[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52814-52815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24629]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), National Center for
Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(NCEH/ATSDR)
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), CDC and NCEH/ATSDR announces the
following meeting of the aforementioned committee:
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., October 29, 2009.
8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., October 30, 2009.
Place: Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, 165 Courtland Street, NE.,
Atlanta, 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 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/
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ATSDR work more efficiently and effectively with its various
constituents and to fulfill its mission in protecting America's
health.
Matters to be Discussed: The agenda items for the BSC Meeting on
October 29-30, 2009 will include, but are not limited to, an update
on NCEH/ATSDR's Office of the Director; an overview of the Division
of Emergency and Environmental Health Services (EEHS); a
presentation by the BSC breakout groups of the key findings of EEHS
programs and activity; and an overview of the Division of Laboratory
Sciences.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public comment period is scheduled for
Friday, October 30, 2009 from 9 a.m. until 9:15 a.m.
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: [email protected]. The deadline for notification of
attendance is October 19, 2009.
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: October 5, 2009.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-24629 Filed 10-13-09; 8:45 am]
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