdc.gov/od/eaipp/importApplication/agents.htm.
ADDRESSES: The webcast will be broadcast from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Von McClee, Division of Select Agents
and Toxins, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS A-46,
Atlanta, GA 30333; phone: 404-718-2000; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This webcast is an opportunity for the
regulated community (i.e., academic institutions and biomedical
centers, commercial manufacturing facilities, federal, state, and local
laboratories, including clinical and diagnostic laboratories, research
facilities, exhibition facilities, and educational facilities) and
other interested individuals to obtain specific regulatory guidance and
information regarding import and export regulations. The webcast will
also provide assistance to those interested in applying for an import
or export permit (or license) from federal agencies within the United
States.
Instructions for registration are found on the HHS/CDC's Import
Permit Program Web site, http://www.cdc.gov/od/eaipp/importApplication/agents.htm. Participants must register by September 2, 2015. This is a
webcast only event and there will be no on-site participation at the
HHS/CDC broadcast facility.
Dated: July 15, 2015.
Pamela J. Cox,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2015-17735 Filed 7-17-15; 8:45 am]
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