[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 68 (Wednesday, April 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 17193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9067]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


Board of Scientific Counselors, Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry: Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry (ATSDR) announces the following committee meeting.

    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry (BSC, ATSDR).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., April 28, 1997; 9 a.m.-3 
p.m., April 29, 1997.
    Place: The Chattanooga Choo-Choo Holiday Inn, 400 Market Street, 
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402.
    Status: Open to the public, limited by the available space.
    Purpose: The Board of Scientific Counselors, ATSDR, advises the 
Secretary; the Assistant Secretary for Health; and the 
Administrator, ATSDR, on ATSDR programs to ensure scientific 
quality, timeliness, utility, and dissemination of results. 
Specifically, the Board advises on the adequacy of the science in 
ATSDR-supported research, emerging problems that require scientific 
investigation, accuracy and currency of the science in ATSDR 
reports, and program areas to emphasize and/or to de-emphasize. In 
addition, the Board recommends research programs and conference 
support for which the Agency seeks to make grants to universities, 
colleges, research institutions, hospitals, and other public and 
private organizations.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include a visit to a 
hazardous waste site; an update on the ATSDR Child Health Initiative 
Work Group recommendations; a discussion on the Brownfields 
Initiative; the ATSDR response to the Community/Tribal Forum 
recommendations; an overview on environmental medicine and health 
promotion, partners in 3 health promotion, and medical monitoring 
criteria for the Hanford Nuclear Reservation; and a discussion on 
placing a site on inactive status.
    Written comments are welcome and should be received by the 
contact person listed below prior to the opening of the meeting.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Charles Xintaras, Sc.D., 
Executive Secretary, BSC, ATSDR, M/S E-28, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-0708.

    Dated: April 3, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-9067 Filed 4-8-97; 8:45 am]
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