[Federal Register: May 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 86)]
[Notices]
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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, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR): Meeting.
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), CDC and NCEH/ATSDR announce the
following committee meeting:
Name: Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), NCEH/ATSDR.
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., May 29, 2008; 8:30 a.m.-12
p.m., May 30, 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.
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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; 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; update on formaldehyde and FEMA Trailers; report on
ATSDR's Great Lakes areas of concern; discussion on the draft Report
by the BSC's Peer Review Workgroup for the NCEH/ATSDR Preparedness
and Emergency Response Program; discussion on the proposed BSC
Program Peer Review of NCEH/ATSDR's internal clearance and external
peer review process; update on NCEH/ATSDR Climate Change
Initiatives; update on industry challenges to NCEH/ATSDR programs;
and updates on public health issues.
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 May 21, 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: April 28, 2008.
Diane Allen,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-9668 Filed 5-1-08; 8:45 am]
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