Federal Register: October 10, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 197)
DOCID: FR Doc 03-25779
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
National Toxicology Program
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The National Toxicology Program (NTP) Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) Announces the Availability of the NTPCERHR Monograph on Methanol and Plans for Announcing Availability of Future Monographs.
Summary
The NTPCERHR Monograph on the Potential Human Reproductive and Developmental Effects of Methanol is now available electronically on the CERHR web site or on CD or in printed text from the CERHR (contact information below). All future notifications about the availability of NTPCERHR monographs will be provided through announcements from the NTP listserver (an electronic notification service) and on the CERHR web site: http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov. NTPCERHR Monograph on Methanol
The CERHR announces the availability of the NTPCERHR [[Page 58701]]
Monograph on the Potential Human Reproductive and Developmental Effects
of Methanol. This monograph is the next in the NTPCERHR series and is
posted electronically on the CERHR website: http://cerhr/niehs/nih/gov.
It is also available on CD or in printed text (limited copies) from the
CERHR by contacting Dr. Michael Shelby, Director CERHR [NIEHS, 79 T.W.
Alexander Drive, Building 4401, Room 103, P.O. Box 12233, MD EC32,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, telephone: (919) 5413455; facsimile: (919) 3164511; shelby@niehs.nih.gov.]
The CERHR follows a formal process for the evaluation of selected chemicals that includes opportunities for public input. The NTPCERHR monographs are the final products of those evaluations. NTPCERHR monographs include three parts: (1) The NTP brief, which presents the NTP's interpretation of the available data and its conclusions on the potential for a chemical to cause adverse developmental and reproductive effects in humans, (2) the expert panel report, and (3) all public comments on the expert panel report. The NTP utilizes information provided in the expert panel report, the public comments, as well as information from studies published since the expert panel meeting in reaching its conclusions about any potential hazard for humans.
Plans for Announcing Availability of Future Monographs
All future notifications about the availability of NTPCERHR
monographs will be provided through announcements from the NTP list
server (an electronic mail service) and on the CERHR web site: http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov. Anyone can subscribe to the NTP listserver to
receive notification about these documents and other NTP activities in
several ways: (1) By registering online through the NTP web site at
http://ntpserver.niehs.nih.gov, select Announcements, (2) by sending an email to ntpmailrequest@list.niehs.nih.gov with the word subscribe
as the body of the message, or (3) by contacting the NTP Liaison and
Scientific Review Office (9195410530 or liaison@starbase.niehs.nih.gov). Individuals or groups who have already
subscribed to the NTP listserver do not need to subscribe again.
Monographs are now completed for six phthalates [dibutyl phthalate (DBP), butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP), diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP), di isononyl phthalate (DINP), dinhexyl phthalate (DnHP), and dinoctyl phthalate (DnOP)] and methanol. The monographs for di(2ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), 1bromopropane, 2bromopropane, ethylene glycol, and propylene glycol are in production and the NTP will make them available as soon as they are completed.
Background Information About CERHR
The NTP established the NTP CERHR in June 1998 [Federal Register, December 14, 1998: Volume 63, Number 239, page 68782)]. The CERHR is a publicly accessible resource for information about adverse reproductive and/or developmental health effects associated with exposure to environmental and/or occupational agents. The CERHR carries out assessments of these agents following a formal, multistep, open process that includes rigorous evaluations by independent scientific panels in public forums and opportunities for public input. This process was published in the Federal Register (July 16, 2001: Volume 66, Number 136, pages 3704737048) and is available on the CERHR web site see About CERHR or in printed text from the CERHR.
The CERHR invites the nomination of agents for review or scientists for its expert registry. Information about CERHR and the nomination process can be obtained from its homepage (http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov) or by contacting Dr. Shelby (contact information provided above). The CERHR selects chemicals for evaluation based upon several factors, including production volume, extent of human exposure, public concern, and published evidence of reproductive or developmental toxicity.
Dated: October 2, 2003.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute Environmental Health Sciences [FR Doc. 0325779 Filed 10903; 8:45 am]
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SUMMARY:
National Toxicology Program—; NTP-CERHR Monograph on Methanol,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
The National Toxicology Program (NTP) Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) Announces the Availability of the NTPCERHR Monograph on Methanol and Plans for Announcing Availability of Future Monographs.
Summary
The NTPCERHR Monograph on the Potential Human Reproductive and Developmental Effects of Methanol is now available electronically on the CERHR web site or on CD or in printed text from the CERHR (contact information below). All future notifications about the availability of NTPCERHR monographs will be provided through announcements from the NTP listserver (an electronic notification service) and on the CERHR web site: http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov. NTPCERHR Monograph on Methanol
The CERHR announces the availability of the NTPCERHR [[Page 58701]]
Monograph on the Potential Human Reproductive and Developmental Effects
of Methanol. This monograph is the next in the NTPCERHR series and is
posted electronically on the CERHR website: http://cerhr/niehs/nih/gov.
It is also available on CD or in printed text (limited copies) from the
CERHR by contacting Dr. Michael Shelby, Director CERHR [NIEHS, 79 T.W.
Alexander Drive, Building 4401, Room 103, P.O. Box 12233, MD EC32,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, telephone: (919) 5413455; facsimile: (919) 3164511; shelby@niehs.nih.gov.]
The CERHR follows a formal process for the evaluation of selected chemicals that includes opportunities for public input. The NTPCERHR monographs are the final products of those evaluations. NTPCERHR monographs include three parts: (1) The NTP brief, which presents the NTP's interpretation of the available data and its conclusions on the potential for a chemical to cause adverse developmental and reproductive effects in humans, (2) the expert panel report, and (3) all public comments on the expert panel report. The NTP utilizes information provided in the expert panel report, the public comments, as well as information from studies published since the expert panel meeting in reaching its conclusions about any potential hazard for humans.
Plans for Announcing Availability of Future Monographs
All future notifications about the availability of NTPCERHR
monographs will be provided through announcements from the NTP list
server (an electronic mail service) and on the CERHR web site: http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov. Anyone can subscribe to the NTP listserver to
receive notification about these documents and other NTP activities in
several ways: (1) By registering online through the NTP web site at
http://ntpserver.niehs.nih.gov, select Announcements, (2) by sending an email to ntpmailrequest@list.niehs.nih.gov with the word subscribe
as the body of the message, or (3) by contacting the NTP Liaison and
Scientific Review Office (9195410530 or liaison@starbase.niehs.nih.gov). Individuals or groups who have already
subscribed to the NTP listserver do not need to subscribe again.
Monographs are now completed for six phthalates [dibutyl phthalate (DBP), butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP), diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP), di isononyl phthalate (DINP), dinhexyl phthalate (DnHP), and dinoctyl phthalate (DnOP)] and methanol. The monographs for di(2ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), 1bromopropane, 2bromopropane, ethylene glycol, and propylene glycol are in production and the NTP will make them available as soon as they are completed.
Background Information About CERHR
The NTP established the NTP CERHR in June 1998 [Federal Register, December 14, 1998: Volume 63, Number 239, page 68782)]. The CERHR is a publicly accessible resource for information about adverse reproductive and/or developmental health effects associated with exposure to environmental and/or occupational agents. The CERHR carries out assessments of these agents following a formal, multistep, open process that includes rigorous evaluations by independent scientific panels in public forums and opportunities for public input. This process was published in the Federal Register (July 16, 2001: Volume 66, Number 136, pages 3704737048) and is available on the CERHR web site see About CERHR or in printed text from the CERHR.
The CERHR invites the nomination of agents for review or scientists for its expert registry. Information about CERHR and the nomination process can be obtained from its homepage (http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov) or by contacting Dr. Shelby (contact information provided above). The CERHR selects chemicals for evaluation based upon several factors, including production volume, extent of human exposure, public concern, and published evidence of reproductive or developmental toxicity.
Dated: October 2, 2003.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute Environmental Health Sciences [FR Doc. 0325779 Filed 10903; 8:45 am]
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