[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 250 (Thursday, December 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 96025-96026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31439]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of
Alternative Methods Communities of Practice Webinar on Incorporating
Chemical Information: Resources, Limitations, and Characterizing the
Domain of Applicability for 21st Century Toxicity Testing; Notice of
Public Webinar; Registration Information
SUMMARY: The Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of
Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) announces a public webinar ``Incorporating
Chemical Information: Resources, Limitations, and Characterizing the
Domain of Applicability for 21st Century Toxicity Testing.'' The
webinar is organized on behalf of ICCVAM by the National Toxicology
Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative
Toxicological Methods (NICEATM), National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences, and hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency's National Center for Computational
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Toxicology. Interested persons may participate via Adobe Connect. Time
will be allotted for questions from the audience.
DATES: Webinar: January 24, 2017, 1:00 p.m. to approximately 2:30 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Registration for Webinar: Registration is open through 2:30 p.m. on
January 24, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Webinar Web page: http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/commprac-2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Warren Casey, Director, NICEATM;
email: [email protected]; telephone: (919) 316-4729.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: ICCVAM promotes the development and validation of
toxicity testing methods that protect human health and the environment
while replacing, reducing, or refining animal use. ICCVAM also provides
guidance to test method developers and facilitates collaborations that
promote the development of new test methods. To address these goals,
ICCVAM will hold a Communities of Practice webinar on ``Incorporating
Chemical Information: Resources, Limitations, and Characterizing the
Domain of Applicability for 21st Century Toxicity Testing.''
This webinar will emphasize the importance of understanding the
structural and functional diversity of chemicals used in developing and
validating alternative approaches to traditional in vivo toxicology
test methods. It will also feature next generation chemoinformatics
techniques, which are being used to fully characterize chemical lists,
and highlight case studies where such techniques have been successfully
applied.
The ICCVAM webinar will feature presentations by two experts on
characterizing the domain of applicability for validation of high
throughput test methods and strategies. The preliminary agenda and
additional information about presentations will be posted at http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/commprac-2017 as available.
Webinar and Registration: This webinar is open to the public with
time scheduled for questions by participants following each
presentation. Registration for the webinar is required and is open
through 2:30 p.m. on January 24, 2017. Registration is available at
http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/commprac-2017. Registrants will receive
instructions on how to access and participate in the webinar in the
email confirming their registration. Interested individuals are
encouraged to visit this Web page to stay abreast of the most current
webinar information.
Individuals with disabilities who need accommodation to participate
in this event should contact Cameron Clark at phone: (919) 541-4086 or
email: [email protected]. TTY users should contact the Federal TTY
Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Requests should be made at least five
business days in advance of the event.
Background Information on ICCVAM and NICEATM: ICCVAM is an
interagency committee composed of representatives from 15 federal
regulatory and research agencies that require, use, generate, or
disseminate toxicological and safety testing information. ICCVAM
conducts technical evaluations of new, revised, and alternative safety
testing methods and integrated testing strategies with regulatory
applicability and promotes the scientific validation and regulatory
acceptance of testing methods that more accurately assess the safety
and hazards of chemicals and products and replace, reduce, or refine
(enhance animal well-being and lessen or avoid pain and distress)
animal use. The ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 285l-3)
establishes ICCVAM as a permanent interagency committee of the National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and provides the authority
for ICCVAM involvement in activities relevant to the development of
alternative test methods. ICCVAM acts to ensure that new and revised
test methods are validated to meet the needs of federal agencies,
increase the efficiency and effectiveness of federal agency test method
review, and optimize utilization of scientific expertise outside the
federal government. Additional information about ICCVAM can be found at
http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/iccvam.
NICEATM administers ICCVAM, provides scientific and operational
support for ICCVAM-related activities, and conducts and publishes
analyses and evaluations of data from new, revised, and alternative
testing approaches. NICEATM and ICCVAM work collaboratively to evaluate
new and improved testing approaches applicable to the needs of U.S.
federal agencies. NICEATM and ICCVAM welcome the public nomination of
new, revised, and alternative test methods and strategies for
validation studies and technical evaluations. Additional information
about NICEATM can be found at http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/niceatm.
Dated: December 19, 2016.
John R. Bucher,
Associate Director, National Toxicology Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-31439 Filed 12-28-16; 8:45 am]
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