[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 72 (Thursday, April 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 19904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9188]


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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., May 2, 2000; 8:30 a.m.-3 
p.m., May 3, 2000.
    Place: Holiday Inn Select, 130 Clairmont Avenue, Decatur, 
Georgia 30030.
    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 advice, 
citizen input, and recommendations on community and tribal programs, 
practices, and policies of the Agency.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include an update on 
Action Items from previous meetings; discussion of criteria for CTS 
and Special Consultants' participation in non-ATSDR activities; CTS 
Special Consultant will update on attendance to Environmental 
Protection Agency's National Environmental Justice Advisory 
Committee Meeting; discussion on Federal Facilities activities with 
DOD and DOE Liaisons; update on ATSDR Five-Year Research Agenda; CTS 
update on cultural sensitivity training; and, an update on the 
Office of Tribal Affairs activities.

    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, ATSDR.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., May 4, 2000. 8:30 a.m.-1 
p.m., May 5, 2000.
    Place: Holiday Inn Select, 130 Clairmont Avenue, Decatur, 
Georgia 30030.
    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 science in ATSDR-
supported research, emerging problems that require scientific 
investigations, accuracy and currency of the science in ATSDR 
reports, and program areas to emphasize or de-emphasize. In 
addition, the Board recommends research programs and conference 
support for which the Agency awards grants to universities, 
colleges, research institutions, hospitals, and other public and 
private organizations.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items will include an update on 
the development of the ATSDR Research Agenda; discussion on issues 
of implementation, integration of programs, and funding mechanisms 
for research agendas by CDC, EPA, and NIOSH; discussion of 
collection and storage of biological materials; discussion of 
voluntary research, the Great Lakes research program, and the AMPHS 
program; an overview of cultural sensitivity training on American 
Indian issues; an update by the Community and Tribal Subcommittee; 
and discussion of activities related to Libby, Montana.
    Written comments are welcomed 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: Robert 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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.


    Dated: April 5, 2000.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-9188 Filed 4-12-00; 8:45 am]
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