[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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