[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 205 (Friday, October 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56931-56932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28456]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


Community/Tribal Subcommittee and the Board of Scientific 
Counselors, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Meetings

    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 subcommittee and 
committee meetings.

    Name: Community/Tribal Subcommittee.

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    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., November 3, 1998; 8:30 a.m.-5 
p.m., November 4, 1998.
    Place: ATSDR, 35 Executive Park Drive, Training Room, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30329.
    Status: Open to the public, limited by the available space. The 
meeting room accommodates approximately 60 people.
    Purpose: This subcommittee will bring to the Board of Scientific 
Counselors advice and citizen input, as well as recommendations on 
community and tribal programs, practices, and policies of the 
Agency. The subcommittee will report directly to the Board of 
Scientific Counselors.
    Matters to be Discussed: Issues and concerns of the community/
tribal subcommittee related to ATSDR community and tribal programs, 
policies and activities will be identified and recommendations for 
the agency will be developed. The subcommittee will discuss ways and 
means of effecting outreach to communities affected by hazardous 
substances in the environment; the draft ATSDR Ombudsman manual and 
related ombudsman issues; ATSDR staff presentations on health 
studies methodologies, medical monitoring, exposure assessment, 
development of an ATSDR community-oriented web site, and community 
access to health services. A report will be prepared and presented 
to the Board of Scientific Counselors.

    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., November 5, 1998; 8:30 
a.m.-3:45 p.m., November 6, 1998.
    Place: ATSDR, 35 Executive Park Drive, Training Room, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30329.
    Status: Open to the public, limited by the available space. The 
meeting room accommodates approximately 60 people.
    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 
presentation on ATSDR Exposure Investigations; an overview of the 
ATSDR Human Health Studies Program; a report to the Board of 
Scientific Counselors from the Community/Tribal Subcommittee on 
issues and concerns related to hazardous waste sites; an ATSDR 
update on the Child Health Initiative; a presentation on Uncertainty 
in Health Guidance Values in Relation to Children's Health; and a 
report on Minority Health and Environmental Medicine Capacity/
Medical Care.
    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.
    Due to administrative delays, this notice has not been published 
fifteen days prior to the start of the meeting.
    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: October 19, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-28456 Filed 10-22-98; 8:45 am]
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