[Federal Register: April 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 67)]
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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 (NCEH)/Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry (ATSDR): Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), CDC and ATSDR announce the following 
meeting of the aforementioned committee:

    Times and Dates: 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m., May 17, 2007. 8 a.m.-12 p.m., 
May 18, 2007.
    Place: 1825 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia 30345.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 people.
    Purpose: The Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS), and by delegation, the Director, CDC, 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 BSC, 
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 agency's 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: An update on NCEH/ATSDR's Office of the 
Director; an update on Science and Public Health and Reports; an update 
on the Health Department Subcommittee, the Community and Tribal 
Subcommittee, and the Program Peer Review Subcommittee (PPRS) Reports 
and Discussion; a presentation on CDC's Web site redesign and the NCEH/
ATSDR Web site; an update on Climate Change Initiative; a presentation 
on the Office of Tribal Affairs' Expert Panel Report; an update on 
issues from the Board; a discussion on the Office of Management and 
Budget Performance Assessment and Review Techniques goals and 
objectives; an update on the National Exposure Report; an update on 
Preparedness and Emergency Response priorities and portfolio; and a 
discussion on BSC--PPRS Draft Peer Review Report on ATSDR Site-Specific 
Activities.
    Agenda items are tentative and subject to change.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Malcom, Committee Management 
Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Road, Mail Stop E-28, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303; telephone 404/498-0003, fax 404/498-0622; E-mail: 
smalcom@cdc.gov. The deadline for notification of attendance is May 4, 

2007.
    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: April 2, 2007.
Elaine L. Baker,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E7-6585 Filed 4-6-07; 8:45 am]

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