[Federal Register: September 10, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 175)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards
Committee; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory
committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will
be open to the public.
Name of Committee: Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety
Standards Committee.
General Function of the Committee: To provide advice on technical
feasibility, reasonableness, and practicality of performance standards
for electronic products to control the emission of radiation under 21
U.S.C. 360kk(f).
Date and Time: The meeting will be held on October 1, 2003, from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg, Salons A and B,
620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD.
Contact Person: Richard Kaczmarek, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health (HFZ-240), Food and Drug Administration, 1350
Piccard Dr., Rockville, MD 20850, 301-594-0865, or FDA Advisory
Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the
Washington, DC area), code 12399. Please call the Information Line for
up-to-date information on this meeting.
Agenda: The committee will hear an informal review of ongoing
activities associated with electronic products.
Following the overview, FDA will discuss proposed amendments to the
U.S. performance standard for sunlamp products (21 CFR 1040.20) and
certain initiatives of international standards organizations concerning
sunlamp products.
In the afternoon, there will be a presentation regarding proposed
amendments to the diagnostic x-ray system performance standard (21 CFR
1020.30). Following this, the final topic will be public health
considerations of x-ray security screening systems and the development
of policies for safe use of these systems.
Background information on the discussion topics will be posted
under the Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards
Committee (TEPRSSC) Docket site at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm.
(Click on the year 2003 and scroll down to TEPRSSC.)
Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee.
Written submissions may be made to the contact person by September 19,
2003. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between
approximately 10:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., and between 3 p.m. and 3:45
p.m. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. Those desiring
to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person
before September 19, 2003, and submit a brief statement of the general
nature of the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and
addresses of proposed participants, and an indication of the
approximate time requested to make their presentation.
Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised
that the agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical
outlets.
FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with
physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special
accommodations due to a disability, please contact Shirley Meeks,
Conference Management Staff, at 301-594-1283, ext. 105, at least 7 days
in advance of the meeting.
Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).
Dated: September 3, 2003.
Peter J. Pitts,
Associate Commissioner for External Relations.
[FR Doc. 03-22961 Filed 9-9-03; 8:45 am]
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