[Federal Register: November 12, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 218)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry; Scientific Counselors Board; Notice of 
Meeting

    The Program Peer Review Subcommittee of the Board of Scientific 
Counselors (BSC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)/
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR): 
Teleconference.
    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), NCEH/ATSDR announces the following 
subcommittee meeting:

    Name: Program Peer Review Subcommittee (PPRS).
    Time and Date: 12:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m., November 29, 2004.
    Place: The teleconference will originate at the National Center 
for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry in Atlanta, Georgia. Please see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
for details on accessing the teleconference.
    Status: Open to the public, teleconference access limited only 
by availability of telephone ports.
    Purpose: Under the charge of the Board of Scientific counselors 
(BSC), NCEH/ATSDR

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the Program Peer Review Subcommittee establishes and monitors 
working groups of technical experts that perform program peer 
reviews of National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. The Subcommittee, working 
with the NCEH/ATSDR, Office of Sciences (OS), will establish 
schedule and process for program peer reviews, nominate working 
group members, reviews summary reports and recommendations, and 
report back to the BSC. The OS will establish agency policy for 
program peer review and directly support each working group by 
collating program documents, and organizing the working groups 
review and site visit. Each NCEH/ATSDR program eligible for review 
will be reviewed every 5 years according to CDC/ATSDR policy.
    Matters to be Discussed: The teleconference agenda will include 
discussions to develop screening methodology to prioritize program 
reviews using background information; to establish methodology to 
perform the NCEH/ATSDR program reviews; to establish workgroups to 
perform the program reviews; and to establish a schedule for program 
review.
    Supplementary Information: This conference call is scheduled to 
begin at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. To participate in the 
teleconference, please dial (877) 315-6535 and enter conference code 
383520.
    For Further Information Contact: Drue Barrett, PhD, Executive 
Secretary, PRRS, NCEH/ATSDR, M/S E-28, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 498-0003.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining 
to announcements of meetings and other committee management 
activities for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: November 5, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-25186 Filed 11-10-04; 8:45 am]

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