[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 106 (Thursday, June 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35360-35361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13053]
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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 to address import and export permit regulations for infectious
biological agents, infectious substances, and vectors; and import and
export permit exemptions. Presenters for this webcast will include
representatives from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT),
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS), 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 (BARDA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife
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Service, and the Public Health Agency of Canada.
DATES: The webcast will be held over two days, August 3, 2016 from 12
p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT and August 4, 2016 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Registration instructions are found on the HHS/CDC 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 all
interested parties (e.g., 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) to
obtain specific guidance and information regarding import and export
permit 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 Import
Permit Program Web site, http://www.cdc.gov/od/eaipp/importApplication/agents.htm. Participants must register by July 15, 2016. This is a
webcast only event and there will be no on-site participation at the
HHS/CDC broadcast facility.
Dated: May 27, 2016.
Veronica Kennedy,
Acting Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-13053 Filed 6-1-16; 8:45 am]
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