[Federal Register: September 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 186)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Environmental
Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (BSC, NCEH/
ATSDR)
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), CDC announces the following meetings
for the aforementioned committee:
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., November 6, 2008. 8:30
a.m.-12:00 p.m., November 7, 2008.
Place: Marriott Century Center Hotel, 2000 Century Boulevard,
Chamblee, Georgia 30341.
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, and Administrator, 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
BSC, NCEH/ATSDR provides advice and guidance to the Secretary, HHS;
the Director, CDC; the 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; updates on NCEH/ATSDR work on Formaldehyde and FEMA
Trailers; discussion of the findings on the BSC Program Peer Review
of NCEH/ATSDR's internal clearance and external peer review
processes and policies; a presentation of the response to the
Preparedness and Emergency Response Peer Review Report from the
Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response; updates on
public health issues: selenium poisoning associated with an over-
the-counter dietary supplement; exercising the response capability
of CDC and the Laboratory Response Network to test 10,000 clinical
samples for nerve agent exposure; and vapor intrusion activities at
hazardous waste sites.
Agenda items are tentative and subject to change.
Contact Person for More Information: Sandra Malcom, Committee
Management Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, 4770 Buford Highway, Mail Stop F-
61, Chamblee, Georgia 30345; Telephone (770) 488-0575, Fax (770)
488-3377; E-mail: smalcom@cdc.gov. The deadline for notification of
attendance is October 31, 2008.
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 Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry.
Dated: September 16, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-22346 Filed 9-23-08; 8:45 am]
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