[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 179 (Wednesday, September 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49580-49581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24894]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Committee for Energy-Related Epidemiologic Research: 
Meeting

    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 committee meeting.

    Name: Advisory Committee for Energy-Related Epidemiologic 
Research (ACERER).
    Time and Date: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., September 24, 1998.
    Place: Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW, Washington, 
DC 20008, telephone 202/234-0700, FAX 202/756-5120.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: This committee is charged with providing advice and 
recommendations to the Secretary, Health and Human Services (HHS); 
the Assistant Secretary for Health; the Director, CDC; and the 
Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, on 
the establishment of a research agenda and the conduct of a research 
program pertaining to energy-related analytic epidemiologic studies.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include discussions of 
public health implications of the report from the Institute of 
Medicine's Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure 
and the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Exposure of the 
American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests, and the 
ACERER Subcommittee for Community Affairs recommendations.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    An unavoidable administrative delay prevented meeting the 15-day 
publication requirement.
    Contact Person for More Information: Michael J. Sage, Radiation 
Studies Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health 
Effects, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, M/S F-35, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-7040, FAX 770/488-7044.


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    Dated: September 11, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-24894 Filed 9-15-98; 8:45 am]
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