[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 210 (Monday, November 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58850-58851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28582]


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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 (CTS).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., November 16, 1999; 9 a.m.-5 
p.m., November 17, 1999.
    Place: Sheraton/Buckhead Hotel, 3405 Lenox Road, N.E., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30326.
    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: Agenda items include an update on 
Action Items from previous meetings; discussion of suggested meeting 
procedures; discussion of Revised Draft Roles, Functions, and 
Operational Guidelines; research agenda building update; health 
technical assistance grant mechanism; and an overview of the 
Agency's activities regarding chemical mixtures. The CTS will 
discuss public health assessment and sensitivity training; CTS 
proposals, and recommendations and responses to ATSDR.

    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., November 18, 1999; 8:30 a.m.-
12 p.m., November 19, 1999.
    Place: Sheraton/Buckhead Hotel, 3405 Lenox Road, N.E., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30326.
    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 update on 
building ATSDR's research agenda; an overview of current research 
activities; an update on NIEHS and EPA Superfund research programs; 
an update on NIOSH and NCEH research programs. The BSC will discuss 
ATSDR plans and progress; research and plans for other agencies; 
potential for collaborative research; and additional needs for 
environmental public health research. The CTS will discuss the 
Community/Tribal Subcommittee update, Operational Guidelines and 
recommendations. ATSDR staff will provide program updates on the 
expert panel review

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of the PCB toxicological profile, Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, 
and mercury in vaccines.

    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.
    An unavoidable administrative delay prevented meeting the 15 day 
publication requirement.

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: October 27, 1999.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 99-28582 Filed 10-29-99; 8:45 am]
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