[Federal Register: October 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 200)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention 
(ACCLPP)

    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) announces the following meeting of the aforementioned 
committee:

    Times and Dates: 12:30 p.m.-5 p.m., October 29, 2008. 8:30 a.m.-5 
p.m., October 30, 2008.
    Place: The Westin San Diego, 400 West Broadway, San Diego, 
California 92101, Telephone: (619) 338-3613, Fax: (619) 239-4527.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 125 people.
    Purpose: The committee provides advice and guidance to the 
Secretary; the Assistant Secretary for Health; and the CDC Director 
regarding new scientific knowledge and technologic developments and 
their practical implications for childhood lead poisoning prevention 
efforts. The committee also reviews and reports regularly on childhood 
lead poisoning prevention practices and recommends improvements in 
national childhood lead poisoning prevention efforts.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items are subject to change as 
priorities dictate; however, the current agenda includes
     Discussion on the potential approaches to strengthen 
existing strategies to achieve the Healthy People 2010 goal of 
eliminating elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) as a public health 
problem in the United States by 2010;
     Update on school performance and concurrent BLLs;
     Discussion on study designs related to adverse effects 
from BLLs <10 [mu]g/dL; and
     Discussion on the development of a prevention-based 
research agenda.
    Opportunities will be provided during the meeting for oral 
comments. Depending on the time available and the number of requests, 
it may be necessary to limit the time for each presenter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claudine Johnson, Program Operations 
Assistant, Telephone: (770) 488-3629; Barry Brooks, Administrative Team 
Leader, Telephone: 770-488-3841; Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, 
Division of Environmental Emergency Health Services, National Center 
for Environmental Health, CDC, 4770 Buford Hwy., NE., Mailstop F60, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30341.

(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: October 7, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-24394 Filed 10-14-08; 8:45 am]

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