[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 2870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00825]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2016-N-0001]
Request for Nominations on the Technical Electronic Product
Radiation Safety Standards Committee
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting any
industry organizations interested in participating in the selection of
voting industry representatives to serve on the Technical Electronic
Product Radiation Safety Standards Committee for the Center for Devices
and Radiological Health to notify FDA in writing. FDA is also
requesting nominations for voting industry representatives to serve on
the Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards Committee.
A nominee may either be self-nominated or nominated by an organization
to serve as a voting industry representative. Nominations will be
accepted for current vacancies effective with this notice.
DATES: Any industry organization interested in participating in the
selection of an appropriate voting member to represent industry
interests must send a letter stating that interest to FDA by February
18, 2016, (see sections I and II of this document for further details).
Concurrently, nomination materials for prospective candidates should be
sent to FDA by February 18, 2016.
ADDRESSES: All statements of interest from industry organizations
interested in participating in the selection process of voting industry
representative nomination should be sent to Margaret Ames (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). All nominations for voting industry
representatives may be submitted electronically by accessing the FDA
Advisory Committee Membership Nomination Portal: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/FACTRSPortal/FACTRS/index.cfm or by mail
to Advisory Committee Oversight and Management Staff, Food and Drug
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 32, rm. 5103, Silver
Spring, MD 20993-0002. Information about becoming a member of an FDA
advisory committee can also be obtained by visiting FDA's Web site at
http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Ames, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 66, rm. 5234, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-5960, FAX:
301-847-8505, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agency requests nominations for voting
industry representatives to the following advisory committee:
I. Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards Committee
This Committee provides advice and consultation to the Commissioner
of Food and Drugs on the technical feasibility, reasonableness, and
practicability of performance standards for electronic products, to
control the emission of radiation from such products, and may recommend
electronic product radiation safety standards to the Commissioner for
consideration.
II. Selection Procedure
Any industry organization interested in participating in the
selection of an appropriate voting member to represent industry
interests should send a letter stating that interest to the FDA contact
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) within 30 days of publication of
this document (see DATES). Within the subsequent 30 days, FDA will send
a letter to each organization that has expressed an interest, attaching
a complete list of all such organizations, and a list of all nominees
along with their current resumes. The letter will also state that it is
the responsibility of the interested organizations to confer with one
another and to select a candidate, within 60 days after the receipt of
the FDA letter, to serve as the voting member to represent industry
interests for the committee. The interested organizations are not bound
by the list of nominees in selecting a candidate. However, if no
individual is selected within 60 days, the Commissioner will select the
voting member to represent industry interests.
III. Application Procedure
Individuals may self-nominate and/or an organization may nominate
one or more individuals to serve as a voting industry representative.
Contact information, a current curriculum vitae, and the name of the
committee of interest should be sent to the FDA Advisory Committee
Membership Nomination Portal (see ADDRESSES) within 30 days of
publication of this document (see DATES). FDA will forward all
nominations to the organizations expressing interest in participating
in the selection process for the committee. Persons who nominate
themselves as voting industry representatives will not participate in
the selection process.
FDA seeks to include the views of women, men, members of all racial
and ethnic groups, and individuals with and without disabilities on its
advisory committees and, therefore encourages nominations of
appropriately qualified candidates from these groups.
This notice is issued under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. app. 2) and 21 CFR part 14, relating to advisory committees.
Dated: January 11, 2016.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-00825 Filed 1-15-16; 8:45 am]
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