[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 7777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3528]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service


National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); 
National Toxicology Program (NTP); Biennial Progress Report of the 
Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative 
Methods (ICCVAM): Notice of Availability

Summary

    Notice is hereby given of the availability of the report entitled, 
``Biennial Progress Report of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on 
the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM).'' In accordance with 
requirements of the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-545), 
this report provides a description of the activities that have been 
carried out during the past two years by ICCVAM and the NTP Interagency 
Center on the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods 
(NICEATM).

Availability of the Report

    To receive a copy of the report, please contact NICEATM at P.O. Box 
12233, MD EC-17, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (mail), 919-541-2384 
(phone), 919-541-0947 (fax), or [email protected] (e-mail). The 
report is also available on the ICCVAM/NICEATM Web site at: http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov.

Background

    The ICCVAM was formally authorized and designated as a permanent 
committee by the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000, which was signed 
into law by the President on December 19, 2000. ICCVAM's duties include 
the technical evaluation of new and alternative testing methods, 
development of test recommendations based on those technical 
evaluations, and forwarding recommendations to Federal agencies for 
their consideration. The ICCVAM also coordinates interagency issues on 
toxicological test method development, validation, regulatory 
acceptance, and national and international harmonization. The ICCVAM 
Authorization Act of 2000 directs ICCVAM to prepare biennial reports on 
its progress and to make these available to the public. Information 
about ICCVAM can be found on the Internet at: http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/.

    Dated: February 16, 2004.
Kenneth Olden,
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
[FR Doc. 04-3528 Filed 2-18-04; 8:45 am]
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