Federal Register: December 3, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 232)

DOCID: FR Doc 04-26594

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service

NOTICE: NOTICES

ACTION: National Toxicology Program:

SUBJECT CATEGORY:

National Toxicology Program; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH) Notice of Additional Data and Analyses for the Assessment of the Current Validation Status of In Vitro Testing Methods for Identifying Potential Ocular Irritants

DOCUMENT SUMMARY:

Summary

The National Toxicology Program (NTP) Interagency Center for the [[Page 70269]]
Evaluation of Toxicological Methods (NICEATM) recently published a notice in the Federal Register (Vol. 69, No. 212, pages 640812, November 3, 2004) announcing the availability of and requesting comments on Background Review Documents (BRDs) for four in vitro assays proposed for identifying potential ocular corrosives and severe irritants. Notice is hereby given of the availability of additional data and analyses for the Hen's Egg TestChorion Allantoic Membrane (HETCAM) assay. Copies of the additional analyses and any other updates on information relevant to this meeting can be obtained on the ICCVAM/NICEATM Web site at http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov or by contacting NICEATM [NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD EC17, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, (phone) (919) 5413398, (fax) (919) 5410947, (email) iccvam@niehs.nih.gov].

Interested parties are invited to check the ICCVAM/NICEATM Web site periodically for additional information and/or analyses for this meeting.

Dated: November 23, 2004.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. [FR Doc. 0426594 Filed 12204; 8:45 am]
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SUMMARY:

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health—; In vitro testing methods for identifying potential ocular irritants; current validation status assessment; additional data and analyses,

DOCUMENT BODY 2:

Summary

The National Toxicology Program (NTP) Interagency Center for the [[Page 70269]]
Evaluation of Toxicological Methods (NICEATM) recently published a notice in the Federal Register (Vol. 69, No. 212, pages 640812, November 3, 2004) announcing the availability of and requesting comments on Background Review Documents (BRDs) for four in vitro assays proposed for identifying potential ocular corrosives and severe irritants. Notice is hereby given of the availability of additional data and analyses for the Hen's Egg TestChorion Allantoic Membrane (HETCAM) assay. Copies of the additional analyses and any other updates on information relevant to this meeting can be obtained on the ICCVAM/NICEATM Web site at http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov or by contacting NICEATM [NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD EC17, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, (phone) (919) 5413398, (fax) (919) 5410947, (email) iccvam@niehs.nih.gov].

Interested parties are invited to check the ICCVAM/NICEATM Web site periodically for additional information and/or analyses for this meeting.

Dated: November 23, 2004.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. [FR Doc. 0426594 Filed 12204; 8:45 am]
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