[Federal Register: February 17, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 30)]
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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(NCEH/ATSDR)

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), CDC and NCEH/ATSDR announce the
following meeting of the aforementioned committee.

    Times and Dates: 11 a.m.-11:30 a.m., March 4, 2009.
    Place: This meeting will be held by conference call. The call in
number is (877) 315-6535 and enter passcode: 383520.
    Status: The teleconference meeting is open to the public.
    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: The teleconference meeting will be
convened to approve/vote on the Report on the Peer Review and
Clearance Policies and Practices in the National Center for
Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry.
    Agenda items are tentative and subject to change as priorities
dictate.
    For More Information Contact: 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 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: February 11, 2009.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E9-3351 Filed 2-13-09; 8:45 am]

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