[Federal Register: March 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 47)]
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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 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.-2 p.m., April 4, 2005.
    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, the Program Peer Review Subcommittee establishes
and monitors working groups of technical experts that perform
program peer reviews of NCEH and ATSDR. The Subcommittee, working
with the NCEH/ATSDR, Office of Sciences (OS), will establish the
schedule and process for program peer reviews, nominate working
group members, review summary reports and recommendations, and
report back to the Board. 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
a review of action items from the previous meeting, discussion and
updates on the program peer review process, and the draft outline of
a generic self-assessment process.
    Agenda items are tentative and subject to change as priorities
changes.
    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, Ph.D., 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 CDC and ATSDR.

    Dated: March 4, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-4806 Filed 3-10-05; 8:45 am]

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