[Federal Register: October 27, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 207)]
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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

    The Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health/
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR): Meeting.
    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and NCEH/ATSDR announce the following committee meeting:

    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for
Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., November 17, 2005. 8 a.m.-
12:30 p.m., November 18, 2005.
    Place: CDC facility, 1825 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia
30345.
    Status: Open to the public for observation, limited only by the
space available. The meeting room accommodates approximately 100
people.
    Purpose: The Secretary, and by delegation, the Director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the

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Administrator of NCEH/ATSDR, are authorized under Section 301 (42
U.S.C. 241) and Section 311 (42 U.S.C. 243) of the Public Health
Service Act, as amended, to (1) conduct, encourage, cooperate with,
and assist other appropriate public authorities, scientific
institutions, and scientists in the conduct of research,
investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and studies relating to
the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of
physical and mental diseases and other impairments; (2) assist
States and their political subdivisions in the prevention of
infectious diseases and other preventable conditions and in the
promotion of health and well being; and (3) train state and local
personnel in health work. The Board of Scientific Counselors, NCEH/
ATSDR provides advice and guidance to the Secretary, HHS; the
Director, CDC and Administrator, ATSDR; and the Director, NCEH/
ATSDR, regarding program goals, objectives, strategies, and
priorities in fulfillment of the agencies' mission to protect and
promote people's health. The Board provides advice and guidance that
will assist NCEH/ATSDR in ensuring scientific quality, timeliness,
utility, and dissemination of results. The Board also provides
guidance to help NCEH/ATSDR work more efficiently and effectively
with its various constituents and to fulfill its mission in
protecting America's health.
    Matters to be Discussed: The agenda items will include but are
not limited to an update on the futures initiatives of the
Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention;
an update on the NCEH/ATSDR Director's priorities; the Environmental
Health Services Branch peer review report; the program response to
the report; an overview of the Air Pollution and Respiratory Health
Branch; overview of the Division of Toxicology; update on new
laboratory methods for detecting botulism toxin; and updates from
the Community and Tribal Subcommittee, the Health Department
Subcommittee, and the Delisting Workgroup.
    Agenda items are tentative and subject to change.
    Contact Person for More Information: Sandra Malcom, Committee
Management Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Road, M/S E-28,
Atlanta, GA 30303; telephone 404/498-0003, fax 404/498-0059; e-mail: 
smalcom@cdc.gov. The deadline for notification of attendance is

November 10, 2005.
    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 CDC and NCEH/ATSDR.


    Dated: October 21, 2005.
Diane Allen,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-21431 Filed 10-26-05; 8:45 am]

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