[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 19364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9823]



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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.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., May 4, 1999; 8:30 a.m.-5 
p.m., May 5, 1999.
    Place: The Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, 210 Peachtree Street, 
N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
    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 Scintific 
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 relates to ATSDR's community and tribal 
programs. ATSDR will present issues and concerns on which it wishes 
community/tribal input. Policies and activities will be identified 
and recommendations for the Agency will be developed. The 
subcommittee will discuss CTS procedures; ways and means of 
outreaching to communities affected by hazardous substances in the 
environment; possibilities for providing funding to communities to 
obtain their own health study expertise; the specific problems with 
Federal facilities 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., May 6, 1999, 8:30 a.m.-
2:00 p.m., May 7, 1999.
    Place: The Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, 210 Peachtree Street, 
N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
    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 an overview 
and panel discussions of ATSDR's plans, approaches, and time 
schedule for developing, with BSC collaboration and input, a five-
year environmental public health research agenda; a report to the 
Board of Scientific Counselors from the Community/Tribal 
Subcommittee on issues and concerns related to hazardous waste 
sites; a presentation on an ATSDR/Department of Energy (DOE) 
coordinated research and public health activities plan for selected 
DOE sites; and brief ATSDR presentations on translating science to 
service, counter-terrorism activities, and international health.
    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: Robert F. Spengler, Sc.D., 
Executive Secretary, BSC, ATSDR, M/S E-28, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-0708.
    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 ATSDR.

    Dated: April 13, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-9823 Filed 4-19-99; 8:45 am]
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