[Federal Register: April 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 81)]
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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).
    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) and the National Center for Environmental Health/
Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry (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.-5 p.m., May 19, 2005. 8 a.m.-12:15 p.m., 
May 20, 2005.
    Place: CDC facility, 1825 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345.
    Status: Open to the public for observation, limited only by the 
space available. The meeting room

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accommodates approximately 100 people.
    Purpose: The Secretary, and by delegation, the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Administrator of the 
National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances 
and Disease Registry, 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 for the meeting on May 
19-20, 2004, will include but are not limited to an update on future 
initiatives for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention; 
presentation on Places Goals and Research Agenda; an update on the 
state of NCEH/ATSDR; review of the ATSDR Draft Dioxin Soil Policy 
Guideline; presentation on asbestos; discussion on the criteria for 
``De-Listing'' chemicals from the CDC's National Report on Human 
Exposure to Environmental Chemicals; a discussion on the 3rd National 
Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals and upates by the 
subcommittees and workgroup.
    Agenda items are tentative and subject to change.
    Contact Person for More Information: Individuals interested in 
attending the meeting, please contact Sandra Malcom, Committee 
Management Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Road, Mail Stop 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 
May 13, 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 the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: April 21, 2005.
B. Kathy Skipper,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-8497 Filed 4-27-05; 8:45 am]

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